Good Times aired on Saturday Night at 8:30pm and went up against Chips on NBC and Apple Pie on ABC during September 1978

The Nielsen ranking for Good Times after the airing of the first episode with Esther Rolle back on the show was ranked #35 out of 49 shows.

The ratings after the second episode(part 2 of Homecoming) fell to #44 out of 65 shows

After the last part of Homecoming, Part 4, the show was ranked #52 out of 68 shows

After Nov 4, 1978, CBS pulled the show off the schedule because Good Times fell to #58 out of 65 shows

The show didn't return to the CBS schedule until Dec 2 1978 and was airing on Wednesday Nights up against

During the month of December the show fell to #62 in the ratings almost near the bottom

After two weeks off the schedule, the show returned on Wednesday, January 3, 1979 airing, the show was ranked #39....Eight is Enough was a repeat on ABC and NBC aired a Donny and Marie Special.

After January 3, 1979, the show would not air again until May 1979.

The official announcement of cancellation was on May 2 1979 and last airing was Wednesday, August 1, 1979










Phila Daily News Sept 16, 1978
Phila Daily News, Sept 23, 1978
Fort-Worth Star Telegram, Sept 20, 1978
Fort-Worth Star Telegram, Sept 27, 1978
Fort-Worth Star Telegram, Oct 4, 1978
Times Recorder, December 7, 1978
Fort-Worth-Star Telegram, Jan 10, 1979
News and Record, May 2 1979
Phila Daily News, Aug 1 1979

The ratings were tanking because Florida coming back seemed to HINDER JJ, Thelma, and Michael. In Season 5, JJ, Thelma, and Michael were fine on their own with Willona checking on them often. They even were eating GOOD food such as pancakes and sausage. When Florida came back, they were eating oatmeal again like it was Season 2. Keith was a weird character who would do impressions all nilly willy instead of at times it would be appropriate to do so like the talent shows. I remember a Critic saying something like,"Keith's impression at the talent show was GOOD. That's the only time he should have been doing the impressions, not any random time he felt like doing them. :lol::crazy:

Keith getting drunk and slapping Thelma was a huge no no, but at least she stood up to him, tried to kick him out, told him off and then slapped him right back and even harder! :lol: Conveying,"Don't you DARE EVER hit me again!":lol:

Keith did a couple of good things however such as saving Larry from potentially falling down an empty shaft while everybody else just screamed at him like idiots. :rolleyes: Keith also implied that he was going to kick Bookman's ass for not even BLOCKING the elevator and allowing the doors to open. Seriously Bookman should have been in BIG trouble for this one. The elevator should have been blocked and not be able to open when there was no shaft... :eek::rolleyes::eek:

The ratings were tanking because Florida coming back seemed to HINDER JJ, Thelma, and Michael. In Season 5, JJ, Thelma, and Michael were fine on their own with Willona checking on them often. They even were eating GOOD food such as pancakes and sausage. When Florida came back, they were eating oatmeal again like it was Season 2. Keith was a weird character who would do impressions all nilly willy instead of at times it would be appropriate to do so like the talent shows. I remember a Critic saying something like,"Keith's impression at the talent show was GOOD. That's the only time he should have been doing the impressions, not any random time he felt like doing them. :lol::crazy:

Keith getting drunk and slapping Thelma was a huge no no, but at least she stood up to him, tried to kick him out, told him off and then slapped him right back and even harder! :lol: Conveying,"Don't you DARE EVER hit me again!":lol:

Keith did a couple of good things however such as saving Larry from potentially falling down an empty shaft while everybody else just screamed at him like idiots. :rolleyes: Keith also implied that he was going to kick Bookman's ass for not even BLOCKING the elevator and allowing the doors to open. Seriously Bookman should have been in BIG trouble for this one. The elevator should have been blocked and not be able to open when there was no shaft... :eek::rolleyes::eek:

People probably stopped watching after Keith broke his leg and had to move in with the Evans

People probably stopped watching after Keith broke his leg and had to move in with the Evans


Keith breaking his leg at the wedding was a bad plot device, I agree with you. Also that fall he did looked fake. :rolleyes: