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.

With her new Prime Video series "Clean Slate," actress Laverne Cox delivers laughs while tackling social issues in the trans community.

By design, Cox’s series has all the hallmarks of a classic TV sitcom, from the eclectic cast of supporting characters, to the charming theme song, right on down to the fact that it boasts the late, great Norman Lear among its executive producers.

Produced by two TV legends, Norman Lear and Laverne Cox, this Black family sitcom from Prime Video brings together the former's sensibilities — as seen in classic hits like All in the Family, Maude, and Good Times — with the four-time Emmy-nominated Orange Is the New Black star's passion for trans representation,

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),

Maybe we understand that before she does since this homecoming tale starts with Harry processing the realization that the child he believed to be his son was, in fact, always his daughter. Other comedies might make this an ongoing refrain.

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