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 CBS Apr. 11, 1994 - May 9, 1994 Norman Lear returned to television as Executive Producer of "704 Hauser", pseudo-spinoff of "All in the Family". John Amos played "Ernie Cumberbatch", patriarch of the Cumberbatch family--a black family which moved into the Bunkers' old house on 704 Hauser Street. Ernie was an auto mechanic and an outspoken liberal who had been active in the civil rights movement of the 60s. His only son, Goodie (named after "Thurgood Marshall" first black member of the Supreme Court), was a politically active conservative and Cherlyn, his girlfriend, was idealistic, outspoken, and Jewish. Ernie's wife, Rose, was no wallflower either. I think it's fair to say that all the characters on this series were outspoken. In the premiere episode, Joey Stivic, son of Mike & Gloria had a cameo appearence as a teenage burnout. That little bit of consistency hooked fans of "All in the Family", but the series got bad ratings. It may have been because this formula had already been done before. In fact, Ernie's dialogue was so eerily reminiscent of Archie's dialogue (albiet slanted "left") that this show begged comparison to the original classic series, and just couldn't measure up. A couple of years earlier, in 1992, Norman Lear tried to interest TV viewers in another politically-driven sitcom "The Powers That Be" starring John Forsythe as Senator William Powers. That show was also short-lived. Both "The Powers That Be" and "704 Hauser" were well-written and sharp, and may have succeeded 20 years earlier when this kind of political debate among the generations was more a part of the national climate. In the 90s, the interest in this genre of TV show was not very great. "704 Hauser" lasted only 5 episodes. |
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