Scripted series · FOX
Married... with Children
Domestic bliss was never like this!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ed O'Neill
Al Bundy
258 eps
Katey Sagal
Peggy Bundy
258 eps
David Garrison
Steve Rhoades
73 eps
Amanda Bearse
Marcy D'Arcy
255 eps
Christina Applegate
Kelly Bundy
258 eps
David Faustino
Bud Bundy
258 eps
Ted McGinley
Jefferson D'Arcy
166 eps
Ritch Shydner
Luke Ventura
4 eps
Hill Harper
Aaron
5 eps
Juliet Tablak
Amber
5 eps
Matt LeBlanc
Vinnie Verducci
3 eps
LaRue Stanley
Fanny
4 eps
Charlotte Crossley
Louise
4 eps
Judy Kain
Sheila
3 eps
Dan Tullis Jr.
Officer Dan
23 eps
Heidi Mark
Ashley
3 eps
Charlie Dell
Roy
3 eps
E.E. Bell
Bob Rooney
23 eps
Harold Sylvester
Griff
41 eps
Teresa Parente
Miranda
9 eps
Ian Patrick Williams
Beany
3 eps
Dot-Marie Jones
Dot
5 eps
Janet Carroll
Gary
7 eps
Steve Susskind
Barney
6 eps
Tom McCleister
Ike
17 eps
Alix Elias
Louise
3 eps
Carol Ann Susi
Frannie
3 eps
Iqbal Theba
Iqbal
4 eps
Barbara Lee-Belmonte
Silky
3 eps
Jennifer Echols
Gwen
3 eps
Tim Conway
Ephraim Wanker
4 eps
Joseph D. Reitman
Genghis
4 eps
Danica Sheridan
Matilda
3 eps
Jennifer Lyons
Ariel
3 eps
Mary-Pat Green
Mary-Pat
5 eps
Renee Tenison
Marla
4 eps
Diana Bellamy
Nancy
4 eps
Lisa Boyle
Fawn
5 eps
Cheech Marin
Buck the Dog (voice)
3 eps
Shanga Parker
Achmed
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Married... with Children actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Married... with Children reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
The run
Seasons
11 seasons · 258 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
198614 episodes
Best episode · S00E14 I'll See You in Court
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
198713 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S01E11 Nightmare on Al's Street
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
198722 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S02E16 Master the Possibilities
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
198821 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S03E06 Her Cups Runneth Over
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
198923 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S04E08 976-SHOE
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
199025 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S05E13 The Godfather
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
199126 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S06E04 Cheese, Cues and Blood
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
199226 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S07E11 The Old College Try
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
199326 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S08E04 Luck of the Bundys
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
199426 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S09E08 Sleepless in Chicago
Season 10 · Complete
Season 10
199526 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S10E23 Bud Hits the Books
Season 11 · Complete
Season 11
199624 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S11E07 The Juggs Have Left the Building
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S05E13
The Godfather
Al becomes the neighborhood godfather when Kelly starts dating a 41-year-old man with the right connections.
- Directed by Gerry Cohen
S09E08
Sleepless in Chicago
Al has to lie in bed next to Marcy while Jefferson switches Marcy's valuable Barbie doll, that Jefferson just bought her, for a regular one.
- Written by Katherine Green
S05E22
You Better Shop Around (2)
The Bundys and the D'Arcys face off to see who can spend the $1,000 shopping spree first. Meanwhile, Bud and Kelly bother celebrity Jerry Mathers who judges the contest.
- Directed by Linda Day
S05E21
You Better Shop Around (1)
Al buys a cheap old air conditioner which leads to a massive blackout in the entire neighborhood, forcing the Bundy's to move into a supermarket.
- Directed by Linda Day
S04E08
976-SHOE
Steve risks his job when Al takes a $50,000 loan from Steve's bank to start a shoe hotline.
- Directed by Gerry Cohen
S10E23
Bud Hits the Books
Sex gets in the way of Bud studying for his finals, and he risks being expelled when he is caught in the school library.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E08
Married... with Children 2012 Reunion
S00E07
Reunion Special
S11E24
Chicago Shoe Exchange
S11E22
The Desperate Half-Hour
- Directed by Gerry Cohen
- Written by Christian McLaughlin, Valerie Ahern
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Ron Leavitt
Creator
Michael G. Moye
Showrunner
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Sandy Sprung
Writer
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Larry Jacobson
Writer
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Katherine Green
Writer
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Peter Gaffney
Writer
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Marcy Vosburgh
Writer
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Diane Burroughs
Writer
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Chip Johannessen
Writer
Paul Corrigan
Writer
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Kevin Curran
Writer
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Mark Driscoll
Writer
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Richard Mueller
Writer
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Christian McLaughlin
Writer
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Valerie Ahern
Writer
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Ron Burla
Writer
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Richard Gurman
Writer
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Jules Dennis
Writer
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Steve Granat
Writer
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Matt Geller
Writer
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Doug McIntyre
Writer
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Russell Marcus
Writer
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Wayne Kline
Writer
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Alison Taylor
Writer
Bill Prady
Writer
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Tracy Gamble
Writer
Brad Walsh
Writer
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Richard Vaczy
Writer
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Kim Weiskopf
Writer
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Ellen L. Fogle
Writer
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Pamela Eells
Writer
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Joey Gutierrez
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ron LeavittProducer
- Kim WeiskopfProducer
- Michael G. MoyeProducer
Writing
- Sandy SprungWriter
- Larry JacobsonWriter
- Katherine GreenWriter
- Peter GaffneyWriter
- Ron LeavittWriter
- Marcy VosburghWriter
Direction
- Linda DayDirector
- Rich CorrellDirector
- Arlando SmithDirector
- Amanda BearseDirector
- Zane BuzbyDirector
- Brian LevantDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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