Typed Letter Signed
1992.
Typed, signed letter from Norman Lear to Washington Post columnist Tom Shales. Written on personal stationery in November of 1992. Lear writes "I appreciate your watching the show and covering it on such short notice. It was a terrific bonus that you liked it more than last year's model. It's good to do business with an old establish firm. Best, Norman". In the letter Lear is referring to The Powers That Be, an television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC, premiering on March 7, 1992. It aired for two seasons, with 21 episodes filmed, with 16 of them airing on the network, with its final episode being broadcast on January 2, 1993. During the week of January 18, 1993, USA Network aired the remaining 5 episodes that never aired on NBC.
Norman Milton Lear was an American screenwriter and producer who wrote and produced more than 100 television shows during a career that lasted over 70 years. Lear created and produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. His works introduced political and social themes to the sitcom format.
This item is from the collection of Television critic Tom Shales (1944 - 2024). Shales was an incisively funny Washington Post columnist, he earned the nickname Terrible Tom and had the clout to make or break shows. Shales won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1988. During his three-decade career those in the industry considered him both a kingmaker and a high executioner in an era when network television's hold on American culture was at it's peak. Time magazine called him "brilliant, thoughtful, incisive and screamingly funny...also, vicious, infuriating, cruel and unfair". His thrice-weekly Washington Post TV column, 'On the Air,' syndicated in 59 other newspapers. The Tom Shales collection includes letters, cards and correspondence from celebrated television and entertainment legends, newscasters and politicians, including letters from Norman Lear, David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Conan O'Brien, Garry Shandling, Fred Rogers, Carol Burnett, David Brinkley, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Edward Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and many more. Please inquire for more information.
Binding: Unbound
Language: English
Price: $350.00
Item #337368