Legendary TV Producer Norman Lear Has No Interest Rebooting ‘All In The Family’

Despite the recent success of the Netflix reimagining of “One Day at a Time,” TV icon Norman Lear has no intentions on mining all of his previous successes for inevitable revivals. Speaking at the recent TCA event, Lear, who is one of the most successful TV producers of all time, spoke about some of his classic series and why they won’t get the revival treatment.

The big series that he mentioned is the classic “All in the Family.” “I have no intention of doing ‘All In The Family again,’” Lear told Deadline. “I promise you that.

He added, “No ‘Maude’ or any of them. We did that.”

For those that aren’t familiar with the ‘70s era sitcoms, ‘Family’ is one of the most revered series of its time. With star Carol O’Connor playing the iconic Archie Bunker, ‘Family’ was an Emmy winner decades ago. And with all the revivals popping up all over the small screen, many assumed that it was only a matter of time before ‘Family,’ or its spinoffs like “Maude” would come back.

But again, Lear isn’t focused on his past. He wants to focus on the future. “However, there are ideas that we were working on at that same time that were bubbling in the same creative pipeline and that’s part of what I’m looking at now,” Lear continued. “I’m looking at ideas you’ve never heard of.”

“I have about 100 ideas that go back 30 or 40 years, some only 12 years or 10 years. These are the ideas that we’ve had and nurtured for the longest time that we will imagine or reimagine,” he said.

As the report points out, however, maybe the producer should actually say “never say never.” He recently struck a deal with a production company who bought the rights to reimagine many of Lear’s greatest works, including the aforementioned ‘Family’ and “Maude.” But, even still, it’s highly unlikely the company would move forward without Lear’s consent.

Keep in mind, none of the business deals or Lear’s promises take into consideration the fact that what made “All in the Family” such a huge hit was the topical and sometimes controversial stance the series would take back in the ‘70s, many of which would be extremely “edgy” nowadays.

So, there might be more than one reason why “All in the Family” doesn’t get the reboot treatment anytime soon.