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''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975 to 1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982 to 1985. ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in the history of American television. The show focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, an affluent African-American couple living in New York City. The show was launched as the second spin-off of ''All in the Family'', on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of prolific television producer Norman Lear. However, it was less sharply political in tone than some of his other shows. ''The Jeffersons'' eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom, relying more on the characters' interactions with one another than on explicitly political dialogue or storylines. It did, however, tackle a few controversial topics, including racism, suicide, gun control and adult illiteracy. Also, the words "nigger" and "honky" were used occasionally, especially during the earlier seasons. ''The Jeffersons'' had one spin-off, titled ''Checking In''. The short-lived series was centered on the Jeffersons' housekeeper, Florence. ''Checking In'' only lasted four episodes, after which Florence returned to ''The Jeffersons''. ''The Jeffersons'' also shared continuity with the show ''E/R'', which featured Lynne Moody, who made a guest appearance in one episode of ''The Jeffersons'' as George's niece. Sherman Hemsley guest-starred as George in two episodes of the series, which lasted for one season. The show ended in controversy after CBS abruptly canceled the series without allowing for a proper series finale. The cast was not informed until after the July 2, 1985, episode "Red Robins", and actor Sherman Hemsley said he found out that the show was canceled by reading it in the newspaper.〔Biography Channel Interview - December 2008〕 Sanford, who heard about the cancellation through her cousin who read about it in the tabloids, has publicly stated that she found the cancellation with no proper finale to be disrespectful on the network's part.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archive of American Television )〕 The cast reunited in a stage play based on the sitcom. In the 1996 series finale of ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', the Jeffersons made a guest appearance and bought the house from the Banks family. In an episode of ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne'' in 2011, Sherman Hemsley and Marla Gibbs reprised their roles of George Jefferson and Florence Johnston. In 1985, Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford made a special guest appearance as the Jeffersons in the Canale 5 comedy show ''Grand Hotel'', starring the Italian actors Paolo Villaggio, Franco & Ciccio comic duo and Carmen Russo. They were guests in the fictional hotel, and appeared just twice during the show, for a total of five minutes. Their voices were dubbed by the Italian actors Enzo Garinei (George) and Isa di Marzio (Louise), who also dubbed their characters for the full series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An excerpt from ''Grand Hotel'' )〕 ==Series development== Louise Jefferson, played by Isabel Sanford, first appeared in the ''All in the Family'' episode "Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood", which was broadcast on March 2, 1971. The episode, the eighth of the series, centers on Louise, her son Lionel, and her husband George's moving into Archie and Edith Bunker's working-class section of Queens. Lionel, played by Mike Evans, first appeared in "Meet the Bunkers", the premiere episode of ''All in the Family''; George would not appear on the show until its fourth season. Norman Lear created the character of George Jefferson specifically for Broadway veteran Sherman Hemsley. Lear originally intended for George to appear in the first season of series; however, Hemsley was starring in the Broadway musical ''Purlie'' at the time, and Lear decided to postpone introduction of the character until Hemsley was available. Lear created the character of Henry Jefferson, George's younger brother, and replaced George with Henry in the series's scripts until ''Purlie'' finished its run. Mel Stewart was cast as Henry. George was introduced in the episode "Henry's Farewell", and Hemsley and Stewart share their only scene together in its final minutes. The episode marked the final appearance of Henry. George, Louise, and Lionel continued to appear on ''All in the Family'' until 1975, when the spin-off ''The Jeffersons'', also created by Lear, premiered. The characters of Lionel's biracial fiancée, Jenny, and her family, all of whom first appeared in the 1974 ''All in the Family'' episode "Lionel's Engagement", were also written into the new series. However, the roles were all recast, with Berlinda Tolbert taking over the role of Jenny, veteran actor Franklin Cover playing her father Tom Willis, whose first name was changed from Louis, as it was in their first ''AITF'' appearance, and Roxie Roker as her mother Helen. Zara Cully, who portrayed George's mother in one episode of ''All in the Family'', resumed her role on ''The Jeffersons''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Jeffersons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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