Norman Lear's "The Jeffersons," an "All in the Family" spinoff, was a record-setting Black comedy. But it made important history in other ways.

One by one, the cast members learned about the cancellation in unexpected ways: -Isabel Sanford, who portrayed Jefferson family matriarch Louise “Weezy” Jefferson and was the first Black ...

Jefferson, Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson, Zara Cully as Mother Olivia Jefferson, Berlinda Tolbert as Jenny Willis Jefferson, Ned Wertimer as Ralph the Doorman, Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker ...