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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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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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