PALMERSTOWN, U.S.A. March 20, CBS, 8p.m. E.S.T.
No one has more cleverly or profitably turned social issues into prime-time TV entertainment than Norman Lear and Alex Haley. Without Lear's All in the Family and Haley's Roots, network television in the 1970s might nearly have been bankrupt of innovation. To kick off the new decade, Lear and Haley have joined forces to undertake what could be their most exciting project yet: Palmerstown, U.S.A. is a new series that aspires to combine the historical sweep of Roots II with the activist humor of Lear's best sitcoms....
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