Directed by Gerren Keith   Written by Eric Monte   Mike Evans   Norman Lear   Kim Weiskopf   Michael S. Baser   Cast Ja'net DuBois ... Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois) Ralph Carter ... Michael Evans BernNadette Stanis ... Thelma Evans (as Bern Nadette Stanis) Johnny Brown ... Nathan Bookman Janet Jackson ... Millicent 'Penny' Woods Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr. (credit only) Albert Reed ... Alderman Fred Davis S. Pearl Sharp ... Joyce Daniels (as Saundra Sharp) Gary Coleman ... Gary Daniels Ronnie Bright ... Ronnie Bright (as The Rondell Bright Quintet) Produced by Austin Kalish   Irma Kalish   Norman Lear   Gordon Mitchell   George Sunga   Lloyd Turner

Additional Info Premiere: April 03, 1978 DVD Release: August 23, 2005 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Tandem Productions Distributors CBS   (1974-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) (season 1) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2004) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 2 and 3) Amazon Freevee   (2021) (USA) (video) (VOD) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) (season one) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) (season two) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) (seasons three & four) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2015) (USA) (DVD) (complete series) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 4 and 5) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 6) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2008) (USA) (DVD) (complete series) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,080 / 21,373 Site Ranking