All in the family

When Isabel Sanford began working on All in the Family early in the first season of the show in 1971, she soon realized that her character of […]

When Carroll O’Connor took on the role of Archie Bunker on All in the Family, show creator Norman Lear couldn’t have imagined that some of the character’s stubbornness […]

Save for early TV show pioneers like I Love Lucy, it’s hard to pinpoint a more important sitcom than All in the Family.  The fictional Archie Bunker may have changed […]

When Carroll O’Connor in 1971 assumed the role of the blustery and bigoted Archie Bunker on All in the Family, he had no idea he would be changing […]

To hear All in the Family creator and producer Norman Lear tell it, working with show star Carroll O’Connor was both a blessing and an affliction. A blessing because […]

The holiday season is usually marked on-screen with festive specials and this time, fans of the iconic sitcom ‘All in the Family’ are getting a […]

A comedy writer turned television creator and producer, Norman Lear has single-handedly helped define American TV. In the late 1960’s Lear began trying to sell a TV […]

Tributes continue to pour in after the death this week of 101-year-old television pioneer Norman Lear. Amid the celebration of and reflection on his towering legacy, a present-day […]

I recently asked my colleague Ainsley Andrade to watch a few episodes and write a critique of one of television’s most significant classics, All in the […]

Few sitcoms have been as dominant throughout the history of television as All in the Family was. Created by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin way back in […]