Sanford and Son

Behind-the-scenes gold from the beloved sitcom surfaces after 50 years Television archivists have confirmed the discovery of several reel-to-reel tapes containing never-before-seen footage from the […]

Two generations, two worldviews While many sitcoms of the era centered on nuclear families, Sanford and Son focused on a father-son duo with starkly different […]

Not just reading the script Redd Foxx was famous for going off-script — sometimes by accident, often on purpose. His comedic instincts allowed him to […]

Comedy in the junkyard On the surface, Sanford and Son was about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son. But beneath the laughs, the […]

When Sanford and Son hit NBC in 1972, viewers thought they were watching a purely fictional comedy about a grumpy junk dealer and his patient […]

Fans remember Sanford and Son for its hilarious banter between Fred and Lamont — but behind the scenes, tensions sometimes ran high. Redd Foxx, already […]

When Sanford and Son premiered on NBC in 1972, it was more than just a sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son […]

When Sanford and Son premiered on NBC in January 1972, television audiences were introduced to a new kind of sitcom — one that mixed sharp […]

Lynn Hamilton, best known for her role in “Sanford and Son,” died Thursday. She was 95. Hamilton, who played Donna Harris on the beloved 1970s […]

When you think of top TV dads, a foul-mouthed, junk-peddling, chest-clutching crank probably isn’t top of mind. But in a sea of advice-doling, endlessly patient […]