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Checking In (1981)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Checking In is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in April 1981. The series is a spin-off of The Jeffersons, which itself had spun off from All in the Family.
Style:
sitcom, period piece
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
hotel, maid, television, class differences, urban, fish out of water, black, housekeeper, black cast, tv show
Time:
80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, manhattan, new york city
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