The Jeffersons
The Command Post
TV Flash files “The Command Post” as hour 220 of 253 in the TV Flash guide — The Jeffersons (1975–1985) on CBS, season 10, episode 13, aired 1984-01-15, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E13: listed hour 220 of 253 in the The Jeffersons guide, hour 13 of 22 in season 10. It aired 1984-01-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Getting Back to Basiks” (S10E12). Next is “Real Men Don't Dry Clean” (S10E14).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Command Post sit in the The Jeffersons guide?
S10E13 is listed hour 220 of 253 — hour 13 of 22 in season 10, season 10 episode 13.
When did The Jeffersons S10E13 air?
The Command Post aired 1984-01-15 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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- Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson
Sherman Hemsley’s George Jefferson took Lear’s living-room fight to a deluxe apartment in the sky — Isabel Sanford, Florence’s dignity, a theme that still sells real estate — then strutted Amen in a deacon’s suit as church-board warfare.…
- Isabel Sanford as Louise 'Weezy' Jefferson
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- Roxie Roker as Helen Willis
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- Franklin Cover as Tom Willis
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- Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnston
Marla Gibbs’s Florence Johnston refused to eat anyone’s dignity on The Jeffersons — deluxe apartment, Lear living-room fight, a theme that still sells real estate — then ran 227’s stoop as neighborhood plot engine. Eleven seasons of…