ALL IN THE FAMILY: SEASON 8

Details

• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: '...those were the days...'; ; Season Eight of Norman Lear's award-winning television series earned Emmys® for Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner, not to mention the awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.; ; This second to last season finds Archie (O'Connor), Edith (Stapleton) and the Stivics (Reiner and Sally Struthers) battling some difficult issues when Archie buys a bar he cannot afford, Edith questions her faith and Mike and Gloria plan a move to California. As dark as the plots run at times, the laughs always shine through in this perfectly balanced and performed sitcom that inspired spin-offs Maude and The Jeffersons.
• Cast: Carroll O'Connor; Jean Stapleton; Rob Reiner; Sally Struthers; Mike Evans; Isabel Sanford; Allan Melvin; Jason Wingreen; Danielle Brisebois; Betty Garrett; Sherman Hemsley; Danny Dayton; Bob Hastings; Vincent Gardenia; Billy Halop; Mel Stewart; Liz Torres; André Pavon; Sorrell Booke; Burt Mustin; Billy Sands; Scott Brady; Gloria LeRoy; Priscilla Morrill; Brendan Dillon; Peggy Rea; Estelle Parsons; Clyde Kusatsu; Janis Paige; Eugene Roche; Barbara Cason; Barnard Hughes; Lori Shannon; Charles Siebert; Jeannie Linero; Dennis Patrick; Tracy Bogart; Sandy Kenyon; James Cromwell; Michael Mann; Ruth McDevitt; Bill Quinn; George Wyner; Theodore Bikel; Richard McKenzie; Jack Grimes; Bea Arthur; James McEachin; Jack Somack; Roscoe Lee Browne; Vinnette Carroll; George Furth; Hollis Irving; Rae Allen; Michael Conrad; Marcia Rodd; Michael Pataki; Richard Stahl; Ken Lynch; Frank Campanella; Roger Bowen; Cory R. Miller; Harvey Lembeck; Corey Fischer; Val Bisoglio; Juan DeCarlos; Phil Leeds; Teddy Wilson; A Martinez; Victor Kilian; Bill Macy; Ed Peck; Sudie Bond; William Lanteau; Douglas Robinson; William 'Billy' Benedict; Louis Guss; Maxine Elliott Hicks; Robert R. Barry; Bella Chronis; Vanda Barra; Zara Cully; Norman Lear; James Hong; Edith Diaz; John Harkins; Abbey Lincoln; Howard Morton; Marty Brill; Janet MacLachlan; Davis Roberts; Ben Slack; William Windom; Jack Bender; Doris Singleton; Philip Carey; Phil Proctor; Helen Page Camp; Salem Ludwig; Sammy Davis Jr.; Jack Weston; Liam Dunn; Richard Dysart; John Zaremba; Brad Logan; Gregory Sierra; Larry Storch; Henry Fonda; Richard Masur; Vic Tayback; Greg Mullavey; Bernadette Peters; Tim O'Connor; Cliff Osmond; Paulene Myers; Gene Blakely; George S. Irving; Francine Beers; Robin Wilson; F. Murray Abraham; Doris Roberts; Jack Gilford; Lee Bergere; Bibi Osterwald; Gerald Hiken; Nita Talbot; K Callan; David Dukes; Allan Rich; Priscilla Lopez; Nedra Volz; Frank Aletter; Jonelle Allen; Judith Kahan; Richard Ward; Angela Clarke; Elissa Leeds; Cleavon Little; David Soul; Len Lesser; Anthony Geary; Rafael Campos; Noam Pitlik; Thalmus Rasulala; Holly Near; Will B. Able; Jack Griffin; Rue McClanahan; Hector Elizondo; James Gregory; John Randolph; Graham Jarvis; Stephen Manley; Patricia Stich; Ann Summers; Arlene Golonka; Ron Glass; Robert Mandan; Pamela Murphy; James O'Rear; Jack Tesler; David Doyle; Jane Dulo; Joseph Mascolo; Robert Guillaume; Elizabeth Wilson; Sidney Clute; Herb Voland; Diane Shalet; Ruth Manning; Garn Stephens; John Zoller; Billy Crystal; Mike Kellin; Neva Patterson; Joe Mantell; Alex Colon; David Downing; Jinaki; Christopher Guest; Ian Wolfe; John Karlen; Frank Maxwell; Patrick Cronin; Jane Connell; Wynn Irwin; Jay Gerber; Terry Kiser; Darryl Hickman; Bhetty Waldron; Michael McGuire; Rick Plastina; M. Emmet Walsh; Demond Wilson; Jenny Sullivan; Herbie Faye; Neil J. Schwartz; Eileen Brennan; Peter Hobbs; Jon Korkes; Dianne Hull; Mary Kay Place; Charles Durning; Katherine MacGregor; Phyllis Avery; Michael Gregory; Bernie Hamilton; Mel Bryant; Al Stellone; Charlotte Rae; Joe George; J.A. Preston; Jane Rose; Victor Rendina; Greg Mabrey; Suzanne Astor; Elliott Reid; Milton Selzer; Frances Fong; Renny Temple; Harry Davis; Roger C. Carmel; Rod Loomis; John Brandon; Will Mackenzie; MacIntyre Dixon; Norma Donaldson; Arny Freeman; William Hunt; Ron Vernan; Alan Hamel; Santos Morales; Charles Wagenheim; Dolores Sutton; George Savalas; Jack Perkins; Frank Whiteman; Bob Dishy; Mario Roccuzzo; Diane Sommerfield; John Putch; Victor Argo; John Heffernan; Patty Weaver; Charles Aidman; Hector Elias; Roxie Roker; Donald Randolph; John Alvin; Madeleine Fisher; Eliza Roberts; Phoebe Dorin; Joan Copeland; Kenneth Menard; Richard Lawson; Tom Fitzsimmons; Merie Earle; Colin Hamilton; Ray Colella; John Finnegan; Sarina C. Grant; Thomas H. Middleton; Bern Bennett; Leonard Stone; David Byrd; Hugh McPhillips; Ida Mae McKenzie; Kelly Houser; John K.M. Collins; Frank E. Ford; Fay DeWitt; Bernard West; Viola Harris; Patrick Campbell; Kim Hamilton; Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini; Allan Lurie; Franklin Cover; Beatrice Colen; Leslie Ackerman; Michael Alldredge; Elaine Princi; Tyler McVey; Owen Bush; Mark Lonow; Sid Conrad; Art Metrano; James J. Casino; Connie Sawyer; Linn Patrick; Keri Shuttleton; Joshua Shelley; Lynne Moody; Mike Wagner; Nelson Welch; Paul Benedict; Sharon Ullrick; Ellen Travolta; Florence Halop; Thad Geer; William Pierson; Ray Henderson; Charles Hallahan; Gerald Castillo; Evelyn King; Berlinda Tolbert; James Greene; Joe Bratcher; Al Mancini; Joe Petrullo; J.J. Johnston; Bernie Kuby; Nancy Stephens; Paul Larson; Jerrold Ziman; Raymond O'Keefe; Gerry Black; Samuel R. Solito; Bob Duggan; Gracia Lee; Eddie Goldberg; Rich Little; Harrison Page; Keith Taylor; Lynnette Mettey; Ken Sansom; Diana Hale; Maurice Marsac; Ray Sharkey; Bob Harks; Ned Wertimer; George Hickman; Nick Borgani; Ann Urcan; Fred Ottaviano; Phillip Mote; Victor De Rose; Jack Firestone; Paul Bogart; John Rich; Bob LaHendro; Wes Kenney; Norman Campbell; Hal Cooper; Robert H. Livingston; Walter C. Miller; Johnny Speight; Michael Ross; Don Nicholl; Larry Rhine; Lou Derman; Mel Tolkin; Bill Davenport; Milt Josefsberg; Bob Schiller; Bob Weiskopf; Ben Starr; Phil Sharp; Phil Mishkin; Mort Lachman; Douglas Arango; Phil Doran; Charles Stewart; Lee Kalcheim; Nolbert Brown Jr.; Austin Kalish; Irma Kalish; Burt Styler; Bryan Joseph; Gordon Mitchell; Lloyd Turner; Michael Loman; Susan Harris; Stanley Ralph Ross; John Rappaport; Harve Brosten; Barry Harman; Erik Tarloff; Patt Shea; Harriett Weiss; Paul Wayne; Alan J. Levitt; Paul Harrison; Jerry Mayer; Lennie Weinrib; Lila Garrett; Sam Locke; Warren S. Murray; Olga Vallance; Steve Zacharias; Rod Parker; Michael Morris; Bud Wiser; Heywood Kling; Hal Kanter; William Bickley; Lee Erwin; Fred Freiberger; Alfred Lewis Levitt; Helen Levitt; Sandor Stern; George Arthur Bloom; Bill Dana; Elias Davis; Michael Elias; Bob Fisher; Henry Garson; Allan Katz; Bill Manhoff; Arthur Marx; Lester Pine; Tina Pine; David Pollock; Don Reo; Terry Ryan; Vin Bogert; Martin Cohan; Susan Perkis Haven; Dan Klein; Dennis Klein; Michael Leeson; Jess Oppenheimer; Michael R. Stein; John Strong; Ray Taylor; John Baskin; Harriet Belkin; Norman Belkin; George Burditt; Ron Friedman; Robert Goodwin; Dixie Brown Grossman; David P. Harmon; Paul Lichtman; Jeffrey Mackowsky; Mickey Rose; Roger Shulman; Dawn M. Stephens; Howard Storm; Bob Arnott; Susan Ware; Ed Haas; Calvin Kelly; Mike Milligan; Jay Moriarty; Gene Perret; Bill Richmond; Jim Tisdale; Marion Zola; William C. Rader; Mort Scharfman; Ron Bloomberg; Sam Greenbaum; Albert E. Lewin; Nate Monaster; Winston Moss; Tom Sawyer
• Director: Paul Bogart
• Runtime: 9:30
• Company: Columbia Broadcasting System, Tandem Productions, Sony Pictures Television
• Media Format: Series