Globes will honor Lear’s life’s work

The Golden Globes will honor groundbreaking TV producer Norman Lear at its 2021 award show next month, recognizing him for “outstanding contributions to the television medium on or off the screen.”

Lear, 98, will receive the Carol Burnett Award, the third recipient of the annual lifetime achievement honor named after the iconic comedian, the organization announced Thursday.

“Norman Lear is among the most prolific creators of this generation,” Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Ali Sar said in a statement.

“His career has encompassed both the Golden Age and Streaming Era, throughout which his progressive approach addressing controversial topics through humor prompted a cultural shift that allowed social and political issues to be reflected in television. His work revolutionized the industry and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is honored to name him as the 2021 Carol Burnett Award recipient.”

Burnett and Ellen DeGeneres received the first and second honors.

Lear’s career dates back to 1950 and includes shows like “All in the Family,” the controversial ’70s sitcom that challenged racial stereotypes through the character of Queens bigot Archie Bunker; “Good Times” and “The Jeffersons,” comedies that focused on Black families, a rarity in the 1970s, “Maude” and “One Day at a Time.”

Over the years, he’s racked up six Emmy Awards, was a 2017 Kennedy Center Honoree, received the National Medal of Arts in 1999 and the Peabody Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. In 1984, he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Lear told the Daily News last year, a day after his 98th birthday, that he had more than a dozen projects in the air at the moment.

“I’ve got 30 or 40 more years in me,” he joked.

The Golden Globes ceremony is set for Feb. 28, with nominations announced on Feb. 3.