"All in the Family" might've been Norman Lear's finest half-hour as a sitcom producer, but I'm not sure he ever put a funnier show on the airwaves than "The Jeffersons." For 11 seasons, Sherman Hemsley's dry-cleaning magnate George Jefferson and Isabel Sanford's good-hearted Louise "Weezy" Jefferson led a stellar cast that delivered edgy-for-network-television laughs revolving around race, class, gender, and whatever happened to be grinding the hot-headed George's gears that particular week. It was the African-American answer to "All in the Family" (on which the characters of George and Weezy originated), and might actually be more shocking today for its fearless deployment of the n-word (particularly early in the series' run).
And if you're making a list of the most memorable theme songs in television history, "The Jeffersons" better be in the top five. Anyone who grew up watching the show in prime time or via syndication should...
And if you're making a list of the most memorable theme songs in television history, "The Jeffersons" better be in the top five. Anyone who grew up watching the show in prime time or via syndication should...
- 3/18/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
“The Young and The Restless” welcomes back an All-Star lineup of past cast members for the CBS soap’s 50th anniversary, the network said Thursday.
Beginning in mid-March, Genoa City will see the return of Michael Damian as rock star Danny Romalotti; Patty Weaver as his sister, Gina Roma, and Barbara Crampton as celebrity journalist Leanna Love; Tricia Cast as reformed bad girl Nina Webster; and Veronica Redd as the Abbott family’s surrogate mom, Mamie Johnson.
Damian made his Y&r debut in 1980 and left the show in 1998. He reprised his signature role from 2002-2004, 2008, and 2012-2013 and again in December 2022. The director, writer, and producer’s latest movie was the Lindsay Lohan Netflix holiday romcom “Falling for Christmas.” He reteams with Lohan on the upcoming “Irish Wish,” also for Netflix.
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Beginning in mid-March, Genoa City will see the return of Michael Damian as rock star Danny Romalotti; Patty Weaver as his sister, Gina Roma, and Barbara Crampton as celebrity journalist Leanna Love; Tricia Cast as reformed bad girl Nina Webster; and Veronica Redd as the Abbott family’s surrogate mom, Mamie Johnson.
Damian made his Y&r debut in 1980 and left the show in 1998. He reprised his signature role from 2002-2004, 2008, and 2012-2013 and again in December 2022. The director, writer, and producer’s latest movie was the Lindsay Lohan Netflix holiday romcom “Falling for Christmas.” He reteams with Lohan on the upcoming “Irish Wish,” also for Netflix.
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- 2/16/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
While the Tony Awards ceremony has dominated the Best Variety Special (or Special Class) category since 2007, winning nine times, while three live productions of stage musicals — “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Grease” and “Jesus Christ” took the rest of the honors– voters instead went for executive producers Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear’s ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” — live re-creations of episodes from Lear’s TV classics “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons.”
The win comes 40 years after “All in the Family” collected its 22nd Emmy Award in 1979 — tying at the time the record for most wins as Best Comedy Series (4) held by “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” Both “Frasier” and “Modern Family” have passed them with five each in more recent decades.
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The win comes 40 years after “All in the Family” collected its 22nd Emmy Award in 1979 — tying at the time the record for most wins as Best Comedy Series (4) held by “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” Both “Frasier” and “Modern Family” have passed them with five each in more recent decades.
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- 9/15/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
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