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'Good Times': 50 years ago, Norman Lear changed TV with a show about a working-class Black family's struggles and joys

By Angela M. Nelson, Associate Professor of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University

I loved watching Norman Lear’s trailblazing television shows when I was growing up in Dalzell, South Carolina, in the 1970s.

“Good Times,” my favorite, debuted on Feb. 8, 1974 – nearly 50 years ago. CBS aired the show about the daily struggles and triumphs of the working-class Evans family until Aug. 1, 1979.

Lear, who died…

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