JIMMY KIMMEL BRINGS AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT OF TELEVISION TO ABC WITH

‘LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE: NORMAN LEAR’S ‘ALL IN THE FAMILY’ AND ‘THE JEFFERSONS,’’ WEDNESDAY, MAY 22



ALL-STAR CAST INCLUDES ELLIE KEMPER, JAMIE FOXX, JUSTINA MACHADO,

MARISA TOMEI, WANDA SYKES, WILL FERRELL AND WOODY HARRELSON



ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel presents a live, 90-minute prime-time event in tribute to classic television sitcoms. “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’” teams Kimmel with television icon Norman Lear and executive producers Brent Miller, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Justin Theroux. This special, airing live WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 (8:00-9:31 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, will take viewers down memory lane, recreating an original episode from each of the Emmy® Award-winning series “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons.” This legendary night of television will be hosted by Lear and Kimmel, and directed by 10-time Emmy winner James Burrows.



“All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” were groundbreaking shows that changed American television. In this new, one-night-only event, Woody Harrelson will take on the role of Archie Bunker, alongside Marisa Tomei who will be playing Edith Bunker, with Jamie Foxx and Wanda Sykes playing George and Louise Jefferson. Ellie Kemper will play Gloria Stivic; Will Ferrell will appear as Tom Willis, and Justina Machado is set to play Florence Johnston. More stars will be named later.



“The fact that a group of Oscar® winners eagerly agreed to play these iconic characters is a testament to the greatness of these shows and their creator, Norman Lear. To be a part of this is a dream come true for me and for everyone involved,” said Jimmy Kimmel.



“We are so honored to partner with our brilliant friend Jimmy Kimmel and trailblazer Norman Lear to bring some of the most iconic sitcoms ever made back to television,” said Karey Burke, president, ABC Entertainment. “These revered shows are as culturally relevant today as they’ve ever been, and the talent they have gathered makes this the can’t-miss television event of the year … make that decade.”



“They have said over and over again that these two shows were meant for the ‘70s and would not work today. We disagree with them and are here to prove, with two great casts depicting ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons,’ the timelessness of human nature. I cannot wait to see what these glorious performers make in our time of these indelible characters, and I couldn’t be more grateful for Jimmy Kimmel, Sony and ABC for their collective willingness to conceive and pursue this never-been-done-before event,” said Norman Lear.



“We are honored and elated to be involved in retelling these groundbreaking stories, which are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago when they first aired. And to be working with such brilliant icons as Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel, as well as this dream cast, in this exciting new format, is nothing short of amazing!” said Sony Pictures Television Studios President Jeff Frost and Co-Presidents Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter.



From 1971 through 1979, “All in the Family” was in the homes of millions of Americans, tackling controversial subjects for the first time such as women’s rights, racism and homosexuality. The series followed Archie Bunker as the highly opinionated, working-class family man who viewed the world on his terms. When not arguing with his liberal son-in-law, Archie took refuge in his wife, Edith, who tried to understand Archie's conservative ways and outdated beliefs. The award-winning series shaped ongoing political and social conversations among American families in the post-civil rights era.



The success of “All in the Family” launched “The Jeffersons,” running from 1975 to 1985. It was the first television series to feature an interracial couple, and it would go on to be one of the longest-running African-American shows on TV. The series followed George and Louise Jefferson moving on up to the east side and showcasing what it was like to be successful in a predominantly white world. The series changed the landscape and helped shift conversations about race and class, paving the way for other African-American actors and TV shows.



“Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’” will be produced by Smoking Baby Productions, ACT III Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions and Sony Pictures Television. Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel, Brent Miller, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Justin Theroux will executive produce; and the live special will be directed by James Burrows.



About ABC Entertainment

ABC Entertainment airs compelling programming across all day parts, including the new dramas “A Million Little Things” and “The Rookie,” starring Nathan Fillion; and new comedies “The Conners,” “The Kids Are Alright” and “Single Parents.” The ABC Television Network is also home to the groundbreaking dramas “The Good Doctor,” “How to Get Away with Murder” and “Grey’s Anatomy”; the Emmy® Award-winning “Modern Family” and trailblazing comedy favorites “black-ish,” “American Housewife,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “The Goldbergs,” “Speechless” and “Splitting Up Together”; hit game shows “The $100,000 Pyramid,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” “Match Game” and “To Tell the Truth”; star-making sensation “American Idol”; reality phenomenon “Shark Tank,” iconic “The Bachelor” franchise, long-running hits “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos”; “General Hospital,” which has aired for over 50 years on the network; and late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The network also boasts some of television’s most prestigious awards shows, including “The Oscars®,” “The CMA Awards” and “The American Music Awards.”



ABC’s multiplatform business initiative also allows viewers to watch current episodes of their favorite ABC shows anytime, anywhere on ABC.com and the ABC app for desktop, smartphone, tablet or connected TV devices.



ABOUT SONY PICTURES TELEVISION

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry’s leading content providers, producing, distributing and carrying programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry’s largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving global content business, operating 24 wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies in 12 countries, as well as linear and digital channels around the world. Sony Pictures Television is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company.

Who cares?

Classic shows with today's actors who don't belong in them.

Wrong network.

They're all dead.

As a huge fan of both classics, you couldn't pay me to tune into that garbage. It will no doubt be re-created through todays warped Hollywood eyes and butchered horrifically.

No, no no, no....NO! I will try to even forget I read this post because just the mere thought of this makes me sick.

Modern television is pure and utter trash. If it weren't for Antenna TV & Buzzr channels, i'd toss my TV to the curb.

Why bother

That sounds like a really bad idea.

Ed.

O..MY..GOD!!! I hope this is a joke... PLEASE don't tell me it's real!!

I'm gonna give it a try. Jamie Fox as George and Woody Harrelson as Archie Bunker is enough for me to at least give it a chance. I liked both shows, so maybe I'm thinking more with my heart more than my brain. Plus it's live.

Will it suck? Probably. But don't knock it 'til ya tried it.

Really?!? i’m not sure that i will watch it that night

Really?!? i’m not sure that i will watch it that night

Well of course, really. There are a lot of talented actors paying tribute to two iconic tv shows. Why would any fan of either show at least not check it out?

Well of course, really. There are a lot of talented actors paying tribute to two iconic tv shows. Why would any fan of either show at least not check it out?

ok i agree what you said

I’ll definitely check this out. Seems odd it’s on ABC when both of those shows were originally on CBS.

Well of course, really. There are a lot of talented actors paying tribute to two iconic tv shows. Why would any fan of either show at least not check it out?


I'm a HUGE fan of AITF. Enormous. I watch 2 episodes each night on dvd. And when I run through the series, I start it all over from the beginning again. I will not watch this trash and don't even have a curiosity to take a peek at it.

Why? For one, just look at the names of the "talent" here. Wanda Sykes? This woman is so filled with racist hate it's not funny. Why would I want to watch a hateful person like that stepping into the role of one of my favorite and beloved TV characters? I don't want to see that hateful B as Louise Jefferson.

Woody Harrelson as Archie? LOL....just NO! I'd rather wash my eyes out with bleach than see such an iconic character desecrated by that two bit drug addicted hack.

And third, if Jimmy Kimmel is involved in anything, that tells me it's automatically going to suck. The man is such a smarmy, skeez and his lowest ever ratings for his Oscar hosting showed America can't stand him either.

Oh lord, I can go on and on....Marisa Tomei as Edith? LOL. That sounds like a bad parody!

And finally, liberal Hollywood will show these 2 great shows through a watered down, 21st century PC lens that will ruin and pee all over the memory of these 2 iconic shows.
And there will surely be the overdone and boring Trump bashing thrown in there because Hollywood can't do anything creative anymore without telling us all how much they hate him. Yawn.

So nah....i'll be watching my AITF DVD that night and reveling in the true talent over that SNL farce.

I'm a HUGE fan of AITF. Enormous. I watch 2 episodes each night on dvd. And when I run through the series, I start it all over from the beginning again. I will not watch this trash and don't even have a curiosity to take a peek at it.

Why? For one, just look at the names of the "talent" here. Wanda Sykes? This woman is so filled with racist hate it's not funny. Why would I want to watch a hateful person like that stepping into the role of one of my favorite and beloved TV characters? I don't want to see that hateful B as Louise Jefferson.

Woody Harrelson as Archie? LOL....just NO! I'd rather wash my eyes out with bleach than see such an iconic character desecrated by that two bit drug addicted hack.

And third, if Jimmy Kimmel is involved in anything, that tells me it's automatically going to suck. The man is such a smarmy, skeez and his lowest ever ratings for his Oscar hosting showed America can't stand him either.

Oh lord, I can go on and on....Marisa Tomei as Edith? LOL. That sounds like a bad parody!

And finally, liberal Hollywood will show these 2 great shows through a watered down, 21st century PC lens that will ruin and pee all over the memory of these 2 iconic shows.
And there will surely be the overdone and boring Trump bashing thrown in there because Hollywood can't do anything creative anymore without telling us all how much they hate him. Yawn.

So nah....i'll be watching my AITF DVD that night and reveling in the true talent over that SNL farce.
:yeahthat

No thanks. I will not be watching this.

I will DEFINETALY not watch this!!!

This sounds like a bad joke.

I just really dig how they fawn all over each other. They think they're the great thing to come along since sliced bread. Just like watching an award show.

I'll likely tune in.

I just really dig how they fawn all over each other. They think they're the great thing to come along since sliced bread. Just like watching an award show.

Lol! So true. Everybody is so "honored". :rolleyes:
I'm not a fan of either show, but it is a clever idea. They don't need to do the phoney reverence for each other, just have fun with it.

Modern television is pure and utter trash. If it weren't for Antenna TV & Buzzr channels, i'd toss my TV to the curb.

cfr1970 you are 100% right and if it wasn't for YouTube my tv would be in the trash, I cancelled cable 8 years ago and I have never looked back. . . . . . .

I'm a HUGE fan of AITF. Enormous. I watch 2 episodes each night on dvd. And when I run through the series, I start it all over from the beginning again. I will not watch this trash and don't even have a curiosity to take a peek at it.

Why? For one, just look at the names of the "talent" here. Wanda Sykes? This woman is so filled with racist hate it's not funny. Why would I want to watch a hateful person like that stepping into the role of one of my favorite and beloved TV characters? I don't want to see that hateful B as Louise Jefferson.

Woody Harrelson as Archie? LOL....just NO! I'd rather wash my eyes out with bleach than see such an iconic character desecrated by that two bit drug addicted hack.

And third, if Jimmy Kimmel is involved in anything, that tells me it's automatically going to suck. The man is such a smarmy, skeez and his lowest ever ratings for his Oscar hosting showed America can't stand him either.

Oh lord, I can go on and on....Marisa Tomei as Edith? LOL. That sounds like a bad parody!

And finally, liberal Hollywood will show these 2 great shows through a watered down, 21st century PC lens that will ruin and pee all over the memory of these 2 iconic shows.
And there will surely be the overdone and boring Trump bashing thrown in there because Hollywood can't do anything creative anymore without telling us all how much they hate him. Yawn.

So nah....i'll be watching my AITF DVD that night and reveling in the true talent over that SNL farce.


FYI - Wanda Sykes is married to a white woman and as 2 white kids. I've seen her act a bunch of times - not racist at all but incredibly funny.

FYI - Wanda Sykes is married to a white woman and as 2 white kids. I've seen her act a bunch of times - not racist at all but incredibly funny.

I beg to differ. Everything i've seen of her act showed me an angry, racist woman who spreads her hate under the guise of "comedy". But she does have an audience so there are people who apparently like that.

Personally, I will continue to ignore her.

Can everyone just calm down and wait until it airs to get so dramatic? Seriously. It's recreating episodes of classic shows...kinda like how NBC does live versions of musicals. Not everything has to be a Chicken Little end of humanity situation.

And a black comedienne making jokes about white people is not racism.

If you think black comedians making jokes about white people is not racism in 2019, then you got some spainin' to do as Ricky Ricardo use to say, because that comment is racist in and of itself against both black & white people.

If that's "racist", then Family Guy, South Park, SNL and countless other shows should be taken off the air.

Methinks thou dost protest too much.

Who cares?

Classic shows with today's actors who don't belong in them.Indeed.... AND I DOUBT ORIGINAL!!!!!

Dumbed down PC garbage!!

If you think black comedians making jokes about white people is not racism in 2019, then you got some spainin' to do as Ricky Ricardo use to say, because that comment is racist in and of itself against both black & white people.

how so???

FYI - Wanda Sykes is married to a white woman and as 2 white kids. I've seen her act a bunch of times - not racist at all but incredibly funny.

I loved her stand up act myself. I agree with you 100% that it's incredibly funny.

I only have one word for this and my watching this...
https://i.gifer.com/23FA.gif

Hehe we hear ya buddy!

Can everyone just calm down and wait until it airs to get so dramatic? Seriously. It's recreating episodes of classic shows...kinda like how NBC does live versions of musicals. Not everything has to be a Chicken Little end of humanity situation.

And a black comedienne making jokes about white people is not racism.

If a white comedienne did stand up acts making jokes about black people their career would be over faster than you can say racism. Wanda Psycho spews her racist hate towards whites under the veil of "comedy". Everything i've seen of that woman shows me a very bitter, nasty lady filled with hate.

Intelligent people can clearly see it. Unfortunately, it's the dumbed down masses that cannot.

And they can enjoy these tired, alternate reality remakes of classic shows by the left. The rest of us will instead tune into the real thing. You can have your pale imitations....they will never be the original! :lol:

If a white comedienne did stand up acts making jokes about black people their career would be over faster than you can say racism. Wanda Psycho spews her racist hate towards whites under the veil of "comedy". Everything i've seen of that woman shows me a very bitter, nasty lady filled with hate.

Intelligent people can clearly see it. Unfortunately, it's the dumbed down masses that cannot.

And they can enjoy these tired, alternate reality remakes of classic shows by the left. The rest of us will instead tune into the real thing. You can have your pale imitations....they will never be the original! :lol:

Well said. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it, there is no valid excuse. If people claim racism or anything hurts them does that justify them doing the same thing to somebody else? It should make them think they would not lower themselves to that level.

I think this may be on opposite the Big Bang Theory finale, it will only boost their ratings.

If a white comedienne did stand up acts making jokes about black people their career would be over faster than you can say racism. Wanda Psycho spews her racist hate towards whites under the veil of "comedy". Everything i've seen of that woman shows me a very bitter, nasty lady filled with hate.

Intelligent people can clearly see it. Unfortunately, it's the dumbed down masses that cannot.

And they can enjoy these tired, alternate reality remakes of classic shows by the left. The rest of us will instead tune into the real thing. You can have your pale imitations....they will never be the original! :lol:
More of the Hollywood double standards. And I agree with you about the classics. There are no reason to remake them. Hollywood is out of ideas. Still can't believe CBS has new versions of Magnum and MacGyver. This is more of the same. Probably worse since I can't stand most of these actors.

I think this may be on opposite the Big Bang Theory finale, it will only boost their ratings.

When I read that I got happy, but checked it out and saw that finale will air on 5/16. It would've definitely crushed them in ratings though for sure.

It doesn't matter anyway because it will still be a ratings disaster. The young and brainwashed have no desire to tune into a 50 year old sitcom remake, nor the attention span needed.
And most of us older viewers, who these beloved classic shows are from our childhood, will not tune in to watch them be desecrated and pissed on by todays morally, hateful, racist and creatively bankrupt Hollywood.

As for myself, i'll be watching the REAL and ONLY "All in the Family" that night.

I'll give it try.

I think this may be on opposite the Big Bang Theory finale, it will only boost their ratings.The Big Bang Theory series finale airs on Thursday, May 16. This stunt will be on the final night of May sweeps on Wednesday, May 22 from 8-9:31PM. Its competition on the main networks will be the Chicago season finales on NBC, a Masterchef special at 8:00 and Paradise Hotel at 9:00 on FOX, and 2 hours of The Amazing Race on CBS. CBS will air the Survivor season finale a week earlier on May 15.

I'll give it try.

Yeah, I'm curious how it'll play out.

It just struck me that years ago, I used to wonder how cool and interesting it would be if the networks did something like this (recreated an episode of a popular TV series once a week).

coming soon
remake of
family ties
the wonder years
saved by the bell
family matters
sanford & son
home improvement

coming soon
remake of
family ties
the wonder years
saved by the bell
family matters
sanford & son
home improvement

Lets' pray that those never happen.

coming soon
remake of
family ties
the wonder years
saved by the bell
family matters
sanford & son
home improvement

Given the mostly utter pile of crap network TV is right now, I’d definitely be okay with all of those being remade and I’d tune in for sure.

I am definitely curious about this and fully plan to watch it, does anyone know if it will be available next day on iTunes or will this be an only one time live TV showing? I’ll watch next Wednesday if it’s just this one night it can be seen but I’d like to get it on iTunes if it’ll be available that way.

I hope it does well enough for them to at least explore redoing episodes from other classic shows. When they announced this my initial reaction was “What could possibly go wrong?!” but what they’ve said about it the last few weeks it seems like it’ll be okay. I definitely want to see it.

Intelligent people can clearly see it. Unfortunately, it's the dumbed down masses that cannot. Yes and I reckon only the braindead masses will enjoy the PC versions of these once excellent shows!!

It's fun to see takeoffs on PC. I think there was a Becker that did that once but I didn't see the whole episode.

Its disgusting though isnt it Steve??

PC crap has ruined alot!!!

Here is the full cast:

https://www.phillytrib.com/entertainment/all-in-the-family-and-the-jeffersons-go-live-on/article_7cbc2065-4af7-509c-b011-e5d91ad0188b.html

"JIMMY KIMMEL BRINGS AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT OF TELEVISION TO ABC"

Ya... Those who realise the world is dead now and tune in just for a laugh,IT WILL BE UNFORGETTABLE .. OF HOW BAD IT IS!!!!!!

"JIMMY KIMMEL BRINGS AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT OF TELEVISION TO ABC"

Ya... Those who realise the world is dead now and tune in just for a laugh,IT WILL BE UNFORGETTABLE .. OF HOW BAD IT IS!!!!!!

:yeahthat

Inside ABC's The Jeffersons and All in the Family special dress rehearsal: There will be bleeping (https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-norman-lear-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-jeffersons-all-in-the-family-1203223214/)

“Some of the jokes are going to be shocking to you,” host Jimmy Kimmel warned the crowd at the Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons, noting the irony that certain words are no longer acceptable on TV, yet “now you can have dragons burning naked women at the stakes.” The special, airing tonight, re-creates the All in the Family and The Jeffersons sets side by side, with a five-camera setup to capture all the live action. Kimmel told the audience that some of the words used on stage will be bleeped even though they are based on episodes that aired on TV four decades ago.

"Some of the jokes are going to be shocking to you,”

Who do they think is going to be watching this? If they're re-doing scripts from the original shows, we've all seen and heard it before. Do they really believe that people who aren't somewhat familiar with either show would watch this?

I agree with Babalu's "wrong network" sentiment. Why couldn't CBS have done a special like this, since they're the network that aired All in the Family and The Jeffersons? CBS wasn't even mentioned once in the press release announcing this special. I mean, why's it gotta be on ABC?

Also, I remember hearing that Norman Lear tried to pitch AitF to ABC, only for ABC to reject it, and Mr. Lear ended up taking AitF to CBS.

It’s not very good. Most of the actors are not used to the live studio-audience format, and it shows. Timing is so important to this success of something like this and most of timing of the lines is off. O’Connor and Stapleton were masters of comic timing. How can you measure up to two of the finest actors in TV history?

The first two pilots for AITF, “Justice for All” and “Those Were the Days”, were actually made for ABC. The third pilot, which wound up airing as the first episode, was on CBS.

Why is the Tom Willis and Mr. Bentley character being portrayed as GAY

Why was Jamiee Foxx during the George Jefferson strut on his first appearance on All in the Family

Why did they beep out the N Word?



This sh*T was trash

I didnt have to watch it to know that!!

Is it on youtube so I can be disgusted??


EDIT:

I dunno if I wanna see it,im pi$$ed enough at how crappy the world is now!!

Well, I have to say, I loved it. It was fun to see Marisa Tomei's take on Edith. Jamie Foxx did his best Sherman Hemsley. But I really loved seeing Jackee and Marla Gibbs show up!!

It was a nostalgic night!

Glad I did not watch it.

Well, I have to say, I loved it. It was fun to see Marisa Tomei's take on Edith. Jamie Foxx did his best Sherman Hemsley. But I really loved seeing Jackee and Marla Gibbs show up!!

It was a nostalgic night!

Those were the best parts. Everyone else sucked. Woody was awful as Archie. Wanda was awful as Louise too.

seeing marla gibbs returns as Florence was the best part.a total surprise

It wasn’t too bad. I enjoyed it. I just wish they could have remade the closing credits with the original theme music as well. The special that followed it was interesting too. This was kind of like the live musicals on NBC. Maybe next year they’ll do Good Times and Sanford and Son.

Well, I have to say, I loved it. It was fun to see Marisa Tomei's take on Edith. Jamie Foxx did his best Sherman Hemsley. But I really loved seeing Jackee and Marla Gibbs show up!!

It was a nostalgic night!

227 reunion with Marla and Jackee on screen again as well!

To me when you take classic sitcoms and try to reboot them sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. With All In The Family and The Jeffersons the original versions are excellent but for some sitcoms they could make a successful reboot but sometimes some reboots aren't all what they're cracked up to be. Take for instance Netflix's reboot of another Norman Lear sitcom One Day At A Time got high ratings at first but then by adding guest stars like singer Gloria Estefan the ratings for One Day At A Time's reboot were weak and soon Netflix cancelled it due to poor ratings. I think ABC was wrong to reboot All In The Family and The Jeffersons and combine them into one show because when I saw clips of the show it looked very unappealing and I think the only reason why ABC wanted to do this show was to gain big audiences because I think ABC wants to copy CBS with sitcom specials like CBS does with the I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas Specials shown every December. But I can predict this show will get poor ratings because people will find it unappealing
Bestie

Maybe next year they’ll do Good Times and Sanford and Son.

I certainly hope that does not happen. If this is the future of Television then I will turn it off permanently and watch dvds only.

It's time Hollywood started coming up with original ideas again and stop messing with the classics.

It's like the old saying goes, "Imitated but never duplicated".

I think everyone's heart was in the right place but it just didn't work for me.

Woody was terribly mis-cast as Archie Bunker.

Marissa T. nailed Edith.

Wanda would have made a great Florence, but mis-cast as Mrs. Jefferson.

It was just okay.

I do think they all tried their best.

I think everyone's heart was in the right place but it just didn't work for me.

Woody was terribly mis-cast as Archie Bunker.

Marissa T. nailed Edith.

Wanda would have made a great Florence, but mis-cast as Mrs. Jefferson.

It was just okay.

I do think they all tried their best.



And Jamie was ASS as George Jefferson

To me when you take classic sitcoms and try to reboot them sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. With All In The Family and The Jeffersons the original versions are excellent but for some sitcoms they could make a successful reboot but sometimes some reboots aren't all what they're cracked up to be. Take for instance Netflix's reboot of another Norman Lear sitcom One Day At A Time got high ratings at first but then by adding guest stars like singer Gloria Estefan the ratings for One Day At A Time's reboot were weak and soon Netflix cancelled it due to poor ratings. I think ABC was wrong to reboot All In The Family and The Jeffersons and combine them into one show because when I saw clips of the show it looked very unappealing and I think the only reason why ABC wanted to do this show was to gain big audiences because I think ABC wants to copy CBS with sitcom specials like CBS does with the I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas Specials shown every December. But I can predict this show will get poor ratings because people will find it unappealing
Bestie
Hi, Bestie! I saw it and it sucked. Jaime Fox as Mr. Jefferson? The worst! And a skinny Texan as Archie? I turned it off.
DTK

I watched up until after the All In The Family theme song was done, and it was just really horrible.

My mom wanted to watch this, and she agreed with me that this was bad.

seeing marla gibbs returns as Florence was the best part.a total surpriseYes and who knows why she wanted anything to do with it!!!!

IT WAS AN INSULT TO BOTH SHOWS!!

227 reunion with Marla and Jackee on screen again as well!

I admit, I watched it. It was horrid but worth watching just for Marla and Jackee. Love these 2 ladies!

Ya... Those who realise the world is dead now and tune in just for a laugh,IT WILL BE UNFORGETTABLE .. OF HOW BAD IT IS!!!!!!

I absolutely adore your sense of optimism. :wave:

Sally Struthers is not happy about live All In The Family:

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2019/05/22/headed-delaware-sally-struthers-not-happy-live-all-in-the-family/1193925001/

And a negative review from The Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/archie-bunker-and-george-jefferson-meet-again-but-the-sparks-dont-exactly-fly/2019/05/23/c15bc5c2-7cfc-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html?utm_term=.f8b5a8ae013d

I will be curious about the ratings

I will be curious about the ratingshttps://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-wednesday-may-22-2019/

I didnt have to watch it to know that!!

Is it on youtube so I can be disgusted??


EDIT:

I dunno if I wanna see it,im pi$$ed enough at how crappy the world is now!!

Comcast/XFINITY has it.

Sally Struthers is not happy about live All In The Family:

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2019/05/22/headed-delaware-sally-struthers-not-happy-live-all-in-the-family/1193925001/

And a negative review from The Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/archie-bunker-and-george-jefferson-meet-again-but-the-sparks-dont-exactly-fly/2019/05/23/c15bc5c2-7cfc-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html?utm_term=.f8b5a8ae013d
Her nephew suggested the networks might be interested in seeing how well the live show of "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" — with stars Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Ellie Kemper, Anthony Anderson, Sean Hayes, Jamie Foxx, Wanda Sykes, Justina Machado, Will Ferrell and Kerry Washington — score before rebooting the two series.


That's what I think too.

Sally Struthers is not happy about live All In The Family:

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2019/05/22/headed-delaware-sally-struthers-not-happy-live-all-in-the-family/1193925001/

And a negative review from The Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/archie-bunker-and-george-jefferson-meet-again-but-the-sparks-dont-exactly-fly/2019/05/23/c15bc5c2-7cfc-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html?utm_term=.f8b5a8ae013d



Jamue foxx did not do a good job of George jefferson because the stroll was not seen on All in the family

I actually watched part of it,which is almost unheard of for me because I avoid modern and current TV. They did right by sticking to the original scripts and recreating the original sets as close as they did.On the other hand some of the cast did an ok job but the rest were terrible,but that is to be expected with modern Hollywood.All in all it was not as bad as I thought it would be,but that is not saying much.Instead of stunts like this they should just show an episode or 2 of the original classics once or twice a week in prime time.
Even remaster them in high def if they must.

ABC's live re-staging of All in the Family and The Jeffersons was an experiment that worked (https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/abc-all-in-the-family-jeffersons-live-review-1203224131/)

"Sure, the acting wasn’t flawless and the rhythms of the 1970s comedy occasionally felt jarring on a 2019 stage," says Caroline Framke of the star-studded Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear. "But the special was so overwhelmingly dedicated to the fun of the conceit and the enduring accuracy of the punchlines that any technical nitpicks I had quickly faded from memory. By the time Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson was shimmying across the Jeffersons set belting 'Movin’ On Up,' it became frankly impossible to begrudge the spectacle of it all. TV could frankly do a whole lot worse than gathering talented performers to tackle smart, topical comedy with such visceral joy that they’re practically vibrating off the screen. That the material remains so stubbornly timely is a bonus — and a warning. The fact that these sitcoms can be recited verbatim almost 50 years later only proves just how much of our world is, despite such intense and ongoing efforts otherwise, the same as it ever was. As (Norman) Lear himself said: There is, as always, so much more work to do."

ALSO:

Live in Front of a Studio Audience was a fun experiment, but too unimaginative (https://tv.avclub.com/abc-s-live-revival-of-two-classic-norman-lear-sitcoms-w-1834967207): "It’s a provocative experiment, sure, which I hope the network repeats—but also perhaps reimagines," says Noel Murray. "As fun as it is to see Woody Harrelson do a Carroll O’Connor imitation, and to see Jamie Foxx riff on Sherman Hemsley—and even as oddly sweet as it is to see them both fumble their lines and break character, during a live broadcast—it would’ve been even cooler to see them approach these roles fresh, as though they were doing a new production of Death Of A Salesman, and not an SNL sketch. What would new versions of Archie Bunker and George Jefferson really look like?" Murray adds that host Jimmy Kimmel "apparently had something different in mind: a little less challenging, a lot more breezy. This special has more in common with the recent trend toward staging canonical Broadway musicals live: stoking the studio audience into clapping and cheering, while teasing the home viewer with the possibility that everything might go haywire. And that’s fine! The results were very entertaining. But the special didn’t necessarily honor the spirit of the original Lear shows—nor did it breathe new life into them."
It was a fun but only partly successful exercise in nostalgia and cultural context (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/archie-bunker-and-george-jefferson-meet-again-but-the-sparks-dont-exactly-fly/2019/05/23/c15bc5c2-7cfc-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html): "As host, Kimmel could have done a better job at pinpointing the context; mostly he just seemed to think the whole thing would be neat. And to be honest, it was kind of neat," says Hank Stuever, adding: Woody Harrelson, "who is nearly a decade older than Caroll O’Connor was in the original episode, got the Bunker voice and mannerisms down okay, but lacked (Carroll) O’Connor’s subtler, seething presence. (Marisa) Tomei made a passable Edith, all sweetness and screech, more costume party than performance. That turned out to be the true challenge for everyone involved — were they in this for real or just for kicks? Was there a way to honor their characters as they were and yet somehow innovate a little? Or was it just a game of dress-up and pretend?"
For an ensemble comprised entirely of stunt-cast celebrities, Live in Front of a Studio Audience had a remarkable success rate (https://ew.com/tv/2019/05/23/live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-was-a-new-delightful-take-on-nostalgia-ew-review/)
The Jeffersons was easily the better of the two live episodes (https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/norman-lear-all-in-the-family-the-jeffersons-jimmy-kimmel-1.31435830): The Jeffersons re-staging also made the unexpected case that it was possibly the better series all along
Original Jeffersons star Marla Gibbs made a surprise cameo (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/original-jeffersons-star-marla-gibbs-makes-surprise-cameo-abc-special-1213164)
Kimmel on the aftermath of the special: "I imagined this would be great and I just can't believe how great it was and how great you all were" (https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/05/23/jimmy-kimmel-norman-lear-team-classic-live-sitcom-special/1199000001/)
Watch Jamie Foxx's "It's live!" recovery from flubbing his line (https://www.eonline.com/news/1043779/jamie-foxx-hilariously-flubs-a-scene-in-during-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience)
Jennifer Hudson crushed The Jeffersons theme on live TV (https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/05/jennifer-hudson-the-jeffersons-theme-song-all-in-the-family)
Watch everybody involved sing "Movin on Up" (https://www.instagram.com/p/BxygfIun2ju/)

ABC's All in the Family and The Jeffersons special's star-studded cast could shake up the Emmy race (https://variety.com/2019/tv/awards/the-jeffersons-all-in-the-family-live-emmys-jamie-foxx-wanda-sykes-1203224633/)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons will compete in the outstanding variety special (live) race, but there is no longer a category for variety program performers. So Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx and Wanda Sykes will be submitted in the outstanding lead actor and actress in a limited series/TV movie categories, while the other big-name actors -- including Marla Gibbs -- will be submitted for outstanding supporting actor/actress in a limited series/TV movie categories. "The move could upend the limited series/TV movie acting races, adding some big names like Foxx, Harrelson, Tomei, Ferrell, Sykes and others to what is already a crowded field with A-list talent," says Michael Schneider. "Without them, the leading contenders in the limited series/TV movie actress race include Patricia Arquette, Amy Adams, Michelle Williams, Joey King, Julianna Margulies, Emma Stone and Connie Britton, while the actor race includes Mahershala Ali, Hugh Grant, Sam Rockwell, Ian McShane, Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro."

ABC's All in the Family and The Jeffersons special attracts 10.4 million viewers (https://deadline.com/2019/05/jimmy-kimmel-all-in-family-jeffersons-restage-norman-lear-wins-tv-ratings-1202621202/)

ABC won the final night of the 2018-19 season, in both the demo and in total viewers, with the 90-minute Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons, hosted by Lear and Jimmy Kimmel. It was ABC's best showing on the final night of the season in 12 years.

After reading people's comments here, i'm glad I didn't tune in to see it. In fact I completely forgot it was on last night and i'm happy for that because I probably would have taken a peek out of curiosity.

And the pictures i'm seeing online look like stills from a bad SNL skit. Hopefully they'll leave AITF alone now and move on to desecrate some other classic show. And it only got 1.8 rating and 10 million viewers. Not really impressive numbers there when an average showing of NCIS gets that every week.

And Jamie was ASS as George Jefferson

But George Jefferson WAS an ass at times as even Weezie often reminded him! Not to mention the Willises and others thought that too at times. At first I tuned in the middle and I thought Anthony Anderson was George and I thought NO WAY!!

But Jamie Foxx as George was OK but he was too tall and nowhere near as good as Sherman however at least he looked like George unlike Woody as Archie Bunker! Wanda Sykes was AWFUL as Louise. Kerry Washington was all right as Helen but Will Ferrell was miscast as Tom. There are plenty of overweight actors they could've gotten!

Woody Harrelson was TOTALLY miscast as Archie because he looked NOTHING like him. Edith was better. Gloria was miscast and Mike was ok. I didn't watch more than a few minutes of that AITF episode because the Jeffersons was a much better show.

There is NO way they should reboot these shows as sitcoms today!

After reading people's comments here, i'm glad I didn't tune in to see it. In fact I completely forgot it was on last night and i'm happy for that because I probably would have taken a peek out of curiosity.

And the pictures i'm seeing online look like stills from a bad SNL skit. Hopefully they'll leave AITF alone now and move on to desecrate some other classic show. And it only got 1.8 rating and 10 million viewers. Not really impressive numbers there when an average showing of NCIS gets that every week.

The show did not draw a 1.8 rating. It drew a 1.8 with age 18-49 viewers, which is to be expected since the original airings were over 40 years ago. The show did a 10.4, with nearly 11 million viewers. It was BY FAR the highest rated show on all of TV last night. ABC was thrilled with the numbers.

ABC seems to be in major good mood after Last Night’s special “Live In Front Of The Studio Audience”.

The show did not draw a 1.8 rating. It drew a 1.8 with age 18-49 viewers, which is to be expected since the original airings were over 40 years ago. The show did a 10.4, with nearly 11 million viewers. It was BY FAR the highest rated show on all of TV last night. ABC was thrilled with the numbers.

Are you trying to say it did a 10.4 rating?! NO show has pulled in ratings that high in years. 10.4 is the number of viewers in millions, not the rating. That was in fact a 1.8. If you disagree, then please show me a link where this 10.4 rating is documented.

You know what I mean. The link has already been posted in this thread. They drew 10.4 million households. It was the highest rated show on TV that night, right? So you tell me, how are those numbers not impressive?

Jamie Foxx sounded exactly like Sherman Helmsley!! So greatful To Marla Gibbs for coming back to her original series. So much respect for her!

On the flip side though I have a lot of respect for Sally Struthers for standing up for Carrol O Connor & Jean Stapleton and her professional & kind words for her co-stars.

Although the actors/actresses did a fine job.

By the looks of the ratings it looks like they might continue to do these type of stunts. I would love to see Three’s Company do something like this..

Jack Tripper: One Of John Ritter’s boys
Janet Wood: Joyce De Witt
Chrissy Snow: Suzanne Sommers
Mr. Roper: Bill Murray
Mrs. Roper: Amy Yasbeck
Lana: Priscilla Barnes
Cindy Snow: Jenille Harrison
Larry: Richard Kline
Mr. Furley: Bob Newhart

This way Joyce & Suzanne can go out on there terms.


Remember they sort of done this practice before with The Brady Bunch Movies from the 90’s & Saved By The Bell & Full House To Fuller House.

You know what I mean. The link has already been posted in this thread. They drew 10.4 million households. It was the highest rated show on TV that night, right? So you tell me, how are those numbers not impressive?

The ratings are ok, but I wouldn't consider it hugely successful when as I stated above, shows like NCIS pulls in numbers like that each week. A one time, much hyped event like this is different and i'm sure the hopes by all involved were for higher ratings.

I will admit my extreme bias here though. I'm a huge fan of AITF and don't like seeing it done in this SNL type parody remake. Let them tool around with other shows, I don't care, but leave AITF alone. I hope this was a "one and done" thing with it and they move on to something else to desecrate.

By the looks of the ratings it looks like they might continue to do these type of stunts. I would love to see Three’s Company do something like this..

Jack Tripper: One Of John Ritter’s boys
Janet Wood: Joyce De Witt
Chrissy Snow: Suzanne Sommers
Mr. Roper: Bill Murray
Mrs. Roper: Amy Yasbeck
Lana: Priscilla Barnes
Cindy Snow: Jenille Harrison
Larry: Richard Kline
Mr. Furley: Bob Newhart

This way Joyce & Suzanne can go out on there terms.



This I would actually love to see and with that exact cast. Three's Company was a fun slapstick show with zero politics involved. If they stick to exact scripts and didn't inject today's PC nonsense into it i'd definitely tune in to watch.

I'd also love to see DeWitt and Somers step back into their roles for it.

Those are solid ratings, but not blockbuster ones. My guess is that ABC will do another special next year, to lower ratings, and that will be the end of it.

I live abroad. Anywhere to watch this for free? Youtube is no help, and I cannot use Hulu or ABC.com. I usually can watch any show through free websites but this isn’t on anywhere.

Help!

Woody Harrelson now is about ten years older than Caroll OConnor was when All in the Family began in 1971. Actually Harrelson is about the age that OConnor was during Archie Bunkers Place.

I live abroad. Anywhere to watch this for free? Youtube is no help, and I cannot use Hulu or ABC.com. I usually can watch any show through free websites but this isn’t on anywhere.

Help!

I DVR'd it and watched it last night. It was ok for what it was being a one-off special, but I didn't like a few things about it.

I didn't care for them censoring The N-Word, it wasn't as powerful. I had no idea why Sean Hayes was so over-the-top.

I also wondered if maybe they could have changed some of the old references for the new - like replacing Nixon with Trump and Black Panthers with Black Lives Matter.

Seems like lot of people in sitcomsonline watched the TV special and commenting it

ABC's All in the Family and The Jeffersons tribute special was like karaoke: It was entertaining, but hollow (https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/all-in-family-jeffersons-reboot-review-839078)

"Live in Front of a Studio Audience was a different kind of experiment, and a worthy one to try," says Alan Sepinwall. "I wouldn’t have wanted to see the setting updated to the present, even if the fans in the bleachers didn’t get references to people like segregationist Georgia governor Lester Maddox. Nor did anyone need to rewrite the scripts from scratch. But it would have been nice if (Woody) Harrelson, (Jamie) Foxx and some of the others had played their parts like they’d never seen the old shows. These are great actors! Seeing Woody Harrelson play Carroll O’Connor playing Archie Bunker was cute. Seeing his own direct take on Archie could have been a revelatory experience. There was enough of interest last night to be worth trying again, whether with more Lear shows or another classic. (Say, a Cheers script with Channing Tatum and Constance Wu as Sam and Diane?) Hopefully, though, the next attempt will try to be its own thing rather than just a lovingly slavish recreation."

ALSO:

Live in Front of a Studio Audience worked on multiple levels (https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/all-in-the-family-the-jeffersons-live-review.htmlhttps://www.vulture.com/2019/05/all-in-the-family-the-jeffersons-live-review.html): "It was effective as a televised stage play; as, yes, an admittedly nostalgia-riddled exercise in watching contemporary actors try to nail the mannerisms of old sitcom characters; and as a reminder that the same social issues addressed in these nearly 50-year-old comedies remain relevant today," says Jen Chaney, adding: "Overall, everyone in the cast seemed to enjoy themselves and that gave this whole ABC experiment, directed by distinguished sitcom vet James Burrows, the type of verve that can’t be replicated in pre-recorded scripted fare. Given how well it went, I wouldn’t be surprised if ABC makes the live sitcom its version of the live musicals that NBC and Fox regularly stage. Even if it is a blatant nostalgia play, bringing some old TV history into the present seems like a smart move for ABC — and a reason for the rest of us to actually watch live network television for a change."
It was imperfect and messy, but ABC should do more of these specials (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/live-front-a-studio-audience-norman-lears-all-family-jeffersons-1213281): "The experience of watching a really rough preview performance was what came to mind repeatedly during ABC's Wednesday night special Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons," says Daniel Fienberg. "The cumbersomely titled dream project from Jimmy Kimmel felt like a star-studded goof at least as much as it felt like a validation of the timeless genius of Norman Lear. With more time to rehearse and prepare and refine, I think you'd have seen interpretations more tailored to the actors and less beholden to the originals. You'd surely have gotten tighter timing and more sense that the stars had been off-book for longer than a day or two. But you also probably wouldn't have gotten Woody Harrelson and Jamie Foxx and Will Ferrell and Marisa Tomei and Kerry Washington and Ike Barinholtz and Wanda Sykes to join forces for a TV production. My bottom-line thought was the slightly contradictory sensation that Live in Front of a Studio Audience was imperfect and frequently messy and that I really, really hope that ABC does this again."
Jamie Foxx messing up his lines was live TV at its best (https://fansided.com/2019/05/23/jamie-foxx-live-in-front-studio-audience-flubbed-line-joke-video/)
ABC missed a big opportunity for advertisers to show retro ads (https://adage.com/article/media/ads-sadly-not-rebooted-abcs-all-family-jeffersons-nostalgia-trip/2173591)
ABC will repeat Live in Front of a Studio Audience on Saturday along with Nightline's Norman Lear special (https://deadline.com/2019/05/all-in-family-jeffersons-repeat-norman-lear-jimmy-kimmel-1202621596/)

I have a couple friends who said "Oh it was very good,well done"

I tried saying to one of them "I guess you dont value how good the original shows were do you??" -- They just started yelling...

I have a couple friends who said "Oh it was very good,well done"

I tried saying to one of them "I guess you dont value how good the original shows were do you??" -- They just started yelling...

That's the typical liberal response any time an opposing view is shared. It's really sad.

Norman Lear Has Theory on Good Ratings for All in the Family / The Jeffersons Redux
by Erik Pedersen
May 28, 2019


ABC said today that last week’s special Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons totaled 15 million combined viewers when including Love+3 and a Saturday repeat.

And the originals series’ creator thinks he knows why so many people tuned in.

“Clearly, there is still a large demand for multicam comedy on subjects we care about deeply,” Norman Lear said. “Thanks again to our partners, ABC and Sony, for understanding this and backing us.”




Citing Nielsen Media Research, ABC said today that the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted Live in Front of a Studio Audience added 2.1 million viewers in Live+3 and 0.4 rating points in delayed viewing.

That brought the total to 12.5 million viewers and a 2.1/11 in adults 18-49 for the first airing. The weekend rerun pulled in 2.49 million Live+Same Day viewers and earned a 0.4/1 with the demo.

https://deadline.com/2019/05/norman-lear-ratings-all-in-the-family-the-jeffersons-redux-1202623398/

I wished I had seen this , just out of morbid curiosity!!:crazy::D

I wished I had seen this , just out of morbid curiosity!!:crazy::D

I don't know if you get Hulu or not, but it should still be on there. That's where I watched it last Friday.

if you have Comcast; it's also on Comcast on Demand.

Who would want to see it??


Its a disgrace to both shows!!! (Other than for laughs I dont see the point in wanting to view it)

You know, when they announced this initially my feeling was even with Lear involved I didn’t think it’d go well-at all. There was no mention of it for quite a while so I figured they scrapped it. My thought at that point was good, they shouldn’t be messing with this at all. About a month ago they said it was still coming and when it aired. I decided to have an open mind and watch it. I wasn’t able to catch the Wednesday airing so I saw it the next day on Hulu. To be frank with you, I’m extremely glad I watched it! I enjoyed it a great deal, far more than I thought I would! They used the original scripts for both shows episodes with zero changes. The sets were recreated almost 100 percent accurately with just about every detail in them intact. The casts did an outstanding job, I truly walked away really impressed at how well it turned out. It’s clear they showed great respect and care to both shows. No, they weren’t perfect, nothing is. But they did really good here, damn good. They had a really enthusiastic, energetic and lively live audience for it which made it even better. I’m very happy it got Hugh ratings too! I’m sure ABC has green lit more of this to come. I’ll be really curious to see what shows they do next. You could do any sitcom you wanted to but with doing it live you’ve gotta be careful what shows you pick.

I absolutely agree with what Lear said after regarding the high ratings-there absolutely is still a place for multi cam sitcoms. They’re my favorite kind of sitcoms. I love hearing the audience’s reactions and it’s great to see the casts of the shows work from that. Multi cams have sadly died off massively in recent years, with CBS being the only network really still doing them. I hope ABC takes this success to heart and shows them multi cam still has a place, you just need the right casts, crews, directors and good premises. I’d still like to see them take one more crack at TGIF-the right way. The revival last year was the absolute right idea and what so many of us waited a long time for them to do! The problem was the content, none of the shows they put there are TGIF compatible! What frustrated me most was the promo they had for it a few weeks before it came back had some of the stars from some of the old TGIF shows! Exact right idea, exactly what we wanted to see. This was so easy, either reboot some of those shows or put those people in new projects! Really hope this event’s success has them re evaluating. I’ll definitely check out the next installlmeht of this and I hope when the Jetsons revival finally premieres, which is now a multi cam, that it’ll be successful too. If they get the right actors they can really nail it.

ABC Looking to Turn "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" into an Event Franchise
by Peter White
July 3, 2019


Following the success of "Live in Front of a Studio Audience", ABC is looking to turn it into an event franchise.

The network’s President of Entertainment Karey Burke revealed that 22M had watched the special since its May 25 premiere.




“It is something that we looked at as a franchise if it worked, and we didn’t know if it would work,” she said.

“We didn’t know if people would still care and it was nice they did. With something like that we would look to return it, not on a weekly basis, I think these things are tentpoles around which we can build sustaining weekly scripted programming, to use as a big circulation play.

We’ve been leaning really hard into live event programming. It introduced a whole new generation of people to those shows and those themes in a way that hadn’t been done before and I don’t know if that’s something that would have been as relevant on streaming.”

https://deadline.com/2019/06/abc-norman-lear-karey-burke-1202626197/

I loved it and thought it was very well performed. Especially Marisa Tomei's portrayal of Edith. The whole show was well thought out and executed quite nicely. Even when Jamie Foxx screwed up a line it was good. I have to say Wanda was terrific in her role as well. I'm looking forward to seeing more of these live performances.

Woody Harrelson's characterization of Archie was more like Micky Dolenz' impression of Jimmy Cagney with a Texas drawl. No, really! Watch the first few minutes of "Archie", and then "Monkees on the Wheel".

I would love to have walked through the sets, though. Wasn't the Jeffersons' final season apartment set kept intact at some studio tour in California? I had pictures somewhere..

I told people to at least give it a chance and was somewhat roasted. I see a lot of those same people indeed watched and most of you liked it.

It wasn't perfect, but it was still much better than the junk that is on today. I hope they do more episodes with (mostly) the same cast. Marissa Tomei was great.

Are there any websites showing this?

I live in China and watch my content through two websites and can watch my new shows but neither have this. www.abc.com will not allow me to watch it since I am outside the USA and HULU is a paid service. I have tried on Google to find it to no avail.

Any help appreciated.

EMMY® AWARD-WINNING ‘LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE’
RETURNS WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, RECREATING CLASSIC EPISODES OF
‘ALL IN THE FAMILY’ AND ‘GOOD TIMES’

Kerry Washington Joins Executive-Producing Team of Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel,
Brent Miller, Will Ferrell and Justin Theroux



“Live in Front of a Studio Audience,” the live broadcast television event that captivated audiences with its all-star cast recreating episodes of “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” last spring, is set to return to ABC on Wednesday, Dec. 18, with newly recreated, live installments of Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin’s Emmy® Award-winning series “All in the Family” and groundbreaking sitcom “Good Times,” created by Mike Evans, Eric Monte and developed by Lear. The holiday-inspired live event produced by Sony Pictures Television, will reunite executive producers Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel, Brent Miller, Will Ferrell and Justin Theroux. Kerry Washington, who portrayed Helen Willis of “The Jeffersons” in the original special in the spring, will join as an executive producer.

ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’” was nominated for three Emmy Awards, and took home the prize for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). The premiere of ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and “The Jeffersons’” on Wednesday, May 22, averaged 14.29 million Total Viewers and a 2.86 rating in Adults 18-49 across all platforms after 35 days of TV playback and reached 23.5 million Total Viewers for its original Wednesday broadcast and two encore airings on Saturday, May 25, and Saturday, Aug. 17.

“The holiday season is the perfect time for families to come together and enjoy another ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ special on ABC,” said Karey Burke, president, ABC Entertainment. “Only Jimmy and Norman can top what they accomplished the first time. From the superstar talent to the unforgettable music and the richly deserved Emmy win, their collective vision has introduced a whole new generation of people to these groundbreaking and timeless stories – and now with ‘Good Times’ as part of the lineup, this will surely be another can’t-miss television event.”

“Being a part of Norman Lear’s world was a career highlight; and working with great actors on these great shows was so much fun, we couldn’t resist tackling a holiday episode of ‘All in the Family’ and one of my favorites, ‘Good Times,’” said Kimmel.

Added Lear, “I don’t know which is greater – bringing back ‘Good Times’ or co-hosting with Jimmy Kimmel?”

“We are so thrilled to be working with this brilliant team again to bring another groundbreaking special featuring Norman’s timeless and prolific works. The themes are as relevant today as when they were first presented,” said Jeff Frost, president of Sony Pictures Television.

“Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times’” will be produced by Kimmelot, ACT III Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions, D’Arconville, Simpson Street, and Sony Pictures Television. Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel, Brent Miller, Kerry Washington, Will Ferrell and Justin Theroux will executive produce.

Cool!

Neat!! I missed it first time around and now they are adding Good Times too!!;) I'm gonna watch for sure this time!! :)I wonder what actors and actresses will take on the roles of the Evans family ?

I can't see this being anything but dumb and insulting to the original cast.

Creatively bankrupt modern Hollywood can desecrate my beloved classic sitcoms all they want but i'll never watch them. Thank God for classic TV channels and DVDs is all I have to say.

I can't see this being anything but dumb and insulting to the original cast.

That may be but you can say that about every remake Hollywood has ever done right?

Why do they need Kerry Washington, Will Ferrell, and Justin Theroux to “executive produce”? Justin Theroux? Whose main claim to fame was marrying the overhyped Jennifer Aniston?

Why do they need Kerry Washington, Will Ferrell, and Justin Theroux to “executive produce”? Justin Theroux? Whose main claim to fame was marrying the overhyped Jennifer Aniston?

So, you've never heard of the brilliant David Lynch movie, Mulholland Drive, I take it? Which came out more than a decade before he married her?

That may be but you can say that about every remake Hollywood has ever done right?Ah man.....I guess I do also!!

The fact however is: MOST PEOPLE ARE BRAINDEAD MORONS TODAY WHO CANT COME UP WITH ANYTHING NEW,CANT ACT,etc..... ALL THEY CAN DO IS FOLLOW WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DID...... AND THE RESULT IS USUALLY CRAP!!!!! (As this was)

Can everyone please calm down and quit crying about the sky falling? It's another special that will air for one night. The world is not going to end because of it, and it's not that different than NBC doing a live musical version of whatever show.

The network dedicates a time slot to a special event and you'd think they canceled the entire lineup. Take a deep breath and step back from the ledge.

Also, let's not act like Hollywood hasn't revived classic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1985_TV_series)) shows (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_(1985_TV_series)) before.

Can everyone please calm down and quit crying about the sky falling? It's another special that will air for one night. The world is not going to end because of it, and it's not that different than NBC doing a live musical version of whatever show.

The network dedicates a time slot to a special event and you'd think they canceled the entire lineup. Take a deep breath and step back from the ledge.

Also, let's not act like Hollywood hasn't revived classic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1985_TV_series)) shows (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_(1985_TV_series)) before.

Because you can't imitate legends and should leave it alone

Indeed!!!!!!

It doesn't bother me because I just blissfully ignore it since the only "All in the Family" that will ever exist in my world is the 1971-79 show. Same goes for "Good Times" as well.

I didn't tune into the first airing and have zero interest in this one. So the sky in my world is just fine. :thumbsup:

I can't see this being anything but dumb and insulting to the original cast.

You can’t duplicate a masterpiece. Just air the originals AITF eps.

I wasn't impressed from what I saw, so I will not be watching the next episode of it.

I'll just stick to watching the originals.

I wasn't impressed from what I saw, so I will not be watching the next episode of it.

I'll just stick to watching the originals.

I agree. You can’t top or replicate a masterpiece. The originals for me too.

I agree. You can’t top or replicate a masterpiece. The originals for me too.

I mean, it was a nice idea. But I'll just go and watch the originals.

I'll definitely be watching it when it airs. I loved the first special they did. The cast they put together for it was perfect.

I wonder if they'll be getting the same cast for the next episode.

For "All in the Family", Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Ellie Kemper, and Ike Barinholtz will return.

The special will also feature Kevin Bacon, Justina Machado, and Jessie Eisenberg.

https://deadline.com/2019/12/woody-harrelson-marisa-tomei-ellie-kemper-ike-barinholtz-returning-abc-all-in-the-family-good-times-live-special-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-kevin-bacon-justina-machado-and-jesse-eisenberg-1202806262/

I wonder what episodes they will be doing. Maybe Christmas ones?

The "Good Times" cast features:

Viola Davis as Florida Evans
Andre Braugher as James Evans
Jay Pharoah as J.J.
Asante Blackk as Michael
Corinne Foxx as Thelma
Tiffany Haddish as Willona Woods
Jharrel Jerome in an undisclosed role

The theme will be performed by Patti LaBelle and Anthony Anderson.

https://tvline.com/2019/12/12/good-times-live-cast-viola-davis-andre-braugher-florida-james-evans/

I have a feeling the All in the Family episode will be The Draft Dodger since Justina Machiado is in it and the Bunkers has a Hispanic maid that season.

What to expect tonight on Live in Front of a Studio Audience (https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/i-was-hangin-in-a-chow-line-at-the-final-dress-rehearsa-1840505862)

Tonja Renée Stidhum attended last night's dress rehearsal for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family & Good Times. "Though I can’t tell you too much about the episodic content (besides, this live show is best served fresh), let’s just say both episodes are very relevant to the sociopolitical climate we’re living in today," says Stidhum. "Much like the first iteration of this nostalgic live series, you should expect a few amazing surprises that’ll have you like, 'Wow, they really pulled that off!"

I didnt like the Archie scene when he snapped on Mike's friend


Not good at all

What to expect tonight on Live in Front of a Studio Audience (https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/i-was-hangin-in-a-chow-line-at-the-final-dress-rehearsa-1840505862)

Tonja Renée Stidhum attended last night's dress rehearsal for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family & Good Times. "Though I can’t tell you too much about the episodic content (besides, this live show is best served fresh), let’s just say both episodes are very relevant to the sociopolitical climate we’re living in today," says Stidhum. "Much like the first iteration of this nostalgic live series, you should expect a few amazing surprises that’ll have you like, 'Wow, they really pulled that off!"
sounds like the AITF one was the draft dodger one.

I saw this series for the first time last night, and I was bored senseless.

Part of the reason was that it was the opposite of the thing that so many people have been fearing. Everyone's been ranting and raving that these shows are going to make a mockery of the originals. On the contrary, it felt to me that they tried so hard to be respectful that they played things too safe. The only one who seemed to embody her character from Good Times was Foxx. Everyone else seemed so timid.

And it flopped bad. A measly 1.1 rating and barely 6 million viewers. (5.79M to be exact. And hell no, I didn't watch.)
Hopefully this signals the end of the desecration of our beloved classic sitcoms.

And it flopped bad. A measly 1.1 rating and barely 6 million viewers. (5.79M to be exact. And hell no, I didn't watch.)
Hopefully this signals the end of the desecration of our beloved classic sitcoms.

I knew that it wouldn't do well.

This got beaten by The Masked Singer and the Survivor finales:

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/tv-ratings-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-the-masked-singer-survivor-finale-1203448728/

This got beaten by The Masked Singer and the Survivor finales:

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/tv-ratings-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-the-masked-singer-survivor-finale-1203448728/

The picture in that Variety article looks like shot from a bad SNL parody. I cringed just looking at it.

The picture in that Variety article looks like shot from a bad SNL parody. I cringed just looking at it.

I'm glad that I didn't watch it then, because it just looked really bad.

Woody Harrelson didnt do the scene well in Draft Dodger when Archie SNAPPED

And it flopped bad. A measly 1.1 rating and barely 6 million viewers. (5.79M to be exact. And hell no, I didn't watch.)
Hopefully this signals the end of the desecration of our beloved classic sitcoms.

That wasn't a bad rating - way better than ABC usually does in that time-slot - or a lot of time-slots. It didn't "flop" but didn't' have the buzz of the first one.

I didn't like it. IMO, should have left it alone after the first try which was okay.

It did okay in the ratings but I don't think they will try another one.

Woody Harrelson didnt do the scene well in Draft Dodger when Archie SNAPPED

That's because for one, he's a terrible actor. And secondly, I don't think there's anyone who can step into an iconic character like Archie Bunker and do it justice. And no one should try.

If they want so bad to bring back old sitcoms and give Woody Harrelson a job, then bring back Cheers and let the original cast, who are all still around to come back into their old roles. I wouldn't watch it, but I think it would be more accepted by audiences than what they're doing with these old sitcoms that come off as embarrassing, unintentional parodies.

That's because for one, he's a terrible actor. And secondly, I don't think there's anyone who can step into an iconic character like Archie Bunker and do it justice. And no one should try.

If they want so bad to bring back old sitcoms and give Woody Harrelson a job, then bring back Cheers and let the original cast, who are all still around to come back into their old roles. I wouldn't watch it, but I think it would be more accepted by audiences than what they're doing with these old sitcoms that come off as embarrassing, unintentional parodies.

I agree Woody Harrelson was horribly miscast.

I think Woody did the best he can! It would be hard to fill in Carroll & Jean’s shoes.

With the impeachment interruptions going on people might of thought the Special wasn’t on.

Props to ABC for promoting its shows how they did in the 1970’s & 1980’s They got the original announcer back as well! That was definitely one of the highlights of the night!

It would be awesome if TV Networks and TV Commercials would advertise Classic style just for the Holiday Season!

I watched and liked it okay. I don't tune into "Survivor" or "The Masked Singer," so I wasn't missing anything. Good to see John Amos included. Hope they do "Maude" next!

Props to ABC for promoting its shows how they did in the 1970’s & 1980’s They got the original announcer back as well! That was definitely one of the highlights of the night!
It wasn’t the original announcer - Ernie Anderson died in 1997. But they found someone who did a decent imitation.

I’m sure they’ll do “Maude” next. But my prediction is that the next one will be the last one. Ratings were way down, and I don’t see them going up. This has been a novelty, like the live musicals at Christmas that NBC was doing, and the law of diminishing returns is kicking in.

It wasn’t the original announcer - Ernie Anderson died in 1997. But they found someone who did a decent imitation.

I’m sure they’ll do “Maude” next. But my prediction is that the next one will be the last one. Ratings were way down, and I don’t see them going up. This has been a novelty, like the live musicals at Christmas that NBC was doing, and the law of diminishing returns is kicking in.

I’m hoping they will do Maude as well as Sanford and Son. I’ve enjoyed these.

ABC will be re-broadcasting the All In The Family along with Good Times episode tonight:

https://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2020/07/abc-to-rebroadcast-live-in-front-of.html

Oh no not again:lol: