Married... with Children | |
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Genre |
Sitcom Off-color humor |
Created by |
Michael G. Moye Ron Leavitt |
Starring | |
Theme music composer |
Sammy Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen |
Opening theme | "Love and Marriage" Performed by Frank Sinatra |
Ending theme | "Love and Marriage" (instrumental) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 11 |
No. of episodes | 262 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Michael G. Moye (1987–92, 1993–94) Ron Leavitt (1987–93) Katherine Green (1994–95) Richard Gurman Kim Weiskopf (both; 1994–96) Pamela Eells O'Connell (1996–97) |
Producer(s) | Barbara Blachut Cramer (1987–92) John Maxwell Anderson (1992–97) |
Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
Running time | 23 minutes (Seasons 1–10) 22 minutes (Season 11) |
Production company(s) |
Embassy Communications (1987–88) ELP Communications (1988–97) Columbia Pictures Television (1988–97) |
Distributor |
Columbia Pictures Television (1991–96) Columbia TriStar Television (1996–2002) Sony Pictures Television (2002–present) |
Release | |
Original network |
Fox FX (episode 45) |
Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) |
Original release | April 5, 1987 Episode 45: June 18, 2002 |
– June 9, 1997
Chronology | |
Related shows | Top of the Heap |
Website |
Married... with Children is an American television live-action sitcom that aired on Fox, created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt. Originally broadcast from April 5, 1987 to June 9, 1997, it is the longest-lasting live-action sitcom on Fox, and the first to be broadcast in the network's primetime programming slot.
The show follows the lives of Al Bundy, a once glorious high school football player turned hard-luck women's shoe salesman; his obnoxious wife, Peggy; their attractive, promiscuous, and clueless daughter, Kelly; and their girl-crazy, wisecracking son, Bud. Their neighbors are the upwardly mobile Steve Rhoades and his feminist wife Marcy, who later gets remarried to Jefferson D'Arcy, a white-collar criminal who becomes her "trophy husband" and Al's sidekick. Most storylines involve Al's schemes being foiled by his own cartoonish dim wit and bad luck.
Overall, the series comprises 262 episode and 11 seasons. Its theme song is "Love and Marriage" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, performed by Frank Sinatra from the 1955 television production Our Town.