Sanford and Son

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American television sitcom sitcom television series

Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American television sitcom → sitcom → television series →
audioFormat	mono →
basedOn	Steptoe and Son →
basedOnWorkCountryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
basedOnWorkGenre	British sitcom →
cameraSetup	multi-camera →
characterActor	Bubba Bexley – Don Bexley → Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page → Fred G. Sanford – Redd Foxx → Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo → Lamont Sanford – Demond Wilson → Rollo Lawson – Nathaniel Taylor →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creator	Bud Yorkin → Norman Lear →
distributor	Sony Pictures Television →
endYear	1977 →
executiveProducer	Norman Lear →
firstAired	1972-01-14 →
genre	sitcom →
lastAired	1977-03-25 →
leadCharacterOccupation	junk dealer →
mainCharacter	Aunt Esther Anderson → Bubba Bexley → Fred G. Sanford → Grady Wilson → Lamont Sanford → Rollo Lawson →
notableFor	cultural impact in 1970s American television → portrayal of African American family life on network television → sharp humor →
numberOfEpisodes	136 →
numberOfSeasons	6 →
openingTheme	The Streetbeater →
originalLanguage	English →
originallyAiredOnDayOfWeek	Friday →
originalNetwork	NBC →
pictureFormat	color →
portrayedBy	Demond Wilson → Redd Foxx →
producer	Bud Yorkin →
productionCompany	Tandem Productions →
runtimePerEpisode	approximately 22 minutes →
settingLocation	Los Angeles → Watts, Los Angeles →
startYear	1972 →
themeMusicComposer	Quincy Jones →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Norman Lear → Norman Lear → Redd Foxx →	notableWork
TV Land Award →	notableRecipient
Redd Foxx →	televisionSeries