Q 01/05

Good Times was a spin-off of which sitcom, on which Florida Evans had been the housekeeper?

A) All in the Family

B) The Jeffersons

C) Sanford and Son

D) Maude

Answer · why

D) Maude

Maude was itself a spin-off of All in the Family, making Good Times a spin-off of a spin-off; Florida had worked for Maude Findlay in Tuckahoe, New Yo...

Q 02/05

On which network did Good Times air its entire six-season run?

A) CBS

B) ABC

C) NBC

D) PBS

Answer · why

A) CBS

CBS aired all six seasons but kept moving the show, from Fridays to Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Mondays and Saturdays, before cancelling it in 1979.

Q 03/05

Good Times was created by Eric Monte and which actor, best known as Lionel Jefferson?

A) Sherman Hemsley

B) Marla Gibbs

C) Mike Evans

D) Franklin Cover

Answer · why

C) Mike Evans

Mike Evans was still playing Lionel on All in the Family when he and his friend Eric Monte pitched their producer a sitcom about a struggling Black fa...

Q 04/05

Which producer developed Good Times and served as its first executive producer?

A) Garry Marshall

B) Norman Lear

C) Aaron Spelling

D) James L. Brooks

Answer · why

B) Norman Lear

Norman Lear disliked J.J.'s shouted catchphrase, the actor who played him recalls, but the director insisted on it in every episode and it became the ...

Q 05/05

In which city does the Evans family of Good Times live?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) Philadelphia

D) New York City

Answer · why

A) Chicago

Chicago was home to co-creator Eric Monte, who grew up in one of its housing projects and set the family's struggles there.