Clean Slate, Norman Lear and Laverne Cox

'Clean Slate' review: Norman Lear and Laverne Cox team up for a fresh twist on a classic sitcom formula
Produced by two TV legends, Norman Lear and Laverne Cox, this Black family sitcom from Prime Video brings together the former's sensibilities — as seen in classic hits like All in the Family, Maude, and Good Times — with the four-time Emmy-nominated Orange Is the New Black star's passion for trans representation,
In "Clean Slate," Laverne Cox and George Wallace carry Norman Lear's spirit into a homecoming story
From the moment car wash owner Harry Slate ( George Wallace) rolls into the opening frames of “Clean Slate,” slowly gliding his classic convertible down the sunny treelined streets of his close-knit Alabama community, the audience knows they can relax.
'Clean Slate' Is Norman Lear's Parting Gift
Norman Lear never retired. In the decade leading up to his death at age 101, in 2023, the legendary creator of All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, and too many other classic sitcoms to name teamed up with a younger,
Laverne Cox on new sitcom ‘Clean Slate’: It’s “very human” to find “humor in the catastrophic”
By design, Cox’s series has all the hallmarks of a classic TV sitcom, from the eclectic cast of supporting characters, to the charming theme song, right on down to the fact that it boasts the late, great Norman Lear among its executive producers.
Laverne Cox and George Wallace offer a loving vision of trans families in ‘Clean Slate’
The actors spoke about their new Prime Video comedy series that features Cox as a transgender woman returning home to Alabama to live with her father, played by Wallace.
Laverne Cox on Clean Slate , Escapism, and the Limits of Trans Representation
It’s been over a decade since Time magazine declared the so-called “transgender tipping point” with a photo of Laverne Cox on its May 2014 cover. At the time, Cox was a year into her tenure as Sophia Burset on the Netflix dramedy Orange is the New Black,
Clean Slate Reflects on Norman Lear’s Legacy of the Laughter That Brings Us Together [Review]
The first season of Prime Video's Clean Slate, starring Laverne Cox, has as much potential as series like Park & Rec did early on.
'Laverne Cox's Clean Slate is a cosy imperfect sitcom that's long overdue'
Laverne Cox stars in Prime Video's newest sitcom which follows a trans woman who reunites with her father after 23 years away from home.
‘Clean Slate’: A Trans Character Walks Into the Deep South…
Prime’s new series about an estranged father and daughter in Alabama, starring Laverne Cox and Henry Wallace, is a flawed but sweet comedy in an awkward political moment
Laverne Cox transforms Norman Lear comedy in ‘Clean Slate’
Clean Slate” has Cox as Desiree Slate, who returns to her Alabama birthplace after a decades-long absence to confront her carwash operator father Harry Slate (George Wallace) with her gender
‘Clean Slate' Review: Laverne Cox and George Wallace Lead Amazon's Warm, Well-Meaning, Not Especially Funny Comedy
Norman Lear is credited as an executive producer on the single-cam series about a trans woman reuniting with her father in their Alabama hometown.
'Clean Slate' reveals the love, laughs between old-school dad and his trans daughter
On warmhearted, consistently funny Prime Video sitcom, Laverne Cox plays the woman rebuilding trust in her disconcerted ...
Review: ‘Clean Slate’ is a sweet, new old-fashioned family comedy
Prime Video's Southern comedy about a gruff old gent and his trans daughter who returns home to Mobile, Ala., stars Laverne ...
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Netflix's Orange Is The New Black icon leads 'lovable' new sitcom that's 'irresistible'
Clean Slate stars Laverne Cox, known for her breakout role in Orange Is the New Black, as Desiree Slate, a successful art ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Clean Slate’ On Prime Video, Where Laverne Cox Plays A Woman Who Comes Home To A Dad Who Has No Idea She Transitioned
Cox and George Wallace, who also co-stars, co-created the series, which was one of the last shows developed by Norman Lear.