Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | ||
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| S1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 | |||||||||||
| S2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.5 | ||
| S3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | ||
| S4 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 5.9 | |
| S5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||
| S6 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 |
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"A cranky junkman's insults built a sitcom empire"
Fred Sanford runs a ramshackle junkyard in Watts, Los Angeles, with his exasperated adult son Lamont, who dreams of a life beyond hauling scrap. Most episodes hinge on Fred's latest get-rich scheme, feud with a neighbor, or elaborate excuse to avoid work, all delivered through rapid-fire insults and a famous fake heart attack routine. It's a single-camera-free, stagey, joke-dense sitcom carried almost entirely by Redd Foxx's comic timing and gruff charisma. The pace is quick, the plots are thin, and the pleasure is in the performance rather than the story.
Redd Foxx's blistering comic timing turns thin plots into pure stand-up-flavored sitcom gold.
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