ABC's All In The Family and The Jeffersons one-night revival

[PS1gamenwatch]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...effersons-rebooted-for-one-night-event-at-abc

"All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" are coming back to TV, live and for one night only.

Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx and Wanda Sykes will star in re-creations of episodes from the influential sitcoms born in the 1970s.

Norman Lear, who created "All in the Family" and its spinoff "The Jeffersons," and Jimmy Kimmel are hosting the ABC prime-time special airing next month, the network said Thursday.

Harrelson and Tomei will play Archie and Edith Bunker, with Foxx and Sykes as George and Louise Jefferson. Ellie Kemper, Justina Machado and Will Ferrell also will appear, ABC said, with more stars to be announced.

The original shows starred Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton as the blue-collar Bunkers, and Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford as the upwardly mobile Jeffersons.

People say "these two shows were meant for the '70s and would not work today," Lear said in a statement. "We disagree with them and are here to prove, with two great casts depicting 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons,' the timelessness of human nature."

Ferrell, Lear and ABC late-night host Kimmel are among the executive producers of "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.'" Sitcom veteran James Burrows will direct the 90-minute special.

"All in the Family" was a TV groundbreaker when it debuted in 1971, using comedy as a vehicle to explore racism, women's rights and other hot-button issues. "The Jeffersons" (1975-85), about a successful black family in a largely white world, featured the TV rarity of an interracial couple.

 

[crocodilian]

Incredibly disrespectful, thanks Jews.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

I'm not optimistic at all.

 

[The Pink Panther]

But...why?

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

But...why?

Black people are the newest trendy pet, haven't you heard?

 

[AF 802]

Black people are the newest trendy pet

Slavery's coming back?

 

[BrunoMattei]

But...why?

Backdoor pilot plus nostalgia exploitation.

 

[The Pink Panther]

Backdoor pilot plus nostalgia exploitation.

Oh no....WOKE ALL IN THE FAMILY.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

 

[oldTireWater]

If Kimmel is involved it's sure to push the envelope.

 

[BrunoMattei]

If Kimmel is involved it's sure to push the envelope.

Kimmel is a beast who has lost his fangs.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Kimmel is a beast who has lost his fangs.

Everyone on the "late night" circuit is.

 

[Jozef]

Get ready for concentrated current year politics.

 

[_blank_]

Wow, the ratings are that bad, huh?

 

[Dizzydent]

My guess for all in the family is it'll centre around woody playing archie saying some word like "tranny" and then the next 20 minutes will be explaining to him (more accurately everyone watching) why it's not OK to do that and then at the end he will say he's learned his lesson but still say something offensive without knowing at the same time. Everyone looks at him funny, cue laugh track, fade out, watch woke twitter go to town about how "mainstream hasn't forgotten how to be edgy" articles. Honestly not looking forward to it. Oh and since it's woody I guarantee a weed joke for extra fourth wall edginess and maximum wokeness.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

This crap needs to stop. Just, in general.

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

 

[RumblyTumbly]

I am so filled with rage at the mere existence of this that this will be the last time I speak of it.

Further participation in this topic will result in me flipping my lid and my brain exploding.

 

[Trilby]

This crap needs to stop. Just, in general.

Dumb ideas and the money that it wastes.

 

[Stardust]

If it's The Jeffersons, I better hear George call somebody "honky".

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

"Remember, it's OK to be creatively bankrupt, just so long as you're not actually bankrupt." -Prof. Tosspot