in Good Times, the part became a defining moment ... and Ja’net DuBois. Produced by Norman Lear, the sitcom aimed to portray the struggles and triumphs of a poor Black family living in the ...

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 25: GOOD TIMES cast member Jimmie Walker (as 'J.J.'). 1976. (Photo by CBS via ... [+] Getty Images) CBS via Getty Images 6) Norman Lear was often criticized about the ...

Rob Reiner, left, and Sally Struthers introducing the In Memoriam segment with a tribute to Norman Lear during ... In the early 1970s, Lear followed “All in the Family” with hits like “Maude,” “Good ...

Good Times, an animated reboot of the 1970s Norman Lear comedy, debuts on Netflix April 12. It is about the next generation ...

Sally Struthers wanted to quit “All in the Family” — and blames its creator, the late Norman ... didn’t feel good.” Struthers also shared a conversation she had with Lear during the ...

Clean Slate” has Cox as Desiree Slate, who returns to her Alabama birthplace after a decades-long absence to confront her ...

Author and entertainment journalist Tripp Whetsell talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about Norman Lear and his new biography about the seven-decade career of a TV icon who created the gold standard for ...

The two “had a very difficult, contemptuous relationship,” according to Tripp Whetsell, author of Norman Lear: His Life and Times. “They had a very difficult relationship, but Norman really ...

(JTA) – Jewish comedy titan Norman Lear turns a century ... Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It.” Some of Lear’s other series, including “Good Times” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ...