5.4 /10 1 Votes
3.7/10 TV Country of origin United States Final episode date 11 March 1976 Predecessor Sanford and Son | 7.2/10 IMDb Opening theme John Addison No. of episodes 10 Network NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developed by Redd Foxx
Saul Turteltaub
Bernie Orenstein Starring Whitman Mayo
Carole Cole
Joe Morton
Rosanne Katon
Haywood Nelson
Jack Fletcher Running time approx. 0:30 (per episode) Cast Whitman Mayo, Joe Morton, Carole Cole, Rosanne Katon, Haywood Nelson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grady is an American sitcom and a spin-off of Sanford and Son that aired on NBC from December 4, 1975 to March 11, 1976. Whitman Mayo reprises his role as Fred Sanford's widower friend Grady, who leaves Watts to move in with his daughter and her family in Westwood. Executive producer Norman Lear served as a consultant to the show.
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Redd Foxx made a special guest appearance as Fred Sanford in the second episode. The series never found a solid audience, and was canceled after just ten episodes. Whitman Mayo returned to Sanford and Son and would go on to star in the revival series Sanford Arms.
Cast
DVD releases
On July 12, 2016, Sony Pictures Entertainment released The Best of Grady on DVD in Region 1 as A manufacture on demand release. It has every episode excluding episode #3 "Merry Birthday, Happy Christmas".
Reruns
The pilot episode was repackaged as an episode of Sanford and Son and is a part of its syndication package. An episode of this series aired on TV Land during a Norman Lear tribute in 2003.