Good Times: Black Again | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Based on | |
Developed by | Ranada Shepard Carl Jones |
Showrunner | Ranada Shepard |
Starring | Jay Pharoah Marsai Martin Yvette Nicole Brown Slink Johnson J. B. Smoove |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ranada Shepard Norman Lear Brent Miller Seth MacFarlane Erica Huggins Stephen Curry Erick Peyton Jeron Smith |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production companies | Coco Cubana Productions Act III Communications Fuzzy Door Productions Unanimous Media Sony Pictures Television Studios |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | April 12, 2024 |
Related | |
Good Times |
Good Times: Black Again (simply referred to as Good Times in the marketing) is an American adult animated sitcom and reboot of the sitcom Good Times . It centers on the current generation of the Evans family, and stars Jay Pharoah, Marsai Martin, Yvette Nicole Brown, Slink Johnson, and J. B. Smoove. The series was released on Netflix on April 12, 2024. [1]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | "Meet the Evans of New" | Aaron Brewer | Ranada Shepard | April 12, 2024 |
2 | "Black of Focus" | AnnMarie Roberts | Devon Shepard | April 12, 2024 |
3 | "Grey's Anatomy" | AnnMarie Roberts | Randa Shepard, Brian Ashburn, & Rashida Olayiwola | April 12, 2024 |
4 | "They Came Before Elon" | Brian Kaufman | Devon Shepard | April 12, 2024 |
5 | "Primary Coloreds" | Tristram Waples | Joshua Krist & Eric Lev | April 12, 2024 |
6 | "The Red Treaty" | Brian Kaufman & Tristram Waples | Kevin Townsley | April 12, 2024 |
7 | "#BlackLoveDay" | AnnMarie Roberts | Alyson Fouse | April 12, 2024 |
8 | "Big Sister Is Watching" | Brian Kaufman | Brian Ashburn | April 12, 2024 |
9 | "Moving On Out" | Aaron Brewer | Joshua Krist & Eric Lev | April 12, 2024 |
10 | "The Projects Divided" | Tristram Waples | Randa Shepard & Alyson Fouse | April 12, 2024 |
In September 2020, it was announced that Good Times would receive an animated sitcom revival with Carl Jones originally attached as showrunner and producer and with Norman Lear originally executive producing alongside Seth MacFarlane and Stephen Curry for Netflix. [3] 6 Point Harness and the Melbourne-based studio Studio Moshi handled the animation.
In December 2023, it was announced Ranada Shepard had replaced Carl Jones as showrunner for the series. [4]
The series was released on April 12, 2024. [5]
Good Times: Black Again received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audiences, with criticism aimed towards the animation style, the crass presentation, offensive humor, and general lack of connection to the original series aside from occasional mentions of the James Evans character. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Ranada Shepard, the showrunner, stated the show is "...about family coming together, laughing together, dancing together, picking on each other, driving each other crazy, all while surviving." [13]
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