1971: 'All in the Family'
debuts
The
groundbreaking sitcom "All in the Family" held the #1 spot in the Neilsen
ratings for five of its nine-year
run that began in January of 1971. The show, written and produced by Norman
Lear, followed the ups and downs of a working-class family in Queens with a
bigot as its patriarch. The show was the first on television to address the
pressing social issues of its day, including racism and sexism. Archie Bunker
(Carroll O'Connor, pictured here with Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker character)
was a dock worker who drove a cab for extra income and whose personality was
meant as a satirical representation of nonsensical intolerance.
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