All in the Family

All in the Family is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1971 to 1979. It is about a working class family who live in Queens, New York City. The main character is Archie Bunker. The show deals with many controversial issues (including abortion and racism). The sitcom was created by Norman Lear and it was developed by Lear and Bud Yorkin. It is based on the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part which was made by Johnny Speight. Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Danielle Brisebois are the main actors on the show.

All in the Family is seen in the United States of America as one of the greatest television programs in history.^[1] The show did not do good in the first season but a lot more people watched when CBS put in the summer reruns on television. Many people liked that the show talked about controversial issues. The show got number 1 on the Nielsen ratings from 1971 to 1976. It was the first television show to do this. The episode "Sammy Visit's" was number 13 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time and TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time had All in the Family as the fourth greatest show of all time.^[2] Bravo put Archie Bunker as the "greatest character of all time."^[3] All in the Family had seven spin-off shows made. That is the most spin-off shows from any show ever.

The show ended on April 8, 1979 but the spin-off show called Archie Bunker's Place started on September 23, 1979 and carried on with Archie Bunker until 1984. 15 years later Norman Lear created 704 Hauser which was about a new family living in Archie Bunker's house after he sold it. The show was ended early after five episodes were put on television.

1. ↑ "All-TIME 100 TV Shows". Retrieved 11 February 2021.
2. ↑ "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows". CBS News. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
3. ↑ "Bravo". Retrieved 11 February 2021.