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Anita sarkeesian: married with children is full of trash people that do horrible things and say horrible things. al: quiet you morons! paul reiser: you were always aware they were just wise guys, you know, zinging each other. al: peg, how could you sell the family playboys? jacqueline coley: looking back on it now, i dont know how that show stayed on air. kelly: is this okay, mom? i havent worn it since grandmas funeral. jim colucci: married with children helped put fox on the map. ethan alter: ...

And you realized norman lear is taking us into a whole new realm of comedy. norman lear: the blowback from the public was buried by the excitement and the applause. bob leszczak: the show was number one for a long time. ethan alter: it changed cbs and their brand as a network. as a result of all in the family, they turned to norman lear to create more shows in that image. archie: theres a person at the door. maude! adrienne barbeau: bea arthur played maude as ediths cousin on all in the family. ...

Popular among the big three networks. gerrad hall: there was this incredible resurgence. jesse: this is great, we should be mothers. joey: ah yeah! ethan alter: families tuned into these tv shows to see an aspirational version of what family life could be. urkel: did i do that? jennifer keishin armstrong: shows like silver spoons and growing pains and all that. its constant hugging and learning, right? [audience clapping] ethan alter: with the family sitcom at the height of its popularity, fox s...

Ethan alter: norman lear was at the beginning of his career and was looking to find a show that he could really make his own and he was turned on to a british series called til death do us part. norman lear: it was about a bigoted father and i was said holy moly. that was the way i grew up, and i knew i had a show. crew: air pilot. take one. ethan alter: they shot the pilot at abc. it featured carroll oconnor and jean stapleton as archie and edith bunker. actor 1: we just dont see any evidence, ...

Helen hunt: i was for sure going to marry david cassidy. that was definitely going to happen. patrick gomez: the partridge family is trying to embrace this like hippie cool culture. danny: what did you hit mom? shirley: i think it was a studebaker. man: you crazy hippies, its not enough you dont trust anyone over 30. now youre trying to wipe us out! laura morowitz: but it takes this phenomenon of the counterculture and makes it very safe. danny: now relax mum.... but just remember our whole futu...

"Barbie Nation" director Susan Stern explains how her documentary reveals the "deep and weird" aspects of Barbie's history.

Ullmann reveals how she arranged the only meeting between Woody Allen and Ingmar Bergman.

Johansson on her revealing moment in "Asteroid City" and which vintage Hollywood star inspired her performance.

Robots-in-disguise sequel sets up long-imagined extended Hasbro Cinematic Universe with another popular 1980s toy crossover.

Rodgers discusses the legacy of Smith's 1997 movie, and his bombshell interview with the movie's star, Joey Lauren Adams.