All in the family

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 […]

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 on Tuesday, Jan. […]

Ron Reiner is one of the household names in Hollywood. His acting debut brought a fresh and honest representation of American society, and since then, […]

Let’s be honest, hair loss sucks. Rob Reiner can relate. During the first season of All in the Family, he started losing hair—and fast. Writers and […]

Third time may not always be the charm, but it was for “All in the Family.” Following a pair of failed pilots, Norman Lear’s pioneering […]

The housewife that Jean Stapleton portrayed on “All in the Family,” was, by her own words, “very naïve, and she kind of thinks through a […]

As the world mourned Jean Stapleton this week, I was reminded of the sadness I felt in the fall of 1980 when it was revealed on CBS’s Archie […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edith Bunker had to deal with her trying husband, Archie, and more. Here are challenges that faced the “All in the […]

Broadway will dim its lights in honor of Jean Stapleton, who died last week at the age of 90. Stapleton was best known for her role […]

When you hear the name Jean Stapleton, the first show that might come to mind is All in the Family. That’s because the actress portrayed Edith […]