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Good Times
Good Times Title Screen.jpg
Genre Sitcom
Created by Eric Monte
Michael Evans
Developed by Norman Lear
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composer
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)
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
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 921 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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