Plot.
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Married... with Children

1987 · TV series

  • Comedy

Plot

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

About Married... with Children

Married... with Children is an American television sitcom created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt for the Fox Broadcasting Company, broadcast from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. It is the longest-running live-action sitcom ever aired on Fox. Married... with Children was the first primetime series broadcast on the new Fox network and Fox's second series overall (after The Late Show starring Joan Rivers debuted in 1986). The series' run ended with the episode broadcast on May 5, 1997. Two previously unaired episodes were broadcast on June 9, 1997, and June 18, 2002. The show is set in Chicago and follows the lives of Al Bundy, a former high school football player turned hard-luck women's shoe salesman, his lazy wife Peggy, their daughter Kelly, and their son Bud. The show also features their neighbors Steve and Marcy Rhoades, both of whom Al finds annoying, and who feel the same way about him. Later in the series, Marcy marries Jefferson D'Arcy, a white-collar criminal and former CIA agent who becomes her "trophy husband" and Al's best friend. The series is one of the longest-running sitcoms in American television history, covering 11 seasons with 259 episodes in its run. Its theme song is "Love and Marriage" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, performed by Frank Sinatra. Critical reception was mixed during its original run, and the show's sexually charged humor and…

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Cast

  • Ed O'NeillAl Bundy
  • Katey SagalPeggy Bundy
  • Amanda BearseMarcy D'Arcy
  • Christina ApplegateKelly Bundy
  • David FaustinoBud Bundy
  • Ted McGinleyJefferson D'Arcy
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