All the Family The Complete Seasons 1-9

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Season 1

Those were the days. Norman Lear's landmark comedy featured one of the most beloved families in television history, the Bunkers. Starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie, Jean Stapleton as Edith, Rob Reiner as Mike "Meathead" Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria, "All In The Family" remains an Emmy� Award-winning treasure. Watch this ground-breaking first season for yourself and just try to stifle your laughter!

Season 2

Those were the days...and they still are. Norman Lear's landmark Emmy Award-winning comedy about the Bunkers, one of the most beloved families in television history, continues with this second season. Filled with more hysterical episodes including "Sammy's Visit" featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. Starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie, Jean Stapleton as Edith, Rob Reiner as Mike "Meathead" Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria, All In the Family is a timeless classic to cherish forever.

Season 3

The hilarious landmark comedy series ALL IN THE FAMILY returns for its third season with its flawless sense of ensemble chemistry, precision timing, and lasting political relevance intact (and went on to win both the Emmy� and Golden Globe� for Outstanding Comedy Series). These characters have become television's first dysfunctional family: blue-collar conservative Archie (Carroll O'Connor), his long-suffering but loving wife Edith (Jean Stapleton), "little girl" Gloria (Sally Struthers), and her liberal husband "Meathead" Mike (Rob Reiner). Series creator Norman Lear broke nearly every rule and taboo, but their foibles produced some of television's biggest laughs. They could also make us cry, in the heartbreaking "Gloria, the Victim", or shock us, in "The Bunkers & the Swingers" (1973 Emmy� for Writing in a Comedy Series). The model for sitcoms to come, ALL IN THE FAMILY brilliantly and intimately portrayed the American family while reflecting the social and political landscapes of the 70s, leaving an indelible mark of popular culture.

Season 4 By the fourth season, Norman Lear's landmark series ALL IN THE FAMILY was on its way to becoming an American institution. It consistently ranked number one in the ratings while at the same time breaking all of prime time TV's taboos. Archie Bunker's (Carroll O'Conner) shocking politically incorrect diatribes, marriage problems for Mike (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers), a breast cancer scare for Edith (Jean Stapleton) all broke with sitcom conventions.

In the fourth season, Archie was hilariously faced with two worthy new opponents: neighbor Irene Lorenzo (betty Garrett), a staunch believer in women's rights, and loud-mouthed George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), soon to star in the spin-off hit series "The Jeffersons."

Rob Reiner won an Emmy� Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and the show was nominated for four other Emmy� Awards for the fourth season.

Season 5

The fifth season of "All In The Family" continues its trailblazing formula, tackling controversial issues with shockingly irreverent humor. But this would be a year of change for Archie (Carroll O'Connor) and Edith (Jean Stapleton), with friends moving on up and family moving out. Like the rest of the country, the Bunkers cope with rising inflation (in a multi-episode storyline), causing Edith to join the workforce. Meanwhile, next-door neighbors the Jeffersons leave their modest Queens house for a "deluxe apartment in the sky" the pilot for the spin-off series "The Jeffersons" appears here as an episode of "All In The Family". By the end of the season, Mike (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers) decide it's high time to move out of Archie's house to find their own place to live. Episodes include "The Bunkers And Inflation (1);" "The Bunkers And Inflation (2) (AKA) Archie Underfoot;" "The Bunkers And Inflation (3) (AKA) Edith The Job Hunter;" "The Bunkers And Inflation (4) (AKA) Archie's Raise;" "Lionel The Live-In;" "Archie's Helping Hand;" "Gloria's Shock;" "Where's Archie? (1) (AKA) Archie Is Missing (1);" "Where's Archie? (2) (AKA) Archie Is Missing (2);" "The Longest Kiss;" "Archie And The Miracle;" "George And Archie Make A Deal;" "Archie's Contact;" "Mike's Friend;" "The Best Of All In The Family (1);" "The Best Of All In The Family (2);" "Prisoner In The House" "The Jeffersons Move Up;" "All's Fair;" "Amelia's Divorce;" "Everybody Does It;" "Archie And The Quiz;" "Edith's Friend;" "No Smoking;" "Mike Makes His Move;"

Season 6

Produced and developed by Norman Lear, the groundbreaking sitcom All In The Family continued to evolve in the sixth season without losing any of its controversial sedge or its popularity; it was the #1 series for the fifth year in a row. Mike (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers) finally move out of the Bunker household — and right into the house next door, where the Jeffersons used to live. But the big news for Archie (Carroll O'Conner) and Edith (Jean Stapleton) is that their "little goil" is pregnant. Gloria later gives birth in a special two-part episode. Once the baby is home, two generations of parents clash over how to raise little Joey Stivic. The show courted further controversy when a real toy company released "Archie Bunker's Grandson" in honor of baby Joey, the first anatomically correct male doll! Nominated for an Emmy� Award for "Outstanding Comedy Series" for its sixth straight year, All In The Family was also nominated for two Golden Globe� Awards this season. With unforgettable episodes and speical guest stars, including Bernadette Peters (Pennies from Heaven), Doris Roberts (TV's Everybody Loves Raymond), Robert Guillaume (TV's Benson) and his Soap co-star, comedian Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally), All In The Family continued its reign as the funniest show on television!

Season 7

One of the most acclaimed comedy series of all time returns for a seventh season with Archie (Carroll O'Connor) still as irascible and highly opinionated as ever arguing with his liberal son-in-law, "Meathead," (Rob Reiner) and taking refuge in his long-suffering wife, Edith (Jean Stapleton), who tries her best to understand Archie's conservative ways and outdated beliefs. "All In The Family" ran on CBS for 9 seasons strong and spawned the spinoffs "Maude" and "The Jeffersons", both successful television series also created by legendary TV producer Norman Lear.

Season 8

All 24 Original Half-Hour Episodes from 1977-1978

Season Eight of the award-winning television series from Norman Lear earned Emmys for Carroll O’Connor, Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner, not to mention the award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.

This second to last season finds Archie (O’Connor), Edith (Stapleton) and the Stivics (Reiner and Sally Struthers) battling some difficult issues when Archie buys a bar he cannot afford, Edith questions her faith and Mike and Gloria plan a move to California. As dark as the plots run at times, the laughs always shine through in this perfectly balanced and performed sitcom that inspired spin-offs Maude and The Jeffersons.

The Complete Ninth Season -- Approximately 11 1/4 hoursjadelamp

From creator Norman Lear comes the final season of the Emmy Award-winning show that changed the television landscape for generations to come.jadelamp

Season Nine finds Mike and Gloria officially moved out, leaving Archie and Edith "on their own" for the first time in a long while. Of course, that doesn't last long when Edith's cousin Floyd abandons his nine-year-old daughter Stephanie (Danielle Brisebois) on their doorstep. But, as the Bunkers have grown accustomed to doing, they make the best - and funniest - out of a terrible situation and take her in. Meanwhile, it turns out the Stivics are on the rocks in California when Edith and Archie decide to pay a cross-country visit for Christmas.jadelamp

For this final season, Norman Lear hosted an endearing 90-minute 200th Episode Celebration that allowed fans of the show to look back and relive the greatest moments of the groundbreaking series. The special originally aired during the Season Nine run and is included in the DVD set.jadelamp

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