Netflix might get applauded after the streaming platform reportedly decided to axe a controversial reboot of a hit 1970s show that has been upheld for many years
Good Times: Black Again premiered in April 2024
Netflix might receive a thumbs-up from some viewers now that it has been reported that the streaming service canceled a controversial reboot after just one season.
The reported cancellation announcement of Netflix’s Good Times: Black Again, a cartoon revival and reimagining of the 1970s live-action hit Good Times, came amid continuous criticism that had surrounded the reboot since its April 2024 premiere. Outrage over Good Times: Black Again ensued after episodes in the short-lived series portrayed its characters as lazy and reinforced Black stereotypes.
Good Times: Black Again sparked so much backlash that civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and CEMOTAP spoke out against the program, and Netflix viewers constantly slammed it online.
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One wrote on X, formerly Twitter, shortly after the show’s premiere that Netflix, “gave us no doubt in my opinion, the worst tv show of the decade, Good Times: Black Again, the truly incredibly dreadful and despicable reboot of the great 1974-79 television classic.”
“What is even this show Good Times: Black again??…Time to turn this off,” another X user wrote.
Good Times: Black Again was a cartoon revival of the 1970s show Good Times
Not only did civil rights organizations and viewers dislike Good Times: Black Again, but critics also did. Currently, the now-canceled series holds a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The show disturbed so many fans of the original series, as Good Times is historically revered for being the first sitcom to show a loving Black nuclear family. On top of that, it has been praised for decades for also showing Black Americans who strived to be morally just in all situations amid their ongoing adversity, portraying Black people in a very positive light.
Good Times: Black Again received much backlash
The animated series focused on the fourth generation of the cartooned Evans family as they lived in apartment 17C, one of the last remaining housing projects in Chicago.
Although times are changing, the family remains the same and continue trying to keep their head above water despite it being a constant challenge. Even though their struggle is real they get through it with much love.
Good Times: Black Again is now reported to be canceled
Good Times: Black Again was executive produced by Norman Lear and Brent Miller under their Act III Productions along with Stephen Curry, Erick Peyton and Jeron Smith under Unanimous and Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins under Fuzzy Door.
Meanwhile, Good Times was created by Mike Evans and Eric Monte, and was a spinoff of Norman’s hit show Maude, which happened to be a spinoff of All in the Family.
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