according to Lee Winfrey. Her show was just a "lightweight product, little more than just another half hour of filler film." The cast was merely "adequate," except for Ted Knight and Valerie Harper.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3sMPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FI0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5377,4768547&dq=good+times+rolle&hl=en

Mr. Winfrey apparently had a long career as a television critic. He passed away in 2003.

http://articles.philly.com/2003-04-02/news/25475282_1_tv-critic-mine-disaster-television-networks

I wonder what his beef was with Mary Tyler Moore and her show -- one of the biggest Emmy winners in history?