"Married with Children" (1987) TV series 1987-1997

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Creators:

Ron Leavitt
Michael G. Moye

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

Release Date:

5 April 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Domestic bliss was never like this!

Plot:

Al Bundy is a misanthropic women's shoe salesman with a miserable life. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dimwitted and promiscuous.

Plot Keywords:

Shoe Salesman | Shoe Store | Married With Children | Promiscuous Daughter | Dumb Blonde

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 9	5:00 AM	TBS	The Legend of Ironhead Haynes	#8.23
Mon. Nov. 9	5:30 AM	TBS	Nooner or Later	#8.21

Cast

Ed O'Neill	...	Al Bundy / ... (261 episodes, 1987-1997)
David Faustino	...	Bud Bundy / ... (260 episodes, 1987-1997)
Christina Applegate	...	Kelly Bundy / ... (259 episodes, 1987-1997)
Katey Sagal	...	Peggy Bundy / ... (251 episodes, 1987-1997)
Amanda Bearse	...	Marcy D'Arcy / ... (246 episodes, 1987-1997)
Ted McGinley	...	Jefferson D'Arcy / ... (166 episodes, 1989-1997)
Buck	...	Buck the Dog / ... (166 episodes, 1987-1995)

Also Known As:

Married... with Children (USA) (promotional title)
Not the Cosbys (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

22 min (262 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-3 (DVD) (2003) | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 5) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Embassy Television

Trivia:

Makes references to Ed O'Neill's film, Dutch (1991). It's mentioned in the first part of "The England Show" when Al is on the plane. In the episode where Al and Peggy go to the video store to rent a movie, a poster for the film is covering Ed's eyes.

Goofs:

Continuity: The number on the front of their house changes from 9764 to 9674 in some episodes. Their 'official' address is 9764 Jeopardy Lane, as seen on the address label when sending clothing from the UK, in the 'England Show' episode.

Quotes:

Kelly: Don't be so hard on yourself, Bud. I bet there are plenty of cool guys who sit home on Friday night watching 'Star Trek' reruns hoping to catch a glimpse of Klingon cleavage.
Bud: Let the record show that I was licking the screen in an attempt to clean it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "20 to 1: TV Couples (#8.11)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Love & Marriage

The best sitcom in the world. No contest.

Married...With Children was the best sitcom ever to be devised. A flawed family and their troubles in life is one of the simplest yet most effective plotlines in comedy history (Roseanne being a good example). But Married..With Children was so much better, with likeable characters, raunchy and risque jokes and the craziest live studio audience ever!

The cast of Married...With Children really made it shine. Ed O'Neill was brilliant as the downtrodden Al, while Katey Sagal was just perfection as his gorgeous yet monstrous wife Peg. Christina Applegate exuded the right amount of sex appeal as the beautiful yet frankly stupid Kelly, while David Faustino constantly made you feel sorry for Bud, who never had a woman when he needed one. David Garrison and Ted McGinley were great as Steve and Jefferson, 1st and 2nd husbands of the crazed Marcy, played with class by Amanda Bearse. A host of recurring supporting players (Griff, Bob Rooney, etc) helped to make Married..With Children the sparkling show it was.

The show lost itself a bit in it's final season, but that was acceptable after 10 years of fantastic comedy. married...With Children was one of the few sitcoms that deserved to stay on our screens forever. The Bundys will be missed.