Editing Norman Lear (section)

===2000–2023===
In 2003, Lear appeared on ''[[South Park]]'' during the "[[I'm a Little Bit Country]]" episode, providing the voice of [[Benjamin Franklin]]. He also served as a consultant on the episodes "I'm a Little Bit Country" and "[[Cancelled (South Park)|Cancelled]]". He attended a ''South Park'' writers' retreat,<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dan|last=Snierson|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/03/14/all-familys-creator-joins-south-park/|title=All in the Family's creator joins South Park|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 14, 2003|access-date=December 29, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107102404/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/03/14/all-familys-creator-joins-south-park|url-status=live}}</ref> with some of his ideas making it onto ''South Park'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1347325/norman-lear-says-theres-nobody-in-our-business-hes-admired-more-than-this-surprising-comedy-duo|title=Norman Lear Says There's 'Nobody In Our Business' He's Admired More Than This Surprising Comedy Duo|first1=Spencer|last1=Lubitz|last2=Trainor|first2=Daniel|publisher=E!|date=September 21, 2022|accessdate=July 23, 2023|archive-date=July 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723213411/https://www.eonline.com/news/1347325/norman-lear-says-theres-nobody-in-our-business-hes-admired-more-than-this-surprising-comedy-duo|url-status=live}}</ref> and was the officiant at co-creator [[Trey Parker]]'s wedding.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391792/index.htm |title = 'South Park' creators haven't lost their edge |access-date = January 23, 2010|first=Devin |last=Leonard |work = CNN {{!}} Money |date = October 27, 2010 |archive-date = November 7, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131107220939/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391792/index.htm |url-status = live }}</ref> ''South Park'' served as a bond between Lear and his son Benjamin, who was not familiar with his more known work from the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/all-about-norman-lear-kids-8363775|title=Norman Lear's 6 Children: Everything to Know|first=Stephanie|last=Kalai|work=People|date=December 6, 2023|accessdate=January 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-fathers-day-norman-ben-lear-20160610-snap-story.html|title='We're proud of each other':For Norman and his son Ben, the moving picture spans generations|first=Josh|last=Rottenberg|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 16, 2016|accessdate=January 13, 2023}}</ref>

In 2014, Lear published ''Even This I Get to Experience'', a memoir.<ref name="Morris"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/norman-lear/even-this-i-get-to-experience/|title=EVEN THIS I GET TO EXPERIENCE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|date= July 26, 2014|access-date=September 25, 2021|archive-date=September 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925175522/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/norman-lear/even-this-i-get-to-experience/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lear is spotlighted in the 2016 documentary ''Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/opinion/not-dead-yet.html|title=Not Dead Yet|date=July 5, 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 6, 2016|author1-last=Ewing|author1-first=Heidi|author2-last=Grady|author2-first=Rachel|archive-date=July 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706033826/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/opinion/not-dead-yet.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, he served as executive producer for ''[[One Day at a Time (2017 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'', the reboot of his 1975–1984 show of the same name that premiered on [[Netflix]] starring [[Justina Machado]] and [[Rita Moreno]] as a Cuban-American family. He hosted a podcast, ''All of the Above with Norman Lear'', since May 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/11/all-of-above-norman-lear-podcasts-sitcom-veteran-amy-poehler-jerrod-carmichael-chatshow-guests|title=All of the Above With Norman Lear: the 94-year-old king of podcasts|last=Verdier|first=Hannah|date=May 11, 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=April 21, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421221539/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/11/all-of-above-norman-lear-podcasts-sitcom-veteran-amy-poehler-jerrod-carmichael-chatshow-guests|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-of-the-above-with-norman-lear/id1229548410|title=All of the Above with Norman Lear on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|date=July 9, 2018|language=en-us|access-date=April 21, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421221538/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-of-the-above-with-norman-lear/id1229548410|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 29, 2019, it was announced that Lear had teamed with [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] and [[Steven Kunes]] to make an [[American Masters]] documentary about Moreno's life, tentatively titled ''[[Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/entertainment/rita-moreno-doc-lin-manuel-miranda-norman-lear/index.html|title=Rita Moreno documentary coming from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Norman Lear|first=Whitney|last=Friedlander|date=July 29, 2019|website=CNN Digital|access-date=July 30, 2019|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730212520/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/entertainment/rita-moreno-doc-lin-manuel-miranda-norman-lear/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, it was announced that Lear and Act III Productions would executive produce a revival of ''[[Who's the Boss?]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title='Who's the Boss' Sequel in the Works at Sony|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/whos-boss-sequel-works-at-sony-1305982|first=Rick|last=Porter|access-date=January 2, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=December 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226095323/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/whos-boss-sequel-works-at-sony-1305982|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of his death in 2023, he was overseeing multiple shows in development, including a planned reboot of ''[[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/norman-lear-tv-making-1235714999/|title = Norman Lear Was Still Making TV a Week Before His Death|last = Goldberg|first = Lesley|date = December 6, 2023|accessdate = December 6, 2023|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-date = December 7, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231207133200/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/norman-lear-tv-making-1235714999/|url-status = live}}</ref> His last finished project to came out was the Amazon series [[Clean Slate (TV series)|Clean Slate]], which came out in February 2025, and was in the editing process after finishing filming when he passed away.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://deadline.com/2025/04/lean-slate-canceled-laverne-cox-explains-1236371911/|title = 'Clean Slate' Canceled By Prime Video: Laverne Cox & Creators Talk Labor Of Love, Norman Lear & Lessons Learned|last1 = Cox|first1 = Laverne|last2 = Ewen|first2 = Dan|last3 = Wallace|first3 = George|date = April 18, 2025|accessdate = April 19, 2025|work = [[deadline.com]]}}</ref>