Married... with Children

Married... with Children
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Intertitle
Format Sitcom
Created by Michael G. Moye
Ron Leavitt
Starring Ed O'Neill
Katey Sagal
Christina Applegate
David Faustino
Amanda Bearse
David Garrison
(seasons 1-4)
Ted McGinley
(seasons 5-11)
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
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 11
No. of episodes 262 (including 3 specials) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Michael G. Moye (1987–1992 and 1993–1994)
Ron Leavitt (1987–1993)
Katherine Green (1994–1995)
Richard Gurman
Kim Weiskopf
(both; 1994–1996)
Pamela Eells O'Connell
(1996–1997)
Producer(s) Barbara Blachut Cramer
(1987–1992)
John Maxwell Anderson
(1992–1997)
Camera setup Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Embassy Communications (1987-1988)
ELP Communications (1988–1997)
Columbia Pictures Television (1988–1994)
Columbia TriStar Television (1994–1997)
Distributor Columbia Pictures Television (1991–1994)
Columbia TriStar Television (1994–2002)
Sony Pictures Television (2002–present)
Broadcast
Original channel Fox
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original run April 5, 1987 – June 9, 1997
Status Syndication
External links
Official website

Married... with Children is an American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago that aired for 11 seasons. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt. The show was known for handling non-standard topics for the time period, which garnered the then-fledgling Fox network a standing among the Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC). The series' 11-season, 262-episode run makes it the longest-lasting live-action sitcom on the Fox network. The show's famous theme song is "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra from the 1955 television production Our Town.

The first season of the series was videotaped at ABC Television Center in Hollywood. From season three to season eight, the show was taped at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood and the remaining three seasons were taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.

The series was produced by Embassy Communications on its first season and the remaining seasons by ELP Communications under the studio Columbia Pictures Television (and eventually Columbia TriStar Television). Part of Sony Pictures Television's library, it aired in syndication on FX in the United States from 1999 to 2008 and began airing on Spike and TBS in 2008, and on TV Land in 2009. It also airs on Spike in Canada. On November 15, 2008 it began airing on The CW Plus. In January 2010, it began airing on Comedy Central.

Contents

Synopsis

The show follows the lives of Al Bundy, a once-glorious high school football player (who scored four touchdowns in a single game for Polk High School) turned hard luck salesman of women's shoes; his tartish, obnoxious wife Peg; their attractive but dimwitted and sexually promiscuous daughter Kelly; and Bud, their unpopular, girl crazy, oily but comparatively smart son (and the only Bundy who ever attended college). Their neighbors are the upwardly mobile Steve Rhoades and his wife Marcy, who later gets remarried to Jefferson D'Arcy, a white-collar criminal who becomes Marcy's "trophy husband" and Al's sidekick. Most storylines involve a scheming Al being foiled by his cartoonish dim wit and bad luck. His rivalry and loathing for Marcy play a significant role in most episodes.

The Bundys live at 9764 Jeopardy Lane[1][2], Chicago, Illinois and their phone number is 555-2878.[3]

Cast and characters

See also: List of Married... with Children cast members

Recurring characters

Fox broadcast history

Date Time slot
April 1987 – October 1987 Sunday, 8:00 p.m.
October 1987 – July 1989 Sunday, 8:30 p.m.
July 1989 – August 1996 Sunday, 9:00 p.m.
September 1996 – October 1996 Saturday, 9:00 p.m.
November 1996 – June 1997 Sunday, 7:30 p.m.

Episodes

see also List of Married... with Children episodes

Nielsen ratings

Awards

Casting Society of America:

Emmy Awards:

Golden Globe Awards:

Controversy and edited content

One episode of Married... with Children was "lost" due to the efforts of a Michigan housewife (see below); it did, however, air outside the United States since the show went into syndication. Another edited episode involved Al trying to sell his Dodge before he is contacted by a Dodge representative wanting to record the moment when the odometer on the Dodge reaches all zeros (1 million miles). Another episode, the unaired pilot, was never shown on TV. However, it leaked online in 2008.

Rakolta boycott

In 1989, Terry Rakolta, a homemaker from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, led a boycott[4] against Married... with Children after viewing the episode Her Cups Runneth Over – 0306.[5] Offended by the images of an old man wearing a garter and stockings, the scene where Steve touches the panties of a mannequin dressed in S&M gear, a homosexual man wearing a tiara on his head (and Al's line "...and they wonder why we call them 'queens'"), and a woman who takes off her bra in front of Al (and is shown with her arms covering her chest in the next shot), Rakolta began a letter-writing campaign to advertisers, demanding they boycott the show.

After advertisers began dropping their support for the show and while Rakolta made several appearances on television talk shows, Fox executives refused to air the episode titled I'll See You In Court – 0310.[6] This episode would become known as the "Lost Episode" and was aired on Fox on June 18, 2002, with some parts cut. The episode was packaged with the rest of the third season in the January 2005 DVD release (and in the first volume of the Married...With Children Most Outrageous episode DVD set) with the parts cut from syndication restored.

During the first boycott, ratings for Married... with Children ironically rose due to interest in the show caused by Rakolta's crusade to have the show cancelled (a non-Internet example of the Streisand effect). The increased number of viewers kept the show on the air until 1997.

Rakolta has been referenced twice on the show: Rock and Roll Girl – 0414,[7] when a newscaster mentioned the city Bloomfield Hills, and No Pot To Pease In – 0909,[8] when a television show was made about the Bundy family and then was canceled because (according to Marcy) "some woman in Michigan didn't like it".

DVD releases

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has released all eleven seasons of Married... with Children on DVD in Regions 1, 2, & 4.[9]

DVD Name Ep # Release dates Additional Information
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
The Complete First Season 13 October 28, 2003 April 7, 2004 October 25, 2005 Reunion special and Bonus trailers; Trailers not included on Region 4 set
The Complete Second Season 22 March 16, 2004 October 26, 2004 September 22, 2008 13 Hidden Easter Eggs featuring Interviews With the Cast
The Complete Third Season 22 January 25, 2005 February 10, 2005 September 22, 2008 Easter Eggs and Previews
The Complete Fourth Season 23 August 30, 2005 December 22, 2005 September 22, 2008 Bonus previews; 7 Syndicated/Edited Episodes. German region 2 sets (titled "Eine Schrecklich Nette Familie") are mostly unedited.
The Complete Fifth Season 25 June 20, 2006 June 27, 2006 September 22, 2008 Bonus previews
The Complete Sixth Season 26 December 19, 2006 August 17, 2006 September 22, 2008 Bonus previews
The Complete Seventh Season 26 September 18, 2007 October 5, 2006 September 22, 2008 Bonus previews
The Complete Eighth Season 26 March 18, 2008 December 19, 2006 October 22, 2008 Bonus previews, minisodes
The Complete Ninth Season 28 August 19, 2008 February 20, 2007 October 22, 2008 Bonus previews, minisodes
The Complete Tenth Season 27 March 17, 2009 March 20, 2007 March 11, 2009 Bonus previews
The Complete Eleventh Season 24 October 13, 2009 May 8, 2007 March 11, 2009
Married with Children – The Complete First Season DVD cover.

For the most part the episodes on the North American DVD box sets are the unedited versions as seen on the Fox network, however there are some instances where scenes have been cut or the syndicated version of an episode was placed on the DVD instead.

The region 4 sets were delayed by three years from the release of the complete Season 1, until the release of Season 2. Sony released the region 4 editions from seasons 2–9. The DVDs are varied from the American counterparts, with some episodes intact, while others are syndicated versions. This is apparent on the Season 4 DVD, where Disc 1 contains non-syndicated episodes (differing from the Region 1 set), however Discs 2 & 3 contain the syndicated versions of some episodes.

The DVD box sets from Season 3 onward do not feature the original "Love and Marriage" theme song in the opening sequence. This was done because Sony was unable to obtain the rights to the theme song. It is highly unlikely that the theme song will return in any yet to be released DVD box set.[10]

The replaced theme song was the cause of the syndicated versions of seven episodes in Season 4, as Sony falsely claimed did not have access to the original masters of these episodes, and had to use syndicated prints. This is proved wrong since they used the originals from Season 4 in "Most Outrageous" DVDs that contained some episodes. As the end credits had to be altered to credit the new theme song, certain scenes that originally ran during the end credits had to be replaced with a freeze frame. In most episodes affected, the original audio plays in the background while you see a freeze frame, however in a few cases a freeze frame is used, but the original audio is replaced with the theme song. The final season is expected to be released in the near future.[11]

In the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) all seasons have already been released (region 2). In December 2007 the Big Bundy Box—a special collection box with all seasons plus new interviews with Sagal and David Faustino—was released.[12] This boxset was released in Australia (Region 4) on December 3, 2008. The Australian release contained seasons 1–9 with two extra spots for seasons 10–11.[13]

Season 4 DVD edited episodes controversy

The Season 4 DVD has 7 of the 22 episodes using syndicated prints, losing about 30 seconds each of the show including dialog.[14] The German region 2 Season 4 set (titled "Eine Schrecklich Nette Familie") uses non-syndicated versions of the episodes with an English soundtrack, so is the only DVD with the episodes unedited. The USA, Dutch and French sets only have the syndicated versions. The edited episodes that are complete on the German release are Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics, Buck Saves The Day, At The Zoo, Rock and Roll Girl, You Gotta Know When To Hold 'em (Part 1), Raingirl, Peggy Made A Little Lamb. It's A Bundyful Life (Part 2) originally aired as an extended version, while the version on DVD is the version made for regular tv airings. It does not suffer from syndication cuts, but is still missing a few scenes only seen in original airing, including the 'Snow Cone' introduction and an entire Al, Marcy and Buck scene. The two-part episode Girls Just Wanna Have Fun from season two also featured more footage in original airing, which was omitted when the episode was edited into two.

International remakes

Argentina

In Argentina a remake has been done under the name of Casados con Hijos. The show aired in 2005 and although it wasn't successful at first (mainly because of an inconvenient broadcast time), it was aired again during summer and it got one of the highest ratings of the year and because of that, a second season has been done for 2006. The characters are Pepe (Guillermo Francella), Moni (Florencia Peña), Coqui (Darío Lopilato) and Paola (Luisana Lopilato), all under the "Argento" surname. It should be noted that the show's reruns had higher ratings than when the episodes were first aired.

Armenia

In Armenia a remake made in 2009, with the name Բնակարան N2 (Bnakaran N2) (Apartment #2)[15]. It was aired on H2. Parents in Armenian family, Gayané "Gayan" and Tigran "Tiko" live in apartment #2 with their children. After first season, the plot changed dramatically, and second season already has very little to do with the original.

Brazil

A Guerra dos Pintos (War of the Pintos) was the title of the Brazilian remake. It ran for a short time on BAND before it got cancelled in 1999 due to poor ratings. Many episodes were left unaired. The Brazilian Bundys were called "Pintos" (hence the name of the series). Pinto translates to dick in Portuguese, and is also a common Brazilian surname. The Pintos lived in Rio de Janeiro. Al's equivalent, "Zé Pinto," was a shoe salesman just like Al, and he was a former soccer player as Al was a former football player. Peggy equivalent was named "Neide Pinto," Kelly named "Kelly Pinto" and Bud was "Joca Pinto" in the series. They also had a dog named Cachorro (which means dog in Portuguese). Their neighbours, the "Fialho's," were based on the Rhoades, not the D'Arcys. The storyline was exactly the same as in the early original version.

Chile

In Chile, a remake was made between 2006 and 2007, with the name Casado con Hijos, and it has been getting higher ratings, beating soap operas broadcasting in the same hour. The show was broadcasted daily. The characters were Alberto "Tito" Larraín (Al), María Eugenia "Quena" Gómez de Larraín (Peggy), Ignacio "Nacho" Larraín (Bud), and Titi (Kelly). Their neighbors are Marcia Durán (Marcy) and Pablo Pinto (both Steve Rhoades and Jefferson D'Arcy).

Colombia

In Colombia Caracol TV produced a remake named Casados con Hijos in 2004–2005. The characters are "Paco" Rocha (Al) played by Santiago Rodriguez, "Lola" (Peggy) played by Lorna Paz, Willy (Bud), and Kelly (Kelly).

This version airs weekdays in the United States on MTV Tr3́s, an American MTV network aimed at Latinos, with English subtitles.

Croatia

The Croatian version of the show is called Bračne vode (Marriage waters). It premiered on Nova TV in September 2008. The family is called Bandić. The characters are Zvonimir "Zvonko" Bandić (Damir Lončar), Sunčica "Sunči" Bandić (Mila Elegović), Kristina "Tina" Bandić (Sonja Kovač) and Boris "Bobo" Bandić (Vid Mekinić). Their neighbours are Marica (Jadranka Đokić) and Ivan "Ivica" Kumarica (Igor Mešin). Sunči and Zvonko are 17 years in marriage. They have got two children, older Tina and younger Bobo. They are always fighting. Sunči is lazy. She likes to make jokes, mostly about Zvonko and their sex.

After the bad ratings of the 1st season, the network Nova TV decided to give the show one more chance, which included some changes, mostly in the cast. The core role of Zvonimir "Zvonko" Bandić was re-cast with the much suiting actor Hrvoje Zalar and the role of Kristina "Tina" Bandić was recast with a newcomer Mirela Videk.

Germany

After the original series' success in Germany, the German TV channel RTL produced 26 episodes of Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt (English: Help, my family is bonkers). The scripts and every single joke were translated. The show wasn't picked up for a second season due to bad ratings (1993). The dubbed version of the original show was called "Eine schrecklich nette Familie" (English: a terribly nice family).

Hungary

In 2006, Hungarian TV network TV2 brought the license rights including scripts and hired the original producers from Sony Pictures for a remake show placed in Hungarian environment. It was entitled Egy rém rendes család Budapesten[16] (in English: Married with children in Budapest, loan translation: A gruesomely decent family in Budapest). The main story began with the new family called the Bándis inherit an outskirt house from their American relatives the Bundys. They filmed a whole season of 26 episodes, all of them being remade versions of the plots of the original first seasons. It was the highest budget sitcom ever made in Hungary. First it was aired on Tuesday nights, but was beaten by a new season of ER, then placed to Wednesday nights. The remake lost its viewers, but stayed on the air due to the contract between Sony and TV2. ([17][18][19])

Poland

Świat według Kiepskich is an original Polish production. It aired for eleven seasons with 335 episodes.

Russia

The Original Married... With Children ran on DTV for almost three years, on a daily basis, broadcasting the episodes from seasons 1–10. The show later aired on Domashniy TV. However, for unknown reasons, most episodes from season 11 were not shown. A Russian adaptation, titled Счастливы вместе (Sсhastlivy Vmeste) (Happy Together), is now airing on TNT channel across the country.[20][21]

This adaptation is very faithful to the original series and only a few episodes were not adapted, mostly for technical reasons (e.g. Wabbit Season wasn't adapted because in the remake the Bukins live in an apartment and therefore don't own a yard) or differences in mentality (e.g. The Legend of Ironhead Haynes). The England Show trilogy and two of the three backdoor pilots (Top of the Heap and Radio Free Trumaine) were not adapted either. The episode T*R*A*S*H was rewritten from scratch.

The character names are: Gena Bukin (based on Al, played by Viktor Loginov), Dasha Bukina (based on Peggy, played by Natalya Bochkareva), Sveta Bukina (based on Kelly, played by Darya Sagalova), Roma Bukin (based on Bud, played by Aleksandr Yakin), Elena and Anatoliy Poleno (based on Marcy and Jefferson D'Arcy, played by Yulia Zaharova and Pavel Savinkov), Evgeniy Stepanov (based on Steve Rhoades, played by Aleksey Sekirin), Sema Bukin (based on Seven, played by Ilya Butkovskiy), Baron Bukin (based on Buck and Lucky, played by Bayra).

Instead of living in a house, the Bukins live in an apartment on the top floor of a small building, and the Stepanovs/Polenos live in the apartment in front of theirs. Prior to the series' beginning, the Bukins could buy off a part of the building's attic for extra rooms, so apart from the lack of a cellar, the lack of a backdoor, a garage in a separate building instead of being adjacent to the house, and a balcony used instead of the yard, the layout of Bukins' flat looks like the Bundys' house. The apartment is in a mess from some fixes in the house which were never finished, and in the show's early episodes an unfortunately placed construction site outside allowed people (and Baron, the family dog) to go in and out the Bukins' apartment by the balcony.

As a major change, instead of disappearing like Seven after a few episodes, Sema stays with the Bukins until the end of the series, and the often bizarre explanations for his absence from events the whole family should attend became a running gag. Also, the family dog Baron doesn't die and reincarnate, he remains the same until the end of the series. The episode Requiem For The Dead Briard was however adapted, with Baron being sold to a rich person by Sema instead of dying.

The last name of the main characters, Bukins, is derived from the Russian word "buka", which refers to a socially inept person. The first neighbor couple, Elena and Evgeniy Stepanov, are named after married Russian comedians Evgeniy Petrosyan and Elena Stepanenko. The last name of the second neighbor couple, Poleno, means "log", which spawned some wood-based nicknames for both Elena and Anatoliy, to which Anatoliy often responds "Not this. It's Poleno, as in 'Anatoliy Poleno'".

In April 2008, the producers announced all episodes of Married... With Children have been adapted as Schastlivy Vmeste (including all the episodes from the seldom seen 11th season) and an online contest was started where fans could submit new ideas for episodes.[22]. Starting from the 31 December 2009, the show resumed its run with an initial order of 60 new episodes, the order might be doubled based on the viewers' response[23]. According to the episodes' opening credits, some of the new episodes are co-written by original Married... With Children writers, mostly Richard Gurman and Katherine Green.

Spain

Originally it was aired at public channel "La 2". The Spanish TV network Cuatro created a Spanish version called Matrimonio con Hijos (Marriage with Children). It was cancelled after only one season due to the lack of quality and poor scripts.

United Kingdom

A remake titled Married... For Life was shown on the ITV network but made no great impact, perhaps because of the questionable use of wholesome family comedian Russ Abbott in the lead role of Ted Butler or because the original had already been shown in the UK (albeit in a late evening slot). Oddly considering the UK's long history of raunchy comedy on TV, the UK version was considerably toned down in terms of sexual content in relation to the original.

Spin-offs

U.S. syndication and international airings

The series ran on Fox for its eleven year run but it has also appeared in syndication reruns on other channels. Sony Pictures Television currently owns the rights to the series.

Married...With Children originally debuted in off-network syndication distributed by Columbia Pictures Television (now Sony Pictures Television) starting in the fall of 1992. The series later began airing on cable on FX from September 1998 until 2007. In June 2002, FX became the first television network to air the controversial, previously-banned episode "I'll See You in Court", albeit in an edited format. The fully-uncensored version of "I'll See You in Court" can only be seen on the DVD release Married With Children: The Most Outrageous Episodes Volume 1. The version found on the Third Season DVD set is edited. In 2008, the Spike network reportedly paid US$12 million for broadcast rights to every episode including the unedited version of the infamous episode, "I'll See You in Court".[25] However, the version that Spike aired is still not as complete as the version found on Married With Children: The Most Outrageous Episodes Volume 1.

The series started airing on Spike TV on September 29, 2008 with a weeklong marathon. TBS also began airing the show shortly after, acquiring the show in fall 2008 to run in the early morning hours, it currently runs for two to three hours on TBS during the early morning hours (depending on the length of overnight programming). TV Land picked up the rights to broadcast the show from its MTV Networks sister Spike in August 2009. Most episodes are available on YouTube between season 1 and 11. Comedy Central began airing the show on February 8, 2010; Comedy Central acquired rights to air the series from TV Land, who in turn, had earlier acquried the rights to the series from Spike, though Comedy Central dropped the rights to the series in April 2010. Spike picked up the rights to series again, and began airing the series for the second time on July 10, 2010, airing on weekend mornings only.[26] All three cable channels are owned by Viacom.[27] Comedy Central and TV Land do not show the production closing credits; TV Land airings featured a network generic credit near the end of the show, while Comedy Central and Spike airings show the closing credits over the start of an additional episode of the show or another program, which when the former occurs during episodes from seasons 1-10 is posted over the show's opening credits, with Comedy Central versions partially obscuring cast member's names on the bottom of the screen.

All episodes from seasons six and seven along with some episodes from season five and eight are available to view for free on Sony owned Crackle, along with several Minisodes.

Married...with Children has also been a ratings success in other countries around the world.

Country Foreign title Translation Network(s) Notes
 Australia Married...with Children None Network Ten
Nine Network
TV1
GO! (2009–present)		 Reruns of the show run four times during week at 10pm and three episodes are shown from 9am Sunday on the cable network TV1. Original episodes aired on the Ten Network and later on the Nine Network. (Ten aired the show as a filler late weeknights before it was picked up by Nine and put into its Primetime schedule.)
 Argentina Married...with Children Subtitled Sony Entertainment Television
 Austria Eine schrecklich nette Familie
(An Awfully Nice Family)		 Dubbed ORF The show aired from March 6, 1995 until March 18, 1998 on the Pubcaster ORF. It started airing again on July 13, 2007, weekdays.
 Belgium Married...with Children Subtitled VTM, Eén, Ketnet, VT4 The show is currently running on the commercial network VTM and has previously been aired on the public networks Eén and Ketnet and the commercial network VT4.
 Brazil Um amor de Família
(A Lovely Family)		 Dubbed
Subtitled		 Sony Entertainment Television
PlayTV		 Has been running (on and off) since 1991 on different national channels. Today the show runs on Sony Entertainment Television with original sound and subtitles, the dubbed version runs on PlayTV.
 Bulgaria Женени с деца
(Married with Children)		 Dubbed bTV
Fox life
Diema		 The show ran its all seasons on bTV with Bulgarian dub. It was repeated on Fox life. It is currently airing on Diema with different dub, and on GTV with same dub as Fox.
 Canada Married...with Children CMT
Global
Spike
TVtropolis		 First-run episodes aired on Global. The show ran for a short period of time on CMT during 2006–2007 and aired on TVtropolis from 2007 until early 2010. It is currently broadcasting on Spike.
 Chile Married...with Children Subtitled Sony Entertainment Television Today the show runs on Sony Entertainment Television and it was aired on Mega, a national channel.
 Croatia Bračne vode
(Marriage Waters)		 Subtitled HRT
RTL Televizija
Nova TV
Fox Life		 The show runs on Nova TV and Fox Life. It was originally aired on Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) in late 1990s.
 Czech Republic Ženatý se závazky
(Married with Liabilities)		 Dubbed TV Nova
TV Prima		 The family name is "Bunda," which means "coat" in Czech. The show was first aired on TV Nova and then reran on Prima TV several times.
 Denmark Vore værste år
(Our Worst Years)		 Subtitled TV3
 Dominican Republic Casado con Hijos
(Married with Children)		 Dubbed Telesistema 11
 Estonia Tuvikesed
(Lovebirds)		 Subtitled Kanal 2 Broadcast after midnight on Kanal 2
 Finland Pulmuset
(Loveydoves)		 Subtitled MTV3
Nelonen		 Originally shown by MTV3, currently being rerun on Nelonen.
 France Mariés, deux enfants
(Married, Two Children)		 Dubbed M6
Comédie!		 The show has been seen on M6 since 1989. It also runs on the cable channel Comédie! since 2002.
 Germany Eine schrecklich nette Familie
(An Awfully Nice Family)		 Dubbed RTL
ProSieben
Kabel1		 It first ran from 1992 on RTL ("RTLplus" at that time), moving to ProSieben for the final 51 episodes, ending in 1997. It currently airs two episodes a day Monday-Friday on Kabel1[28]. The show runs in a constant loop. It runs Season 1–11 and then starts all over again.
 Greece Παντρεμένοι με παιδιά
(Married with Children)		 Subtitled ANT1
Mega Channel
Macedonia TV		 Has been on and off the air in ANT1 channel from the nineties onwards, while Mega Channel provided the last 2 seasons never played from ANT1. The show has seen many reruns, currently airing from Macedonia TV for the 4th time on that channel.
 Hungary Egy rém rendes család
(A gruesomely decent family)		 Dubbed TV3
RTL Klub
Viasat 3
CoolTV		 The show has ventured from channel to channel over the years, from the now-defunct TV3 through RTL Klub to Viasat 3, where it is occasionally repeated. A cable television called CoolTV airs 3 episodes each day.
 Ireland Married...with Children None RTÉ Two
Paramount Comedy
Sky1
RTÉ One		 Shown on RTÉ Two and on the UK's Paramount Comedy. In the '90s it aired on the UK's Sky1.It disappeared in the early 2000s. Very recently on RTÉ One it appeared early January 2007 on a Late Thursday Night/Early Friday Morning at 4am and showed two episodes each time. It disappeared off of the schedule in late April 2007. It's not currently showing on Irish television.
 Israel נשואים פלוס
(Married Plus)		 Subtitled Bip Since 2006 the show can be seen on HOT cable television, in the channel Bip, channel 4. A shoe store in Herzliya named itself Bundy Shoes (though the shop in the series is Gary's). In the past the show was shown on Channel 2, Channel 3 and Channel 6. An Israeli made Russian language version is currently being produced and can be seen on channel 9.
 Italy Sposati ... Con Figli
(Married ... With Children)		 Dubbed FX It is currently on the air, on satellite Sky, Channel FX.
 Kazakhstan Счастливы вместе
(Happy Together)		 NTK The Russian remake of the show, Счастливы вместе, is currently being shown on NTK (Independent Television Channel) every weekday night from 8:00–9:00.
 Lithuania Vedęs ir turi vaikų
(Married and has children)		 Dubbed TV3
TV6 Lithuania		 The show periodically runs on TV3 and TV6 Lithuania.
 Mexico Married...with Children Sony Entertainment Television
TV Azteca		 Runs on Sony Entertainment Television and ran on and off on TV Azteca.
 Netherlands Married...with Children Subtitled RTL7 The show is currently being broadcast on RTL7.
 New Zealand Married...with Children None TV2
Sky TV		 Ran for many years on TV2, now on Sky TV.
 Norway Bundy
(Bundy)		 Subtitled TV3
Viasat 4		 Originally (some ten years ago on TV3) aired as Våre verste år (Our Worst Years), the show is now called Bundy and is currently in reruns after midnight every day except weekends on TV3. Is also shown daily on Viasat 4.
 Peru Matrimonio con Hijos
(Marriage with Children)		 TV 13 – RED GLOBAL
Sony Entertainment Television		 The show runs on TV 13 – RED GLOBAL from Monday to Friday at 8:00 p.m.
 Poland Świat według Bundych
(The World According to Bundys)		 Voice overed Polsat The show was aired many times on Polsat, and it is still on air there today. Its popularity spawned a sitcom with similar premise made by Polsat, Świat według Kiepskich (The World According to Kiepscy).
 Romania Familia Bundy
(The Bundy Family)		 Subtitled PRO TV
PRO Cinema
Antena 1
 Originally, the show aired on PRO TV, and then on the sister channel PRO Cinema.

As of November 2009, it runs weekly, from Monday to Friday on Antena 1.
 Russia Счастливы вместе
(Happy together)		 Dubbed TV6 (Russia) NTV
Domashny
DTV		 The Original Married... With Children ran on NTV for almost three years, broadcasting most of the episodes from seasons 1–10. The show later aired on TV6 and the "Domashniy Channel." However, for unknown reasons, most episodes from season 11 were not shown. After being pushed into a late night schedule, the show has been dropped entirely in favour of the current Russian remake, titled Schastlivi Vmesti ("Happy Together.")
 Serbia Брачне воде / Bračne vode
(Marriage Waters)		 Subtitled
Dubbed (Season 1)		 Fox televizija
Fox Life		 Married... With Children ran on Fox televizija for three years. Season 1 was dubbed, while remaining seasons were subtitled since dubbing is not popular in Serbia. The show still airs on Fox Life, all seasons with subtitles only.
 Singapore Married with Children None Star World Married with Children is currently on air every Monday to Friday during the minisodes.
 Slovenia Družina za umret
(Family to die for)		 Subtitled Kanal A The show was aired in the early 90s and it will be aired again starting March 6, 2009
 Slovakia Married...with Children Dubbed TV Markíza The show is being run with the Czech dubbing on TV Markíza (due to the huge similarity of the Czech and Slovak language there is no special need for a Slovak dubbing).
 South Africa Married...with Children M-Net The original series ran on the pay channel, M-Net.
 Spain Matrimonio con hijos
(Marriage with Children)		 Dubbed TVE2
Canal 300
SET en VEO		 The original series were a classic that ran for a decade in the public national channel TVE2. Recently the Spanish TV channel Cuatro did a remake of the original series under the name Matrimonio con Hijos.[29] In Catalonia, the show also ran in Catalan as Casats... i amb fills on TV3 and is currently running on the DTT channels Canal 300 and Sony Entertainment Television en VEO.
 Sweden Våra värsta år
(Our Worst Years)		 Subtitled TV3
ZTV
TV6		 The title is a pun for the title of the long-running soap opera Days of our Lives called Våra bästa år which is Our Best Years. The show has been running repeatedly on the Kinnevik-owned channels TV3 and ZTV since the start of the show and with repeated reruns. After several years off the air, it returned in 2006 as a part of TV6's launch schedule.
 Turkey Evli ve Çocuklu
(Married...with Children)		 Star TV
aTV
CNBC-e		 The show ran on TRT 2 in the 80s, the making its second run on Star TV and aTV in 90s, CNBC-E with subtitles and currently on e2 in 2000s.
 United Kingdom Married...with Children None ITV4
Paramount
ITV
Sky1
ITV2		 The show first aired regionally on ITV between 1988 and 1996, usually late on a Friday night or in the early hours on Saturdays, where it built up a cult following. The then regional structure of ITV meant that people who were able to pick up more than one ITV region could often watch more than one episode a night. From 1996 to 1997 the programme transferred to Sky1 and later aired on ITV2 from 2004 to 2006. It recently appeared for a time on ITV4 and has been shown on cable comedy channel Paramount since 1999. The show does not currently air on UK television.
 Ukraine Щасливі разом
(Happy Together)		 Novij Kanal The Russian remake of the show, Счастливы вместе, is currently being shown on Novij Kanal (New Channel) every weekday night from 9:30–10:30.
 Latvia Precējies , ir bērni Latvian Language TV3
TV6 (Latvia)		 (EVERY DAY.)
 Venezuela Casado... con Hijos
(Married...with Children)		 Venevision, Sony The show aired from 1994 to 1998 on Venevision. The show still airs on Sony.

Locations

The opening footage comprises views of Chicago, opening with a shot of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. The aerial downtown shot was taken from the Lake Shore Drive section north of the Loop. The expressway entrance shot was taken from the 1983 movie National Lampoon's Vacation featuring the Griswolds' green family truckster. Both the downtown view and the highway entrance shot were omitted from Season 4 onwards, but the remaining fountain shot included a "In Stereo Where Available" note. Non-English versions might differ, e.g. the dubbed German version always includes the expressway shot.[30]. The house exterior seen in the opening sequence is located in Castlewood Lane, Deerfield, IL.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Episode: "The Godfather", 1991
  2. ↑ Episode: "England Show: Wastin' the Company's Money", 1992
  3. ↑ Episode: "Poke High", 1988
  4. ↑ http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652601,00.html Married... With Children The 100 Best TV Shows Of All Time
  5. ↑ Bundyology—Episode "Her Cups Runneth Over"
  6. ↑ Bundyology—Episode "I'll See You in Court"
  7. ↑ Bundyology—Episode "Rock and Roll Girl"
  8. ↑ Bundyology—Episode "No Pot to Pease in"
  9. ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children-Season-11/12414
  10. ↑ [1]
  11. ↑ http://videoeta.com/movie/93765
  12. ↑ Big Bundy Box Released
  13. ↑ [2]
  14. ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children/3994
  15. ↑ [3]
  16. ↑ http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egy_r%C3%A9m_rendes_csal%C3%A1d_Budapesten
  17. ↑ Index.hu In Hungarian
  18. ↑ Index.hu In Hungarian
  19. ↑ Index.hu In Hungarian
  20. ↑ Levy, Clifford J. (September 10, 2007). "Still Married, With Children, but in Russian". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/world/europe/10sitcom.html?em&ex=1189656000&en=53663b3615f7d656&ei=5087%0A. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
  21. ↑ (Russian) "Счастливы вместе : ТНТ". http://www.tnt-tv.ru/programs/SchastlivyVmeste/. 
  22. ↑ http://lean-m.ru/news/2008/04/14/novyi-konkurs-ot-schastlivy-vmeste (in Russian)
  23. ↑ http://lean-m.ru/news/2009/12/28/novye-serii-schastlivy-vmeste (in Russian)
  24. ↑ IMDb.com—Top of the Heap
  25. ↑ 'Married' set for Spike run. Variety, April 6, 2008.
  26. ↑ http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/06/spike-tv-acquires-walker-texas-ranger.html
  27. ↑ http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2010/02/tv-one-hallmark-channel-make-schedule.html
  28. ↑ Eine schrecklich nette Familie
  29. ↑ Cuatro.com
  30. ↑ Bundyology - Opening Credits

External links

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