View Full Version : Could Sanford and Son Have Lasted 11 Years?


USATVFAN
04-15-2007, 12:00 PM
if Redd Fox And Damon Wilson never left the show do you think Sanford And Son Could Have Lasted 11 years Like The Jeffersons?

GARFIELDKOOL
04-15-2007, 03:21 PM
It probably would have lasted at least 8 years, IMO. It would have went on past 1977 if Redd Foxx wouldn't have quit to do that variety show on ABC.

Mr. Television
04-15-2007, 05:03 PM
It probably would have lasted at least 8 years, IMO. It would have went on past 1977 if Redd Foxx wouldn't have quit to do that variety show on ABC.
It's to bad he did that. I think he did have regrets...that's why he agreed to return in Sanford which I did find entertaining. I think it probably would have lasted 7 or 8 seasons. NBC was in bad shape in the late 1970's, they probably would have kept S&S regardless.

Junkyard Dog
04-15-2007, 06:02 PM
The Neilsen ratings had the sixth season of Sanford and Son somewhere in the top 30. I think they could have squeezed out one more year, even though the series was already running on fumes.

moeee
04-16-2007, 01:10 AM
By the time the 5th season came around, the show was getting stale. It would not last 11 seasons.


Has any tv show lasted 11 years? lol

comedyfreak
04-16-2007, 02:37 AM
It probably could have gone one more season, ratings would have gone up if Julio returned to the show.

USATVFAN
04-16-2007, 09:49 AM
By the time the 5th season came around, the show was getting stale. It would not last 11 seasons.


Has any tv show lasted 11 years? lol
The Jeffersons Lasted 11 years From 1974-1985 and it Run 4-5 Years To Long.

gilligan fanatic
04-16-2007, 09:57 AM
The Jeffersons Lasted 11 years From 1974-1985 and it Run 4-5 Years To Long.

M*A*S*H, Happy Days, and Married With Children also lasted 11 seasons.

moeee
04-16-2007, 02:34 PM
M*A*S*H, Happy Days, and Married With Children also lasted 11 seasons.


oh, i didnt know that. Thanks

USATVFAN
04-17-2007, 12:18 AM
M*A*S*H, Happy Days, and Married With Children also lasted 11 seasons.
also Cheers And frasier lasted 11 years

jamesanthony
04-20-2007, 04:57 PM
if Redd Fox And Damon Wilson never left the show do you think Sanford And Son Could Have Lasted 11 years Like The Jeffersons?
I think the way it turned out was for the best- the last season was the weakest and although I don't remember Sanford it seemed like it was a decent follow-up series so the little vacation that Redd Foxx and viewers had from one another seemed better than if the show had ran continuously through 1981 or 1982. I agree that with NBC's ratings being so poor in the late 70s they would've probably kept the show on for a while longer.

TVFactFan
04-20-2007, 10:33 PM
The Jeffersons Lasted 11 years From 1974-1985 and it Run 4-5 Years To Long.


It lasted 11 seasons, not 11 years. Jan of 1975 to July of 1985