And on “The Jeffersons”, George Jefferson was identified as a Republican, and he was a businessman.
Yeah, I remember they had that episode of “All In The Family” where George was trying to run for a Republican office and trying to get Archie to sign his petition (of course, the ulterior motive was that he was wanting to be able to buy up surrounding properties and expand his dry cleaning business). Poor George got hung out to dry when it was discovered he was running in the wrong district to make the zoning change.
I also remember Sgt. Ron Harris (Ron Glass) declared he was a Republican on “Barney Miller.”