Series led by Black characters have left an indelible mark on TV, bringing Black art, Black pride and Black issues into America's living rooms. Julia was the first weekly TV series that starred a ...

If you’re a fan of The Jeffersons, you know that it was a spinoff of All in the Family. In fact, Mike Evans, who played Lionel Jefferson, was the first member of the Jefferson family to show up on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reflecting on his time on the show, Morris, 89, says Hemsley would "feed the whole cast" weekly during his time on set. Morris ...

Legendary actress Marla Gibbs, 94, graced the red carpet on June 26, 2025, for a SAG-AFTRA Foundation event in Los Angeles. She made a rare public appearance alongside her great-granddaughter, actress ...

Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of "The Jeffersons" one of television's most memorable characters and a symbol for urban upward mobility, died at 74. Police ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Jeffersons, the trailblazing sitcom from Norman Lear that single-handedly changed the television landscape by focusing on a Black, upwardly mobile family. A ...

Irwin Keyes, who was Hugo the bodyguard on TV's "The Jeffersons" and had a long career playing villains and henchman, died Wednesday in Southern California. He was 63. Talent manager Travis Engle said ...