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Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear teaming up for more live specials

By Karen Butler   |   Aug. 5, 2019 at 5:37 PM
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is producing two more special ABC events based on Norman Lear's classic sitcoms. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear are planning two more Live in Front of a Studio Audience specials based on Lear's classic sitcoms.

On board as executive producers are Brent Miller, Will Ferrell and Justin Theroux.

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One of the specials will air during the winter holidays and the other is expected to run in the spring.

The first star-studded installment in the franchise -- which included contemporary casts playing out scripts from Lear's 1970s shows All in the Family and The Jeffersons -- premiered on May 22.

The ensembles included Jamie Foxx, Marisa Tomei, Anthony Anderson, Ellie Kemper and Woody Harrelson.

Lear's other works included One Day at a Time, Sanford and Son, Maude and Good Times.

A remake of One Day at a Time recently ran for three seasons on Netflix. Pop TV picked it up for Season 4.