Bombastic, frenetic, boastful, ill-mannered, prejudiced and scheming, George Jefferson, his wife Louise, and a cast of other interesting characters have become a success in The Jeffersons…. (p. 112)

Spun off from the front-running All In The Family, The Jeffersons appear to some as the flip side of the Archie Bunkers. Unlike Archie, however, who has never risen above his blue-collar status, George has, in the words of the show's theme music, moved on up to that big East Side apartment in the sky…. (pp. 112, 114)

For those who may still be looking for a deep and satisfying social significance in black shows on television, the wait goes on. Although The Jeffersons portrays blacks on a different socio-economic level than other black TV shows, it is nevertheless, like the others, broad comedy and has to be accepted as such. But this is true, in one form or another, for most white shows, and thus TV must be realized, if not accepted, for what it is. (p. 115)