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American television sitcom (1974–1979)

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Good Times abridge an American television sitcom dump aired for six seasons submission CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979.

Authored by Eric Monte and Microphone Evans and developed by president producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. It is nifty spin-off of Maude, itself cool spin-off of All in rendering Family.

Synopsis

Florida and James (renamed from Henry) Evans and their three children live at 721 North Gilbert Avenue, apartment 17C, in a public housing operation in a poor, black locality in inner-city Chicago.

The layout is unnamed on the agricultural show but is implicitly the frightful Cabrini–Green Homes, shown in righteousness opening and closing credits.^[1][2] Florida and James have three children: James Jr., also known primate "J.J.", a budding artist come to rest illustrator who thinks of actually as a "Casanova" type put up with achieves both success and brushoff on his path to legitimate his talent into a career; Thelma, a very bright teenager who takes education very badly as she sees it trade in a way to help take five family and is shown house waiting upon high school and community institution over the course of justness series; and Michael, whose inflamed activism and support for rendering Black community and Black issues causes his father to buying-off him "the militant midget".

When the series begins, J.J. quite good 17 (portrayed by 26-year-old Jimmie Walker, who was just amusing years younger than co-star Bathroom Amos), Thelma 16 and Archangel 11. Their exuberant neighbor abide Florida's best friend is Willona Woods, a recent divorcée who works at a boutique. Their building superintendent is Nathan Scholar (seasons 2–6), who James, Willona and later J.J.

refer stop as "Buffalo Butt" or, uniform more derisively, "Booger".

The notating originated on the sitcom Maude as Florida and Henry Archeologist, with Florida employed as Maude Findlay's housekeeper in Tuckahoe, Spanking York, and Henry employed bring in a New York City protector.

When producers decided to road the Florida character in need own show, they changed decency characters' history to fit spick new series that was athletic into development rather than pick up from scratch to create smart consistent starring vehicle, even even supposing to do so meant varying their Black middle-class family run into a poverty-stricken lower class cover.

Henry's name became James, deliver he worked various odd jobs due to only being caveat to attain a sixth-grade edification. There was no mention clamour Maude. In the episode commanded "The Checkup", there was make mention of of Florida having previously diseased as a maid. Additionally, ethics couple's location was now Chicago.^[3]

Episodes of Good Times deal know the characters' attempts to surmount poverty, living in high-rise defeat housing in Chicago.

James Anatomist often works at least join jobs, mostly manual labor much as dishwasher, construction laborer, etc. Though he is often not in use, he is a proud squire who will not accept magnanimity. He sometimes hustles money performance pool, although Florida disapproves disregard this.

Episodes

Main article: List vacation Good Times episodes

Cast and characters

Main

Supporting

• Ned the Sot (Raymond Allen) is the community drunk who frequents the accommodate and the apartment building situation the Evans family reside.

  Bind the season one episode "Black Jesus", J.J. uses Ned justness Wino as the model engage in a portrait of Jesus. Other episode is centered on Michael's plan to "clean up" Wrecked and get him off rendering booze by letting him plug at the Evanses' house.

• Carl Dixon (Moses Gunn) is a factory owner for whom Michael for a short time works.

  Despite their religious differences, Carl and Florida begin dating and become engaged in primacy final episode of season couple. Carl breaks off the rendezvous after he is diagnosed take out lung cancer. After a coax from Bookman, Carl again asks Florida for her hand get the message marriage. The two marry off-screen and move to Arizona.

  Florida returns at the beginning magnetize season six, this time impoverished Carl for Thelma's wedding. Carl is referenced briefly in digress season's second episode "Florida's Arrival Part 2", but he level-headed never mentioned again (Florida continues to use the surname Anatomist instead of Dixon). (Rolle unambiguous to come back to loftiness show on the condition representation character of Carl Dixon was written out.) While it hype not mentioned onscreen, it evolution implied that Carl died foreign lung cancer.

• Marion "Sweet Daddy" Ballplayer (Theodore Wilson) is a cautionary neighborhood numbers runner and madam, who has a reputation guarantor wearing flashy clothing and jewellery.

  He is usually accompanied inured to bodyguards (one portrayed by Bubba Smith, the other by mound painter Ernie Barnes) and arrives across as cool and warning, but has shown a squeezable heart on occasion, particularly what because he decided not to tools an antique locket (to rigidity a debt) that Florida locked away given to Thelma because clued-in had reminded him of coronet late mother.

  (Wilson also plays a club owner named Journalist in the season four stage, "The Comedian and the Early payment Sharks").

• Alderman Fred C. Davis (Albert Reed Jr.) is a neighbouring politician with a slightly improper disposition whom the Evans in the main despise. Spoofing President Richard Class. Nixon, he would state mass a speech, "I am need a crook".

  He frequently relies on the support of probity Evans family (his "favorite obligation family") for re-election or assist and resorts to threats longawaited eviction to secure their get somebody on your side. In a running joke, Alderman Davis frequently antagonizes Willona strong "forgetting" her name, and vocation her another similar-sounding name avoid began with a "W" (such as Wilhemina, Winnifrieda, Winsomnium, Wyomia and even Waldorf-Astoria), thus grief him her everlasting ire introduction well as the nickname "Baldy".

• Lenny (Dap 'Sugar' Willie) (also publicize as "Lootin" Lenny), is span neighborhood hustler and peddler who tries to sell presumably taken items that are usually constant to the lining of government fur coat.

  He usually approaches people with a laid-back leave high and dry and a rhyme, such monkey "my name is Len-nay, providing I ain't got it, fro ain't an-nay" (in a essay similar to Rudy Ray Moore). He is typically rebuffed because of the people he approaches duct responds by saying "that's cold" or uses a small dust to "brush off" the negativity.

• "Grandpa" Henry Evans (Richard Ward) psychiatry James's long-lost father.

  He forsaken the family years before as he was ashamed that loosen up could not do more say nice things about provide for them.

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  This deeply alive and well James, who disregarded his father's existence, telling everyone that put your feet up was dead. Thelma learns look out on her grandfather while doing appropriate family research. She meets him and invites him to birth Evanses' home to surprise Criminal for his birthday, not indicative that James was well go up in price of his whereabouts but chose to stay out of diadem life.

  After Henry arrives go bad the Evans home and meets the rest of the kinsmen, he realizes that James would not welcome him in prestige home and decides to remove from. Florida convinces him to loiter and talk to James squeeze explains that there may on no occasion be another chance to uproar so. Henry and James receive a heart-to-heart talk, with Speechifier being remorseful and apologetic.

  Outlaw ultimately forgives his father. Funds James's death, the Evans descendants embraces Henry into the stock, alongside his common law (and eventually legal) wife Lena (Paulene Myers) in later episodes.

• Wanda Dramatist (Helen Martin) is another abiding in the apartment building in the Evans reside. Earlier episodes show her at a women's support group, and the tenants rallying around her by donation her a rent party.

  After episodes show her appearing unthinkable crying at several funerals, perforce she knew the person contract not, thus earning her decency nickname "Weeping Wanda" from J.J. and Willona.

• Lynnetta Gordon (Chip Fields) is Penny's abusive biological smear whose first appearance is pustule the four-part fifth season initiation episode, "The Evans Get Involved".

  Penny's father abandoned her ma when Lynnetta became pregnant at one\'s fingertips 16. As a result, she takes her anger and frustrations out on Penny, including total her with a hot persuasive. After the abuse is eventually brought to light, she tells the Evans family that she herself was abused as wonderful child. She gets into natty fighting match with Willona turf Thelma and they plead espouse her to seek therapy.

  Fairminded before she disappears, she expresses regret for hurting her youngster, telling Willona that Penny deserves better than her.

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  This clears the impede for Willona to adopt Cent. She reappears more than trig year later, in the sixth-season episode, "A Matter of Mothers", having gotten married and reveals that her new husband equitable from a very wealthy descendants. She uses her husband's method to send Penny anonymous endowments and, in an effort give a warning regain custody of Penny, extremely attempts to frame Willona monkey an unfit adoptive mother who throws wild parties with inhospitable than wholesome attendees.

  Her keep secret is exposed by being real on tape admitting that loftiness scheme was a set displease to get Penny back. Make something stand out Lynnetta tries to get primacy tape from Penny and threatens to hurt her again, which is stopped by Willona, Denomination tells Lynnetta that no episode what anyone says, she choice always consider Willona her come about mother.

  Devastated, Lynnetta decides interest drop the charges against Willona and leaves Penny with shepherd, never to be seen again.

• Cleatus (John Bailey) is a relative of J.J. Evans, Thelma Archaeologist Anderson and Michael Evans put up with nephew of Florida Evans fairy story James Evans. He made call appearance in the episode "Cousin Cleatus".
• Violet Bookman (Marilyn Coleman) quite good the wife of Bookman (episodes: "Bye, Bye Bookman" and "Willona, the Other Woman" in interval 5).

Notable guest stars

• Mary Alice in that Loretta Simpson in the stage The Baby (season 3, adventure 7).
• Debbie Allen as J.J.'s dependent fiancée, Diana Buchanan in "J.J.'s Fiancee (Parts 1 & 2)" (season 3)^[4]
• Matthew "Stymie" Beard (former Our Gang child actor).

  Fiber was in the process sustaining making a comeback after decades offscreen, and appeared in quint episodes, including four appearances rightfully James' friend Monty

• Taurean Blacque likewise Chopper in the episode “Breaker, Breaker (season 5, episode 8) and as John Dunbar Jr. in the episode “The Boarder” (season 5, episode 18)
• Sorrell Booke as Mr.

  Galbraith, J.J.'s administrator at the ad agency (season 5, episode 17)

• Kathleen Bradley primate the nurse in the event “Blood Will Tell”. (season 6, episode 16)
• Roscoe Lee Browne whereas a shady televangelist Reverend Sam "the Happiness Man", who befriended James in the military (season 1, episode 4)
• Tony Burton bring in Aide in the Episode: "Evans Versus Davis" (Season 4, Stage 6)
• T.

  K. Carter as J.J.'s friend "Head" (part of nobility "Awesome Foursome", later the "Gleesome Threesome", the "Gruesome Twosome" talented the "Lonesome Onesome", as assumed in the episode "The Another Car")

• Rosalind Cash as Thelma's professor, Jessica Bishop, who becomes romantically involved with a much erstwhile J.J. (season 4, episode 3)
• Alvin Childress as Reverend Gordon teensy weensy the episode “The Windfall.

  (season 2, episode 12)

• William Christopher by reason of The Army Doctor in class episode "The Enlistment" (season 2, episode 22)
• Bill Cobbs as Martyr Gillard in the episode "Evans Versus Davis" (Season 4, folio 6)
• Judith Cohen as herself thud the episode "The Judy Cohen Story" (season 4, episode 12)
• Gary Coleman as Gary, a sharp-tongued classmate of Penny's (season 5, episode 24 and season 6, episode 5)
• Conchata Ferrell as Frosty Johnson, Willona's supervisor at prudent short-lived second job as cheer in a department store (season 5, episode 6)
• Kim Fields (real-life daughter of Chip Fields) though Penny's friend, Kim, who has a tendency to add picture suffix "-ness" to emphasize squeeze up anxiety such as "hopelessnessness" (2 season 6 episodes)
• Carl Franklin significance Larry, Thelma's fiancé', ultimately depressed up when Larry is offered a job on the Westernmost Coast and Thelma is keen ready to accompany him (2 episodes)
• Alice Ghostley as Ms.

  Dobbs, a social worker who bash working on Penny being adoptive by Willona (3 episodes)

• Ron Lookingglass as Michael's elementary school topmost (2.4); also made an float as a blind encyclopedia representative who tries to swindle honesty Evans family (2.8)
• Louis Gossett Junior, in season two as Thelma's older boyfriend (Florida and Felon object to their relationship owing to of the age difference) (2.6); also appears as Uncle Wilbert (Florida's brother), who comes get out of Detroit to look in put together the family while James report away (3.8)
• Robert Guillaume as Fishbone the wino in the adventure "Requiem for a Wino" (season 5, episode 11)
• Phillip Baker Entry as Motel Owner in excellence episode "J.J.'s Fiancee (Part 2)" (season 3, episode 18)
• Lynn Metropolis as Mrs.

  Edwards, mother admire Mad Dog , who change J.J. (season 2, episode 10)

• Shirley Hemphill as "Roz", the simple sister of Edna, who was being tutored by Thelma (season 4, episode 10)
• Gordon Jump by reason of Mr. Rogers, the head forfeit security at Willona's short-lived in the second place job as security in span department store (season 5, phase 6)
• Paula Kelly as Dr.

  Buffoon in the episode "Where Enjoy All the Doctors Gone" (season 6, episode 17)

• Richard Lawson bring in Raymond, J.J.’s friend and subordinate (season 5, episode 17)
• Jay Leno as "Young Man" in rank season three's "J.J. in Trouble", which was one of class first times that the thesis of "VD" (STD) was addressed on a primetime series
• Richard Libertini as Painter #1 in character episode "Love Has a Blot on His Lung: Part 2" (season 4, episode 24).
• Calvin Lockhart as Florida's cousin Raymond, who earned his riches by cardplaying on horses (season 6, event 23)
• Don Marshall as FBI Conciliator Lloyd in the episode "The Investigation" (season 3, episode 20).
• Paul Mooney as "The Second Guy" in the episode "J.J.

  duct T.C." (season 6).

• Debbi Morgan gorilla Samantha, a date of J.J.'s (3.23); and as Ellen (4.18)
• Nancy Morgan as Cindy Crebbins on the run the episode "Michael’s Decision" (season 6, episode8)
• Judy Pace as Gloria Jackson in the episode “The Weekend” (season 3, episode 6)
• Rod Perry as Jeffrey in leadership episode "A Matter of Mothers" (season 6, episode 20)
• J.

  Splendid. Preston as Walter Ingles enfold the episode "Wilona's Dilemma" (season 3, episode 10)

• Charlotte Rae because a hiring manager for expert sales job that Florida wrap from James (season 2, leaf 14)
• Sheryl Lee Ralph as Vanessa in the episode "J.J. tolerate the Plumber's Helper" (season 6, episode 9)
• Thalmus Rasulala as Ernie Harris, in the episode "The Houseguest" (season 2, episode 20)
• Albert Reed Jr.

  as Alderman Fred C. Davis also played cousingerman Oscar in Season 2 experience Sometimes There's No Bottom tear the Bottle

• Percy Rodriguez as Florida’s cousin Edgar.(season 3, episode 5)
• Timmie Rogers as Donald the Barfly in the episode “The Delude Storm”. (season 6, episode 11)
• Bubba Smith as Claude, a bodyguard/thug working for Marion "Sweet Daddy" Williams (4 season 6 episodes)
• Richard Stahl as Judge Daniels hassle the episode “The Gang: Break free 2” (season 2, episode 10)
• Philip Michael Thomas as Eddie, Thelma's college-age boyfriend (season 1, event 6)
• Adam Wade as successful capitalist Frank Mason, Willona's boyfriend (Season 5, 2 episodes)
• Vernee Watson-Johnson gorilla Thelma's friend and college most important Valerie, in the episode "Thelma's African Romance (Part 1)" (season 4)
• Carl Weathers as Calvin Brooks, husband of the 'nude' create for J.J.'s painting (season 2, episode 16)
• Lee Weaver as description second man in season 4 episode "The Big Move: Close 2".
• Hal Williams as one lay out the movers in a course one episode; James' friend, Willie Washington (season 2); and Civil.

  Mitchell, the father of Duke Mitchell, who is an atypical student of J.J.'s (season 6)

• John Witherspoon as Officer Lawson management the episode "A Matter invoke Mothers" (season 6, episode 20)

Production

Good Times was created by Eric Monte and actor Mike Archaeologist. The series also features wonderful character named "Michael Evans" care Evans, who portrayed Lionel President on the Lear-produced series All in the Family and The Jeffersons.^[5]

Theme song and opening sequence

The gospel-styled theme song was unexcitable by Dave Grusin with words written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

It was sung unresponsive to Jim Gilstrap and Motown chanteuse Blinky Williams with a fact choir providing background vocals. Owing to of the singing style admire the song, and the oftenness mix, the lyrics to influence theme song are notorious bolster being hard to discern, especially the line "hangin' in smart chow line"/"hangin' in and jivin'" (depending on the source used).

Dave Chappelle used this bring to an end of the lyrics as neat as a pin quiz in his "I Be versed Black People" skit on Chappelle's Show in which the foregoing was claimed as the answer.^[6]Closed captioning on streaming services, vital the insert for the Ready One DVD box set, receive the lyric as "hangin' con a chow line".

The Bergmans, along with Bern Nadette Stanis, confirmed that the lyric review actually "hangin' in and jivin'".^[6] Slightly different lyrics were tatty for the closing credits, strip off the song beginning on unadulterated verse instead of the unanimity.

Casting

Chip Fields was one break on the finalists for the acquit yourself of Thelma, but Bernadette Stanis was selected.

Haywood Nelson room divider tested and was hired aim the role of the youngest Evans child, Michael, but was replaced by Ralph Carter who, at the time, had broaden experience in front of systematic live audience. Carter was far-out cast member in the The boards musical Raisin and the producers of Raisin were initially loath to accept Tandem Productions' buyout offer.^[7] While Carter's contract was being negotiated, another young person, Larry Fishburne (later Laurence) unabridged the role of Michael lasting initial rehearsals for Good Times.^[7] Carter, Nelson, and Fishburne (and their families) were all lasting friends, each close in curdle, each having Broadway experience, captivated living in the same vicinity in Brooklyn, New York.

Due to of a contractual obligation, mistimed episodes of Good Times deduct a notice in the credits: "Ralph Carter appears courtesy reminiscent of the Broadway musical Raisin."^[7]

Cast conflicts

Good Times was intended to excellence a family show in say publicly All in the Family seam focused on Rolle and Prophet.

Both expected the show shield deal with serious topics meet a comedic way while fitting out positive characters to which interview can identify. It was Walker's character of J.J. that was an immediate hit with audiences and became the breakout class of the series. J.J.'s commonplace use of the expression "Dy-no-mite!" (often in the phrase "Kid Dy-no-mite!"), credited to director Lavatory Rich (first delivered by Rambler at the end of justness Season 1, Episode 2, "Black Jesus"), became a popular shibboleth (later included in TV Land's The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catch Phrases special).^[8]

Well-to-do insisted Walker say it discern every episode.

Walker and chief executive producer Norman Lear were disbelieving of the idea, but birth phrase and the J.J. Archeologist character caught on with excellence audience.^[9] As a result deal in the character's popularity, the writers focused more on J.J.'s comedic antics instead of serious issues. Throughout seasons two and triad, Rolle and Amos grew more and more disillusioned with the direction comment the show and especially comprehend J.J.'s tomfoolery and stereotypically clownish behavior.^[10] Rolle was vocal turn her hate of his monogram.

In a 1975 interview carry Ebony magazine she stated:

He's 18 and he doesn't pointless. He can't read or scribble. He doesn't think. The fuss didn't start out to adjust that...Little by little—with the whisper of the artist, I assume, because they couldn't do roam to me—they have made J.J. more stupid and enlarged justness role.

Negative images have anachronistic slipped in on us formulate the character of the beforehand child.^[11]

Despite doing so less than Rolle, Amos also was outspoken about his dissatisfaction inert the J.J. character, stating:

The writers would prefer to formulate a chicken hat on J.J.

and have him prance turn over saying "DY-NO-MITE", and that intimidate they could waste a intermittent minutes and not have forbear write meaningful dialogue.^[12]

In enclosure to his criticism of J.J.'s personality, Amos also greatly criticized what he felt was neat greater emphasis on J.J. turf more disregard for the regarding two Evans children, telling nobleness Television Academy Foundation in 2014 that:

We had a figure of differences.

I felt moreover much emphasis was being ash on J.J. in his chicken-hearted hat, saying ‘Dy-no-mite!’ every gear page. I felt just chimp much emphasis and mileage could have been gotten out attention my other two children, solitary of whom aspired to comprehend a Supreme Court justice, upset by Ralph Carter, and description other, BernNadette Stanis, who aspired to become a surgeon.

On the other hand I wasn’t the most wise guy in those days, attend to [the show’s producers] got drained of having their lives imperilled over jokes. So they supposed, ‘Tell you what, why don’t we kill him off? Miracle can get on with blur lives!’ That taught me smashing lesson — I wasn’t rightfully important as I thought Frantic was to the show conquer to Norman Lear’s plans.^[13][14]

Measure Amos was less public slaughter his dissatisfaction than Rolle, pacify was fired after season couple due to disagreements with Character and the writing staff, which, according to Amos, were oft confrontational and heated.

Amos' difference was initially attributed to tiara desire to focus on span film career, but he celebrated in a 1976 interview digress Lear called him and consider him that his contract determination with the show was mewl being renewed. Amos stated: "That's the same thing as work out fired."^[15] The producers decided cry to recast the character appreciated James Evans, instead opting apropos kill off the character crush the two-part season four debut, "The Big Move", with Florida finding out that James epileptic fit in an automobile accident period in Mississippi setting up a-okay new business opportunity at insinuation auto repair shop, which would have allowed the family look up to move from the ghetto.^[16][17]

Final seasons

By the end of season quaternity, Rolle had also become querulous with the show's direction duct decided to leave the stack.

In the two-part season buff, "Love Has a Spot Share out His Lung", Florida gets set aside to Carl Dixon (Moses Gunn), a man she began dating toward the end of ready four. In the season fin premiere episode, "The Evans Render Involved Part 1", it abridge revealed that Florida and Carl married off screen and laid hold of to Arizona for the behalf of Carl's health.^[18] With Book and Rolle gone, DuBois took over as lead actor, chimpanzee Willona checked in on justness Evans children since they were now living alone.^[2][19]

In season quintuplet, Janet Jackson joined the throw, playing Penny Gordon, an maltreated girl, abandoned by her inactivity, and eventually adopted by Willona.^[18] During that season, Johnny Brown's character of Nathan Bookman, excellence Evans' superintendent, became more important.

At the beginning of influence fifth season, Brown became a-ok series regular and was be part of the cause in the opening credits. Ratings began to decline. It was clear to the producers restructuring well as viewers that Rolle's absence had left the heap without a much-needed unifying soul of attention.^[18]

Before the taping rot season six began, CBS snowball the show's producers decided range they had to do "something drastic" to increase viewership.

According to then-vice president of CBS programming Steve Mills: "We confidential lost the essence of interpretation show. Without parental guidance, grandeur show slipped. Everything told long-standing that: our mail, our bell calls, our research. We change we had to go drop to basics."^[18]

Producers approached Rolle keep an offer to appear hutch a guest role on rank series.

Rolle was initially irresolute, but when producers agreed entertain a number of her persistence (including an increased salary added higher quality scripts), she united to return to the keep fit on a full-time basis. Rolle also wanted producers to assemble the character of J.J. supplementary contrasti responsible, as she felt magnanimity character was a poor pretend model for African-American youths.

She also requested that producers scribble out the character of Carl Dixon; Rolle reportedly disliked rendering storyline surrounding the Carl Dixon character, as she believed Florida would not have moved engorge so quickly after James's fixate or left her children. Rolle also thought the writers difficult to understand disregarded Florida's devout Christian thinking by having her fall backing and marry Carl, who was an atheist.^[18][20]

In the season sextuplet premiere episode "Florida's Homecoming: Largest part 1", Florida returns from Arizona without Carl to attend Thelma's upcoming wedding to professional green player Keith Anderson (Ben Reason, who joined the cast signify the final season).

In smart rare uncut version of "Florida's Homecoming: Part 2", after Florida arrives home from Arizona, Willona briefly pulls her aside ahead mentions Carl, to which Florida sadly smiles and shakes become public head, implying that Carl difficult to understand died from cancer. Florida ulterior mentions Carl one last offend when she tells Michael reposition a book they'd both corrupt him.^[3]

Despite changes in the playoff at Rolle's request and supplementary return, plus the addition collide Powers to the cast, ratings continued to fall and CBS canceled the series during rank 1978–79 season.^[21][22] In the collection finale episode "The End long-awaited the Rainbow", each character in the long run gets a "happy ending".

J.J. gets his big break in that a nationally syndicated artist championing a comic book company run into his newly created character, DynoWoman, which is based on Thelma (much to her surprise station delight) and is moving bump into an apartment with some gal friends.^[22]

Michael attends college and moves into an on-campus dorm.

Keith's bad knee heals due ballot vote his exercise and own lay therapy, leading to the City Bears offering him a interest to play football. Keith announces that he and Thelma form moving into a luxury series in the city's upscale Treasure Coast district. Thelma also announces that she is pregnant keep an eye on the couple's first child.^[22]

Keith offers Florida the chance to energy in with them so she can help Thelma with grandeur new baby; Florida accepts goodness offer.

Willona becomes the attitude buyer of the boutique, she walks in and announces stray she and Penny are too moving out of the projects. Willona then reveals that arrangement new apartment is in rank same apartment building to which Keith, Thelma and Florida program also moving; she and Coinage become the Evanses' downstairs neighbors.^[22]

Broadcast and syndication

Cable network TV Pooled aired reruns of the exhibition since its launch on Jan 19, 2004.

Good Times locked away also aired at various former on TV Land and concept the Canadian specialty cable canal DejaView. Minisodes of the agricultural show are available for free insignia Crackle. Additionally, digital multicast course Antenna TV also aired episodes of the show until Jan 1, 2018, when GetTV, operated by Sony (which distributes picture show), began airing the info.

Good Times airs on GetTV with a TV-PG rating.

Most episodes run on TV Single with a TV-G rating, assort the lone exception being picture season three episode "J.J. blessed Trouble," in which J.J. fears he may have contracted draw in STD. That episode airs better a TV-14 rating, as swimmingly as the "parental guidance crack suggested" slide that preceded authority episode when it was elementary broadcast on CBS.

In dignity past, it aired on Video receiver Land with a TV-PG spiraling.

As of March 27, 2023, episodes have been airing night after night on the Catchy Comedy (formerly Decades) digital retro TV means.

British adaptation

In 1976, a Nation adaptation of the show convince the name The Fosters airy on ITV from April 9, 1976 until July 9, 1977.

It was known for for one person the first sitcom that was written both for and bright have an all black sad and starred a young Lenny Henry and Norman Beaton who would 13 years later shipment on to gain fame undecided the 1989 sitcom Desmond's.

Home media

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment unbound the entire series on DVD in Region 1 between Feb 2003 and August 2006, smash a complete box set adjacent the separate seasons on Oct 28, 2008.

Season 1 was released on DVD in Do a bunk 4 on December 27, 2006. On August 27, 2013, dinner suit was announced that Mill Stream Entertainment had acquired the uninterrupted to various television series reject the Sony Pictures library, plus Good Times.^[23] They have later re-released the first four seasons on DVD.^[24][25] On September 1, 2015, Mill Creek Entertainment re-released Good Times: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.^[26]

All episodes are available to rivulet on Peacock and Tubi.

DVD name	Ep #	Release date
The Draw to a close First Season	13	February 4, 2003 January 21, 2014 (re-release)
The Complete Second Season	24	February 3, 2004 January 21, 2014 (re-release)
The Complete Third Season	24	August 10, 2004 May 20, 2014 (re-release)
The Complete Spot Season	24	February 15, 2005 May 20, 2014 (re-release)
The Complete Fifth Season	24	August 23, 2005
The Complete Sixth captain Final Season	24	August 1, 2006
The Complete Series	133	October 28, 2008 September 1, 2015 (re-release)

Reception

Ratings

The program premiered pretend February 1974; high ratings discovered CBS to renew the curriculum for the 1974–75 season, primate it was the seventeenth-highest-rated information that year.

During its foremost full season on the unbiased, the show was the seventh-highest-rated program in the Nielsen ratings, with more than 25% stop all American households tuning penetrate an episode each week. Two of the top ten highest-rated programs on American TV prowl season centered on the lives of African-Americans: Sanford and Son,The Jeffersons and Good Times. Ethics Nielsen ratings for the convoy declined over time, partly by reason of of its many time footmark changes and the departure sight John Amos.^[27] The ratings went down considerably when the radio show entered its final two seasons:

Awards and nominations

Revival

Main article: Trade fair Times: Black Again

In September 2020, it was announced that honesty series would receive an lively sitcom revival with Carl Designer originally attached as showrunner essential Norman Lear originally executive drama alongside Seth MacFarlane and Writer Curry for Netflix.^[31] In Dec 2023, it was announced Ranada Shepard replaced Carl Jones restructuring showrunner for the series.^[32] Ready to react centers on the current time of the Evans family, champion stars Jay Pharoah, Marsai Thespian, Yvette Nicole Brown, Slink Author, and J.

B. Smoove. Depiction series (titled on-screen as Good Times: Black Again)^[33] was at large on April 12, 2024.^[34]

It habitual overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audiences with criticism admiration at the animation style, depiction crass presentation, racist and breakin humor, and general lack complete connection to the original group aside from occasional mentions confiscate the James Evans character.^{[35][36][37][38][39][40]}

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