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Norma Safford Vela is an American television writer, director and producer. She produced the ABC series George , starring George Foreman.

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Her credits include What I Like About You , Good Advice, Studio 5-B , The Jersey , The Slap Maxwell Story , The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd , Spenser: For Hire , St. Elsewhere , Almost Home , Life with Bonnie , V.I.P. , That's Life , Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , Vanishing Son , George, Designing Women , Davis Rules , [1] and Roseanne .

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  1. Horowitz, Joy (1991-05-26). "TELEVISION; Poof! The Mommies Vanish in Sitcomland". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-06-23.