Married... with Children

Married... with Children is an American television <a href="/facts/Sitcom/a01VwMsV">sitcom</a> created by <a href="/facts/Michael_G._Moye/bwfGkzPs">Michael G. Moye</a> and <a href="/facts/Ron_Leavitt/lXCJa6zU">Ron Leavitt</a> for the <a href="/facts/Fox_Broadcasting_Company/yeFeCgGk">Fox Broadcasting Company</a>, 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. 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 <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a> and follows the lives of <a href="/facts/Al_Bundy/2mURDf4F">Al Bundy</a>, a former high school football player turned hard-luck women's shoe salesman; his lazy wife <a href="/facts/Peggy_Bundy/LKcrtzTt">Peggy</a>; their pretty, but dim-witted daughter <a href="/facts/Kelly_Bundy/LKcrtzTt">Kelly</a>; and their smart-aleck son <a href="/facts/Bud_Bundy/LKcrtzTt">Bud</a>. The show also features their neighbors <a href="/facts/Steve_Rhoades/LKcrtzTt">Steve</a> and <a href="/facts/Marcy_D%2527Arcy/LKcrtzTt">Marcy</a> Rhoades, both of whom Al finds annoying, and who feel the same way about him. Later in the series, Marcy marries <a href="/facts/Jefferson_D%2527Arcy/LKcrtzTt">Jefferson D'Arcy</a>, a white-collar criminal who becomes her "trophy husband" and Al's sidekick.
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 "<a href="/facts/Love_and_Marriage/5vUhSrX2">Love and Marriage</a>" by <a href="/facts/Sammy_Cahn/2jylWwVj">Sammy Cahn</a> and <a href="/facts/Jimmy_Van_Heusen/0YTtfkbs">Jimmy Van Heusen</a>, performed by <a href="/facts/Frank_Sinatra/a0f0cEo3">Frank Sinatra</a>. Critical reception was mixed during its original run, and the show's sexually charged humor and depiction of a dysfunctional family were in stark contrast to family sitcoms of the era.
The first two seasons were videotaped in front of a studio audience at <a href="/facts/The_Prospect_Studios/XpYNEHP9">ABC Television Center</a> in the <a href="/facts/Los_Feliz%2c_Los_Angeles/vDWEqPRU">Los Feliz</a> section of <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a>, with seasons 3 through 8 recorded at <a href="/facts/Sunset_Gower_Studios/YgSRcL0e">Sunset Gower Studios</a> in Hollywood, and seasons 9 through 11 at <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Studios/zEa9WCe1">Sony Pictures Studios</a> in <a href="/facts/Culver_City/FTH560p1">Culver City</a>. The series was initially produced by <a href="/facts/Embassy_Communications/70BMVVmp">Embassy Communications</a>. Starting halfway through the second season, it was produced by ELP Communications under the studio <a href="/facts/Columbia_Pictures_Television/wWep6TCd">Columbia Pictures Television</a>.
In 2008, the show made the top 100 on <a href="/facts/Entertainment_Weekly/BhADudJx">Entertainment Weekly</a>'s "New TV Classics" list, placing number 94. In May 2022, an animated revival was in the works.

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