Married with Children

TV Series
1987–1997
12
22m

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8.1/10

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Al is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.Al is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.Al is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

113K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

357

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Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys
- 7 wins & 31 nominations total

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Storyline

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Trivia
Ed O'Neill's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is in front of a shoe store.

Quotes
Peggy: Did you miss me?
Al: With every bullet, so far.

Crazy credits
With rare exceptions, the end credits are played over a still of Peggy and Al (looking defeated and dejected) sitting on the couch.

Alternate versions
Due to music licensing issues, the opening theme song "Love and Marriage", sang by Frank Sinatra, is omitted from episodes released by Sony in North America beginning with the third season onward. A generic instrumental piece of music replaces it. In 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment acquired the DVD rights from Sony and beginning with season three, "Love and Marriage" has been restored to the opening and closing.

Connections
Edited from National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

Soundtracks
Love & Marriage
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Arranged and Conducted by Nelson Riddle
Performed by Frank Sinatra
[series theme tune]

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Featured review

One of those shows

"Married... with Children" just has something about it that makes it hilarious, it takes the basic premise of the family and suburban life, and puts the family from the hell in there and just lets them constantly rip on each other. It's a testament to the basic formula of the show that it lasted so long, and was still actually funny right up until the last season (with an overweight, balding Ed O"Neil and kids old enough to have left the house by now). The casting was perfect (except for newcomer Jefferson in my opinion) and the character of Ed was what really made the show. The opening song fitted the show perfectly too. Anyone who has watched the show probably has "Married... with Children" moments to this day when they open a fridge with nothing but an empty milk carton in the door or have thoughts about installing an antenna on the roof.

"Married... with Children" is probably one of America's greatest TV exports, it was a privilege to be growing up when this was on every week and I wish all the castmembers continued success.