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Nicholl</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ross_(screenwriter)" title="Michael Ross (screenwriter)">Michael Ross</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_West" title="Bernie West">Bernie West</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Shea_(director)" title="Jack Shea (director)">Jack Shea</a> (seasons 1–5)</li> <li>Various (seasons 4 & 10–11)</li> <li>Bob Lally (seasons 5–9)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Sanford" title="Isabel Sanford">Isabel Sanford</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Hemsley" title="Sherman Hemsley">Sherman Hemsley</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Marla_Gibbs" title="Marla Gibbs">Marla Gibbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Roxie_Roker" title="Roxie Roker">Roxie Roker</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Cover" title="Franklin Cover">Franklin Cover</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Benedict" title="Paul Benedict">Paul Benedict</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Evans_(actor)" title="Mike Evans (actor)">Mike Evans</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Berlinda_Tolbert" title="Berlinda Tolbert">Berlinda Tolbert</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Zara_Cully" title="Zara Cully">Zara Cully</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Damon_Evans_(actor)" title="Damon Evans (actor)">Damon Evans</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Hammer" title="Jay Hammer">Jay Hammer</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Barry" title="Jeff Barry">Jeff Barry</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ja%27net_DuBois" class="mw-redirect" title="Ja'net DuBois">Ja'net DuBois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"Movin' On Up" performed by <a href="/wiki/Ja%27net_DuBois" class="mw-redirect" title="Ja'net DuBois">Ja'net DuBois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data">Don Great</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">253 <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>David Duclon</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Leavitt" title="Ron Leavitt">Ron Leavitt</a></li><li>Jay Moriarty</li><li>Mike Milligan</li><li>Don Nicholl</li><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ross_(screenwriter)" title="Michael Ross (screenwriter)">Michael Ross</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/George_Sunga" title="George Sunga">George Sunga</a></li><li>Bernie West</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>David Duclon</li><li>Ron Leavitt</li><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_G._Moye" title="Michael G. Moye">Michael G. Moye</a></li><li>Jerry Perzigian</li><li>Donald L. Seigel</li><li>Jack Shea</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_City" title="Television City">CBS Television City</a>, Hollywood, California (1975)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Metromedia_Square" title="Metromedia Square">Metromedia Square</a>, Hollywood, California</li><li>(1975–1982)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_City_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal City Studios">Universal City Studios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Universal_City,_California" title="Universal City, California">Universal City, California</a></li><li>(1982–1985)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multi-camera_setup" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-camera setup">Multi-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">22–24 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/ELP_Communications" title="ELP Communications">T.A.T. Communications Company</a></li><li>(1975–1982)</li><li>(seasons 1–8)</li><li>NRW Productions</li><li>(1975–1979)</li><li>(seasons 1–5)</li><li>Ragamuffin Productions</li><li>(1980–1981)</li><li>(season 7)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Embassy_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Embassy Television">Embassy Television</a></li><li>(1982–1985)</li><li>(seasons 9–11)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">January 18, 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1975-01-18</span>)</span> –<br />July 2, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-07-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maude_(TV_series)" title="Maude (TV series)">Maude</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Times" title="Good Times">Good Times</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Archie_Bunker%27s_Place" title="Archie Bunker's Place">Archie Bunker's Place</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gloria_(American_TV_series)" title="Gloria (American TV series)">Gloria</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/E/R" title="E/R">E/R</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/704_Hauser" title="704 Hauser">704 Hauser</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Checking_In" title="Checking In">Checking In</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Jeffersons</b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> television series that was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">253 episodes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-histafam-2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histafam-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Jeffersons</i> is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premise">Premise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Premise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The show focuses on <a href="/wiki/George_Jefferson" title="George Jefferson">George</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louise_Jefferson" title="Louise Jefferson">Louise Jefferson</a>, a <a href="/wiki/African-American_upper_class" title="African-American upper class">prosperous black</a> couple who have been able to move from <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a> to <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> owing to the success of George's <a href="/wiki/Dry-cleaning" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry-cleaning">dry-cleaning</a> chain, Jefferson Cleaners. The show was launched as the second (and longest running) <a href="/wiki/Television_spin-off" class="mw-redirect" title="Television spin-off">spin-off</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i> (after <i><a href="/wiki/Maude_(TV_series)" title="Maude (TV series)">Maude</a></i>), on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of <a href="/wiki/Archie_Bunker" title="Archie Bunker">Archie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edith_Bunker" title="Edith Bunker">Edith Bunker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ny-premiere_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ny-premiere-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ebony-jan1976_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebony-jan1976-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show was the creation of <a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ny-premiere_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ny-premiere-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum-tv_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-tv-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Jeffersons</i> eventually evolved into more of a traditional <a href="/wiki/Situation_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Situation comedy">sitcom</a>, but episodes occasionally focused on serious issues such as <a href="/wiki/Alcoholism" title="Alcoholism">alcoholism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control">gun control</a>, being <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a>, the <a href="/wiki/KKK" class="mw-redirect" title="KKK">KKK</a>, and adult <a href="/wiki/Illiteracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Illiteracy">illiteracy</a>. The epithets <i><a href="/wiki/Nigger" title="Nigger">nigger</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Honky" title="Honky">honky</a></i> were used occasionally, especially during the earlier seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-afamtv-2013_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afamtv-2013-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-huffpo-jul2012_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffpo-jul2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Jeffersons</i> had one <a href="/wiki/Spin-off_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-off (media)">spin-off</a>, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Checking_In" title="Checking In">Checking In</a>.</i> The series was centered on the Jeffersons' housekeeper, Florence, who takes a job as cleaning management at a hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Checking In</i> lasted only four episodes, after which Florence returned to <i>The Jeffersons</i> with the story that the hotel had burned down in a fire.<sup id="cite_ref-bogle-1988_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bogle-1988-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Jeffersons</i> also shared continuity with the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/E/R" title="E/R">E/R</a></i>, which featured <a href="/wiki/Lynne_Moody" title="Lynne Moody">Lynne Moody</a>, who made a guest appearance in one episode of <i>The Jeffersons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide-moody_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-moody-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sherman Hemsley guest-starred as George in two episodes of the series, which lasted for one season.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes-jul2012_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-jul2012-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cancellation of <i>The Jeffersons</i> cleared the way for Marla Gibbs, who played Florence Johnston on the series, to move on to the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/227_(TV_series)" title="227 (TV series)">227</a></i> in the fall of 1985, a year earlier than scheduled. </p><p><i>The Jeffersons</i> ended in controversy after CBS abruptly canceled the series without allowing for a proper <a href="/wiki/Series_finale" title="Series finale">series finale</a>. The cast was not informed until after the July 2, 1985, episode, "Red Robins"; actor <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Hemsley" title="Sherman Hemsley">Sherman Hemsley</a>, who portrayed George Jefferson, said he learned that the show was canceled by reading it in the newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-youtube-bio_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube-bio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Sanford" title="Isabel Sanford">Isabel Sanford</a> (Louise Jefferson), who heard about the cancellation through her cousin who read it in the tabloids, publicly stated that she found the cancellation with no proper finale to be disrespectful on the network's part.<sup id="cite_ref-emmy-isabel_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emmy-isabel-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per an article in the May 8, 1985, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, the series was cancelled by announcement at the CBS network "upfront" presentation the day before, nearly two months before the airing of the final episode. Actor <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Cover" title="Franklin Cover">Franklin Cover</a>, who played Tom Willis, also heard about the cancellation while watching <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight" title="Entertainment Tonight">Entertainment Tonight</a></i>. </p><p>The cast reunited in a stage play based on the sitcom.<sup id="cite_ref-ew-apr1993_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew-apr1993-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In season 5 episode 17 of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air" title="The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air">The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</a></i>, titled "Will Is from Mars" (1995), the Jeffersons made a guest appearance as a couple in therapy class. In the 1996 series finale of <i>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</i>, the Jeffersons made a guest appearance as the buyers of the Banks family house.<sup id="cite_ref-histafam-2014_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histafam-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Perry%27s_House_of_Payne" title="Tyler Perry's House of Payne">Tyler Perry's House of Payne</a></i> in 2011, <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Hemsley" title="Sherman Hemsley">Sherman Hemsley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marla_Gibbs" title="Marla Gibbs">Marla Gibbs</a> reprised their roles of George Jefferson and Florence Johnston.<sup id="cite_ref-tvfinale-aug2012_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvfinale-aug2012-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Hemsley and Sanford made a special joint guest appearance in the <a href="/wiki/Canale_5" title="Canale 5">Canale 5</a> comedy show <i>Grand Hotel</i>, starring the Italian actors <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Villaggio" title="Paolo Villaggio">Paolo Villaggio</a>, the comic duo <a href="/wiki/Franco_Franchi" title="Franco Franchi">Franco</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ciccio_Ingrassia" title="Ciccio Ingrassia">Ciccio</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Carmen_Russo" title="Carmen Russo">Carmen Russo</a>. They were guests in the fictional hotel and their voices were dubbed by Italian actors <a href="/wiki/Enzo_Garinei" title="Enzo Garinei">Enzo Garinei</a> (George) and Isa di Marzio (Louise), who also dubbed their characters for the full series. As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the members still alive from the main cast include Marla Gibbs, Berlinda Tolbert, Damon Evans, and Jay Hammer.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_development">Series development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Series development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Louise_Jefferson" title="Louise Jefferson">Louise Jefferson</a>, played by <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Sanford" title="Isabel Sanford">Isabel Sanford</a>, first appeared in the <i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i> episode "Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood", which was broadcast on March 2, 1971. The episode, <a href="/wiki/List_of_All_in_the_Family_episodes" title="List of All in the Family episodes">the eighth of the series</a>, centers on Louise, her son <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Jefferson" title="Lionel Jefferson">Lionel</a>, and her husband <a href="/wiki/George_Jefferson" title="George Jefferson">George</a> moving next door to <a href="/wiki/Archie_Bunker" title="Archie Bunker">Archie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edith_Bunker" title="Edith Bunker">Edith</a> Bunker in the working-class section of <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-afamtv-2013_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afamtv-2013-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lionel, played by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Evans_(actor)" title="Mike Evans (actor)">Mike Evans</a>, first appeared in "Meet the Bunkers", the premiere episode of <i>All in the Family</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-afamtv-2013_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afamtv-2013-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a> created the character of George Jefferson specifically for Hemsley. Lear originally intended for George to appear in the first season of the series, but Hemsley was starring in the Broadway musical <i><a href="/wiki/Purlie" title="Purlie">Purlie</a></i> at the time, and Lear decided to postpone introduction of the character until Hemsley was available. Lear created the character of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Jefferson">Henry Jefferson</a>, George's younger brother, who was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Mel_Stewart" title="Mel Stewart">Mel Stewart</a> which replaced George with Henry in the series's scripts until <i>Purlie</i> finished its run.<sup id="cite_ref-afamtv-2013_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afamtv-2013-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-floss-dec2015_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-floss-dec2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Henry played as George when Louise felt embarrassed that George did not want to be in Archie Bunker's house due to prejudice. George was introduced in the episode "Henry's Farewell", and Hemsley and Stewart share their only scene together in its final minutes. The episode marked the final appearance of Henry throughout the series. </p><p>The idea of the Jeffersons "moving on up" came after three members of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Panthers" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Panthers">Black Panthers</a> who were fans of Lear's productions visited Lear's CBS office, raising issues with the creator over the portrayal of Black people on television, including his <i>Maude</i> spin-off series <i>Good Times</i>. "Every time you see a Black man on the tube, he is dirt poor, wears shit clothes, can't afford nothing," Lear recalled in his autobiography.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lear consulted with his associate <a href="/wiki/Al_Burton" title="Al Burton">Al Burton</a> on the concept. </p><p>George, Louise, and Lionel continued to appear on <i>All in the Family</i> until 1975, when the spin-off <i>The Jeffersons</i>, also created by Lear, premiered.<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The characters of Lionel's multiracial fiancée, <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Willis_Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jenny Willis Jefferson">Jenny</a>, and her family, all of whom first appeared in the 1974 <i>All in the Family</i> episode "Lionel's Engagement", were also written into the new series.<sup id="cite_ref-afamact-dec2009_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afamact-dec2009-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the roles were all recast, with <a href="/wiki/Berlinda_Tolbert" title="Berlinda Tolbert">Berlinda Tolbert</a> taking over the role of Jenny, veteran actor <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Cover" title="Franklin Cover">Franklin Cover</a> playing her father, Tom Willis, whose first name was changed from Louis, as it was in their first <i>All in the Family</i> appearance, and <a href="/wiki/Roxie_Roker" title="Roxie Roker">Roxie Roker</a> as her mother, Helen. Roker was asked during a casting interview if she would be comfortable with her character having a white husband. In response she showed a picture of her husband, Sy Kravitz, who was white. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Jeffersons_Sanford_Hemsley_Evans_1974.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/The_Jeffersons_Sanford_Hemsley_Evans_1974.jpg/220px-The_Jeffersons_Sanford_Hemsley_Evans_1974.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/The_Jeffersons_Sanford_Hemsley_Evans_1974.jpg/330px-The_Jeffersons_Sanford_Hemsley_Evans_1974.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/The_Jeffersons_Sanford_Hemsley_Evans_1974.jpg/440px-The_Jeffersons_Sanford_Hemsley_Evans_1974.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="820" /></a><figcaption>Cast of <i>The Jeffersons</i>, clockwise from top: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Evans_(actor)" title="Mike Evans (actor)">Mike Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Hemsley" title="Sherman Hemsley">Sherman Hemsley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Sanford" title="Isabel Sanford">Isabel Sanford</a> (1975)</figcaption></figure> <p>During the January 11, 1975 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i>, titled "The Jeffersons Move Up", <a href="/wiki/Edith_Bunker" title="Edith Bunker">Edith Bunker</a> gave a tearful good-bye to her neighbor <a href="/wiki/Louise_Jefferson" title="Louise Jefferson">Louise Jefferson</a> as her husband George, their son <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Jefferson" title="Lionel Jefferson">Lionel</a>, and she moved from a working-class section of Queens, New York, into the luxurious Colby East, a fictitious <a href="/wiki/High-rise_building" class="mw-redirect" title="High-rise building">high-rise</a> apartment complex on East 63rd Street in the <a href="/wiki/Upper_East_Side" title="Upper East Side">Upper East Side</a> neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide-moveup_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-moveup-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Jeffersons</i> premiered the following week, on January 18, 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>George's career as a dry-cleaner began in the first season of <i>All in the Family</i> in the third episode "Oh, My Aching Back" (though the character himself did not appear on-camera). After his car was rear-ended by a bus, he filed a civil action and won $5000, enough to open his first store in Queens.<sup id="cite_ref-floss-dec2015_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-floss-dec2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of <i>The Jeffersons</i>, he was operating five stores throughout New York City, with another two opening during the following seasons. </p><p>Louise made friends with <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Willis_family" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Tom and Helen Willis</a>, an interracial couple with two adult children of their own<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (whom George derided as "<a href="/wiki/Zebra" title="Zebra">zebras</a>"):<sup id="cite_ref-histafam-2014_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histafam-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amfam-mar2005_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amfam-mar2005-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> son <a href="/wiki/Allan_Willis" class="mw-redirect" title="Allan Willis">Allan</a> (played by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rubin" title="Andrew Rubin">Andrew Rubin</a> in the first-season finale, and by <a href="/wiki/Jay_Hammer" title="Jay Hammer">Jay Hammer</a> throughout season 5), a <a href="/wiki/Passing_(racial_identity)#Passing_for_white" title="Passing (racial identity)">white-passing</a> college drop-out; and daughter Jenny, an aspiring <a href="/wiki/Fashion_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Fashion designer">fashion designer</a>. Jenny and Lionel became a couple, married on December 24, 1976, and later became the parents of a daughter, Jessica (played by Ebonie Smith).<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afam-aug2009_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afam-aug2009-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lionel and Jenny experienced marital issues as evidenced in a two-part season 8 episode "The Separation", and divorced in the final season two-parter "Sayonara".<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Marla_Gibbs" title="Marla Gibbs">Marla Gibbs</a> portrayed the role of <a href="/wiki/Florence_Johnston" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence Johnston">Florence Johnston</a>, the Jeffersons' back-talking, tough, wisecracking, and devoutly religious <a href="/wiki/Housekeeper_(domestic_worker)" title="Housekeeper (domestic worker)">housekeeper</a>. Florence often teased George, mostly about his short stature and receding hairline.<sup id="cite_ref-jet-dec1984_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jet-dec1984-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One episode featured George requesting Florence to insult him, in order to get to a prospective business partner who was fond of her wisecracks. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paul_Benedict" title="Paul Benedict">Paul Benedict</a> arrived as <a href="/wiki/Harry_Bentley_(The_Jeffersons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Bentley (The Jeffersons)">Harry Bentley</a>, an amiable, kind, loyal yet eccentric British next-door neighbor,<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who worked as an <a href="/wiki/Interpreting" class="mw-redirect" title="Interpreting">interpreter</a> at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-itech-dec2016_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itech-dec2016-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A frequent sight-gag of the show was George slamming the door in Bentley's face mid-conversation, usually during one of Bentley's stories which George invariably perceived as boring.<sup id="cite_ref-itech-dec2016_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itech-dec2016-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bentley also had a bad back, and frequently needed George to walk on it.<sup id="cite_ref-playbill-benedict_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-playbill-benedict-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vineyard-dec2008_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vineyard-dec2008-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also became known for addressing the Jeffersons as "Mr. J" and "Mrs. J".<sup id="cite_ref-vineyard-dec2008_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vineyard-dec2008-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Zara_Cully" title="Zara Cully">Zara Cully</a> played George's mother, <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivia Jefferson">Olivia "Mother" Jefferson</a>, who constantly disparaged her daughter-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-ebony-jan1976_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebony-jan1976-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amfam-mar2005_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amfam-mar2005-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afam-aug2009_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afam-aug2009-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cully, who had first appeared in the 1974 <i>All in the Family</i> episode "Lionel's Engagement", reprised her role.<sup id="cite_ref-blackthen-nov2016_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackthen-nov2016-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She appeared regularly in the first two seasons, but made sporadic appearances over the next two years, much thinner due to a severe case of pneumonia. Cully was written out in season 4 due to her death in 1978, from lung cancer. No episode was centered on Mother Jefferson's death, but it was occasionally mentioned in future episodes that she had died. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ned_Wertimer" title="Ned Wertimer">Ned Wertimer</a> played their tip-hungry doorman, Ralph Hart, throughout the series.<sup id="cite_ref-today-jan2013_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-today-jan2013-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was known for constantly stalling at the Jeffersons' door with his hand out waiting for a tip. Most of the cast usually didn't respond, but George almost always gave in. He also used it in a blackmail manner, usually requiring George to pay more in order to keep his mouth shut about something such as a stock tip. Ralph was also known for making up stories of him struggling to fulfill the Jeffersons' request to get more tips. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Danny_Wells" title="Danny Wells">Danny Wells</a> played Charlie, the owner and a bartender of a nearby bar to the Jeffersons apartment building. The cast commonly visited the bar for a drink or to attend a party. Charlie was also revealed to be an alcoholic in the season 11 episode "A Secret in the Back Room", in which Charlie is in denial, but the Jeffersons eventually get him to admit to his problem and advise him to get some help. His alcohol problem isn't referenced anymore throughout the series, but it is assumable Charlie overcame it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cast_changes">Cast changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cast changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jenny_and_Lionel_Jeffersons.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jenny_and_Lionel_Jeffersons.JPG/200px-Jenny_and_Lionel_Jeffersons.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jenny_and_Lionel_Jeffersons.JPG/300px-Jenny_and_Lionel_Jeffersons.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jenny_and_Lionel_Jeffersons.JPG/400px-Jenny_and_Lionel_Jeffersons.JPG 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="903" /></a><figcaption>Berlinda Tolbert and Damon Evans as Jenny and Lionel (1976)</figcaption></figure> <p>Mike Evans ("Lionel") left the show after the first season; his replacement was <a href="/wiki/Damon_Evans_(actor)" title="Damon Evans (actor)">Damon Evans</a> (no relation),<sup id="cite_ref-ebony-jan1976_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebony-jan1976-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who took over the role until halfway through the fourth season.<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damon Evans's last episode was "Lionel Gets the Business". </p><p>Mike Evans and Tolbert returned in the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1979–80 United States network television schedule">1979–1980 season</a>, with Tolbert's character, Jenny, pregnant with a daughter named Jessica. However, Mike Evans appeared for only one more season, along with Tolbert.<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Jeffersons</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> sixth season peaked at No. 8 in the summer of 1980. The characters of Lionel and Jenny were written out by stating that they had marital problems, the result of which became a two-part episode storyline as the series' <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1981–82 United States network television schedule">eighth-season</a> premiere. The series' eighth season was the first African-American sitcom in years (since <i><a href="/wiki/Sanford_and_Son" title="Sanford and Son">Sanford and Son</a></i>) to peak in the top 5 (the series' eighth season debuted at No. 3). </p><p>Evans and Tolbert appeared in the two-part episode together; Evans made his final appearance in two episodes during the series' <a href="/wiki/1984-85_American_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1984-85 American network television schedule">eleventh and final season</a>. Tolbert became a regular guest star throughout the rest of the series. In the spring of 1981, Paul Benedict left the show for a season and a half, returning in the final two seasons of the series.<sup id="cite_ref-primetime-jun2009_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primetime-jun2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the ratings sank below the top 30, and <i>The Jeffersons</i> aired its last episode, "Red Robins", on July 2, 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide-season11_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-season11-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main">Main</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Main"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Performer </th> <th rowspan="2">Character </th> <th colspan="11">Seasons </th></tr> <tr> <th width="6%">1 </th> <th width="6%">2 </th> <th width="6%">3 </th> <th width="6%">4 </th> <th width="6%">5 </th> <th width="6%">6 </th> <th width="6%">7 </th> <th width="6%">8 </th> <th width="6%">9 </th> <th width="6%">10 </th> <th width="6%">11 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Sanford" title="Isabel Sanford">Isabel Sanford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louise_Jefferson" title="Louise Jefferson">Louise "Weezy" Jefferson</a></td> <td colspan="11" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><a href="/wiki/Casting_(performing_arts)#Cast_types_or_roles" title="Casting (performing arts)">Main</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Hemsley" title="Sherman Hemsley">Sherman Hemsley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Jefferson" title="George Jefferson">George Jefferson</a></td> <td colspan="11" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Evans_(actor)" title="Mike Evans (actor)">Mike Evans</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Jefferson" title="Lionel Jefferson">Lionel Jefferson</a></td> <td colspan="1" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main</td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span></td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main</td> <td colspan="1" style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><a href="/wiki/Recurring_character" title="Recurring character">Recurring</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span></td> <td colspan="1" style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><a href="/wiki/Guest_appearance" title="Guest appearance">Guest</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Damon_Evans_(actor)" title="Damon Evans (actor)">Damon Evans</a></td> <td colspan="1" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span></td> <td colspan="3" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main</td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roxie_Roker" title="Roxie Roker">Roxie Roker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Helen_Willis" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Helen Willis</a></td> <td colspan="11" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Cover" title="Franklin Cover">Franklin Cover</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Tom_Willis" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Thomas "Tom" Willis</a></td> <td colspan="11" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zara_Cully" title="Zara Cully">Zara Cully</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Mother_Olivia_Jefferson" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Olivia "Mother" Jefferson</a></td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main</td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlinda_Tolbert" title="Berlinda Tolbert">Berlinda Tolbert</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Jenny_Jefferson" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Jenny Willis-Jefferson</a></td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main</td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Benedict" title="Paul Benedict">Paul Benedict</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Harry_Bentley" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Harry Bentley</a></td> <td colspan="8" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main</td> <td colspan="1" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span></td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marla_Gibbs" title="Marla Gibbs">Marla Gibbs</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Florence_Johnston" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Florence Johnston</a></td> <td colspan="3" style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring</td> <td colspan="8" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay_Hammer" title="Jay Hammer">Jay Hammer</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_supporting_characters#Allan_Willis" title="List of The Jeffersons supporting characters">Allan Willis</a></td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span></td> <td colspan="1" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main</td> <td colspan="6" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recurring">Recurring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Recurring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Wertimer" title="Ned Wertimer">Ned Wertimer</a> as Ralph Hart</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Wells" title="Danny Wells">Danny Wells</a> as Charlie Clark</li> <li>Ebonie Smith as Jessica Jefferson (season 11)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_guest_appearances">Notable guest appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable guest appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/The_Jeffersons" title="Special:EditPage/The Jeffersons">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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title="Helen Martin">Helen Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edie_McClurg" title="Edie McClurg">Edie McClurg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Morris" title="Garrett Morris">Garrett Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Morris" title="Greg Morris">Greg Morris</a><sup id="cite_ref-bogle-1988_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bogle-1988-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Premice" title="Josephine Premice">Josephine Premice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Quillan" title="Eddie Quillan">Eddie Quillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Lee_Ralph" title="Sheryl Lee Ralph">Sheryl Lee Ralph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalmus_Rasulala" title="Thalmus Rasulala">Thalmus Rasulala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Reddy" title="Helen Reddy">Helen Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Ruttan" title="Susan Ruttan">Susan Ruttan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Sledge" title="Sister Sledge">Sister Sledge</a><sup id="cite_ref-tvguide-myguy_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-myguy-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Spinks" title="Michael Spinks">Michael Spinks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amzie_Strickland" title="Amzie Strickland">Amzie Strickland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lee_Thomas" title="Ernest Lee Thomas">Ernest Lee Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Torres" title="Liz Torres">Liz Torres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Washington" title="Vernon Washington">Vernon Washington</a> (as Leroy)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernee_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernee Watson">Vernee Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaleel_White" title="Jaleel White">Jaleel White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Dee_Williams" title="Billy Dee Williams">Billy Dee Williams</a><sup id="cite_ref-bogle-1988_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bogle-1988-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Williams" title="Hal Williams">Hal Williams</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Source<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide-cast_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-cast-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">List of The Jeffersons episodes</a></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Season</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally aired</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Rank</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Rating</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First aired</th><th scope="col">Last aired</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#47265b;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_1_(1975)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">1</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">13</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">January 18, 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1975-01-18</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 12, 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1975-04-12</span>)</span></td><td>4</td><td>27.6</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#A42C21;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_2_(1975–76)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">2</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 13, 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1975-09-13</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">March 6, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1976-03-06</span>)</span></td><td>21</td><td>21.5</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#f16f24;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_3_(1976–77)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">3</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 25, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1976-09-25</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 11, 1977<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1977-04-11</span>)</span></td><td>24</td><td>21.0</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#009AFF;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_4_(1977–78)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">4</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 24, 1977<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1977-09-24</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">March 4, 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1978-03-04</span>)</span></td><td>52<sup id="cite_ref-stand_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stand-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>17.6<sup id="cite_ref-stand_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stand-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#77358c;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_5_(1978–79)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">5</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 20, 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-09-20</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 18, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1979-04-18</span>)</span></td><td>49<sup id="cite_ref-ratings_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ratings-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>17.4<sup id="cite_ref-ratings_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ratings-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#830B03;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_6_(1979–80)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">6</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 23, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-09-23</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 13, 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1980-04-13</span>)</span></td><td>8</td><td>24.3</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#9dc354;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_7_(1980–81)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">7</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">20</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">November 2, 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1980-11-02</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">March 29, 1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1981-03-29</span>)</span></td><td>6</td><td>23.5</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#E469C5;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_8_(1981–82)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">8</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">25</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">October 4, 1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1981-10-04</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 16, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1982-05-16</span>)</span></td><td>3</td><td>23.4</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#151b1b;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_9_(1982–83)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">9</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">27</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 26, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-09-26</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 1, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1983-05-01</span>)</span></td><td>12</td><td>20.0<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#bebbaa;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_10_(1983–84)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">10</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">22</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">October 2, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-10-02</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 6, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1984-05-06</span>)</span></td><td>19</td><td>16.6</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#CFB53B;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes#Season_11_(1984–85)" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">11</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">October 14, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">July 2, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-07-02</span>)</span></td><td>50</td><td>13.2</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><i>The Jeffersons</i> had many two-part episodes, either over two consecutive weeks, or aired as an hour-long episode. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sherman_Hemsley_Isabel_Sanford_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1976.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sherman_Hemsley_Isabel_Sanford_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1976.JPG/200px-Sherman_Hemsley_Isabel_Sanford_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1976.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sherman_Hemsley_Isabel_Sanford_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1976.JPG/300px-Sherman_Hemsley_Isabel_Sanford_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1976.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sherman_Hemsley_Isabel_Sanford_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1976.JPG/400px-Sherman_Hemsley_Isabel_Sanford_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1976.JPG 2x" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="858" /></a><figcaption>George and Louise with Mother Jefferson (1975)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theme_song">Theme song</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Theme song"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ja%27Net_DuBois" title="Ja'Net DuBois">Ja'Net DuBois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Barry" title="Jeff Barry">Jeff Barry</a> co-wrote <i>The Jeffersons</i> <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_theme_music#I_-_J" title="List of television theme music">theme song</a>, "Movin' On Up", which was sung by DuBois with a <a href="/wiki/Gospel_choir" class="mw-redirect" title="Gospel choir">gospel choir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-songfacts-movin_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-songfacts-movin-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song's creation comes from DuBois asking Norman Lear if she could do something other than her short appearances as a supporting player on <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Times" title="Good Times">Good Times</a></i>, such as something in music. Lear responded to that by suggesting that she create a theme song about an upcoming series about a dry cleaner. DuBois initially struggled in composing until her mother suggested that she base the lyrics on her dream of giving her mother a comfortable retirement. With that inspiration, DuBois created the song and upon hearing it, Lear was stunned that it matched <i>The Jeffersons'</i> premise perfectly even though he did not describe it to DuBois in detail. With the song in hand, Lear created a full arrangement for it as the theme song.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_history_and_Nielsen_ratings">Broadcast history and Nielsen ratings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Broadcast history and Nielsen ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Jeffersons</i> changed time slots at least 15 different times during its 11-year run, unusual for a popular long running series.<sup id="cite_ref-ew-ap1999_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew-ap1999-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most common time slot was on Sunday night.<sup id="cite_ref-museum-tv_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-tv-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In its first season (<a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1974–75 United States network television schedule">1974–75</a>), the show ranked at number four, surpassed by its parent series <i>All in the Family</i> (which landed at number one for the fifth year in a row).<sup id="cite_ref-parade-jul2015_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parade-jul2015-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show's <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a> for the following two seasons placed it in the Top 30, but during the <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1977–78 United States network television schedule">1977–78</a> and <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1978–79 United States network television schedule">1978–79</a> seasons (the show's fourth and fifth seasons), it fell out of the top 30, ranking 52nd in Season 4 and 49th in Season 5.<sup id="cite_ref-afam-aug2009_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afam-aug2009-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It returned to the Top 10 in <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1979–80 United States network television schedule">1979–80</a>, and at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1981–82 United States network television schedule">1981–82 season</a>, <i>The Jeffersons</i> finished third overall, only surpassed by fellow CBS series <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i>. As a result, the series remained among the Top 20 for the next two seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-afam-aug2009_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afam-aug2009-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Daytime_Reruns">Daytime Reruns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Daytime Reruns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The series was rebroadcast on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> from February 4, 1980 to September 25, 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Home_Entertainment" title="Sony Pictures Home Entertainment">Sony Pictures Home Entertainment</a> released the first six seasons of <i>The Jeffersons</i> on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#1" title="DVD region code">Region 1</a> between 2002 and 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-sony-catalog_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sony-catalog-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 27, 2013, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the rights to various television series from the Sony Pictures library including <i>The Jeffersons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They subsequently re-released the first two seasons on DVD on May 20, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 8, 2014, it was announced that Shout! Factory had acquired the rights to the series from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; they subsequently released the complete series on DVD in a 33-disc collection on December 9, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 28, 2015, Shout! released season 7 on DVD in Region 1.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Season 8 was released on August 11, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>DVD Name</th> <th>Ep. #s</th> <th>Release Date </th></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete First Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">13</td> <td>August 6, 2002<br /><small>May 20, 2014 (re-release)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Second Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">24</td> <td>May 13, 2003<br /><small>May 20, 2014 (re-release)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Third Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">24</td> <td>April 12, 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Fourth Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">26</td> <td>October 11, 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Fifth Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">24</td> <td>August 15, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Sixth Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">24</td> <td>March 27, 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Seventh Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">20</td> <td>April 28, 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Eighth Season</td> <td style="text-align:center;">25</td> <td>August 11, 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Complete Series</td> <td style="text-align:center;">253</td> <td>December 9, 2014 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_The_Jeffersons" title="List of awards and nominations received by The Jeffersons">List of awards and nominations received by The Jeffersons</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Benedict_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1975.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Benedict_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1975.JPG/200px-Paul_Benedict_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1975.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Benedict_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1975.JPG/300px-Paul_Benedict_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1975.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Benedict_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1975.JPG/400px-Paul_Benedict_Zara_Cully_The_Jeffersons_1975.JPG 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="955" /></a><figcaption>Harry Bentley and Mother Jefferson (1975)</figcaption></figure> <p><i>The Jeffersons</i> received 14 <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> nominations during its time on the air. Marla Gibbs was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series each year from 1981 to 1985. Sherman Hemsley was nominated for Best Actor in 1984. Larry M. Harris won the Emmy for Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Series in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-emmys-jeff_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emmys-jeff-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Isabel Sanford was nominated for 7 consecutive Best Actress Emmys, from 1979-85.<sup id="cite_ref-emmys-jeff_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emmys-jeff-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her win in 1981 made her the first African-American actress to win an Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series,<sup id="cite_ref-histafam-2014_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histafam-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afam-aug2009_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afam-aug2009-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-playbill-jun2004_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-playbill-jun2004-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the second to win any Emmy Award; <a href="/wiki/Gail_Fisher" title="Gail Fisher">Gail Fisher</a>, who played Peggy on the TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Mannix" title="Mannix">Mannix</a></i>, preceded her in 1970. Sanford was also the recipient of five of the eight <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a> nominations the program received.<sup id="cite_ref-globes-jeff_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globes-jeff-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism">Criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Kane_(journalist)" title="Gregory Kane (journalist)">Gregory Kane</a>, journalist for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Baltimore_Sun" title="The Baltimore Sun">The Baltimore Sun</a></i>, called the series "demeaning" in 1999, criticizing Hemsley's "pimp roll walk", bigotry, loud mouth and low intelligence. "I hereby declare <i>The Jeffersons</i> stereotypical fare that depicts blacks in a buffoonish manner."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2019_special">2019 special</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jeffersons&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2019 special"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Live_in_Front_of_a_Studio_Audience" title="Live in Front of a Studio Audience">Live in Front of a Studio Audience</a></div> <p>On May 22, 2019, <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> broadcast <i>Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons</i>, produced by Lear and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel" title="Jimmy Kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Woody_Harrelson" title="Woody Harrelson">Woody Harrelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marisa_Tomei" title="Marisa Tomei">Marisa Tomei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes">Wanda Sykes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ike_Barinholtz" title="Ike Barinholtz">Ike Barinholtz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Washington" title="Kerry Washington">Kerry Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Kemper" title="Ellie Kemper">Ellie Kemper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marla Gibbs reprised her role as Florence Johnston. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="#cite_ref-ny-premiere_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdams1975" class="citation news cs1">Adams, Val (January 18, 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/jeffersons-premiere-cbs-1975-article-1.2066272">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'The Jeffersons' premiere on CBS in 1975"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"HONKY IN THE HOUSE – Writing & Producing The Jeffersons," Antler Publishing, LA, CA <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-7330795-8-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-7330795-8-7">978-1-7330795-8-7</a>.</li> <li>Newcomb, Horace (Ed.). (1997). <i>Encyclopedia of Television</i>. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers: Chicago, IL; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-884964-26-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-884964-26-5">1-884964-26-5</a>.</li> <li>Mitchell, Gordon Whitey. (2008). <i>Hackensack to Hollywood-My Two Show Business Careers</i>. 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Front of a Studio Audience">Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="All_in_the_Family" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:All_in_the_Family" title="Template:All in the Family"><abbr 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Maude_(All_in_the_Family_episode)" title="Maude (All in the Family episode)">Maude</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cousin_Liz" title="Cousin Liz">Cousin Liz</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Edith%27s_50th_Birthday" title="Edith's 50th Birthday">Edith's 50th Birthday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Edith%27s_Crisis_of_Faith" title="Edith's Crisis of Faith">Edith's Crisis of Faith</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_200th_Episode_Celebration_of_All_in_the_Family" title="The 200th Episode Celebration of All in the Family">The 200th Episode Celebration of All in the Family</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Based on</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Till_Death_Us_Do_Part" title="Till Death Us Do Part">Till Death Us Do Part</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Till_Death..." title="Till Death...">Till Death...</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Sickness_and_in_Health" title="In Sickness and in Health">In Sickness and in Health</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spin-offs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maude_(TV_series)" title="Maude (TV series)">Maude</a></i> (1972–1978) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Maude_episodes" title="List of Maude episodes">episodes</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Times" title="Good Times">Good Times</a></i> (1974–1979) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Good_Times_episodes" title="List of Good Times episodes">episodes</a>)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Jeffersons</a></i> (1975–1985) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Jeffersons_episodes" title="List of The Jeffersons episodes">episodes</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Checking_In" title="Checking In">Checking In</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gloria_(American_TV_series)" title="Gloria (American TV series)">Gloria</a></i> (1982–1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sequels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Archie_Bunker%27s_Place" title="Archie Bunker's Place">Archie Bunker's Place</a></i> (1979–1983) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Archie_Bunker%27s_Place_episodes" title="List of Archie Bunker's Place episodes">episodes</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/704_Hauser" title="704 Hauser">704 Hauser</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Front_of_a_Studio_Audience" title="Live in Front of a Studio Audience">Live in Front of a Studio Audience</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Foreign adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ein_Herz_und_eine_Seele" title="Ein Herz und eine Seele">Ein Herz und eine Seele</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Norman_Lear" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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style="width:1%">Created</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deputy_(TV_series)" title="The Deputy (TV series)">The Deputy</a></i> (1959–61)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Maude_(TV_series)" title="Maude (TV series)">Maude</a></i> (1972–78)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nancy_Walker_Show" title="The Nancy Walker Show">The Nancy Walker Show</a></i> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/All_That_Glitters_(American_TV_series)" title="All That Glitters (American TV series)">All That Glitters</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fernwood_2_Night" title="Fernwood 2 Night">Fernwood 2 Night</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America_2-Night" title="America 2-Night">America 2-Night</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Beginning_(TV_series)" title="In the Beginning (TV series)">In the Beginning</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Apple_Pie_(TV_series)" title="Apple Pie (TV series)">Apple Pie</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hanging_In" title="Hanging In">Hanging In</a></i> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Palmerstown,_U.S.A." title="Palmerstown, U.S.A.">Palmerstown, U.S.A.</a></i> (1980–81)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A.k.a._Pablo" title="A.k.a. 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Pablo</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Dinner_(TV_series)" title="Sunday Dinner (TV series)">Sunday Dinner</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/704_Hauser" title="704 Hauser">704 Hauser</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Guess_Who_Died" title="Guess Who Died">Guess Who Died</a></i> (2018)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Developed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i> (1971–79)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sanford_and_Son" title="Sanford and Son">Sanford and Son</a></i> (1972–77)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Times" title="Good Times">Good Times</a></i> 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