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Good Times
Good Times (Clockwise from left) Actors BernNadette Stanis, Esther Rolle, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, and Ralph Carter in the television series Good Times (1974–79), which Norman Lear produced.

Good Times

American television show
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Fred Frommer is a sports historian, author, and writer who has written for a host of national publications. 
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Good Times, American television sitcom that aired on CBS for 133 episodes over six seasons from 1974 to 1979. The show focused on a Black family living in a Chicago public housing apartment and was the first major sitcom to feature a two-parent African American family. Good Times was a spin-off of the CBS show Maude (1972–78), itself a spin-off of All in the Family (1971–79). Good Times dealt with issues such as racial discrimination,...

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