All in the family

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 […]

When All in the Family premiered in January 1971, it blew up the mold of everything that had preceded it. Gone were the days of […]

For a particular segment of 1972 America, Sammy Davis Jr. kissing Archie Bunker represented all their worst fears rolled up into one smooch. A man […]

A Sitcom Like No Other When All in the Family first hit American TV screens on January 12, 1971, no one could have predicted the […]

If you’re a fan of classic television, chances are you’ve heard of All in the Family—and more specifically, the loudmouthed, opinionated, and hilariously problematic Archie […]

What if I told you the show that forever changed American television didn’t have glitz, glamour, or even a laugh track that always hit? Instead, […]

All In The Family premiered on January 12, 1971, and by the end of the year would become the most watched television show in the […]

“Those Were the Days,” co-written by the late Charles Strouse, revolutionized the form — while slyly mocking Archie Bunker’s worldview. I was too young to […]

All in the Family made waves in the ’70s by addressing racism head-on. The show’s central character, Archie Bunker, was a working-class man whose casual […]

NEW YORK — Jean Stapleton, the character actress whose portrayal of a slow-witted, big-hearted and submissive — to a point — housewife on the groundbreaking […]

If you listen to people talk, we’re supposedly living in the “Golden Age of Television”; an era unlike any in TV history, with incredibly high-quality […]

Joe Epperson was behind the camera for hundreds of episodes of family sitcoms watched by millions of Americans. In a career that spanned nearly 40 […]

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 […]

All In The Family has gone down in the cannon of classic television. Centering on the relationship between a Baby Boomer couple and their parents, […]

The American sitcom has been around almost as long as television itself, and while there have been literally hundreds of entries within the genre, there […]

Jean Stapleton, best known as the good-hearted Edith Bunker on All in the Family, had a long and successful career before her death on May […]