The Jeffersons is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 236 episodes.The Jeffersons is one of the longest-running sitcoms,the second-longest-running American series.In its first season, the show ranked at number four, surpassed by its parent series All in the Family.The show's ratings for the following two seasons placed it in the Top 30, but during the 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons, it fell out of the top 30, ranking 52nd in Season 4 and 49th in Season 5.It returned to the Top 10 in 1979–80, and at the end of the 1981–82 season, The Jeffersons finished third overall, only surpassed by fellow CBS series Dallas and 60 Minutes. As a result, the series remained among the Top 20 for the next two seasons.The Jeffersons received 14 Emmy Award nominations during its time on the air. Marla Gibbs was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series each year from 1981 to 1985. Sherman Hemsley was nominated for Best Actor in 1984. Larry M. Harris won the Emmy for Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Series in 1983.Isabel Sanford was nominated for seven consecutive Best Actress Emmys, from 1979 until 1985.Her victory in 1981 made her the first African-American actress to win an Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and the second to win any Emmy Award; Gail Fisher, who played Peggy on the TV show Mannix, preceded her in 1970. Sanford was also the recipient of five of the eight Golden Globe Awards nominations the program received.