An American Family

*An American Family*
An American Family
	The Loud Family (Back, from left: Kevin, Grant, Delilah and Lance. Front, from left: Michele, Pat and Bill)
Genre	Documentary/Reality
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Craig Gilbert
Editors	Pat Cook; Eleanor Hamerow; David Hanser; Ken Werner;
Production company	WNET New York
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	January 11 –; March 29, 1973
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An American Family is an American television documentary series that followed the life of a California family in the early 1970s. Widely referred to as the first example of an American reality TV show,^[1] the series drew millions of weekly viewers, who were drawn to a story that seemed to shatter the rosy façade of upper-middle-class suburbia. It also became a lightning rod for discussion about the precarious state of the American family in the early 1970s. An American Family ranks #32 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time list.^[2]

^ "Craig Gilbert, creator of 'An American Family,' called the first reality TV show, dies at 94". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows". CBS News. April 22, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[Washington_Post-1] "Craig Gilbert, creator of 'An American Family,' called the first reality TV show, dies at 94". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[2] "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows". CBS News. April 22, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

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