Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'

I loved both episodes! I thought they were both well casted, especially Woody Harrelson as Archie Bunker and Jamie Foxx as George Jefferson. I was a little too young to watch the originals although I did enjoy the Jeffersons reruns on TBS after school. It was amazing to see how relevant these old classics are in 2019. The premise of bringing them back to bring social issues like racism to the forefront as a way to teach lessons through laughter is brilliant!! I hope they do this again with other classic shows!!

Some of the actors were trying just a little too hard to recreate the originals. Woody was a good choice to play Archie, but I think he was trying just a little too hard and didn't quite hit the mark. I don't remember the original George Jefferson strutting around as much as Jamie, so his performance seemed a little over the top. Marissa did the best recreating Edith.

Was the acting great-no, but it wasn't awful. I watched All in the Family as a kid and to a lesser extent The Jeffersons. This truly did remind me of those shows, the actors, the ridiculousness of some of the stereotypes. The All in the Family part was better than the Jeffersons part I think primarily because of the story. The AITF was more faithful than the Jeffersons.

Even having said all that, I still enjoyed it and will rewatch it. If this was some kind of a test whether to continue this then they failed. But as nostalgic it was a win.

Believe the negative remarks though, as all those I've read are accurate. Even still if you look at what I put above very worth watching it.

What a great time! You can tell the actors did a lot researching their characters and really came into their roles. I laughed a lot and truly enjoyed this show. Well done everyone!

Jamie Fox and Marissa Tormei nailed their respective characters. Others were good but these two stole the show in my opinion as someone who grew up watching both shows.