Heyyyy we ready!!! Just in time for the holidays, ABC, made an announcement that ‘Good Times’ remake starring Viola Davis and Tiffany Haddish will hit our televisision screens in front of a live audience this Wednesday, December 18th at 8pm. Back in the 70’s we all were pumped to be able to sing ♫ Just […]
Jimmie Walker, who played J.J. on the ’70s sitcom “Good Times,” sat down recently for a tell-all interview where he served up the scoop on antics that went on behind the scenes. The 71-year-old threw some serious shade at his former castmates, John Amos, who played his father James Evans, Esther Rolle, who played his mother, Michael […]
When many people think about the most memorable moments in black television history, the first storyline to pop into their minds is when Florida Evans read a letter informing her that her husband, James Evans, had died. And of course there’s the scene when Florida had her breakdown in the kitchen, when she could no […]
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Legendary actor John Amos finally talks about his experience on Good Times and why he was fired.
A “Good Times” movie is in the works. According to Deadline.com, Scott Rudin and Sony Pictures will revive the classic 1970s CBS sitcom as a feature film. Phil Johnston, who recently penned “Wreck-It Ralph,” has been tapped to write the “Good Times” movie. The series, which aired from 1974-79 on CBS, was a spinoff from […]
Stop the presses: Jimmie Walker, the actor best known for his role as J.J. Evans on “Good Times,” is not a fan of President Barack Obama. “Barack Obama is more like a Tony Roberts type of guy,” Walker said in an interview with Bill O’Reilly. Walker was stumping for his new book, “Dyn-o-MITE.” “You feel […]
Black History Month: Thelma From ‘Good Times’ Talks Black TV History By Alexis Stodghill on Feb 15th 2010 5:03PM Filed under: Black History Month Bern Nadette Stanis first wowed the world as “Thelma” on ‘Good Times.’ As part of the Evans family, she helped pave the way for the sensitive portrayal of African American families […]
Over the years there have been several African American sitcoms to grace to TV screen. Check out our gallery that pays tribute to those sitcoms: