In today’s edition of Sitcom Sliding Doors, imagine a world in which Archie Bunker, the bigoted patriarch of All in the Family, was played not by Carroll O’Connor but… Captain Stubing from The Love ...

It was a nifty idea, carried out by an all-star cast (and directed by old hand James Burrows) who accepted their mission with pride and faithful adherence to the original characters and concepts. But ...

Since the show wrapped, many of the sitcom's stars — including Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner — have died Though their characters were often at odds with each other on screen, off it, ...

There are a few shows that have aged as eerily well as All in the Family. It's not just that it's still funny and has the feel not of a sit-com, but of unpretentious, working-class theatre. It's that, ...

The 1970s sitcom All in the Family forever changed television. The show aired on CBS for nine seasons from 1971 to 1979 and followed the life of Archie Bunker and his family. All in the Family tackled ...

Rob Reiner was a highly accomplished actor, writer, director and producer. He was in the cast of “All in the Family,” a truly landmark TV series, and directed ...

Before Shonda Rhimes became known for brilliantly weaving political issues into her universe of shows, Norman Lear was creating the template for Rhimes and others to follow. The famed showrunner, only ...

These are the opening song lyrics for a TV series that first aired in 1971 called “All in the Family.” The show was built around a character named Archie Bunker who shocked the nation with his verbal ...