Ja'Net and Jeff Barry composed and sang Movin' On Up, the theme song for the TV series, The Jeffersons. The series premiere episode was made part of The Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum for Television & Radio) collection in honor of the two composers in 1994.
Ja'Net received a 1970 Peabody Award for the 1969 CBS movie J.T. in which she played a struggling single mother living in Harlem. The movie was recognized for excellence in writing and children's programming.