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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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'''''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, and who 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
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]].
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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]]
* 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
* 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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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|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
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
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 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!" />
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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==== 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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== International remakes ==
=== 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]]).▼
=== 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.
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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 ===
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== 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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