Brian Damage, I told you that Sanford wasn't a spinoff, I read today in an Old

[Janice]

I think someone needs to fire up that Norman Lear interview tape.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Janice

I think someone needs to fire up that Norman Lear interview tape.

Lear has nothing with this at all

[bry]

not a spin off.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by bry

not a spin off.

You are so right

[Dr. Jazz]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

Yeah a much smaller one since it was just me and Brian-lol

Wait a minute, you and I have debated this a few times as well Solomon. I thought we finally agreed it was a "continuation"

I have to agree with you on this one though. "Sanford" was indeed more of a revival than a spinoff.

[Janice]

I've heard it referred to as a sequel.

[ThomasE]

I don't know what the heck to call it yet. I would like to call it a continuation, but it is not packaged with Sanford and Son. I don't know whether I can call it a spinoff or not.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jazz

Wait a minute, you and I have debated this a few times as well Solomon. I thought we finally agreed it was a "continuation"

I have to agree with you on this one though. "Sanford" was indeed more of a revival than a spinoff.

It couldn't have been considered a continuation because Sanford premeired 3 years after Sanford and Son ended. Now Three's A Crowd in 1984 would be considered a Continuation

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

I don't know what the heck to call it yet. I would like to call it a continuation, but it is not packaged with Sanford and Son. I don't know whether I can call it a spinoff or not.

Not a Continuation if it premeired YEARS after Sanford and Son. Continuations are Archie Bunkers Place and Three's a Crowd

[GSU2004]

It was a revival or continuation just like Archie Bunker's Place was a continuation of All In The Family. A few shows did that even Mama's Family did it when it was revived for syndication like BET did with The Game.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by GSU2004

It was a revival or continuation just like Archie Bunker's Place was a continuation of All In The Family. A few shows did that even Mama's Family did it when it was revived for syndication like BET did with The Game.

It was too many years in between the ending of Sanford and Son and Sanford for it to be a continuation

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

It was too many years in between the ending of Sanford and Son and Sanford for it to be a continuation

Hey you! It’s good to hear from you. In regards to the show. It wasn’t too many years. The Sanford And Son sitcom ended in 1977 NBC wanted to bring the show back. In 1979 they began production. The “remake” or “continuation” began airing a few months later in the spring of 1980.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

Hey you! It’s good to hear from you. In regards to the show. It wasn’t too many years. The Sanford And Son sitcom ended in 1977 NBC wanted to bring the show back. In 1979 they began production. The “remake” or “continuation” began airing a few months later in the spring of 1980.

Stop it, different decades

[Old School]

I always that it was a spinoff series.

TV Tropes https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sanford

A revival of Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx as junk dealer Fred G. Sanford. The series attempted to recapture the magic (and the ratings) from his previous hit. However, Demond Wilson (Lamont) didn't return, so the producers dispatched his character to the Alaskan pipeline and cast perennial character actor Dennis Burkley as Fred's new partner and housemate, hefty Southerner Cal Pettie. In addition, Fred found love with a new girlfriend: wealthy socialite Evelyn Lewis (played by Marguerite Ray).

Over time, familiar faces from the original series popped in to visit; some, such as LaWanda Page's Aunt Esther and Nathaniel Taylor's Rollo Lawson, stayed for a while. In addition, some loose plot threads from the previous show were finally tied up (including the issue of Fred's frequent "heart attacks", albeit in a somewhat dramatic manner).

But the show's new approach to the Fred Sanford character proved unwise. Not only was Fred no longer the lovable curmudgeon the audience had come to know and love, but he also underwent a significant transformation regarding his previous bigoted views (presumably due to his friendship with Cal, but it's implied that the change took place before the start of the new series). He even gives a somewhat Anvilicious lecture to Cal's mother when she objects to her son's friendship with a black man in one of the later episodes! Perhaps this was necessary Character Development to get past the changing times and the network censors, but low ratings proved that sometimes change isn't a good thing.

The series ran on NBC for two brief seasons (26 episodes total) from March 15, 1980 to July 10, 1981.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Old School

I always that it was a spinoff series.

TV Tropes https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sanford

A revival of Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx as junk dealer Fred G. Sanford. The series attempted to recapture the magic (and the ratings) from his previous hit. However, Demond Wilson (Lamont) didn't return, so the producers dispatched his character to the Alaskan pipeline and cast perennial character actor Dennis Burkley as Fred's new partner and housemate, hefty Southerner Cal Pettie. In addition, Fred found love with a new girlfriend: wealthy socialite Evelyn Lewis (played by Marguerite Ray).

Over time, familiar faces from the original series popped in to visit; some, such as LaWanda Page's Aunt Esther and Nathaniel Taylor's Rollo Lawson, stayed for a while. In addition, some loose plot threads from the previous show were finally tied up (including the issue of Fred's frequent "heart attacks", albeit in a somewhat dramatic manner).

But the show's new approach to the Fred Sanford character proved unwise. Not only was Fred no longer the lovable curmudgeon the audience had come to know and love, but he also underwent a significant transformation regarding his previous bigoted views (presumably due to his friendship with Cal, but it's implied that the change took place before the start of the new series). He even gives a somewhat Anvilicious lecture to Cal's mother when she objects to her son's friendship with a black man in one of the later episodes! Perhaps this was necessary Character Development to get past the changing times and the network censors, but low ratings proved that sometimes change isn't a good thing.

The series ran on NBC for two brief seasons (26 episodes total) from March 15, 1980 to July 10, 1981.

its clearly a revival as it states in the promo