The Jeffersons

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American sitcom television series

The Jeffersons is a popular American sitcom that aired from 1975 to 1985, following an African-American family's move to a luxury Manhattan apartment and becoming one of the longest-running and most influential Black-led TV comedies in U.S. history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
audioFormat mono ⓘ
basedOn All in the Family ⓘ
characterOccupation George Jefferson – dry-cleaning business owner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Bernie West ⓘ
Don Nicholl ⓘ
Michael Ross ⓘ
Norman Lear ⓘ
episodeRuntime approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
executiveProducer Norman Lear ⓘ
filmingStyle multi-camera ⓘ
finalAired 1985-07-02 ⓘ
firstAired 1975-01-18 ⓘ
genre comedy television series ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
mainCharacter Florence Johnston ⓘ
George Jefferson ⓘ
Harry Bentley ⓘ
Helen Willis ⓘ
Lionel Jefferson ⓘ
Louise Jefferson ⓘ
Tom Willis ⓘ
notableCastMember Franklin Cover ⓘ
Isabel Sanford ⓘ
Marla Gibbs ⓘ
Paul Benedict ⓘ
Roxie Roker ⓘ
Sherman Hemsley ⓘ
notableFor being one of the longest-running American sitcoms with a predominantly Black cast ⓘ
depicting an affluent African-American family on U.S. network television ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 253 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 11 ⓘ
openingTheme Movin' On Up ⓘ
openingThemePerformer Ja'net DuBois ⓘ
Jeff Barry ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
originalRunEndYear 1985 ⓘ
originalRunStartYear 1975 ⓘ
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC
productionCompany T.A.T. Communications Company ⓘ
setInLocation Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
spinOffFrom All in the Family ⓘ
theme African-American upward mobility ⓘ
class differences ⓘ
interracial marriage ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ

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Norman Lear → created → The Jeffersons ⓘ
TV Land Award → notableRecipient → The Jeffersons ⓘ
Norman Lear → notableWork → The Jeffersons ⓘ
Lear → notableWork → The Jeffersons ⓘ
subject surface form: Norman Lear
All in the Family → spinOff → The Jeffersons ⓘ