The Jeffersons were a Better Ensemble Cast Then All in Thre family?

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Who Think The Jeffersons Had A Better Ensemble Cast then All In the Family?
I Like All in the family and It Had A Good Cast. But There was Something Different with this cast they seem to click alot faster,it like they knew eacother for like 10 years(Besides Sherman Hemsley,Isabel Sanford And Mike Evan)

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Originally Posted by Weezyfan

Who Think The Jeffersons Had A Better Ensemble Cast then All In the Family?
I Like All in the family and It Had A Good Cast. But There was Something Different with this cast they seem to click alot faster,it like they knew eacother for like 10 years(Besides Sherman Hemsley,Isabel Sanford And Mike Evan)

I think so. Sally Struthers was the weak link in All in the Family- either her or the way her part was written made her more annoying than likeable- the other 3 had negative characteristics but the actors were able to bring something to them that made them enjoyable to watch. The Jeffersons probably had the best ensemble of any of the Norman Lear series and quite frankly I think that's why it was his longest running show, although the critics don't rate it as such. Imagine lesser actors doing some of the weaker episodes. Even some of the people who wrote those weaker shows say that they were poor writing, but the actors made them watchable.