you'd think that norman lear his script produced. after all, this is the man who gave us landmark comedies like "maude" "good times." >> give me one good reason why you married me. >> you was pregnant. >> "all in the family." but since writing his script for "guess who died" five years ago a total of zero network executives has shown interest. television executives think that young people only want to watch other young people. >> they're the same television executives that didn't think archie should say this or that. >> god had intended white people to dance with colored people. >> you can't deal with menopause, you can't deal with abortion. >> just tell me where it is. i'm doing the right thing. >> can't deal with economics. >> i didn't have no people out there marching and protesting. >> no, his uncle got it for him. >> they're not always right. >> finding the funny in the serious began early for lear when he was growing up working class in connecticut. you're nine years old you find out that your father going to prison. what is th

but am i old, not yet. >> norman lear still stretching himself at 93. later on "sunday morning." >> good. >> osgood: introducing rhiannon giddens the singer from north carolina whose frame is spreading far and wide. martha teichner will do the >> rhiannon giddens was already a grammy winner. but then legendary record producer offered to put out her first solo album. >> what exactly has t-born burnett done for you? >> pushing. >> ahead this "sunday morning" the rise of rhiannon giddens. >> osgood: up, up and away could be the motto of the folks who fly the goodyear blimps. after many years in service they are being replaced by a new class of air ship. lee cowan will take us aboard. >> the goodyear blimp is a slice of floating apple pie. it is pure americana. >> there's nothing like the goodyear blimp. skies phasing out the blimps in favor of something else. >> will you be sad to see this go? >> of course. it's sad. >> how goodyear plans to continue the tradition later on "sunday morning"? >> osgood: ben trace owe has the latest on the recapture of the me

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her speech, in accepting the pga's norman lear achievement award for television, part of an industry-wide conversation about inclusion. kickstarted this time by the oscar nominations, where for the 2nd year in a row, none of the 20 acting nods went to a person of color. last week some industry figures planning to skip the oscars, including will smith. will smith: "this is about children that are going to sit down and they're going to watch this show and they're not going to see themselves represented." friday, new initiatives from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences to double the number of oscar voters who are women and minorities by 2020, increase the diversity of the academy board of governors, and place new limits on the voting privileges of members who haven't remained active in movie-making. academy president minorities by 2020, of the academy board of governors, and place new limits on the voting privileges of members who haven't remained active in movie-making. academy president saying "these new measures will have an immediate impact " nominee matt damon matt damon: "t

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and television visionary norman lear. the forecast is the big story today for a lot of folks as they had outside. frank: just cold. i am trying to think of ways to describe it. 10 degrees above is our high temperature today. wind chills 15 to 25 degrees below zero. temperatures will start to climb tonight. they will climb all the way to 26 degrees by tomorrow, a cold flag flies through thursday -- tuesday. and wednesday we are back in the 30's. alyx: today's top stories are straight ahead on your morning news leader, including the breaking news on the developing story. another full hour of kcci 8 news this morning weekends starts right now. >> you are watching kcci 8 news. alyx: breaking news at 6:00 a.m., early-morning crash. a man is extricated from a car after a crash in johnston. what we know so far. plus, early morning structure fire. where crews responded early this morning and the damage done so far. good morning, everyone, thanks so much for joining us on kcci 8 news this morning weekends. it is 6:01 and frank, as

. >> guess who died by norman lear. act one. >> next, norman lear, he's at it again. and later, what's next? and i didn't get here alone.

and television visionary norman lear. those stories and much more right here on kcci at 8:00 a.m. we are going to check in with the forecast. that temperature gauge does not paint the whole picture. it is not just negative four degrees.