The Jeffersons,” which debuted a half-century ago this year, presented the image of an upwardly mobile Black businessman, ...

I was a kid in the 1970s who grew up watching some of the best sitcoms on television. From old reruns of “Gilligan’s Island” ...

I knew a bird in the hand was better than 20 in the bush — what if this TV show didn’t last?” The Jeffersons would go on to air for 11 seasons and became one of television's longest-running ...