Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that premiered on the NBC television network on January 14, 1972 and was broadcast for six seasons. The final original episode aired on March 25, 1977. Reruns were aired on NBC's daytime schedule from June 14, 1976 to July 21, 1978.

The show was based on the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son.

One of television's all-time classic sitcoms, the Norman Lear-produced "Sanford and Son" debuted just three days after the one-year anniversary of Lear's fabulously successful, "All in the Family." Fred Sanford is a cantankerous 65-year-old, black, widowed junk dealer living in Los Angeles' Watts neighborhood. Helping him is his restless son, 34-year-old Lamont; Fred's beloved wife and Lamont's mother, Elizabeth, had died more than 20 years earlier. Fred's schemes and bigotry especially toward Julio, a Puerto Rican who was Lamont's friend, whites and other minorities often frustrated Lamont. Fred also showed overt disdain for his sister-in-law, Aunt Esther (the feeling was mutual). Many times, Lamont threatened to leave for meaningful work, but Fred faked a heart attack each time ("Oh, this time its real, I'm a-comin' 'Lizabeth!") as a sympathy ploy to get his son to stay. By 1977, Fred and Lamont had sold their business (stars Foxx and Wilson wanted to leave the series); it became the Sanford Arms, a rooming house. The show continued as the short-lived "Sanford Arms" (without Foxx or Wilson); it was revived in 1980 on CBS as "Sanford" (starring Foxx and without Wilson). Written by Brian Rathjen

Fred Sanford (Foxx) runs a junkyard with his son Lamont (Wilson) on a run-down side of town. Lamont just wants his privacy and everything his way, and Fred just wants his colored TV. The two have crazy moments throughout, from a fake robbery to a discovered suitcase full of money. Accompanied by Aunt Esther (Page), Bubba (Bexley), Grady (Mayo) and a barracuda named Donna (Hamilton), you're in for a night of laughs. Written by Morticon

Fred Sanford owns and runs a junkyard shop with his son, Lamont. Fred is a widower and Lamont is always trying to get his father to go out, be active, and get involved with a variety of projects, but Fred just wants to hang out around his house/shop with his cronies Written by Tad Dibbern