Originally airing from 1974 to 1979, it was “the fourth consecutive hit sitcom created by Norman Lear.” It’s frustrating to see Eric Monte continually erased from the record.

Norman Lear transformed TV with his focus on the dynamics of Black families in ... We should also note that one of the two Black writers who was credited with creating "Good Times," Eric Monte, ...

Two Black writers, Eric Monte and Mike Evans, are credited with creating “Good Times,” but have struggled to receive recognition for their contributions. Monte also argued that Lear stole his ...

Norman Lear turned 100 on July 27, ... “Good Times” (created by “Jeffersons” son Mike Evans and Eric Monte) was the first full-on Black family sitcom; ...

Writer Eric Monte settled a $400 million lawsuit that accused Lear, ... And none of this is to say that Norman Lear was a racist who hated Black people.

Monte, who went on to write the 1975 classic “Cooley High,” which inspired 1976’s “What’s Happening!!” filed a lawsuit against Lear and his co-producer Bud Yorkin along with CBS and ABC.

The writer and producer Norman Lear, who died on Tuesday at 101, got his start in television in the 1950s, ... Eric Monte and Mike Evans, ...

The title of Eric Monte and Mike Evans’ Norman Lear-produced sitcom Good Times was designed to be welcoming and inclusive. The theme song was a litany of poverty-driven adversity — temporary ...

The post Black people, according to Norman Lear appeared first on TheGrio. Skip to main ... Writer Eric Monte settled a $400 million lawsuit that accused Lear, ...

The title of Eric Monte and Mike Evans’ Norman Lear-produced sitcom Good Times was designed to be welcoming and inclusive. The theme song was a litany of poverty-driven adversity — temporary ...