Month: July 2024

The ’70’s sitcom Sanford and Son was a smash hit for the NBC network, predating the later success of Black sitcoms like The Cosby Show, black-ish and other series that […]

Welcome to a new Sitcom Tuesday! Today, we’re continuing our coverage on the best episodes from one of the unashamedly funniest sitcoms of the decade, Sanford And Son (1972-1977, NBC). I’m thrilled […]

Yes. I’m going to write that word in this review. You know…that word. The word MeTV won’t air on their hacked-to-pieces Jeffersons reruns (no…”honkey” is still on those. They let “honkey” fly). I’m […]

Welcome to a new Sitcom Tuesday! Today, we’re continuing our coverage on the best episodes from one of the unashamedly funniest sitcoms of the decade, Sanford And Son (1972-1977, NBC). I’m thrilled […]

After TV producer Normal Lear’s death at 101, the actors and the entertainment industry professionals he worked with during his long career in Hollywood are looking back […]

Sanford and Son left behind a forever-altered television landscape when its final episode of aired on March 25, 1977. It was immensely popular, of course, but […]

As the ’70s sitcom marks its fiftieth anniversary, it’s worth recalling how this funny series broke serious ground. He was a white guy writing scripts for […]

When Sanford and Son premiered on NBC on Jan. 14, 1972, few shows on U.S. television had ever featured Black characters. On June 14, 1939, actress and singer […]

Fred G. Sanford was a junk man, and Redd Foxx was the master of trash talk. Sanford and Son turns 50. Sanford and Son, the […]

The 1970s were a great time to be a sitcom fan. The genies, castaways, and talking horses of 1960s primetime were gone, replaced by sharply […]