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All in the Family became one of the most successful sitcoms of its time. The show was based on the popular British comedy Till Death Us Do Part (1965–75) and was adapted for an American audience by producers Norman Lear and Alan (“Bud”) Yorkin. Breaking new ground with its often controversial subject matter, All in the Family became the top-rated show in the United States for five consecutive years and won four Emmy Awards in a row for outstanding comedy series. Much of its success came from its frank and satirical treatment of sensitive or important topics, such as race, gender, sex, ...

CBS News What makes Norman Lear, at 98, still tick? "It's another day," said Norman Lear. "How about it? Another day to wake up and look around and see life!" Even at breakfast, Lear – always the producer – knows how things should stack up. "Onion underneath the smoked salmon," he announced. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook asked, "Does it matter whether the onion is underneath the smoked salmon or on top?" "It matters a very great deal, because the onion has a tendency to break apart and to fall off. The salmon holds it down!" Norman Lear demonstrates the proper ...

Over half a century ago, the concept for what would become All in the Familywas put into development by ABC, the network having become aware of the British sitcom that inspired it, Till Death Us Do Part ( Do You Remember). That show, which premiered in 1965, was as controversial in the UK as the battle of the Bunkers and the Stivics would eventually become here. Despite this, Leonard H. Goldenson, founder and then president of ABC, asked Norman Lear to develop a pilot for an American version of the sitcom. Lear explains in a Television Academy Foundation interview that he read about

When you watch  All in the Family, you may notice the credit that reads the show was based on the series Till Death Us Do Part, which was a British sitcom that ran from 1965 to 1975 and was every bit as controversial in its run as the American counterpart was. To get a sense of  Till Death — and how closely Carroll O’Connor‘s Archie Bunker resembles Warren Mitchell’s Alf Garnett — turn to a 1968 edition of the Chicago Tribune: “The plot revolved around the four members of the Garnett family. Most of the action took place in their dumpy, working-class English house. Ruling ove...