I recently finished (again) watching the full series DVD's of All in the Family as well as the first season DVD of Archie Bunker's Place, which is the only season of that series that was released (that I know of). What surprises me is that I can't find the remaining episodes to stream or anywhere on the internet. It seems that any other series I search for turns up full episodes online in one form or another. Has anyone found a way to view seasons two through four of Archie Bunker's Place? Thank you in advance for any advice!
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Archie Bunker's Place
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Netflix, Hulu, etc. doesn't have it??
Nope. I've checked everywhere. Also, Comcast's X1 box acts as a platform aggregator and when I say "Archie Bunker's Place" into the remote, it returns zilch! I know that not as many people are interested in seeing the follow-up series as are interested in seeing All in the Family, but I'm surprised that there's so little interest that no one even makes it available!
Sony, don't know if their vaults are more secure than Universal's
The full series has occasionally run (on Nick at Nite or TV Land or Antenna TV or MyTV or some combination of all four) so someone must have at least copies somewhere.
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I don't even know at this point if Norman Lear the director/producer of this has copies of Archie Bunker's Place at this point. I heard of Norman Lears group signing contracts for his shows in the 1970's under different production companies before Sony took over ownership of Norman Lears production group.
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If I remember correctly, Archie Bunker's Place was not Norman Lear's. I think it was done by Carroll O'Connor's own production company. Lear didn't have much to do with All in the Family toward the end (he was more involved with some of the newer series he had on the air at the time) and he had to be convinced to let them carry on the Archie Bunker character after AITF ended. Lear was none to happy that they killed off the Edith character.
Sort of related...IMO All In The Family was the best sitcom of the 70’s...in its first 4-5 years. The quality dropped off after that and was a shell of itself in the end. Archie Bunker’s Place never connected for me. Perhaps an example of trying to milk a concept too long, but probably the only solution back then.
I enjoyed Archie Bunker's Place during its original run, with the further development of the character, plus some new faces. I recall being thoroughly annoyed when CBS cancelled it in 1983, while keeping Alice which by then was swirling down the drain.
Lear stepped away from 'AITF'(and his other sitcoms) in 1978, so he never really had anything to do with 'Archie's Place'(I think he got some sort of credit that didn't involve work).
CBS cancelled 'Archie's Place' in part because its ratings placed it barely in the top 25, but also due to creative differences with Carroll O'Connor.
CBS cancelled 'Archie's Place' in part because its ratings placed it barely in the top 25, but also due to creative differences with Carroll O'Connor.
Caroll O'Connor was a beloved actor for sure and I still remember the coverage of his death and I think one of the national TV networks even televised his funeral - But from many accounts, he wasn't the easiest to work with and he and Lear butted heads often on All in the Family. There are accounts of O'Connor rejecting nearly every All in the Family script, which lead to shouting and arguments and even the network threatening to cancel the series at one point, then once they'd talk him down off the ledge, O'Connor obviously turned out some brilliant work.
O'Connor also butted heads at times over the creative direction of his later series In the Heat of the Night, often re-writing scripts himself, demanding after the first season that the producer be replaced, and then more or less taking over complete control of the show himself in the 3rd season.
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Archie was very nearly killed off at the end of the '73-74. A three-part episode had Archie apparently missing, because nobody had heard from him while he was attending a convention. He eventually made it home(at the end of part 2), because CBS and O'Connor ironed out a new contract. Otherwise, Archie would have been killed by a mugger, and the show would have focused on Edith adjusting to the loss.
Then the show would've been cancelled within two years if that happened.
As a side note I happened upon Jimmy Swaggart's network yesterday, where they were playing a 1982 sermon where Swaggart was blasting and condemning All in the Family, Happy Days and Three's Company for ruining the morals of Real Christian America. Took me back and not in a good way.
Norman Lear continued to own the series (Carroll was given a piece of the action when the show became "Archie Bunker's Place"). The only reason for the name change was that Norman was unwilling to continue to allow the show to be called "All In The Family" if Edith wasn't going to be on it (even though Jean Stapleton did four episodes in the first year of "Archie Bunker's Place".). He wasn't involved in the production of the series once it became "Archie Bunker's Place"...and knocked the show (unfairly) in his autobiography. After the first season...when it was trying to get its legs...the last years of the show were as funny and socially conscious as the best years of the series.
All the masters exist. Sony owns the rights. The show just stopped being run daily on Antenna TV. They don't show the series on their site now...so whether it's on hiatus or whether their deal to show it finished, I can't tell you.
It's been 50 years. CBS should have done some sort of retrospective to honor the series. Anybody know Sally Struthers or Rob Reiner? Someone needs to plant the idea in someone's head.
All the masters exist. Sony owns the rights. The show just stopped being run daily on Antenna TV. They don't show the series on their site now...so whether it's on hiatus or whether their deal to show it finished, I can't tell you.
It's been 50 years. CBS should have done some sort of retrospective to honor the series. Anybody know Sally Struthers or Rob Reiner? Someone needs to plant the idea in someone's head.
The "tribute" was the re-do of All in the Family episodes (as well as The Jeffersons and Good Times) with a mostly new cast, which Lear was involved with and appeared in the tribute portion.
At one time episodes of Archie Bunker's Place were on Crackle, but it was a limited number and they are no longer there.
The first season is available on DVD.
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