Checking In

This article is about the sitcom. For the American Horror Story episode, see Checking In (American Horror Story).

Checking In
Genre	Sitcom
Directed by	Jack Shea
Starring	Marla Gibbs Patrick Collins Larry Linville Liz Torres Ruth Brown Robert Costanzo Jordan Gibbs
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Running time	24 mins.
Production company(s)	TAT Communications, Inc.
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	April 9 (1981-04-09) – April 30, 1981 (1981-04-30)
Chronology
Preceded by	All in the Family The Jeffersons
Related shows	Good Times Maude Archie Bunker's Place Gloria 704 Hauser
External links
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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.

Synopsis

In the series, the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston, played by Marla Gibbs, accepted a job to become the executive housekeeper at the fictional St. Frederick Hotel in Manhattan.

Cast

• Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnston
• Larry Linville as Lyle Block
• Ruth Brown as Betty
• Patrick Collins as Earl Bellamy
• Robert Costanzo as Hank Sabatino
• Jordan Gibbs as Dennis
• Liz Torres as Elena Beltran

Reception

Checking In premiered on CBS on April 9, 1981. It lasted for only four episodes in the Thursday, 8:00 p.m. (Eastern) timeslot. Faced with low ratings, the series was cancelled, with the final episode airing on April 30, 1981. Gibbs then returned to her regular role on The Jeffersons; it was explained that the St. Frederick Hotel had burned down.

Checking In was one of the few All in the Family-related series that was not successful, unlike The Jeffersons, Maude and Good Times.

Nick at Nite reaired the entire series.

The third episode, Whose Side Are You On?, was added a bonus feature to the The Jeffersons complete series DVD set issued by Shout Factory.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Boo Who?"	Jack Shea	Howard Bendetson & Bob Bendetson	April 9, 1981 (1981-04-09)
Florence and Elena suspect that a ghost is roaming the building.
2	"Block's Party"	Jack Shea	Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf	April 16, 1981 (1981-04-16)
Lyle throws a party, but his high school rival (now a pro football coach) and his team arrive to crash it.
3	"Whose Side Are You On?"	Jack Shea	Michael G. Moye	April 23, 1981 (1981-04-23)
Florence is caught between Lyle and Elena when they have a fight.
4	"Florence and the Salesman"	Jack Shea	Teleplay: Lesa Kite & Cindy Begel and Howard Bendetson & Bob Bendetson Story: Lesa Kite & Cindy Begel	April 30, 1981 (1981-04-30)
Florence thinks an elderly salesman is coming on to her.

External links

• Checking In at IMDb
• Checking In at TV.com
• Checking In at TVGuide.com