{"id":318804,"date":"2026-03-03T02:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/318804\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:01:08","slug":"netflix-is-officially-adding-every-episode-of-one-of-the-best-sitcoms-of-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/318804\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix is Officially Adding Every Episode of One of the Best Sitcoms of the 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"

This wildly quotable sitcom ran for ten years, from 1987 until 1997, launching some careers and furthering others. More than a few people claim that it\u2019s their favorite sitcom, even nearly 30 years later. And it will always be iconic, with its wildly popular theme song and the hilarious yet dysfunctional family at its core, breaking away from the still-idyllic nature of family-driven sitcoms like The Cosby Show or Perfect Strangers. And now Netflix<\/a> is adding every episode from its ten-season run to the platform for your bingeing pleasure.<\/p>\n

Married with Children starred Ed O\u2019Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate, and David Faustino, and was the direct antithesis to sitcoms that put forth a picturesque family unit, instead focusing on the lives of Al Bundy, a salesman and notable jerk, as well as his wife, Peggy, and the pair\u2019s two slacker children. Nothing short of biting and even mean-spirited, it\u2019s gone down in sitcom history for striking out on a path that was considered potentially unacceptable television at the time and owning its status as lowbrow.<\/p>\n

The Show\u2019s Legacy is Rooted in its Differences<\/p>\n

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It was perfectly cast, drawing attention to what on the surface looked like a family that couldn\u2019t stand one another. But look deeper, and you\u2019ll find that the love was there, just unable to be expressed and manifesting in ways that would immediately be deemed toxic by today\u2019s standards (any standards, really). Married\u2026with Children made no bones about what it was and what it wasn\u2019t: a show about seriously flawed people who never attempted to hide those flaws. \u201cAlmost as culturally significant as All in the Family. It really pushed the envelope as far as what was acceptable in a family sitcom,\u201d said one fan.<\/p>\n

And while All in the Family<\/a> is a show that had genuine moral merit and lessons, Married\u2026with Children isn\u2019t. But that\u2019s part of its charm, according to fans. One fan says, \u201cThis long-running American sitcom has a strange kind of following and appeal. The show has a kind of knowing badness and is intentionally cheesy and politically incorrect. The actors perform their lines with a knowing wink at the audience, as if to say \u2018yes, we know this crude, rude, and lewd\u2019.\u201d So hey, if that\u2019s your thing, as of March 25th, Netflix officially has 10 seasons of a show just for you.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite Married\u2026with Children moment? Let us know in the comments. And don\u2019t forget to check out the ComicBook forum<\/a> to see what other fans are saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This wildly quotable sitcom ran for ten years, from 1987 until 1997, launching some careers and furthering others.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,97207,400,53913,9028,411],"class_list":["post-318804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-married-with-children","tag-netflix","tag-regular-news","tag-streaming","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}