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Married... with Children
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American television sitcom (1987-1997)
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Married... with Children is an American comedy series that aired on the FOX network. The show was created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt. It premiered on April 5, 1987, and concluded on June 9, 1997. The series ran for 11 seasons and is listed as ended.
The program is categorized as a comedy and family show, with episodes typically lasting 22 or 30 minutes. It was produced in English. The total number of episodes is recorded as either 258 or 259. Audience reception data includes a vote average of 7.735 and a rating of 8.2. The show’s social media presence has 305,000 followers.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 7.7Al 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.
- Aired
- 1987–1997
- Seasons
- 11 · 258 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Michael G. Moye, Ron Leavitt
- Network
- FOX
- Genres
- Comedy
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Key facts
- Genre
- Sitcom Surreal humour Satire
- Created by
- Michael G. Moye Ron Leavitt
- Showrunners
- Ron Leavitt (seasons 1–7) Michael G. Moye (seasons 1–6; 8–9) Richard Gurman Kim Weiskopf (both; season 10) Pamela Eells (season 11)
- Starring
- Ed O'Neill Katey Sagal David Garrison Amanda Bearse Christina Applegate David Faustino Ted McGinley
- Theme music composer
- Sammy Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen
- Opening theme
- " Love and Marriage ", by Frank Sinatra
- Ending theme
- "Love and Marriage", (instrumental)
- Composer
- Jonathan Wolff
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 259 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Ron Leavitt Michael G. Moye Katherine Green Richard Gurman Kim Weiskopf Pamela Eells
- Producers
- Barbara Blachut Cramer John Maxwell Anderson
- Camera setup
- Videotape ; Multi-camera
- Running time
- 22–23 minutes
- Production companies
- Embassy Communications , Columbia Pictures Television
- Network
- Fox
- Release
- April 5, 1987 ( 1987-04-05 ) –, June 9, 1997 ( 1997-06-09 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- dysfunctional family
- Creator
- Ron Leavitt
- Cast member
- Jane Lynch
- Composer
- Jonathan Wolff
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Sunset Gower Studios
- Duration
- 22
- FilmAffinity ID
- 964656
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/tv/marriedwithchildren
- Image
- Married With Children Bundy Family 1987.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- list of episodes
- list of Married... with Children episodes
- number of seasons
- 11
- topic's main category
- Category:Married... with Children
- start time
- 1987-04-05
- end time
- 1997-06-09
- original broadcaster
- Fox Broadcasting Company
- number of episodes
- 259
- title
- Married... with Children
- social media followers
- 305000
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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