Netflix has unveiled the trailer for Good Times, an animated series serving as a sequel to the late Norman Lear’s acclaimed 1970s sitcom of the same name. Along with the trailer, the streamer also announced that the series from showrunner Ranada Shepard will arrive on April 12.
The voice cast for Good Times includes J.B. Smoove as Reggie Evans, Yvette Nicole Brown as Beverly Evans, and Jay Pharoah as Junior Evans. The upcoming animated series will also feature the voices of Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola and Wanda Sykes.
The official synopsis for Good Times reads: “An animated reboot of the Norman Lear series finds the latest generation of the Evans family, cab driver Reggie and his wife, the ever-aspirational Beverly, scratching and surviving in one of the last remaining housing projects in Chicago along with their teenage artist son, Junior, activist daughter Grey, and drug dealing infant son, Dalvin. It turns out the more things change the more they stay the same and keeping your head above water in a system with its knee on your neck is as challenging as ever. The only thing tougher than life is love, but in this family, there’s more than enough to go around.”
Executive producers are Stephen Curry and Seth MacFarlane. Lear gave the show his blessing and remains listed as an executive producer through his Act III Productions banner.
Good Times, which will consist of ten episodes, premieres on April 12 on Netflix.
