Last updated January 22, 2025
Florida Evans and her family -- including proud husband James and incorrigble J.J. -- show great nobility and loads of heart as they struggle to get by in the gritty south side of Chicago in Norman Lear's breakthrough 1970s comedy series.
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Solidly hitting its comedic stride in its second season, this one-time midseason replacement show became a staple of 1970s sitcoms. In this round, J.J. joins a gang, Thelma announces plans to marry a much-older man and James finds some stolen cash.
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In Season 3 of the hit sitcom, Florida's stubborn nature prevents her from seeking medical treatment, a crime explosion in the neighborhood leads to some tense moments, Michael struggles at school and J.J. considers getting married.
Details about Good Times: Season 3
The series takes a somber turn as Season 4 opens: James has been offered a promising new position in the South, but as the Evans family prepares for the big move to Mississippi, tragedy strikes.
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Young Janet Jackson portrays a troubled youth in Season 5 of the 1970s sitcom. With the death of father James and the departure of matriarch Florida, this season focuses on the Evans kids: dy-no-mite J.J., precocious Michael and strong-willed Thelma.
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The Evans family continues to keep their heads above water in this sixth and final season of the hit comedy. Florida returns from Arizona to attend daughter Thelma's wedding to a football player, while J.J. helps support the family as an art teacher.
Details about Good Times: Season 6
Producer Norman Lear's groundbreaking series finds humor in the unlikeliest of settings -- a run-down Chicago housing project -- with this heartfelt chronicle of the everyday misadventures of a working-class African-American family.
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