Netflix orders a Good Times animated reboot that's "a little edgier"

Variety

Norman Lear, Stephen Curry and Seth MacFarlane will serve as producers on the Good Times animated series, which has received a 10-episode order. Carl Jones, a veteran of The Boondocks, Black Dynamite and The Last O.G., will serve as creator and showrunner. The animated series is based on Lear's classic 1974-79 CBS sitcom, created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, a spinoff of Maude that was itself a spinoff of Lear's All in the Family. The new animated series will follow “the Evans family as they navigate today’s world and contemporary social issues. Just as the original did years ago, Good Times strives to remind us that with the love of our family, we can keep our heads above water.” “It’s a dream come true to be working with the legendary talents of Norman Lear, Seth MacFarlane and Stephen Curry," said Jones. "We are excited to carry on the original legacy of Good Times — but now animated and a little edgier. Let’s just say the struggle has just gotten strugglier.”