Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 210
- Latest aired
- S09E27
- Total runtime
- 3d 15h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 1971 – April 1971 13 episodes
- Season 2 September 1971 – March 1972 24 episodes
- Season 3 September 1972 – March 1973 24 episodes
- Season 4 September 1973 – March 1974 24 episodes
- Season 5 September 1974 – March 1975 25 episodes
- Season 6 September 1975 – March 1976 24 episodes
- Season 7 September 1976 – March 1977 25 episodes
- Season 8 October 1977 – March 1978 24 episodes
- Season 9 September 1978 – April 1979 27 episodes
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S01E01 Meet the Bunkers
January 12 · 25min find the promo
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It's Edith and Archie Bunker's wedding anniversary. Edith manages to drag Archie to church. Daughter Gloria and her husband Mike try to whip up a party atmosphere for the parents.
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S01E02 Writing the President
January 19 · 25min find the promo
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Mike writes a letter to President Nixon, protesting everything that's wrong with America, including the state of the environment and the nation's involvement in Vietnam. Archie finds out, and to refute his son-in-law's claims he decides he too will write a letter praising the nation's chief and attempting to explain the Meathead as an ignorant. While penning the letter, Archie pictures the family all standing behind him, dressed in his Sunday best, all supporting his positions.
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S01E03 Oh, My Aching Back (aka Archie's Aching Back)
January 26 · 25min find the promo
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Archie is convinced he'll collect a large settlement from a petty traffic accident if a Jewish lawyer handles the case. The stylistic minimalism of the Bunkers' sparsely furnished set is on full display in this early episode. According to director John Rich, who grew up not far from Archie's neighbood, the Spartan look of the Bunkers' living room deco was achieved as a result of painstaking efforts. The director remembers personally supervising the cracking of windows and repainting of walls to give the place a run-down, lived-in look. "I told the set designers to take all the color out of it," remembers Rich. "Norman and I wanted to do the show in black and white, but CBS nearly went into a coma. So we decided to do the next best thing and shoot the entire show in muted sepia tones."
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S01E04 Archie Gives Blood
February 2 · 25min find the promo
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Archie refuses to donate blood because he's afraid that his vital fluids might get mixed in with those of a different race.
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S01E05 Judging Books by Covers
February 9 · 25min find the promo
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Archie scorns one of Mike's effeminate friends, unaware that one of his own beer-drinking buddies is a well-adjusted gay man.
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S01E06 Gloria's Pregnancy (aka Gloria Has a Belly Full)
February 16 · 25min find the promo
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Archie's dream of becoming a grandfather is dashed when Gloria suffers a sudden miscarriage.
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S01E07 Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit
February 23 · 25min find the promo
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Mike invites one of his hippie friends to spend the night in his living room, despite Archie's strenous ojections.
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S01E08 Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood
March 2 · 25min find the promo
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Louise Jefferson makes her first appearance, through husband George will remain an offscreen character for another two seasons. Their son, Lionel, had been a regular visitor to the Bunkers since the pilot episode, when the writers discovered how effective the street-smart black youth was at gently letting the air out of Archie's sails.
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S01E09 Edith Has Jury Duty
March 9 · 25min find the promo
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Edith abandons the kitchen for the courtroom when she is chosen for jury duty, leaving Archie to fend for himself.
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S01E10 Archie Is Worried About His Job
March 16 · 25min find the promo
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No one in the family gets any sleep when Archie spends the night worring that he might lose his job.
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S01E11 Gloria Discovers Women's Lib
March 23 · 25min find the promo
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Gloria leaves the house in a rage after Mike refuses to recognize her as an equal partner in their marriage.
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S01E12 Success Story
March 30 · 25min find the promo
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Archie reevaluates his definition of success after he meets an old army buddy who's become wealthy in the used-car trade.
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S01E13 The First and Last Supper
April 6 · 25min find the promo
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The Jeffersons arrive for dinner at the Bunkers'--minus husband George, who refuses to socialize with his white neighbors.