Sanford and Son, which made its debut last night on NBC-TV, was a warm, funny show. Another new situation comedy series, the Don Rickles Show on CBS, had no warmth and provided only limited diversion.

who played Uncle Woodrow "Woody" Anderson on Sanford and Son, has died ... my father Raymond Allen and my cousin Deborah Doll (his niece). They are now both being held by the wings of angels ...

Sanford and Son is a hit sitcom that aired on NBC from 1972 to 1977. The TV show was based on the British series Steptoe and Son, airing from 1962 to 1974 on BBC One. Sanford and Son follows Fred ...

One of television's all-time classic sitcoms, the Norman Lear-produced "Sanford and Son" debuted just three days after the one-year anniversary of Lear's fabulously successful, "All in the Family." ...

which made his starring in Sanford and Son even more meaningful for him. In detailing how the change in name came, he told British interviewer Bobbie Wygant, "I was searching for a name that could ...

If you’re over 40, you likely remember the phrase, “Elizabeth, I’m coming!” or “It’s the big one, Elizabeth!” The legendary Redd Foxx uttered those words regularly in his memorable ...

But the comedian cleaned up his act for the small screen, and "Sanford and Son," with Wilson co-starring as Foxx's beleaguered adult son, debuted 50 years this month on NBC. An instant ratings ...