All in the Family is an American television sitcom created by Norman Lear that premiered on CBS in 1971, centered on Archie Bunker, a working-class bigot in Queens, New York, and the friction between his views and those of his more progressive family members. The series broke sharply with prior American sitcom convention by addressing racism, sexism, and other contentious social and political topics directly through Archie's own prejudiced remarks, rather than avoiding such subjects. All in the Family became the highest-rated television program in the United States for five consecutive seasons and is widely credited with permanently changing the range of subject matter American television comedy would address.
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Was All in the Family an original American idea?
It was adapted from the British comedy Till Death Us Do Part.
No. The series was based on the popular British comedy Till Death Us Do Part, which ran from 1965 to 1975, and was adapted for an American audience by the producers Norman Lear and Alan Yorkin.
Did the story of the Bunker household end when All in the Family did?
It continued until 1983 as Archie Bunker's Place.
Not at once. All in the Family aired on CBS for eight seasons from 1971 to 1979, and the show then continued from 1979 to 1983 under the title Archie Bunker's Place.
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1. All in the Family (Wikipedia)
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All in the Family is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS for nine seasons from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979, with a total of 205 episodes.
All in the Family, Description, original language
All in the Family is an American television sitcom created by Norman Lear that premiered on CBS in 1971, centered on Archie Bunker, a working-class bigot in Queens, New York, and the friction between his views and those of his more progressive family members.
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Category:Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series winners
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