Directed by Gerren Keith   Written by Eric Monte   Mike Evans   Norman Lear   Bud Slocomb   Len Riley   Joseph Bonaduce   Cast Esther Rolle ... Florida Evans Ja'net DuBois ... Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois) Ralph Carter ... Michael Evans BernNadette Stanis ... Thelma Evans Anderson (as Bern Nadette Stanis) Johnny Brown ... Nathan Bookman Janet Jackson ... Millicent 'Penny' Woods Ben Powers ... Keith Anderson Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr. (credit only) Kim Fields ... Kim Charles Hallahan ... Sergeant Curry Sarina C. Grant ... Bessie Helen Martin ... Weeping Wanda Williams Stack Pierce ... The Cop Produced by Sid Dorfman   Norman Lear   Norman Paul   Ken Stump

Additional Info Premiere: July 11, 1979 DVD Release: August 01, 2006 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Tandem Productions Distributors CBS   (1974-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) (season 1) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2004) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 2 and 3) Amazon Freevee   (2021) (USA) (video) (VOD) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) (season one) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) (season two) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) (seasons three & four) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2015) (USA) (DVD) (complete series) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 4 and 5) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 6) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2008) (USA) (DVD) (complete series) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,090 / 21,551 Site Ranking