The show’s popularity dipped a bit over the course of its 11 seasons — but when the show was abruptly canceled in 1985, the news came as a shock to the cast, including its stars Sherman Hemsley ...

Norman Lear's "The Jeffersons," an "All in the Family" spinoff, was a record-setting Black comedy. But it made important history in other ways.

Many of the surviving cast members have retired and stayed out of the spotlight.

Jefferson, Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson, Zara Cully as Mother Olivia Jefferson, Berlinda Tolbert as Jenny Willis Jefferson, Ned Wertimer as Ralph the Doorman, Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker ...

"We were very happy. We were a very happy set." George (Sherman Hemsley) and Louise (Isabel Sanford) in their deluxe apartment in the sky. Credit: Everett Collection Gibbs says that Sherman ...