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Prime Video’s Clean Slate, Starring Laverne Cox and George Wallace
Laverne Cox and George Wallace/Credit: Prime Video

*Prime Video unveiled the trailer for the new comedy series “Clean Slate,” from legendary producer Norman Lear and starring Laverne Cox and George Wallace

Lear produced and developed over 100 shows and 1970s sitcoms, including “All in the Family” (1971–1979), “Maude” (1972–1978), “Sanford and Son” (1972–1977), “The Jeffersons” (1975–1985), and “Good Times” (1974–1979). His shows incorporated political and social themes into the sitcom format. In a recent interview, Cox said the series  is “very much a tribute to the legacy of Norman Lear.”

“Clean Slate” also tackles “intense issues, but doing it in a fun way, in a way that’s accessible and in a way that doesn’t point a finger at you or preach to you,” Cox explained in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, referencing “the iconic television created in the ‘70s and ‘80s that were family comedies that had political messages, but it didn’t hit you over the head with it.” 

“Clean Slate” is a heartfelt comedy that “follows Harry (George Wallace), an old-school car wash owner in Alabama who has a lot of soul searching to do when the child he thought was a son returns after 17 years as a proud trans woman, Desiree (Cox). Her homecoming brings together a hilarious cast of friends, coworkers, and love interests as Desiree and Harry try to get it right the second time around. The series explores universal themes of unconditional love, all through Norman Lear’s signature boundary-pushing brand of comedy,” per the synopsis.

“After being away for 23 years and, she says in the pilot, being in really dysfunctional relationships with men, she realizes that she has to go back to the source of the first unavailable man in her life, and that’s her father,” Cox said.

Prime Video’s Clean Slate, Starring Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox/Credit: Prime Video

“Ultimately, this show is about love, this show is about family, and trying to figure out how to connect after being away from each other and figuring out how to connect across generations and experiences,” Cox explained. 

Cox of Laverne Cox Productions, Wallace, and Dan Ewen (Dear Santa, Playing with Fire) are creators and executive producers of the series, with Lear and Brent Miller executive producing. Ewen co-showruns the series with Executive Producer Simran Baidwan. The cast includes Telma Hopkins, D.K. Uzoukwu, Jay Wilkison, and Norah Murphy.

The series will debut all eight episodes on Prime Video on February 6. Watch the trailer below.

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