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Growing up as a kid outside of New York City, Greg Berlanti and his family feasted on Norman Lear’s television shows during the late 1970s and ’80s. On March 19, Berlanti himself — Hollywood’s most prolific TV producer — will receive the prestigious Norman Lear Achievement Award at the Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony.
The honor recognizes the impact a person has made on the art and craft of television. In the case of Berlanti, his dizzying array of credits includes Dawson’s Creek — which featured network TV’s first same-sex kiss between men — Riverdale, Brothers & Sisters, Arrow, The Flash, You, Doom Patrol and The Flight Attendant. Berlanti, who lives in Los Angeles with his husband and two children, recently caught up with THR.
He called me after the second show that I was a co-creator on, Jack and Bobby. The show only lasted a year, but one of the greatest things it did in my life was introduce me to Norman.