All in the family

The 1960s were an eventful and divisive time for the United States. Public discourse revolved around the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the […]

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. has a ton of incredible television artifacts. The collection prides itself in offering an […]

Norman Lear is a singular entity in the history of American television production. Nobody has dominated network TV for such a sustained period (until, perhaps, […]

In 1971 Jean Stapleton won an Emmy award for her performance as Edith Bunker on the hit ’70s sitcom, All in the Family. This would be […]

Norman Lear’s seminal sitcom “All in the Family” was known for bringing laughs and thought-provoking discussions, but a 1977 episode entitled “Edith’s 50th Birthday” was an outlier. […]

In December 2023, Warner Bros. announced it would be ending a $50 million production deal with acclaimed director Rob Reiner because “he was spreading too […]

If you’re CBS in 1978, surely the most disastrous thing you can do is invite Carroll O’Connor to a dinner with some of the biggest […]

Carroll O’Connor made no secret about the fact that he was nothing like his All in the Family character, Archie Bunker. O’Connor saw Archie as a way […]

Let the record show that we are more than willing to listen to Norman Lear’s opinions on practically anything. The man is responsible for some […]

There’s a fine art to ending a great TV series. Agonizing as it was when “The Good Place” and “Succession” recently packed it in after […]