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The Jeffersons had one spin-off, titled Checking In. The series was centered on the Jeffersons' housekeeper, Florence, who takes a job as cleaning management at a hotel. [7] Checking In lasted only four episodes, after which Florence returned to The Jeffersons with the story that the hotel had burned down in a fire. [8]
Checking In was the first All in the Family spin-off series that was not successful, unlike The Jeffersons, Maude and Maude spin-off Good Times. Other failed spin-off attempts were Gloria in the 1982-1983 season and 704 Hauser in 1994.
Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Bradley; June 14, 1931) [1] is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades. She is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a ...
A spin-off in television is a new series containing characters or settings that originated in a previous series, but with a different focus, tone, or theme. For example, the series Frasier was a spin-off of the earlier series Cheers: the character Frasier Crane was introduced as a secondary character on Cheers, and became the protagonist of his own series, set in a different city, in the spin-off.
"The Jeffersons" was a spin-off of "All in the Family." "(George Jefferson) gave a Black version of Archie Bunker," Adkins said. Reach Ed at (330)580-8315 and ebalint@gannett.com.
The show's spin-off […] “All in the Family” was notable for many things — including the fact that it spawned seven other TV series. The influential sitcom was controversial when it first ...
"The Jeffersons," a spinoff of "All in the Family," premiered in 1975 and ran for 10 years. Earlier in the broadcast, Woody Harrelson and Marisa Tomei tackled "Those Were the Days," the theme to ...
The show was created as a starring vehicle for Marla Gibbs, who had become famous as Florence Johnston, the maid on The Jeffersons, and had starred in Houston's play in Los Angeles. This role was similar in nature to that of tart-tongued Florence; Gibbs's character, housewife Mary Jenkins, loved a good gossip and often spoke what she thought ...