The late Norman Lear’s career was defined by centering underrepresented stories rarely seen on television, and “Clean Slate,” one of Lear’s final projects, continues that tradition. The show follows father/daughter duo Harry (George Wallace) and Desiree Slate (Laverne Cox),

The first season of Prime Video's Clean Slate, starring Laverne Cox, has as much potential as series like Park & Rec did early on.

Executive produced by the late Norman Lear, the new show features Cox as a trans woman who reunites with her estranged father (George Wallace).

The actors spoke about their new Prime Video comedy series that features Cox as a transgender woman returning home to Alabama to live with her father, played by Wallace.

Clean Slate” has Cox as Desiree Slate, who returns to her Alabama birthplace after a decades-long absence to confront her carwash operator father Harry Slate (George Wallace) with her gender

Norman Lear was a force of nature in television. His progressive, boundary-breaking comedies—like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, and One Day at a Time—were never afraid to embrace contemporary issues head-on.

Prime’s new series about an estranged father and daughter in Alabama, starring Laverne Cox and Henry Wallace, is a flawed but sweet comedy in an awkward political moment