Norman Lear classic sitcoms to stream on Amazon Prime, IMDb TV
Streaming viewers can finally let all of the “good times” roll.
Amazon Prime has sealed a deal with prolific television producer Norman Lear to stream his classic TV shows.
“All in the Family,” “Good Times,” “Maude” and “One Day at a Time” launched this week on Prime Video and IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service; marking the first time that episodes of “Maude” and all seasons of “All in the Family” are available to stream.
“Diff ’rent Strokes” and the Marla Gibbs-headlined “227” (which Lear did not produce) debuted on Prime Video, as well.
Additional titles, including “The Jeffersons,” “Sanford & Son” and the spinoff “Sanford,” are expected to drop on Prime Video later in 2021.
With the announcement of the deal, Lear, 98, offered: “Life is a collaboration. Writing, directing and producing films and television is perhaps the most collaborative work of all. In 2018, our Act III Productions sat with the team at Sony Pictures Television and formed a partnership to not only produce new content, but to bring a new awareness to my former Embassy library. That Sony found a home for that library with Prime Video/IMDb TV where new generations could find it, is the best present a man entering his 100th year can have.”
Lear recently revived “All in the Family” and its spinoffs “The Jeffersons” and “Good Times” for ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience …,” which garnered critical acclaim and high ratings. The shows won the Emmy award for Outstanding Variety Special for two consecutive years.