When The Jeffersons — which, beginning on August 25, 2025, will air on FETV every single day at 6:50 pm — started, it informed story of a pair who had labored their manner from a modest life in Queens to a luxurious residence on Manhattan’s Higher East Facet. The primary episode, titled “A Pal in Want,” which aired on January 18, 1975, set the tone for what would grow to be certainly one of tv’s most groundbreaking portrayals of a Black household.
Within the pilot, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) is keen to embrace their new life-style and decides they want a maid. Louise (Isabel Sanford), also called Weezy, isn’t so certain, as she spent years working as a maid herself and feels uneasy about hiring somebody to do a job she is aware of all too effectively. George presses the thought till Weezy lastly agrees. That call results in the hiring of Florence Johnston (Marla Gibbs), whose sharp wit and no-nonsense persona would shortly make her a fan favourite.