All in the Family
1971-1979 | Comedy | USA | Created by Norman Lear
Overview
Archie Bunker, Queens bigot, argued with his family and America watched itself fight. Lear took a British format and aimed it at the Nixon era: race, war, and religion, nothing off the table. Four consecutive Best Comedy Emmys. Carroll OConnor made a monster lovable and worse. Norman Lear became the most powerful producer in television. Relevance tv began here.
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