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6. Norman ignored the guidelines CBS laid out for him

CBS was fine with having an edgy show on the network, but they wanted to be in control of just how edgy that was going to get. For example they suggested that the terms “queer” and “fairy” should be used as little as possible, and “regular fella” was better than saying “straight.” Lear did not listen, and deftly got away with it.

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