. >> we're at the, at the plaque on the norman lear building. >> reporter: we recently caught up withnic series. >> the only thing i knew to write about was what i saw around me. there's nothing that we did on "all in the family" or "the jeffersons" or any other show that wasn't going on. >> how about a woman president? >> oh, holy cow. >> a woman president? >> mr. jefferson, this may come as a big surprise to you, but women are much more oppressed than blacks. >> i don't see no women. >> what do you call a kitchen? >> the people who were dealing with it were people i knew. versions of people i know. because i believe we have versions of one another. >> norman lear, when you look back at it, was a genius. a genius, because who would think to put this bigot on television and surround him with all of these characters who represent so much in our country. edith, the downtrodden wife. >> you know what i think? >> what, ma? >> i think we ought to eat. >> gloria, the feminist daughter. >> you have to treat ma like she was a slave? >> i treat her like a housewife. >> case closed. >> married

jimmy kimmel and norman lear who created both shows. >> for those who are new to "all in the family",eard about the show, what do they need to know about the bunkers? >> that they are a family that could be living up the street, down the street or across the street from them. >> black people have arrived. they're here! >> i ain't letting them in. >> reporter: "all in the family" first aired in 1971 amid controversy. >> america was going through sweeping change. >> we don't want your racist war. >> conflict running through american life. >> reporter: that conflict still resonating today. >> gloria, the feminist daughter. >> do you have to treat ma like she was a slave? >> i treat her like a housewife. >> case closed! >> married to a very liberal guy who was forcing his father-in-law to confront his racism. >> archie bunker was afraid of tomorrow, was afraid of progress. >> he was the father of the white girl you dated that you never wanted to meet. okay? >> michael is always my favorite character in the show. he was just like the perfect foil. >> let me tell you something, mr. bunker.

and norman lear, who created the show, was there. he's now 96. >> 96 years old.so 227, she doesn't know it's 2-2-7. >> ha ha! i did not know that. >> i wanted to call her out on that. >> he did, he did. >> 2-2-7. >> look, if that wasn't on "nick at nite" -- >> "227." >> thank you, grandpa. >> she'll learn something from the grandpa right here. >>> next to a revolution in the world of wolverine. >> we all know before he morphed into the greatest showman, a very buff hugh jackman owned the famous x-men character. he first played wolverine in 2000 and continued for years, ultimately returning to the character for a final time in 2017. >> now nearly 20,000 fans have signed an online petition to cast the danny devito as the new wolverine. the petition states, quote, we believe if the wolverine is to make an appearance in the marvel cinematic universe, the only man to pull it off is danny devito. >> no word from the 74-year-old comedian. >> marvel is a division of our parent company disney. , >> i think he'd be great at it. women are standing up for what they deserve i

>> i'm norman lear. >> reporter: in a special abc event, norman lear's two ground-breaking comedy series"the jeffersons" will be brought to life wednesday night in front of a live audience. >> woody harrelson and marisa tomei. wanda sykes, kerry washington, anthony anderson, ike barinholtz, ellie kemper. >> "all in the family" premiered in january of 1971. >> i suppose you're going to tell me the black man has had the same opportunity in this country as you? >> more, he's had more. i didn't have no million people marching and protesting to get me my job. >> no, his uncle got it for him. >> it was the biggest television show in america. you're talking about an audience of 60 million people every time they do a show. >> we're at the plaque on the norman lear building. >> reporter: we recently caught up with the legendary creator behind both iconic series. >> the only thing i knew to write about was what i saw around me. there's nothing that we did in "all in the family" or "the jeffersons" or any other show that wasn't going on. >> norman lear, when you look back at it, was a genius. a gen

norman lear and jimmy kimmel rebooted two classic tv series with mixed results.ight's "seen and unseen" with raymond arroyo, fox news contributor, "new york times" best-selling author of the will wilder series. these are shows you can't remake. tell us what we need to know. >> in short, we didn't need to remake these. jimmy kimmel thought it would be a good idea, he convinced norman lear, who created the series that they would make a great live television event. they dated on abc. remember, he had five of the top ten most watched shows and he mid-'70s. it made sense to bring them together, to reboot them. however, tonight on abc, they stood in for carol o'connor and jean stapleton. these were not the days. ♪ ♪ guys like us had it made >> it was so painful. they're playing the actors, not the characters. >> laura: playing archie bunker -- >> i interviewed carol o'connor he talked about how he borrowed a little of jackie gleason and a little of james cagney, a friend of his. but he never looked down at that character. for comparison's sake, i want you to watch, thi

because of norman lear, "black-ish" is able to be on the air. our show was created in the vein of these shows. so we owe a debt of gratitude to norm. >> jimmy: i think that is true. more than any other show, "black-ish" captures the spirit of norman lear. wanda, you left all of your clothes at my house. wanda left the house naked. >> your audience laughs, jimmy, but it's the truth, because i had to take wanda home. >> jimmy: anthony was nice. anthony's wife took wanda home, which was very, very nice. and joe vaughn was a little bit late. >> they took me to the wrong house, though, jimmy. >> jimmy: what's that? >> they took me to the wrong house. >> jimmy: a house is a house, wanda. a house is a house. you were a little bit late to the party. tell everyone why you were late. >> oh, man. because i, this is my first time coming to your home, jimmy, and i rode my motorcycle and i didn't realize there were so many hills. i got stuck behind somebody's escalade. so i was holding my bike behind the escalade. >> jimmy: somebody had to pick him up and aba

jimmy kimmel thought it would be a good idea, he convinced norman lear, who created the series, thaty would make a great live television event. they dated on abc. remember, he had five of the top ten most watched shows and he made-'70s. it made sense to bring them together, to reboot them. however, tonight on abc, they stood in for carol o'connor and jean stapleton. these were not the days. ♪ ♪ guys like us had it made >> it was so painful. they're playing the actors, not the characters. >> laura: playing archie bunker -- >> i interviewed carol o'connor, he talked about how he borrowed a little of jackie gleason and a little of james cagney, a friend of his. but he never looked down at that character. for comparison's sake, i want you to watch, this is the original episode as it aired in the '70s and what we saw tonight. see if you get the political inference, as well. >> would you be interested in hearing what king richard was up to today? >> and shot that hole in the middle of your face, too. wise guy, trying to call the president -- >> why not, nixon acts like one. >> i thought yo

last night i co-hosted with great norman lear. don't normally have fun, you know that about me, right, guillermo? >> yes, jimmy. >> jimmy: guillermo has all the fun for me. but it was fun. everyone was nervous. the show was live. even though an oscar winner is scary, if you haven't seen it, we will have an encore performance, which means rerun here on saturday night. so the cast, aside from those i mentioned includes wanda sikes, kerry washington, jack k. harry. shawn hayes. will ferrell. we had two surprises, jennifer hudson singing the theme from "the jeffersons." and the great marla gibbs reprising her role as florence, the she rides a motorcycle to rehearsele. jamie foxx was in this george jefferson bald cap thing. it was hot during rehearsal. he was sweating so much, it looked like he was aqua man. looked like he needed a dry cleaner. a lot of people were crying during the show, which no one really expected would happen. one of the members of our cast, in fact, as the "all in the family" theme song started, tears started roll

>> jimmy is producing along with original creator norman lear. >> i was talking to my friend justin therouxo these live musicals on television, why not take a television show and do it live. here we are. >> think you're dead for the neck up. >> all in the family won 22 emmys and both shows were found groundbreaking. >> these shows are even more relevant now than they were. >> amen. can't wait to hear those theme songs and watch those shows. the cast alone is reason enough to watch. by the way, elie kemper is playing gloria. >>> all right, still ahead -- celine dion, why her carpool karaoke was years in the making. >> are you excited in. >>> and bachelorette hannah b. is here with more on the confession. >> every woman thinks abit, talks about it. >>> kevin hart may voice pet in his movie. one thing he's not is a dog whisper. >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >>> the genie is out of the bottle. will smith and james corden shooting cordon's signature crosswalk outside his l.a. studio. last night it was about celine dion's carpool karaoke debut. we start with celine's alternate ending. ♪

last night i co-hosted with great norman lear.ormally have fun, you know that about me, right, guillermo? >> yes, jimmy.

>> reporter: original series creator norman lear getting right on board. >> he said, "you know, who i'de bunker," which really is the hardest one to cast, "is woody harrelson." so i texted woody harrelson. i said, "would you be interested in this?" and from there, i thought, "you know who would be the best george jefferson is jamie foxx." >> reporter: and the wives? marisa tomei as edith bunker. and wanda sykes as louise "weezy" jefferson. >> all of my life i've only bought three kinds of dresses. 50% off, seconds and going out of business. >> reporter: best remembered for the laughs. their social impact also burned into collective memory. when the first six episodes of "all in the family" ran, they ran with a warning. is there a warning necessary in front of either one of these live shows? >> i think we're giving people fair notice that what they're about to see is not what they see nowadays and that -- it might create some conversation. ♪ guys like us we had it made >> you're talking about two of the greatest tv theme songs of all time. >> reporter: you do it. ♪ songs that made the hi

but norman lear was a cbs guy. >> that's right.ican kids are spending way too much time from everything from instagram to fortnite. technology over use by children is linked to obesity, depression, and lack of school performance. they offer a food pyramid for a healthy tech diet. we could all use that. no break. we're going right to you. and cbs contributor incoe eor n thomps thompson. live. if you've walked away, come back. we have nick thompson here. i have to point out, the food pyramid telling us what to limb and what to eat a lot of, i don't know if that's successful. >> the idea is there's some form of screen use that's super helpful. you want to have a video chat with grandma? ? that's great. you wham to learn how to cook, that's great. but some are really awful. >> what do you want to avoid? never look at a screen before bed. they need to sleep to get healthy and feel good. you don't want the tv on in the background or a screen at the meal. they're talking less with the parent, interacting less and learning less. >> it stun

those stories and a lot more when we >>> norman lear with all family and the jeffersons. >> college graduationsfound one story that is particularly heart warming. >> from crossing the border as s child, juan rivera is an inspiration. >> reporter: the goal, the motivation and the prize. juan rivera has had them all. his story begins in mexico. >> my mom left mexico with my dad when i was 2 years old. >> reporter: they came to live in concord. his mother saw the value of a college education and told him to think big. >> my mom would say when you grow up, you're going to harvard. i would push it aside. not going to happen. >> his mom said she would constantly say he would be her doctor. dr. rivera. right after high school, he became a daca resippen known as a dreamer which allows young adults who entered this country as children to stay and work here of he graduated from berkeley in 2017 and last year deferred to help immigrant students. >> the whole anti-immigrant environment we live in, i decided to do something that would be meaningful. >> reporter: then came the call he was waiting for. mom wa

reason i will not be here is because tomorrow night in primetime i am teaming up with the legend norman learin the family" and the "the jeffersons" for one night only. woody harrelson and marisa tomei will play archie and edith bunker. jamie foxx and wanda sykes will play george and louise jefferson. every member of our cast is a killer. will ferrell, kerry washington, anthony anderson, ike barinholtz, ellie kemper, jackee harry, stephen tobolowsky, sean hayes, amber stevens west jovan adepo. and a couple of surprises too. the shows will be performed live in front of a studio audience tomorrow night at 8 p.m. here on abc. so gather the family to show them how it used to be done in the olden times. that's right. our first guest is one of the most popular movie and music stars ever. starting friday, he fills some large, pointy shoes in the new live-action version of "aladdin." please say hello to will smith ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: you know, you can't be too careful. it's cold and flu season. how you doin'? >> what's up, man? >> jimmy: you know, i watched "alad

lve in front of a studio audience, norman lear's all in the family and the jefferson's followed by whiskeytay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> that's interesting. groundbreaking she is. > i didn't realize jimmy kimmel >> really cool. that is this edition of abc 7 news. look for breaking news with the abc 7 news an. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >>> i'm ama daetz, for spencer christian, larry beil and the news team, have a great evening. there's no such thing so start driving and don't stop. because no one takes off at the finish line. and the only way to get that trophy, is to take it. net generation. official youth tennis of the usta. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants-- an attorney from los angeles, california... a high school teacher from ottawa, ontario, canada... and our returning champion, a professional sports gambler from las vegas, nevada... whose 24-day cash winnings total... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] of you suce much higher "t, i'm sure. mary and liz, welcome aboard, ladies, and good luck. here

he teamed up with norman lear and a bunch of big stars for a live recreation of "the jeffersons" andall in the family." this is interesting 'cause back when "all in the family" was on in 1971 - america was pretty jacked up. we had no equal rights for women, black folks were treated like second class citizens, and the president obstructed justice and repeatedly lied to the country. so, pretty much today, without uber. we've come really far guys. this has been a big week for me personally. i turned 35 on friday. [cheers and applause] and i celebrated that birthday by hosting a lesbian gala in miami called "sweet heat." [cheers and applause] the thing is i don't drink. and when you tell people you don't drink, they expect you to explain why. especially in miami. so i just started telling people i was pregnant. and then they offered me cocaine. we're going to have some fun tonight. i have an audience, a house band, and, most importantly, an adorable security guard. hi, guillermo. [cheers and applause] >> look at you, man. you're a hard working mexican immigrant with a great job and a bea

on wednesday night the great norman lear and i are bringing back "all in the family" and the "the jeffersonst. woody harrelson and marisa tomei as archie and edith bunker, jamie foxx and wanda sykes and george and louise jefferson, plus kerry washington, ike barinholtz, anthony anderson, ellie kemper, jovan adepo, stephen tobolowsky, jackee harry, amber stevens west, sean hayes, will ferrell and some surprises, too. and it will all be live. if wo -- we screw up, that's it, we're screwed. that's wednesday night at 8:00 here on abc. long before jon snow traveled north, another jon helped to put appointment television on the map. he is an emmy and golden globe-winning actor whom you can see as an archangel named gabriel in "good omens" starting may 31st on amazon prime. please welcome jon hamm. >>> how's it going? >> jimmy: very good to see you. jon, i have to say, i don't know if you're aware of this, but you have a very powerful handshake. almost radodeo caliber powerful. >> i don't know where i got that from. my dad used to drive trucks. >> jimmy: did you watch "game of thrones"? >> i did. i

this time she will be part of a live one-night recreation of two of norman lear's '70s hits.the fictional character that was one-half of the first interracial couple on primetime television. will ferrell will play her husband tom willis. >> oh. >> kerry confirming the news sharing a photo with jimmy kimmel. he's an executive producer on this and she writes, people, i am crazy excited to be part of the cast of live in front of a studio audience. that's the name of it. she goes on to say, quote, it was the brainchild of my dear friend jimmy kimmel to bring norman lear's iconic series to you live. what a cast by the way. he has assembled woody harrelson and marisa tomei will play archie bunker and edith bunker. jamie foxx and wanda sykes will play the jeffersons. anthony anderson also in the cast. [ applause ] you get to ask -- ♪ fish don't fry in the kitchen beans don't burn on the grill took a whole lot of trying just to get up that hill ♪ ♪ now we're up in the big leagues getting our turn at bat ♪ ♪ as long as we live, it's you and me baby, ain't nothing wrong with that we ar

." >> jimmy kimmel's passion project wednesday night with producing legend norman lear handed abc its of scenes like this. >> there's just one thing. do you folks mind if i ask you something? >> no, go right ahead. >> you got an apartment in this building? >> uh-huh. >> and you got one in this building too? >> yes, that's right. >> well, how come we overcame and nobody told me? >> that's 87-year-old marla gibbs reprising her role as florence. >> if you missed it or if you want to see it again, abc plans to rebroadcast the entire 90-minute special this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. it's because it is that good. i'm sure you know because people have been talking about it. >> wanda sykes, jamie foxx, woody harrelson. >> so applicable to life today. >> it was so good. >> so enjoy it. >> yes. >>> next we head across the pond where rihanna has opened business in paris. >> the singer unveiled her first fenty collection in the city of lights. >> she's now the first black woman to launch a new brand from scratch at lv image. >> fenty features everything from a $25 t-shirt to a $1,300 parka. riha

. >> reporter: original series creator norman lear getting right on board. >> he said, you know, whosaid would you be interested and he texted immediately and said, yes. and from there i thought, you know who would be the best george jefferson is jamie foxx. >> reporter: the wives of the two most famously opinionated and loose lip characters in television history, marisa tomei as edith bunker and wanda sykes as louise "weezy" jefferson. >> i've had more fights with george in the last week than the past 25 years. >> reporter: while the shows may be best remembered for the laughs, their social impact also burned into collective memory tackling tough issues, bigotry and cultural divisions that cut to the core. when the first six episodes of "all in the family" ran, they ran with a warning. is there a warning necessary in front of either one of these live shows? >> i think we're giving people fair notice that what they're about to see is not what they see nowadays and that it might create some conversation. these shows aren't just about laughing in the moment. >> i just want to learn a l

those live remakes brought to us by jimmy kimmel, norman lear, star-studded casts. fry in the kitchen ♪ all right. [ laughter ] they warned me not to do that with you, george. look, last night had they have been done before and did it with an all-star even oscar caliber cast that delivered. also it was a social experiment to see how the comedy but also the themes and difficult issues of 40, 50 years ago would hold up today. ♪ boy the way glen miller played songs that made the hit parade ♪ >> reporter: it started the same way it did 46 years ago, but this time -- ♪ girls were girls and men were men ♪ >> reporter: new voices were hitting those famous notes. ♪ those were the days >> reporter: the live reenactment of "all in the family" and "the jeffersons" brought classic thought-provoking television to a new audience with woody harrelson starring as the bigoted blue collar patriarch, archy bunker. >> black people have arrived. they're here. >> i ain't letting them in. >> reporter: and jamie foxx slipping into the shoes of george jefferson with trademark swagger. >> so

norman, many thanks. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. high, bank holiday weekend approaching.s is what we got last year. a record—breaker. 29 celsius on may day. this year we could be breaking records but perhaps not necessarily for the right reasons. it could be chilly with temperatures in some places are barely getting up to 13 celsius. mostly dry. the culprit is a cold front slowly meandering south across the country as we speak. to the south we are still in that milder airso we are south we are still in that milder air so we are not noticing it quite just yet. for the rest of the afternoon we have some cloud and showery outbreaks of rain moving their way across northern england to east anglia. to the north of that the cloud will break with some sunny spells. a scattering of showers. quite windy. particularly in the far north of scotland. some of those showers a bit wintry in higher ground. factoring in the wind here it will feel quite warm this afternoon full. to the south 1a or 15. that front will continue to push its way across southern coastal countries tonight. here it

norman, many thanks. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. high, bank holiday weekend approaching.but perhaps not necessarily for the right reasons. it could be chilly with temperatures in some places