All in the family

Later this month, the beloved 1990s family sitcom “Roseanne” returns to ABC. The reboot comes at a perfect cultural moment–television comedy is thriving in its […]

While much of the comedy in All in the Family relies on verbal jokes, there are lots of moments that are excellent examples of physical […]

Any good fiction is rooted, at least to a degree, in reality. Whether you’re writing something completely autobiographical, or something so outlandish it barely makes […]

Playing a lovable bigot is no easy task, but Carroll O’Connor was able to do it for nine seasons on All In the Family, and […]

Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ ran from 1971 to 1979 and helped define American TV. It even had seven different spinoffs. A comedy writer […]

When the show premiered, its creator Norman Lear, the comedy’s cast, and CBS held their breath as to how viewers and the world at large would […]

Carroll O’Connor was born to sit in Archie Bunker’s recliner. A native New Yorker, he arguably defined for the world what New Yorkers sounded like […]

Norman Lear is 99 years old. He’s spent much of that time building a television legacy that is unparalleled. And he’s not slowing down any time […]

On ABC’s special Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons, there were a bunch of new faces breathing […]

At 5′ 1” tall, TV legend Sally Struthers is quite petite. Her showrunners took advantage of this, surrounding the diminutive actor with performers that towered […]