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"It's time and it's sensible, sooner rather than later, to unite behind Hillary lest we and our values be trumped," actor Norman Lear said. | AP Photo Norman Lear to Hollywood: Help Hillary, ditch Bernie

Legendary television producer Norman Lear is pushing his Hollywood colleagues to shift their loyalties to Hillary Clinton.

Lear, known for "The Jeffersons," "One Day at a Time" and "All in the Family," told The Hollywood Reporter that even after Bernie Sanders' win in Indiana on Tuesday, "it's time and it's sensible, sooner rather than later, to unite behind Hillary lest we and our values be trumped."

"If our liberal heads are on straight, we will be forever grateful to Bernie Sanders for teaching us to take pride in who we are — liberals, progressives, lefties — personally, I view us as Bleeding Heart Conservatives," Lear said. "There are no more conservative values than hewing religiously to delivering on our Founding Fathers' promise of equal opportunity and equal justice under the law."

It would be impossible for the Vermont senator to clinch the Democratic nomination based on delegate math alone. But after his victory in Indiana, Sanders has said he is "going to stay in until the last vote is counted."

Big-name figures in Hollywood like Steven Spielberg, George Clooney and Jeffrey Katzenberg have already stood behind Clinton. But others, like Mark Ruffalo, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon and Sarah Silverman, have voiced their support for Sanders.