--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: All in the Family image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe529be9fd0af487/69869f05d0b6f23edb305a30/t100_tv_all-in-the-family1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 14, 2014 # _All in the Family_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Everett The story of Archie Bunker and his working-class family in Queens arrived on American TVs as loudly and rudely as the “terlet” flush that broke TV ground in the first episode. Archie embodied the shift among blue-collar union guys from New Deal Democrats to what would become Reagan Democrats, clashing with academic lefty son-in-law Michael “Meathead” Stivic. Carroll O’Connor wrung humanity out of his stubborn, racist character, without excusing him, like a man sucking the last wisp of smoke out of a cheap cigar. And the show never let politics overwhelm its heart; it used one of the oldest setups in sitcomville (the locked-in-the-storeroom) to have Archie and Meathead bond over the story of how, as a poor kid forced to wear a shoe on one foot and a boot on the other, Archie earned his embarrassing childhood nickname. Good night, Shoebooty, and thanks. [Get This TV Show](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002E58FT2/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3100784/all-in-the-family/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3100784/all-in-the-family/"},"headline":"All in the Family","datePublished":"2014-08-14T19:04:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:02:06.131Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3100784/all-in-the-family/","keywords":["Comedy","drama","Sitcom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe529be9fd0af487/69869f05d0b6f23edb305a30/t100_tv_all-in-the-family1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe529be9fd0af487/69869f05d0b6f23edb305a30/t100_tv_all-in-the-family1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3100784/all-in-the-family/","name":"All in the Family"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"All in the Family","description":"The story of Archie Bunker and his working-class family in Queens arrived on American TVs as loudly and rudely as the \"terlet\" flush that broke TV ground in the first episode.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/F2wq8Ptt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2007-09-04T15:03:19.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/F2wq8Ptt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3100784/all-in-the-family/","duration":"PT33S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3100784/all-in-the-family/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```