All in the Family

She’s had an enduringly popular song—and earned an Oscar nomination—since leaving the hit show. For nine seasons in the ’70s, viewers tuned in week after […]

Any TV fan from the 1970s will likely tell you that they can still hear Edith Bunker singing “All In The Family’s” theme song “Those […]

How a mass-entertainment sitcom got America to deal regularly with racism. I have been trying to figure out what is so fascinating about the comedies […]

Norman Lear made TV relevant with “All in the Family” and many more sitcoms Norman Lear made TV relevant with “All in the Family” and […]

Jean Stapleton was a character actress who played Archie Bunker’s far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in the groundbreaking 1970s US comedy All in […]

All in the Family debuted Jan. 12, 1971 on a nervous network. Fifty years later, it still delivers the most uneasy laughs on television. All […]

“All in the Family” was notable for many things — including the fact that it spawned seven other TV series. The influential sitcom was controversial […]

Beginning with “All in the Family,” Lear filled the airwaves throughout the 1970s with popular, critically acclaimed shows about families from varied ethnic and economic […]

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 […]

Remember Norman Lear with these zingers. The best Archie Bunker quotes are courtesy of creator Norman Lear. As a progressive, Lear himself was the opposite […]