Part 2 - Outsider Influences

By PopMatters Staff

TV was at a standstill. On one side -- the status quo. On the other -- the innovators from outside the mainstream. Guess who ended up winning the 'classics’ argument? [9 October 2007]

All in the Family: Gloria Sings the Blues

By Kit MacFarlane

Where a thousand stone-faced social dramas have despaired over the decay of interpersonal relations and marital unity, this is the interpersonal angst of an Ingmar Bergman movie saved by a sitcom ending and a live studio audience. [27 August 2009]

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All in the Family: Second Season

By Stephen Tropiano

In the case of All in the Family and Sanford and Son, 'groundbreaking' is not an overstatement. [25 March 2003]