How Sanford and Son Cleaned Up Redd Foxx's Act to Create a TV Icon

Sanford and Son, the first mainstream, primetime sitcom in television history with an almost-all Black cast, debuted on NBC on Jan. 14, 1972. Created by Norman Lear, and starring legendary "blue" comedian Redd Foxx as an African American bigot, it was seen as a direct answer to CBS' All in the Family. But the Bunker […] The post How Sanford and Son Cleaned Up Redd Foxx's Act to Create a TV Icon appeared first on Den of Geek.