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American TV series or program
Sanford Arms
is an American
sitcom
television series produced as a
spin-off
and continuation of
Sanford and Son
, that aired on
NBC
from September 16 to October 14, 1977.
After six seasons,
Redd Foxx
left
Sanford and Son
to star in a
variety show
for
ABC
. The producers planned to continue the series with
Demond Wilson
as Lamont, but Wilson left the project in a dispute over his expected salary as the star of the series. The producers decided to continue the project with a new character.
Norman Lear
stepped down from his position as
executive producer
but stayed on as a
consultant
.
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The new lead character was Phil Wheeler (
Theodore Wilson
), a widower and old
Army
buddy of
Fred Sanford
. It was explained that Fred and Lamont had moved to
Arizona
and they sold their property to Phil. Phil now lived in the Sanfords' old house in
Los Angeles
, with his two teenage children, Angie and Nat. The primary setting of the series, however, was the
rooming house
next door that Fred named "The Sanford Arms". Fred and Lamont bought the house in the penultimate season of the original series. The new series focused on Phil's attempts to turn the rooming house into a successful hotel.
Most of the
recurring characters
from the original series also starred in this series.
Grady
(
Whitman Mayo
) was now married to his girlfriend Dolly (who appeared in an episode of the original series). Bubba (
Don Bexley
) now worked at the Sanford Arms as a bellman and a
maintenance man
.
Aunt Esther
(
LaWanda Page
) was left in charge helping Phil and collecting the
mortgage
payments. Rounding out the cast of characters was Phil's girlfriend, Jeannie.
The attempt to continue a popular series without its two main stars turned out to be a failure. The
ratings
were low and the show was cancelled after four episodes. When Redd Foxx returned to television as Fred Sanford in the 1980?1981 short-lived spinoff
Sanford
, the events of
Sanford Arms
were completely ignored.
Episodes
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Syndication
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Sanford Arms
was not included in the
syndication
package with
Sanford and Son
. Eight episodes had been produced, but the final four episodes did not air before the series' abrupt cancellation. In 1991,
BET
aired
reruns
of the series. In 2019,
CHCH
, a Canadian rerun channel, picked up the series for reruns, airing 6 of the 8 episodes.
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