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The Jeffersons

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1975 – 198511 seasons · 248 episodes~30 min per episodeTV-PGEnded
ComedyFamily
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford

Louise Jefferson

248 eps

Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Hemsley

George Jefferson

248 eps

Roxie Roker

Roxie Roker

Helen Woodroow Willis

248 eps

Franklin Cover

Franklin Cover

Thomas "Tom" Willis

248 eps

Zara Cully

Zara Cully

Olivia "Mamma" Jefferson

84 eps

Damon Evans

Damon Evans

Lionel Jefferson

71 eps

Jay Hammer

Jay Hammer

Allan Willis

24 eps

Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

Harry Bentley

221 eps

Mike Evans

Mike Evans

Lionel Jefferson

57 eps

Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs

Florence Johnston

212 eps

Berlinda Tolbert

Berlinda Tolbert

Jenny Willis Jefferson

162 eps

Vernee Watson

Vernee Watson

1 eps

Barrie Ingham

Barrie Ingham

2 eps

Marianne Muellerleile

Marianne Muellerleile

1 eps

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

1 eps

Terry Carter

Terry Carter

1 eps

Kene Holliday

Kene Holliday

1 eps

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

1 eps

J.A. Preston

J.A. Preston

1 eps

Meeno Peluce

Meeno Peluce

Billy

1 eps

Ta-Ronce Allen

1 eps

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

1 eps

Marion Ramsey

Marion Ramsey

1 eps

Liz Torres

Liz Torres

1 eps

F. William Parker

F. William Parker

1 eps

Peggy McCay

Peggy McCay

1 eps

Bumper Robinson

Bumper Robinson

1 eps

Milton Selzer

Milton Selzer

1 eps

Richard Ward

Richard Ward

1 eps

Keene Curtis

Keene Curtis

Judge John Markell

1 eps

Jack Somack

Jack Somack

1 eps

Estelle Evans

Estelle Evans

1 eps

Al Fann

Al Fann

1 eps

Ernie Lee Banks

2 eps

Gino Conforti

Gino Conforti

2 eps

Billy Sands

Billy Sands

2 eps

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

2 eps

Gordon Connell

2 eps

Frank De Vol

Frank De Vol

2 eps

Pete Schrum

Pete Schrum

2 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How The Jeffersons actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

The Jeffersons reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.

HumourVery strong8.0

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

Character DepthStrong5.5

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

BingeabilityPresent5.3

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Emotional WeightPresent4.6

How much the series is designed to affect you.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

Cliffhanger IntensityLight3.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

SerializedLight2.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

The story

What it's about

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.

The run

Seasons

11 seasons · 248 episodes.

  • Season 0 · Unannounced

    Specials

    1 episode

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    197513 episodes

    8.5IMDb

    Best episode · S01E01 A Friend in Need

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    197524 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    197624 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    197723 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 5

    Season 5 · Complete

    Season 5

    197824 episodes

    1.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 6

    Season 6 · Complete

    Season 6

    197924 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 7

    Season 7 · Complete

    Season 7

    198018 episodes

    9.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 8

    Season 8 · Complete

    Season 8

    198125 episodes

    1.0IMDb

    One of the delivery boys at Jefferson Cleaners is robbed at gunpoint by a street gang ... made up entirely of female hoods. When George goes to confront the female gangsters, they easily subdue him and then stab him. While he is writhing in pain on the sidewalk, the girls help themselves to Louise's ring George was taking to have reset as an anniversary gift

  • Official poster for Season 9

    Season 9 · Complete

    Season 9

    198227 episodes

    6.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 10

    Season 10 · Complete

    Season 10

    198322 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 11

    Season 11 · Complete

    Season 11

    198424 episodes

    1.0IMDb

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway

S11E23

Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway

25 Jun 198524 min
Still from And Up We Go

S11E20

And Up We Go

30 Apr 198524 min
Still from State of Mind

S11E19

State of Mind

23 Apr 198525 min

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Writing

Direction

Where to watch

Streaming

Availability verified against regional listings.

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