Good Times

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American television sitcom sitcom television series

Good Times is a 1970s American sitcom that follows the struggles and resilience of a Black family living in a Chicago housing project, known for its social commentary and memorable characters.

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instanceOf American television sitcom ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
audioFormat mono ⓘ
cameraSetup videotape ⓘ
characterAssociatedWithCatchphrase J.J. Evans ⓘ
composer Dave Grusin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Eric Monte ⓘ
Mike Evans ⓘ
depicts African-American family life ⓘ
public housing projects ⓘ
developer Norman Lear ⓘ
endReleaseDate 1979-08-01 ⓘ
endTime 1979 ⓘ
executiveProducer Bud Yorkin ⓘ
Norman Lear ⓘ
filmingStyle multi-camera ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
social commentary television series ⓘ
mainCharacter Florida Evans ⓘ
J.J. Evans ⓘ
James Evans Sr. ⓘ
Michael Evans ⓘ
Thelma Evans ⓘ
Willona Woods ⓘ
notableCatchphrase Dy-no-mite! ⓘ
notableFor addressing social and political issues of the 1970s ⓘ
portrayal of working-class Black family in public housing ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 133 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 6 ⓘ
openingTheme Good Times self-link ⓘ
openingThemePerformer Blenda Russell ⓘ
Jim Gilstrap ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1974-02-08 ⓘ
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC
portrayedBy BernNadette Stanis ⓘ
Thelma Evans ⓘ
surface form: Esther Rolle

Ja'Net DuBois ⓘ
Jimmie Walker ⓘ
John Amos ⓘ
Ralph Carter ⓘ
productionCompany Bud Yorkin Productions ⓘ
Tandem Productions ⓘ
relatedTo All in the Family ⓘ
setInLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
spinOffFrom Maude ⓘ
startTime 1974 ⓘ

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Norman Lear → created → Good Times ⓘ
TV Land Award → notableRecipient → Good Times ⓘ
Janet Jackson → notableWork → Good Times ⓘ
Norman Lear → notableWork → Good Times ⓘ
Lear → notableWork → Good Times ⓘ
subject surface form: Norman Lear
Good Times → openingTheme → Good Times self-link ⓘ
All in the Family → spinOff → Good Times ⓘ