Sherman Hemsley, the late actor best known for the role of scheming George Jefferson in The Jeffersons, was an unlikely fan of progressive rock. In fact, he dropped a major clue in a scene from the ...

It’s hard to believe that 50 years ago, the iconic show The Jeffersons premiered. The show was a groundbreaking spin-off of All in the Family. It would go on to run for 11 seasons, becoming one of the ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Jeffersons, the trailblazing sitcom from Norman Lear that single-handedly changed the television landscape by focusing on a Black, upwardly mobile family. A ...

The character of George Jefferson debuted nearly four decades ago as a black bigot, a too-close-for-comfort counterpart to his white racist neighbor, Archie Bunker, on “All in the Family,” then the ...

Police in El Paso, Texas, said late Tuesday that Hemsley was found dead at a local home where neighbors said he'd lived for years. A statement from police said no foul play is suspected and that the ...

Sherman Hemsley passed away Tuesday. The brand of edgy, combative and controversial television comedy that defined his career died long before that. Hemsley, 74, first gained fame as Archie Bunker’s ...

The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who became famous for his role as television's George Jefferson, will be kept in refrigeration at an El Paso funeral home until a local court rules on the ...

While the chemistry between Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley as Louise “Weezy” Jefferson and George Jefferson on the classic sitcom The Jeffersons was obvious, it wasn’t always that way. Both actors ...