Good Times debuted on CBS in 1974, as a spin-off of Maude. Developed by Norman Lear, it followed a tight-knit black family as they faced the tragic and comic aspects of life in a poor inner-city Chicago housing project. The lanky, manic young Jimmie Walker became the breakout star of the sitcom, and his "Dy-no-mite" catchphrase exploded into the 1970s pop culture landscape.