<Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Archie Bunker's Place 704 Hauser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> Maude The Jeffersons Gloria Good Times Checking In </Td> </Tr> <P> All in the Family is an American sitcom TV - series that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network for nine seasons, from January 1971 to April 1979 . The following September, it was continued with the spin - off series Archie Bunker's Place, which picked up where All in the Family had ended and ran for four more seasons . </P> <P> All in the Family was produced by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin . It starred Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, and Rob Reiner . The show revolves around the life of a working - class bigot and his family . The show broke ground in its depiction of issues previously considered unsuitable for a U.S. network television comedy, such as racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, religion, miscarriages, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, and impotence . Through depicting these controversial issues, the series became arguably one of television's most influential comedic programs, as it injected the sitcom format with more dramatic moments and realistic, topical conflicts . </P>

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