"All In The Family (which doesn't really hold up anymore, but is basically Married With Children for the 70s)" No. Absolutely not. All In the Family tackled

"All In The Family (which doesn't really hold up anymore, but is basically Married With Children for the 70s)" No. Absolutely not. All In the Family tackled subjects and current events that no other sitcom in that era dared to do. The Wikipedia summary is pretty good here: "The show broke ground in its depiction of issues previously considered unsuitable for a U.S. network television comedy, such as racism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, religion, miscarriages, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, and impotence." Married with Children was lowball humor for laughs and simulated controversy. There is absolutely no comparison.