Good Times

Good Times
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Eric Monte Michael Evans
Developed by	Norman Lear
Directed by	Gerren Keith Herbert Kenwith Bob LaHendro Donald McKayle Perry Rosemond
Starring	Esther Rolle John Amos (Seasons 1–3) Jimmie Walker Ja'net Dubois Bern Nadette Stanis Ralph Carter Johnny Brown Janet Jackson (Seasons 5–6) Ben Powers
Theme music composer	Dave Grusin Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman
Opening theme	"Good Times" performed by Jim Gilstrap and Blinky Williams
Composer(s)	Dave Grusin Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	133 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Norman Lear (1974–75) Allan Manings (1974–77) Austin and Irma Kalish (1976–78) Norman Paul (1975–79)
Producer(s)	Allan Manings Jack Elinson (1975–76) Norman Paul Austin and Irma Kalish Lloyd Turner (1977–78) Gordon Mitchell (1977–78) Sid Dorfman (1978–79)
Location(s)	CBS Television City, Hollywood, California (1974–75) Metromedia Square, Hollywood, California (1975–79)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company(s)	Tandem Productions
Distributor	PITS Films (1978–82) Embassy Telecommunications (1982–86) Embassy Communications (1986–88) Columbia Pictures Television (1988–96) Columbia TriStar Television (1996–2002) Sony Pictures Television (2002–present)
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 8, 1974 (1974-02-08) – August 1, 1979 (1979-08-01)
Chronology
Preceded by	All in the Family Maude
Related shows	Checking In The Jeffersons Archie Bunker's Place Gloria 704 Hauser

Good Times is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 8, 1974 to August 1, 1979. 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.

Florida and James Evans and their three children live at 963 N. Gilbert Ave., apartment 17C, in a housing project in a poor, black neighborhood in inner-city Chicago. The project is unnamed on the show, but is implicitly the infamous Cabrini–Green projects, shown in the opening and closing credits. Florida and James have three children: James Jr., also known as "J.J."; Thelma; and Michael, called "the militant midget" by his father due to his passionate activism. When the series begins, J.J. is seventeen years old, Thelma is sixteen, and Michael is eleven. Their exuberant neighbor, and Florida's best friend, is Willona Woods, a recent divorcée who works at a boutique. Their building superintendent is Nathan Bookman (seasons 2–6), who James, Willona and later J.J. refer to as "Buffalo Butt", or, even more derisively, "Booger".

The characters originated on the sitcom Maude as Florida and Henry Evans, with Florida employed as Maude Findlay's housekeeper in Tuckahoe, New York, and Henry employed as a firefighter. When producers decided to feature the Florida character in her own show, they changed the characters' history: Henry's name became James, there was no mention of Maude, and the couple lived in Chicago.

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