# All in the Family (1971)

> A working class New York bigot clashes with his family over the political and social issues of the 1970s.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/1814

## Facts

- Seasons: 9
- Episodes: 210
- Episode runtime: 25 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Johnny Speight, Norman Lear
- Network: CBS
- Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Danielle Brisebois, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, Liam Dunn, Charles Durning, Nedra Volz
- TMDB rating: 8.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066626/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: satirical, biting, warm, confrontational, comedic

## What critics say

Viewers broadly regard All in the Family as a sharp, daring sitcom whose comedy about a bigoted patriarch is funny and socially pointed, with the later seasons rated highest.

## Synopsis

All in the Family (1971-1979) is an American television comedy sitcom created by Johnny Speight and Norman Lear for CBS. Carroll O'Connor plays Archie Bunker, a working class New Yorker whose loud prejudices and opinions on the day's headlines set off constant arguments at home. Jean Stapleton plays his devoted wife Edith, whose innocent good nature often undercuts him, while Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner play their daughter Gloria and her politically liberal husband Michael, whose clashing views on race, war, and politics supply much of the friction. Across nine seasons the engine is simple: an ordinary household kitchen table becomes a battlefield where each episode stages a fresh argument over a topical issue. The show is a sharp, single-camera-era style sitcom built on a live studio audience, its humor coming from the gap between Archie's certainty and the world he refuses to see. Set in 1970s Queens, New York, the series captures the anxieties of a working class family facing a changing country. Its tone is biting yet warm, satirical yet rooted in affection for its characters. Fans of Till Death Us Do Part, Roseanne and The Royle Family will find resonance in its blunt social satire and its tangle of family loyalty and ideological conflict.

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