A groundbreaking American sitcom that aired from 1971 to 1979, known for its realistic portrayal of a working-class family and its willingness to tackle controversial social and political issues through its bigoted patriarch, Archie Bunker.
It was like one notch in in a different direction above uh like Archie Bunker, right? All in the Family was like one of the first shows like that where the dad was kind of an [ __ ] and a racist.
""The show is mentioned as an earlier example of TV shows that broke away from polite dialogue, featuring a "dad who was kind of an [ __ ] and a racist," similar to the shift seen with Married with Children."