All in the family

Shortly before the first episode of “All in the Family” aired on Jan. 12, 1971, Sally Struthers and her cast mates — Carroll O’ Connor, […]

Lion Heart Distribution has acquired North American rights to director Allan Piper’s Evil Sublet, an upcoming horror-comedy starring Sally Struthers (“All in the Family”). Jennifer Leigh Houston also stars in […]

Carroll O’Connor. Archie Bunker. As far as the television audience is concerned, they’re one and the same — at least visually, though obviously not in […]

Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach, according to the the old aphorism. Woody Allen’s jokey addendum goes, Those who can’t teach, teach gym. […]

I don’t recall my mother watching much prime-time TV in the early 1970s. If anything, she would have been watching Spanish-language soap operas as a […]

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 […]