The Jeffersons
The Return of Bentley
TV Flash files “The Return of Bentley” as hour 214 of 253 in the TV Flash guide — The Jeffersons (1975–1985) on CBS, season 10, episode 7, aired 1983-11-06, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E07: listed hour 214 of 253 in the The Jeffersons guide, hour 7 of 22 in season 10. It aired 1983-11-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “And the Winner Is . . .” (S10E06). Next is “The List” (S10E08).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Return of Bentley sit in the The Jeffersons guide?
S10E07 is listed hour 214 of 253 — hour 7 of 22 in season 10, season 10 episode 7.
When did The Jeffersons S10E07 air?
The Return of Bentley aired 1983-11-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need All in the Family first?
No. The Jeffersons is a clean CBS spin-off: George and Louise have already moved on up. The parent series adds origin flavor, not required homework.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford take Lear's living-room fight to a deluxe apartment in the sky, with Marla Gibbs's Florence refusing to eat anyone's dignity. Eleven seasons of Black upward-mobility comedy, interracial neighbors, and a theme that still sells real estate. Movin' on up as sitcom empire, not a one-season novelty.
The deluxe-apartment premiere is not a novelty stunt. It is a structural promotion: George and Louise Jefferson leave Queens for a Manhattan high-rise after the dry-cleaning money hits, and Norman Lear's race-and-class sitcom goes upstairs with them. CBS's The Jeffersons (1975–1985) spun out of All in the Family and ran eleven seasons, 253 episodes — among the longest-running U.S. sitcoms with a primarily Black cast of its era. Sherman Hemsley's George is the loudmouth antihero; Isabel Sanford's Weezy keeps the…
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- Isabel Sanford as Louise 'Weezy' Jefferson
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- Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnston
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