Netflix’s Good Times Showrunner Talks Bad Audience Reaction [Video]

If you’ve been on social media and you’re a usual watcher of new Netflix series, then you may have seen the recent discourse of the latest animated show, “Good Times.”

Inspired by the original 1974 “Good Times” series and dubbed as a reboot, the adult comedy made negative waves on X/Twitter the day the trailer dropped, with many calling the show grossly stereotypical, dated and exploitative. Others held out hope, crossing their fingers that the show in its entirety would present something different than originally thought.Well, unfortunately for all those involved—including Yvette Nicole Brown, J.B. Smoove, Marsai Martin, Jay Pharoah and showrunner Ranada Shepard—the series premiere still left a sour taste in people’s mouths with many still expressing their disdain.