All in the family

The following feature is adapted from LIFE’s special edition All in the Family: TV’s Groundbreaking Comedy, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Audiences watching TV […]

Archie Bunker’s favorite nickname for his loving but long-suffering wife Edith may have been “dingbat.” But devoted All in the Family viewers knew that Edith […]

All in the Family is more than just the only sitcom where “Dingbat” was a term of endearment. The Norman Lear-created series, which had its […]

The man behind TV’s “All in the Family” says presidential contender Donald Trump resembles one of the beloved sitcom’s most controversial characters. “He is Archie […]

Before she was one of America’s most famous sitcom daughters, actor Sally Struthers made her primetime debut dancing on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” the […]

Before I knew her as Archie Bunker’s little girl Gloria on “All in the Family,” I knew Sally Struthers as Rebecca Cunningham on “TaleSpin.” A […]

A Sitcom That Redefined American Television Long before streaming services, binge-watching, and content algorithms, there was one show that shattered every expectation of what a […]

Before “All in the Family” debuted, there was a profound gap between real life and what was being depicted on TV series. In his autobiography […]

When All in the Family first aired in 1971, no one could have predicted the cultural earthquake it would cause. Created by Norman Lear, this […]

I was too young to get the joke about “Those Were the Days” back then, but it was the most arresting theme song on TV […]