'The Jeffersons' at 50: How Norman Lear changed the way Black people were represented on TV
Norman Lear's "The Jeffersons," an "All in the Family" spinoff, was a record-setting Black comedy. But it made important history in other ways.
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‘The Jeffersons’ At 50: A Look Back At The Classic Sitcom
who originated her role as Louise “Weezie” Jefferson in the landmark sitcom All in the Family in the season one episode in 1971 titled “Lionel Moves in the Neighborhood.” Today we ...
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No One Told Sherman Hemsley and ‘The Jeffersons’ Cast That the Show Was Canceled
The show’s popularity dipped a bit over the course of its 11 seasons — but when the show was abruptly canceled in 1985, the news came as a shock to the cast, including its stars Sherman Hemsley ...
'The Jeffersons' at 50: Looking back at a classic sitcom that changed TV
Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...
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Ned Wertimer, character actor known as 'The Jeffersons' doorman, dies at 89
Wertimer’s character of the money-hungry doorman Ralph Hart was introduced during a 1975 episode of "All in the Family" titled “The Jeffersons Move on Up.” On the Norman Lear spinoff ...
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'The Jeffersons' at 50: How Norman Lear changed the way Black people were represented on TV
including its parent show “All in the Family.” But the more important history it made came as soon as its first episode, 50 years ago this week: CBS' “The Jeffersons” marked the first ...