Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019)
May 22, 2019Release Date
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019)
May 22, 2019Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Woody Harrelson
Archie Bunker
Marisa Tomei
Edith Bunker
Jamie Foxx
George Jefferson
Wanda Sykes
Louise Jefferson
Ellie Kemper
Gloria Stivic
Ike Barinholtz
Mike 'Meathead' Stivic
Will Ferrell
Tom Willis / Executive Producer
Jimmy Kimmel
Himself (host) / Executive Producer
Norman Lear
Himself (host) / Writer
Sean Hayes
Mr. Lorenzo
Amber Stevens West
Jenny Willis Jefferson
Jovan Adepo
Lionel Jefferson
Andy Fisher
Director
Anthony Anderson
Uncle Henry
Stephen Tobolowsky
Mr. Bentley
Jackée Harry
Diane Stockwell
Kerry Washington
Helen Willis
Fran Bennett
Mother Jefferson
Jennifer Hudson
Herself
Marla Gibbs
Florence Johnston
James Burrows
Director
Andy Fisher
Director
Geralyn Flood
CastingDirector
Harve Brosten
Writer
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience is a series of live television specials that was first broadcast by ABC on May 22, 2019. Conceptualized and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the specials feature all-star casting for live recreations of sitcom episodes of various televisions created by companies run by the renowned producer, Norman Lear, that originally aired in the 1970s and 1980s.
The specials are co-produced by Norman Lear's Act III Communications, Kimmel's Kimmelot, and Will Ferrell's Gary Sanchez Productions — in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios (owner of the rights to the original series) via the ownership of the Embassy Television library (the original producer of All in the Family and its spin-offs The Jeffersons and Good Times).
The first special recreated two episodes involving George Jefferson (played by Jamie Foxx), with All in the Family represented by "Henry's Farewell" (the character's on-screen debut) and "A Friend in Need" (the first episode of The Jeffersons). The first special was seen by 10.4 million viewers; a repeat was seen by 2.49 million viewers.
The second special was broadcast on December 18, 2019, and recreated another All in the Family episode and an episode of Good Times.
The third and final special recreated The Facts of Life third-season episode "Kids Can Be Cruel" and Diff'rent Strokes' first-season episode "Willis' Privacy". It aired on December 7, 2021.