Married with Children

Bundy household comedy

Married with Children is an American sitcom that aired from 1987 to 1997, following the Bundy family—a dysfunctional working-class household headed by disgruntled shoe salesman Al Bundy.

The show's crude humor and anti-domestic comedy broke sharply from the wholesome family sitcoms of its era.

The phrase also describes the conventional life stage of being married and having children: He's married with children now.

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Christina Applegate · television · prime time · dysfunctional · Chicago · shoestore · laugh track · studio audience · lazy · redhead · blonde · deadbeat · suburbs · family · fox · 1990s · sarcasm · loser

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sitcom tone/family portrayal

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Full House · Family Ties · The Brady Bunch · Leave It to Beaver · Father Knows Best

tv content standards

Married with ChildrenSesame Street

Educational children's television program

Full House · G-rated · clean comedy · inoffensive · Boy Meets World

Family

married, marries, marrying, marriage, marriages, marriageable, unmarried, remarry, remarried

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Top 200,000
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Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13