TV series · 1974
Good Times
“Dy-No-Mite!”
First aired 8 February 1974 Comedy TMDB ↗
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.
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Esther Rolle
as Florida Evans
Johnny Brown
as Nathan Bookman
John Amos
as James Evans Sr.
Ben Powers
as Keith Anderson
Bern Nadette Stanis
as Thelma Evans
Janet Jackson
as Milicent 'Penny' Woods
Ralph Carter
as Michael Evans
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Helen Martin
Richard Ward
Percy Rodriguez
Roscoe Lee Browne
Woodrow Parfrey
Alice Ghostley
Al Fann
Bill Henderson
Dick O'Neill
Harry Caesar
Moses Gunn
Mel Stewart
Lynn Hamilton
as Mrs. Edwards
Richard Stahl
Richard Libertini
Don Marshall
Ron Masak
Louis Gossett Jr.
Mary Alice
Tony Burton
Rosalind Cash
Charles Siebert
as A.J. Rutherford
John Witherspoon
Paul Mooney
Henry G. Sanders
Teddy Wilson
Conchata Ferrell
Paula Kelly
Charles Hallahan
Bebe Drake
Bubba Smith
James A. Watson, Jr
Ron Glass
Ja'net DuBois
as Wilona Woods
Kathleen Doyle
Jimmie Walker
as James "JJ" Evans
Brenda Sykes
Debbie Allen
Carl Franklin
Nancy Morgan
as Cindy Crebbins
Roger Aaron Brown
Philip Michael Thomas
Jay Leno
Tanya Boyd
Debbi Morgan
Ta-Tanisha
Thomas Carter
Rosanne Katon
Grand L. Bush
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sharon Brown
Gary Coleman
Kim Fields
Raymond Allen
Ralph Wilcox