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* [[Ed O'Neill]]

* [[Katey Sagal]]

* [[David Garrison]] (seasons 1-4)

* [[Amanda Bearse]]

* [[Christina Applegate]]

* [[David Faustino]]

* [[Ted McGinley]] (season 5: guest star; season 6-11: regular)

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* [[ELP Communications]]{{efn|Credited as [[Embassy Communications]] <small>(seasons 1–2)</small>}}

* [[ELP Communications]] <small>(seasons 2–11)</small>

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'''''Married... with Children''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] created by [[Michael G. Moye]] and [[Ron Leavitt]] for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mclellan |first=Dennis |date=February 12, 2008 |title=Co-creator of 'Married . . . With Children' |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-12-me-leavitt12-story.html |access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref> broadcast from April 5, 1987,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642348/reference/?ref_=ttep_ep_1 |title="Married... with Children" Pilot (TV Episode 1987) - IMDb |access-date=2025-04-26 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> to June 9, 1997.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642246/reference/?ref_=ttep_ep_24 |title="Married... with Children" Chicago Shoe Exchange (TV Episode 1997) - IMDb |access-date=2025-04-26 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3wRsf9NAVw | title=MWC fox promo - Desperate Half Hour & How To Marry A Moron | date=April 27, 2022 | publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642293/mediaviewer/rm2176877569/?ref_=tt_md_9 | title=Fox May Events: Married with Children Series Finale | publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=2 July 2023 }}</ref> Two previously unaired episodes were broadcast on June 9, 1997, and June 18, 2002.

The show is set in [[Chicago]] and follows the lives of [[Al Bundy]], a former high school football player turned hard-luck women's shoe salesman; his lazy wife [[Peggy Bundy|Peggy]]; their pretty, but dim-witted daughter [[Kelly Bundy|Kelly]]; and their smart-aleck son [[Bud Bundy|Bud]]. The show also features their neighbors [[Steve Rhoades|Steve]] and [[Marcy D'Arcy|Marcy]] Rhoades, both of whom Al finds annoying, butand they likewisewho feel the same way about him. Later in the series, Marcy marries [[Jefferson D'Arcy]], a white-collar criminal and former CIA agent who becomes her "trophy husband" and Al's sidekickbest friend.

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 "[[Love and Marriage]]" by [[Sammy Cahn]] and [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], performed by [[Frank Sinatra]]. 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 [[The Prospect Studios|ABC Television Center]] in the [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]] section of [[Los Angeles]], with seasons 3 through 8 recorded at [[Sunset Gower Studios]] in Hollywood, and seasons 9 through 11 at [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City]]. The series was initially produced by [[Embassy Communications]]. Starting halfway through the second season, it was produced by ELP Communications under the studio [[Columbia Pictures Television]].

In 2008, the show made the top 100 on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'s}} "New TV Classics" list, placing number 94.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The New Classics: TV|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-tv/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 21, 2012|date=June 18, 2007|archive-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020093840/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20207339%2C00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2022, an animated revival was in the works.<ref name=animatedseries>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/married-with-children-animated-series-original-cast-revival-1235023019/amp/ |title='Married… With Children' Animated Series With Original Cast Heats Up TV Marketplace |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 13, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref>

== Cast and characters ==

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* [[File:Married With Children Bundy Family 1987.jpg|thumb|The cast of ''Married... with Children'' in 1987. From left to right: Katey Sagal, Ed O'Neill, David Faustino and Christina Applegate.]]Al Bundy ([[Ed O'Neill]]) – A [[misanthropy|misanthrope]], afflicted by the so-called "Bundy curse" that consigns him to an unrewarding career selling women's shoes and a life with a family that mocks and disrespects him, who still enjoys the simple things in life. He constantly attempts to relive his high-school football days, when he was an "All State Fullback". His most noted achievement was having scored four touchdowns in a single game for Polk High. His favorite things in life are the local [[Strip club|nudie bar]], his collection of [[pornographic magazine|''BigUns'' magazine]], his 1972 [[Dodge Dart]] car with more than {{convert|1|e6mi|e6km|abbr=unit}} on the odometer, and a television show called ''Psycho Dad''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Married with children, Physco dad compilation which includes Physco mom|url=https://www.bitchute.com/video/o3McdK5HyTZJ/|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref> Despite his family's antipathy for him, and his for them, Al is always ready to defend his family and the Bundy honor.

* Peggy Bundy ([[née]] Wanker) ([[Katey Sagal]]) – Al's wife who is always pestering him about money and refuses to do any housework or get a job. Peggy is a lazy redhead who spends most of her time watching talk shows such as ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah]]'' or stealing Al's limited funds to go shopping; she frequently mocks Al about his unglamourousunglamorous job, his meager earnings, his hygiene, and his poor sexual abilities. Her careless spending on things like clothes and male strip clubs has run Al into debt on numerous occasions. A recurring joke in the series is Al's and Peggy's regrets of having married each other, although on occasion they will show affection towards one another. Peggy's best friend is Marcy, with whom Peggy occasionally leadsheads into trouble. Peggy's side of the family is a backwoods clan of [[hillbilly|hillbillies]] whom she often forces the other Bundys to endure, especially her morbidly obese mother, whom Al finds intolerable.

* Kelly Bundy ([[Christina Applegate]]) – the Bundys' firstborn; a [[Blonde stereotype|dumb blonde]] who is often derided as promiscuous and dates guys who irritate Al to the point that he wants to physically assault them. Her stupidity manifests in many ways, from forgetting ideas on the spot to mispronouncing or misspelling simple words. She and her brother Bud generally get along, but enjoy belittling one another.

* Budrick "Bud" Franklin Bundy ([[David Faustino]]) – the younger Bundy offspring, and sometimes the more level-headed family member, although his preoccupation with sex sometimes leads to inevitable failures with women. He and older sister Kelly constantly taunt each other, but when Kelly is in a legitimate bind he will support her, much like Kelly does for him under similar circumstances.

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==Reception==

===Critical response===

For season 1, [[Metacritic]] calculated an average of 58 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/married-with-children/season-1|title=Married with Children - Season 1 Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> Reviews of the debut episode were mixed. In 1987, [[Howard Rosenberg]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' praised the casting of the Bundys, found the character development of the D'ArcysRhodes lacking, and warned viewers: "The satire is heavy-handed."<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-04-ca-1111-story.html|title=2 new Fox series--plainly no vanilla|date=April 4, 1987|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 21, 2023|url-access=limited|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230321194741/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-04-ca-1111-story.html|archive-date=March 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Conversely, also in 1987, [[Tom Shales]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called the debut episode "nasty-minded, overacted and poorly cast".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/04/04/the-day-of-the-fox/e25de9ce-e4cb-424a-84d3-aba64e22f905/|title=The day of the fox|last=Shales|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Shales|date=April 4, 1987|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 21, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> For ''The New York Times'', [[John J. O'Connor (journalist)|John J. O'Connor]] described it as "loud, coarse and life-of-the-party vulgar".<ref name="OConnor 1987">{{cite web|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|authorlink=John J. O'Connor (journalist)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/03/arts/tv-weekend-2-shows-in-fox-prime-time-debut.html|title=2 Shows in Fox Prime-Time Debut|work=The New York Times|date=April 3, 1987|access-date=September 1, 2024|page=C30|url-access=subscription|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150524203530/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/03/arts/tv-weekend-2-shows-in-fox-prime-time-debut.html|archive-date=May 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> O'Connor also compared ''Married...'' unfavorably to other family shows like ''[[The Life of Riley]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]'', describing the show as "pure blue-collar shtick, dressed up with the usual sexual-potency and bathroom jokes".<ref name="OConnor 1987"/>

===Ratings===

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In 1989, [[Terry Rakolta]] from [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]], attempted to lead a boycott<ref name="Time 2007">{{cite magazine|last=Poniewozik |first=James |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652601,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026140557/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652601,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2007 |title=Married ... With Children The 100 Best TV Shows Of All Time |magazine=Time |date=2007-09-06 |access-date=2012-03-14}}</ref> of the show after viewing the episode "[[Her Cups Runneth Over]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundyology.com/hpg/306.html |title=Bundyology—Episode "Her Cups Runneth Over" |publisher=Bundyology.com |access-date=2012-03-14}}</ref> Offended by the images of an old man wearing a woman's garter and stockings, the scene in which Steve touches the pasties of a mannequin dressed in S&M gear, a homosexual man wearing a tiara on his head (and Al's line "...and they wonder why we call them 'queens{{' "}}), and a half-nude woman who takes off her bra in front of Al (and is shown with her arms covering her bare chest in the next shot), Rakolta began a letter-writing campaign to advertisers, demanding they boycott the show.

Rakolta's campaign resulted in [[Gillette]], [[Warner–Lambert]], and [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]] ending sponsorships; ironically, Coca-Cola owned the studio that produced the show, [[Columbia Pictures Television]].<ref name="Kimmel 2004"/>{{rp|68}} Fox pulled the episode titled "[[I'll See You in Court]]" (in which the Bundys attempt to improve their love life by having marital relations in a different setting). This episode became known as the "Lost Episode" and was aired on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] on June 18, 2002, with some parts cut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?26509|title=Censored 'Married ... with Children' to Air on FX|work=Zap2It.comZap2it|date=June 17, 2002|access-date=August 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030212064318/http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?26509|archive-date=February 12, 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= The Illustrated Lost Show Transcript|url=http://www.bundyology.com/lost1.html|work=Bundyology|date=November 25, 2002|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20071219184320/http://www.bundyology.com/lost1.html|archive-date=December 19, 2007|access-date=August 17, 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref> The episode was packaged with the rest of the third season in the January 2005 [[DVD]] release (and in the first volume of the ''Married ... Withwith Children Most Outrageous Episodes'' DVD set) with the parts cut from syndication restored.

Viewers' curiosity over the boycott and over the show itself led to a drastic ratings boost.<ref name="Kimmel 2004"/>{{rp|68}} Rakolta has been alluded to twice on the show: "Rock and Roll Girl",<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=married-with-children&episode=s04e15|title=Married with Children s04e15 Episode Script |website=Springfield! Springfield!|access-date=2019-08-25|archive-date=2014-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909161100/http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=married-with-children&episode=s04e15|url-status=dead}}</ref> in which a newscaster mentions the city Bloomfield Hills, and "No Pot to Pease In",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=married-with-children&episode=s09e09|title=Married with Children s09e09 Episode Script|website=Springfield! Springfield!|access-date=2019-08-25 |archive-date=2014-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909161041/http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=married-with-children&episode=s09e09|url-status=dead}}</ref> in which a television show is made about the Bundy family and then cancelled because, as Marcy stated, "some woman in Michigan didn't like it."

Socially conservative criticisms of the show were not limited to Rakolta. The [[Media Research Center]] named ''Married... with Children'' the worst show of the 1995–96 television season, calling it the "crudest comedy on prime time television" for "lewd punch lines".<ref name="MRC 1996">{{cite web|title=Top 10 Best and Worst Primetime TV Shows|url=http://townhall.com/mrc/entertainment/topten.html|publisher=Media Research Center|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19961129110404/http://townhall.com/mrc/entertainment/topten.html|archive-date=November 29, 1996|access-date=August 16, 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/married-with-children-wrestling-episode-king-kong-bundy/|title=The Wrestling Episode: The Battle Of The Bundys On 'Married … With Children'|last=Stroud|first=Brandon|work=Uproxx|date=April 26, 2018|access-date=August 16, 2024}}</ref> Republican U.S. Senator [[Jesse Helms]] called the show "trash".<ref name=McLellan>{{cite web |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |title=Ron Leavitt-, 60; co-createdcreator of 'Married…WithMarried . . . With Children' |url=httpshttp://www.sfgatelatimes.com/bayareanews/articleobituaries/Ronla-Leavittme-co-created-Married-With-3227123leavitt12feb12%2C0%2C2446866.phpstory |website=SanLos Francisco GateAngeles Times|date=February 1312, 2008 |access-date=9June August5, 20222025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214063913/http://www.latimes.com:80/news/obituaries/la-me-leavitt12feb12,0,2446866.story|archive-date=February 14, 2008|url-status=dead|url-access=limited}}</ref> Fellow Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] (D-CT) also strongly criticized the sitcom, after having walked in on his stepson and young daughter watching an episode one evening in late 1993. In an interview many years later, Lieberman would specifically cite ''Married...With Children'' as the impetus for his becoming a vocal opponent of pop culture and the entertainment industry throughout his Senate career.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/12/08/lieberman-versus-hollywood/34114372-56bf-47f8-8cbd-5d4b09fd44bd/ |title=

Lieberman Versus Hollywood |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Farhi |first=Paul |date=December 8, 2003 |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/10/16/congressmen-ask-fox-to-show-married-with-children-later/ | title=Congressmen ask Fox to show "Married with Children' later |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=October 16, 1996 |access-date=January 17, 2024 }}</ref>

However, the show was recognized for giving women prominent roles behind the scenes. Producers decided to rewrite the sixth season storyline of Peggy's pregnancy, which coincided with Sagal's actual pregnancy, as a dream that Al had. This was done to prevent Sagal from suffering further trauma by having her character Peggy interact with a new baby, when Sagal's pregnancy ended with her going into premature labor and the baby being stillborn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.throwbacks.com/married-with-children-pregnancy/|title=The Heartbreaking Tragedy That Changed An Entire Season Of 'Married With Children'|website=Throwbacks|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> Bearse showed she was a talented director as well as an actress by moving to the director's chair and directing her co-stars for over 30 episodes of the series between 1991 and 1997.

Bearse also became one of the first mainstream actresses to publicly [[Coming out|come out]] as a [[lesbian]], which she did during the series run and received positive recognition for doing so.<ref name="E!" /> In 2024, Ed O’Neill said that his misconceptions about Bearse's lesbianism was one of the reasons behind the casts' later breakup.[https://www.thedailybeast.com/ed-oneil-regrets-tv-guide-fiasco-that-caused-rift-with-married-with-children-co-star/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20all%20get%20along%20great,was%20wonderful%20for%20three%20years.]

On April 22, 2012, Fox re-aired the series premiere in commemoration of its 25th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/11/fox-will-rebroadcast-the-series-premiere-of-married-with-children-to-celebrate-the-networks-25th-anniversary-sunday-april-22/128662/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412050718/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/11/fox-will-rebroadcast-the-series-premiere-of-married-with-children-to-celebrate-the-networks-25th-anniversary-sunday-april-22/128662/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 12, 2012|title=Network TV Press Releases FOX Will Rebroadcast the Series Premiere of 'Married...With Children' to Celebrate the Network's 25th Anniversary Sunday, April 22|last=Bibel|first=Sara|date=April 11, 2012|work=[[TV by the Numbers]]|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>

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{{Main|List of Married... with Children episodes}}

{{:List of Married... with Children episodes}}

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During its 11-season run on the Fox network, ''Married... with Children'' aired 258 episodes. A 259th episode, "[[I'll See You in Court]]" from season 3, never aired on Fox, but premiered on FX and has since been included on DVD and in syndication packages. Three specials also aired following the series' cancellation, including a cast reunion.

== Home media ==

[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] has released all 11 seasons of ''Married... with Children'' on DVD in Regions 1, 2, &and 4. On December 12, 2010, Sony released a complete series set on DVD in Region 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children-The-Complete-Series/14661 |title=Married... with Children DVD news: Date Change for Married... with Children - The Complete Series |publisher=TV Shows On DVD|date=2007-05-25 |access-date=2012-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121180356/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children-The-Complete-Series/14661 |archive-date=2011-11-21 }}</ref>

In December 2007, the Big Bundy Box—a special collection box with all seasons plus new interviews with Sagal and David Faustino—was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.albundy.net/?p=108 |title=Big Bundy Box Released |publisher=Blog.albundy.net |access-date=2012-03-14}}</ref> This boxset was released in Australia (Region 4) on November 23, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/809613 |title=Married With Children - The Big Bundy Box 1-11 (34 Disc Box Set) |publisher=Ezydvd.com.au |date=2009-11-23 |access-date=2012-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411101837/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/809613 |archive-date=2011-04-11 }}</ref>

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==== Comic books ====

''Married... with Children'' was adapted into a comic book series by [[NOW Comics]] starting in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bundyology.com/comics.html |title=Married... with Children Comics |publisher=Bundyology.com |date=2001-01-21 |access-date=2012-06-23 |archive-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318121153/http://www.bundyology.com/comics.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Toys ===

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==== Action figures ====

Two series (10 in all) of 8" action figures were produced by Classic TV Toys in 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classictvtoys.com/search.aspx?find=married+with+children |title=Married With Children 8 inch Action Figures |publisher=Classictvtoys.com |access-date=2012-06-23}}</ref>

In 2018, [[Funko]] produced figures of Al, Kelly, Bud and Peggy as a part of their Funko POP! line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2018/08/30/funko-launches-married-with-children-pop-figures/|access-date=2019-03-10|title=Funko Launches 'Married with Children' Pop Figures|date=August 30, 2018 }}</ref>

That same year, Funko also released a ''Married... with Children'' action figures box set.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tvweb.com/married-with-children--funko-new-york-comic-con-exclusives/toys |title=Not found! |access-date=March 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803172900/https://tvweb.com/married-with-children--funko-new-york-comic-con-exclusives/toys |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018 and 2019, [[Mego Corporation|Mego]] released [[Target Corporation|Target]] exclusives of Al, Peggy and Kelly in 1/9 scale.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.target.com/s?sortBy=relevance&Nao=0&category=5xtb0&searchTerm=bundy |title=Mego Married with Children Bundy Action Figure 8 |access-date=September 24, 2020}}</ref>

== International remakes ==

;=== Argentina ===

;Armenia

An Argentine remake was made by [[Telefe]] in 2005, called ''[[Casados con Hijos (Argentine TV series)|Casados con Hijos]]''. Two seasons were made (2005 and 2006), totaling 215 episodes and it became a smashing success during the replaying. More than fifteen years after the release, it is still aired on Saturdays at 7:30 pm.<ref>{{cite web |title=Casados con hijos |url=http://www.telefe.com/programas/casados-con-hijos/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530050452/http://www.telefe.com/programas/casados-con-hijos/ |archive-date=May 30, 2012| language=es}}</ref> The series has been also shown by local channels in [[Uruguay]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Peru]].

The character names are: José "Pepe" Argento (based on Al, played by [[Guillermo Francella]]), Mónica "Moni" Argento (based on Peggy, played by [[Florencia Peña]]), Paola Argento (based on Kelly, played by [[Luisana Lopilato]]), Alfio "Coqui" Argento (based on Bud, played by [[Darío Lopilato]]), Dardo and María Elena Fuseneco (based on Jefferson D'Arcy, Steve Rhoades and Marcy; played by [[Marcelo de Bellis]] and [[Érica Rivas]]).

;=== Armenia ===

An Armenian remake was made in 2016, called ''[[The Azizyans]]''. The Azizyans is an Armenian sitcom television series developed by Robert Martirosyan and Van Grigoryan. The series premiered on [[Armenia TV]] on October 31, 2016. However, the series was not available to the public until Armenia TV started airing the sitcom from October 10, 2017. The series takes place in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]. The Azizyans sitcom is starred by [[Hayk Marutyan]]. He embodies the character of Garnik Azizyan – a clothes store seller, who is the only one working in the family. Mrs. Ruzan Azizyan is lazy enough to perform the duties of a housewife.

The problems of the father of the family do not bother his 3 children – his daughter, who is internet-addicted and is active in all social networks; his unemployed eldest son, who is a complete loser, and his youngest son, who is a schoolboy. The roles in this sitcom, created for family watching, are played by Ani Lupe, Satenik Hazaryan, Ishkhan Gharibyan, Suren Arustamyan and other popular Armenian actors. The project is directed by Arman Marutyan. In the second season of the sitcom, the Azizyan family continues to survive thanks to the meager salary of Garnik.

The wife of Garnik – Ruzan, remains in the status of a housewife, without even thinking about finding a job. The elder son of Garnik and Ruzan – Azat, continues to look for a new job, a young man appears in the life of Marie, who is trying to win the girl's heart. Their younger son Levon, continues to live his own life and does not understand what he has in common with this family. And their neighbors Irina and Alik continue to be friends with the family, which the Azizyans do not quite approve. The only bright spot in the life of the family is their house, which Garnik inherited from his grandfather.

;Argentina

An Argentine remake was made by [[Telefe]] in 2005, called ''[[Casados con Hijos (Argentine TV series)|Casados con Hijos]]''. Two seasons were made (2005 and 2006), totaling 215 episodes and it became a smashing success during the replaying. More than fifteen years after the release, it is still aired on Saturdays at 7:30 pm.<ref>{{cite web |title=Casados con hijos |url=http://www.telefe.com/programas/casados-con-hijos/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530050452/http://www.telefe.com/programas/casados-con-hijos/ |archive-date=May 30, 2012| language=es}}</ref> The series has been also shown by local channels in [[Uruguay]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Peru]].

The character names are: José "Pepe" Argento (based on Al, played by [[Guillermo Francella]]), Mónica "Moni" Argento (based on Peggy, played by [[Florencia Peña]]), Paola Argento (based on Kelly, played by [[Luisana Lopilato]]), Alfio "Coqui" Argento (based on Bud, played by [[Darío Lopilato]]), Dardo and María Elena Fuseneco (based on Jefferson D'Arcy, Steve Rhoades and Marcy; played by [[Marcelo de Bellis]] and [[Érica Rivas]]).

;=== Brazil ===

In Brazil [[Rede Bandeirantes]] made a remake in 1999 with the name ''A Guerra dos Pintos'' (The War of The Pintos). 52 episodes were recorded but only 22 aired before cancelation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/guerradospintosb.asp |title=A Guerra dos Pintos |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140414104236/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/guerradospintosb.asp |archive-date=April 14, 2014 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

;=== Bulgaria ===

In Bulgaria a remake is aired from March 26, 2012, with the name ''Женени с деца в България'' (Zheneni s detsa v Bulgaria) (Married with children in Bulgaria).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://novatv.bg/zheneni|publisher=novatv.bg|title=Official site of Married with children in Bulgaria|access-date=March 26, 2012 |language=bg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327155957/http://www.novatv.bg/zheneni |archive-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref>

;=== Croatia ===

In Croatia a remake called ''Bračne vode'' was broadcast from September 2008 until November 2009 on [[Nova TV (Croatia)|Nova TV]] channel. The characters based on the Bundys were called Zvonimir, Sunčica, Kristina and Boris Bandić while the ones based on Marcy and Steve were called Marica and Ivan Kumarica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/xmag/clanak/pala-prva-klapa-hrvatskih-quotbracnih-vodaquot-ala-ce-glumiti-damir-loncar/399776.aspx |title=Pala prva klapa hrvatskih "Bračnih voda": Ala će glumiti Damir Lončar |access-date=August 30, 2013 |date=August 26, 2008 |website=Index.hr |language=hr}}</ref>

;=== Germany ===

In Germany, the 1992 remake ''[[Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt]]'', broadcast in the [[prime time]], reached double the audience of the original (broadcast in the [[dayparting|early fringe]] time). This, however, was not enough to maintain the series, so it was cancelled after one season with 26 episodes. The remake used the exact translated scripts of the original series (which already substituted [[Language localization|localised]] humour and in-jokes for incomprehensible references to American TV shows not shown in Germany, as well as some totally different jokes) and just renamed places and people according to the new setting.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Hendrik Ternieden, Oliver Trenkamp |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/20-jahre-al-bundy-in-deutschland-a-947496.html |title=Al Bundy in Deutschland: Die Hand in der Hose |website=spiegel.de |date=February 23, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2023 |language=de}}</ref><ref name="quotenmeter.de" /> It had a rerun twice on [[Super RTL]] in 1996 and 1997.<ref name="quotenmeter.de">{{Cite web |author=Christian Richter |url=https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/32542/der-fernsehfriedhof-hilfe-meine-familie-spinnt |title=Der Fernsehfriedhof: "Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt" |website=quotenmeter.de |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=March 19, 2023 |language=de}}</ref>

''{{lang|de|Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt}}'' was aired from March to December 1993 for 26 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvsi.de/comedyserien/hilfe_meine_familie_spinnt.php |title=Hilfe meine Familie spinnt! |website=tvsi.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113121222/http://www.tvsi.de/comedyserien/hilfe_meine_familie_spinnt.php |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |access-date=March 19, 2023 |language=de}}</ref>

;=== Hungary ===

In 2006, Hungarian TV network [[TV2 (Hungarian TV channel)|TV2]] purchased the license rights including scripts and hired the original producers from Sony Pictures for a remake of the show placed in a Hungarian environment. It was entitled ''{{lang|hu|Egy rém rendes család Budapesten}}''<ref>[[:hu:Egy rém rendes család Budapesten]] {{in lang|hu}}</ref> (in English: ''Married with children in [[Budapest]]'', loan translation: ''A gruesomely decent family in Budapest''). The main story began with the new family called the Bándis inheriting an outskirt house from their American relatives the Bundys. They filmed a whole season of 26 episodes, all of them being remade versions of the plots of the original first seasons. It was the highest budget sitcom ever made in Hungary. First it was aired on Tuesday nights, but was beaten by a new season of ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', then placed to Wednesday nights. The remake lost its viewers, but stayed on the air due to the contract between Sony and TV2.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://index.hu/kultur/media/bundy7904/ |title=Budapestre jön a rém rendes család |first=Szabó |last=Zoltán |date=August 4, 2006 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://index.hu/kultur/media/mc5808/ |title=Megverte a Vészhelyzet a magyar Rém rendest |date=October 18, 2006 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://index.hu/kultur/media/rem486/ |title=Magyarország a magyar tahóké! |first=Szabó |last=Zoltán |date=October 17, 2006 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref> Also the Hungarian critics have strongly condemned the [[copyright infringement]] of the original series. They also criticized the lack of quality and the dilettante forcing of the American cliches in [[Eastern Europe]]an (Hungarian) environment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.origo.hu/teve/20061018bandi.html |title=Bemutatkozott a magyar Al Bundy |website=origo.hu/ |date=October 18, 2006 |language=hu}}</ref>

;=== Israel ===

The complete American series aired in Israel in the 1990s, with reruns of it ever since. There has also been an Israeli remake to the show titled ''Nesuim Plus'' (Married Plus) that aired its two seasons from 2012 to 2017.

;=== Mexico ===

{{Main|Casados con hijos (Mexican TV series)}}

In May 2023, Sony Pictures Television announced a Mexican remake for [[Sony Channel (Latin American TV channel)|Sony Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SPT anuncia el protagonista de la versión mexicana de Casados con Hijos |url=https://www.todotvnews.com/spt-anuncia-el-protagonista-de-la-version-mexicana-de-casados-con-hijos/ |website=todotvnews.com |access-date=18 September 2024 |language=es |date=24 May 2023}}</ref> The series premiered on 8 May 2024 and stars [[Adrián Uribe]] and [[Sandra Echeverría]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baños |first1=Sughey |title="Casados con hijos": Adrián Uribe y Sandra Echeverría encabezan versión mexicana de "Married with children" |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/casados-con-hijos-adrian-uribe-y-sandra-echeverria-encabezan-version-mexicana-de-married-with-children/ |website=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] |access-date=18 September 2024 |language=es |date=4 May 2024}}</ref>

;=== Russia ===

{{Main|Happy Together (Russian TV series)}}

The Original ''Married... With Children'' ran on [[TV-6 Russia]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s (before the closing of the channel) in prime-time basis, broadcasting the episodes from seasons 1–11. The show later aired on DTV and Domashniy TV. A Russian adaptation, titled ''[[Happy Together (Russian TV series)|Happy Together]]'' (Schastlivy Vmeste; ''Happy Together''), was broadcast on [[TNT (Russian TV channel)|TNT]] across the country in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/world/europe/10sitcom.html?em&ex=1189656000&en=53663b3615f7d656&ei=5087%0A |work=The New York Times |title=Still Married, With Children, but in Russian |first=Clifford J. |last=Levy |date=September 10, 2007 |access-date=May 12, 2010 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://schastlivyvmeste.tnt-online.ru/ |script-title=ru:Счастливы вместе : ТНТ |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701101059/http://schastlivyvmeste.tnt-online.ru/ |archive-date=July 1, 2012}}</ref>

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The character names are: Gena Bukin (based on Al, played by Viktor Loginov), Dasha Bukina (based on Peggy, played by [[Natalya Bochkareva]]), Sveta Bukina (based on Kelly, played by [[Darya Sagalova]]), Roma Bukin (based on Bud, played by [[Alexander Yakin]]), Elena and Anatoliy Poleno (based on Marcy and Jefferson D'Arcy, played by [[Yulia Zaharova]] and [[Pavel Savinkov]]), Evgeniy Stepanov (based on Steve Rhoades, played by [[Aleksey Sekirin]]), Sema Bukin (based on Seven, played by [[Ilya Butkovskiy]]), and Baron Bukin (based on Buck and Lucky, played by Bayra).<ref>{{cite news|title= Still Married, With Children, But Trading Insults in Russian|newspaper= The New York Times|date=September 10, 2007|url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00611F93B540C738DDDA00894DF404482&fta=y&incamp=archive:article_related|access-date=January 15, 2011|first=Clifford J.|last=Levy |language=en-US}}</ref>

;=== Turkey ===

A remake was aired in Turkey in 2004 for one season under the name ''Evli ve Çocuklu'' (Married and with Children), featuring Ege Aydan and Yıldız Kaplan in the roles of Niyazi (based on Al) and Jale (based on Peg) Tonguç.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.medyapim.com/productions/evli-ve-cocuklu/ |title=Evli ve Çocuklu (2004) |date=May 15, 2004 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |language=tr}}</ref> The producer, Med Yapım, has published 10 episodes on YouTube in 2018.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/uU5Ncky1ZrU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201204225636/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5Ncky1ZrU Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5Ncky1ZrU&list=PLu7IcF0M-30YNYyFMKNXk2NRo6fKOBjc7 |title=Evli ve Çocuklu – Bölümler |date=December 8, 2018 |publisher=Med Yapım |language=tr}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

;=== United Kingdom ===

{{Main|Married for Life}}

[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] had been screening the original ''Married... with Children'' since 1988. In 1996, the British production company [[ITV Central|Central Television]] and [[Columbia Pictures Television]] ([[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Central Productions]]) produced a British version called '''''Married for Life''''', which lasted for one series with seven episodes.<ref>{{cite news|first=Thomas |last=Sutcliffe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/in-search-of-intelligent-life-on-planet-sitcom-1340823.html |title=In search of intelligent life on Planet Sitcom &#124; News |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=March 8, 1996 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |language=en-UK}}</ref>

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== Animated revival ==

On May 13, 2022, ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'' reported that an animated revival of the series was currently in the works with the original cast attached to return. It was further revealed that Sony Pictures Television had been working on the animated series for over a year and waited until they had closed deals with the cast before presenting it to networks and streamers.<ref name="animatedseries"/> It was felt that an animated revival worked best due to the original cast's busy schedule as well as Applegate being diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 2021, making an animated revival more feasible due to the cast's schedules and Applegate's physical limitations.<ref name="animatedseries"/> Applegate confirmed in a 2023 ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' interview that she, O'Neill, Sagal, and Faustino remained attached to the revival and were just waiting.<ref name="vanityfair">{{Cite web |date=2023-05-04 |title=Christina Applegate on MS and Its Toll on Her Life and Iconic Career: "It F--king Sucks" |last=Shaw |first=Jessica |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/05/christina-applegate-on-ms-and-its-toll-on-her-life-and-iconic-career-it-f-king-sucks |access-date=2023-05-07 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |language=en}}</ref>

A sample clip of the animated series leaked onto the internet on May 14, 2024, along with a synopsis and presentation web site.

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In April 2024, a memoir, ''Married... with Children vs. the World'', written by ''Married... with Children'' writer and producer Richard Gurman, was published by Permuted Press. In it, Gurman gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the show and his time working on it. The show's cast also contributed to the book.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-13 |title=New Book Offers 'Inside Account' into Married… With Children and the Challenges of Bringing it to TV |last=Speakman |first=Kimberlee |url=https://people.com/new-book-offers-inside-account-into-sitcom-married-with-children-8579259 |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref>

== U.S.American syndication and international airings ==

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Distributed by [[Columbia Pictures Television|Columbia Pictures Television Distribution]], later [[Sony Pictures Television]] since 2002{{efn|As Sony Pictures Television Studios since 2024}}, ''Married... with Children'' debuted in off-network syndication in the fall of 1991. The series later began airing on [[cable television|cable]] on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] from September 1999 until September 2008. In June 2002, FX became the first television network to air the controversial, previously banned episode "I'll See You in Court", albeit in an edited format. The full version of "I'll See You in Court" can only be seen on the DVD release ''Married... with Children: The Most Outrageous Episodes Volume 1'' and the Mill Creek Entertainment complete series collection. The version found on the Third Season DVD set under Sony is the edited-for-TV version. In 2008, the [[Paramount Network|Spike]] network reportedly paid US$12 million for broadcast rights to every episode including the unedited version of the infamous episode "[[I'll See You in Court]]".<ref>[https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/married-set-for-spike-run-1117983581/ 'Married' set for Spike run] . ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', April 6, 2008.</ref>

Following its acquisition by [[Nexstar Media Group]] and rebrand to [[NewsNation]], the network indicated it would start rolling off its non-news programming as those contracts expire to expand news coverage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chicago cable network WGN America changing its name to NewsNation, going all-in on news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-wgn-cable-newsnation-name-change-20210125-ufqsqaueqvgq7d2l57gujozhsu-story.html|first=Robert|last=Channick|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WGN America To Rebrand As NewsNation, Expanding Nightly Programming|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/wgn-america-rebrands-newsnation-expands-nightly-programming-1234679613/|first=Dade|last=Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> In November 2018, the entire 11-season run became available to watch through [[Hulu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/every-episode-of-married-with-children-hits-hulu|title=Cuddle Up with Al and Peggy This Weekend|website=[[CNET]]|date=2018-11-08|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref> On September 17, 2018, [[GetTV]] began airing the show and continued until around 2020 or 2021.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} In July 2024, [[Cozi TV]] acquired the rights to the show along with ''[[The King of Queens]]'' and began airing on August 5, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Cozi TV Acquires Rights To 'Married…With Children' & 'The King Of Queens' |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/cozi-tv-acquires-rights-married-with-children-the-king-of-queens/ |access-date=August 17, 2024 |website=TV News Check}}</ref><ref>https://www.cozitv.com/shows/married-with-children/</ref>

''Married...with Children'' has also been a ratings success in other countries around the world.

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*''[[Star-ving]]'', a web series created by [[David Faustino]], where the original cast was reunited.

*''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'', another show created by [[Ron Leavitt]], treating similar themes.

== Notes ==

{{Notelist}}

== References ==

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