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- The show was launched as the second (and longest running) spin-off of All in the Family (after Maude), on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. The Jeffersons eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom, but episodes occasionally focused on serious issues such as alcoholism, racism, suicide, gun control, being transgender, the KKK, and adult illiteracy.
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Four years after moving on Hauser Street and tolerating Archie's racial barbs, George and Louise decide to move to finally move on up to the east side of Manhattan into a luxurious apartment to be closer to his new dry cleaning store located in the same building.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Wes Kenney
- 1975-01-11
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May 23, 2019 · Woody Harrelson and Marisa Tomei starred as Archie and Edith Bunker in ABC's re-creation of All in the Family and The Jeffersons, a live event staged in front of a studio audience and...
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The Groundbreaking Sitcom That Started It All
All in the Family primarily takes place at the Bunker residence on 704 Hauser Street. Archie and Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton) share their home with their daughter, Gloria (Sally Struthers), and her husband, Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner). Archie and Mike are always butting heads since Archie is politically conservative and Mike is usually portrayed as being liberal. Another sparring partner for Archie is neighbor George Jefferson, and the two criticize one another's race. Archie's bigotry was neve...
The Hit Spinoff Starring Bea Arthur
The first All in the Family spinoff was almost as popular as the original show, thanks in no small part to the legendary Bea Arthur in the titular lead role. This show was, of course, Maude, which ran for 141 episodes across six seasons between 1972 and 1978. Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) first appears as Edith Bunker's cousin in a 1971 All in the Family episode called "Cousin Maude's Visit." Maude arrives at the Bunker home to help out when the family gets hit with the flu. Maude becomes yet an...
The Spinoff Of A Spinoff
One of the key themes of All in the Family was race relations, as was exemplified by the relationship between Archie and his neighbor George Jefferson. The second spinoff of All in the Family was Good Times, and it did even more to bring the lived experience of Black Americans to households across 1970s America (although, technically, it was a spinoff of Maude). Florida Evans (Esther Rolle) was Maude Findlay's maid in Tuckahoe, New York, and Good Times moved on to develop Florida's life with...
The Bunker's Neighbors Move To New York For Their Own Show
While Good Times was a spinoff of Maude, it did use the All in the Family universe to shed light on the experience of Black Americans at a time when it was almost controversial to do so. The next spinoff, The Jeffersons, did the same, though was drawn directly from characters in All in the Family (and was arguably much more successful than Good Times). The parent show would have been completely different without the Jefferson family in the neighborhood, and so it's no surprise that they got t...
The Short-Lived Jeffersons Spinoff That Didn't Even Manage A Season
While many of the shows connected to All in the Family did extraordinarily well, Checking In only lasted for four episodes. The show was a spin-off of The Jeffersons, though it managed to capture none of the charm and appeal of it's parent show or any of the other All in the Family spinoffs like Maude or Good Times. Low ratings were given as the reason for Checking In's cancelation. As with Maude and Good Times, the main character of the new series was a maid on her previous series. Florence...
The Continuation Of All In The Family
All in the Family took a leaf out of its own book and spawned yet another sitcom after the series ended. Archie Bunker's Place started out with both Archie and Edith, but Jean Stapleton left the show and was killed off shortly after the series began. Unlike the other All in the Family spin-offs, Archie Bunker's Place was a direct continuation of the parent show, and was something of a sequel of sorts (though this unfortunately didn't make it as popular as All in the Family, or other spinoffs...
Another Short-Lived All In The Family Spinoff
Sally Struthers was next to get her own All in the Family spinoff as Gloria Bunker Stivic, Archie and Edith's daughter. She reprised her role several times on Archie Bunker's Place and then took center stage on Gloria, the last series to focus on a member of the Bunker family. The series began after a backdoor pilot on Archie Bunker's Place called "Gloria: The First Day." Gloria and Mike are no longer together, so Gloria and her son, Joey, leave California and go home to New York. Gloria work...
The Final Spinoff Was Also One Of The Least Successful
The final spin-off of this world of Norman Lear shows is 704 Hauser. The location is the only concrete link from All in the Family to the series, but it's a strong one despite the fact that 704 Hauser was only on the air for five episodes. The Cumberbatches are a Black family moving into the Bunkers' old house in Queens. John Amos (who played James Evans on Good Times) is the father, Ernie Cumberbatch. In a reversal of All in the Family, Ernie is liberal while his son is quite conservative. T...
- “Maude” (1972-78) The title character, played by Bea Arthur, was a tall, ultra-liberal feminist who drove Archie crazy; she was introduced in as Edith’s cousin in two “All in the Family” episodes in the 1971-72 season.
- “Good Times” (1974-79) It was a spinoff of a spinoff, centering on Maude’s maid Florida (Esther Rolle) and her family. Lear said “Good Times” (created by Mike Evans and Eric Monte) was the “first full Black family on television,” meaning two parents and more than one kid.
- “The Jeffersons” (1975-85) The sitcom was about the black family who had lived next door to the Bunkers, but “Good Times” was partly responsible. In his autobiography, Lear wrote that three members of the Black Panther Party came to his office at CBS, complaining about “Good Times”: “Every time you see a Black man on the tube, he is dirt poor, wears shit clothes, can’t afford nothing.
- “Archie Bunker’s Place” (1979-1983) This show debuted after the wrap of “All in the Family.” Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor) and his new partner Murray (Martin Balsam) run a tavern in Queens.
During the January 11, 1975 episode of All in the Family, titled "The Jeffersons Move Up", Edith Bunker gave a tearful good-bye to her neighbor Louise Jefferson as her husband George, their son Lionel, and she moved from a working-class section of Queens, New York, into the luxurious Colby East, a fictitious high-rise apartment complex on East ...
May 20, 2019 · The 90-minute special, hosted by legendary producer Lear and Jimmy Kimmel, has lined up an all-star cast headed by Woody Harrelson, Jamie Foxx, Marisa Tomei and Wanda Sykes. They will be joined...
How 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' changed TV. The stars from "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" performance of the two Norman Lear classics join "Nightline" to discuss the...
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