ored those of America itself.The end of the 1960s witnessed a drastic altercation in Americas culture. Televisions reflection of society had begun to mature. A solitary bed replaced the twin beds customarily utilized in the depiction of bedrooms. The relationship shared between parents and their children possessed increased difficulty. The Brady Bunch challenged the accepted family structure as it pertained to television. Televisions first blended family was introduced. The program contested certain typical regulations while practicing others.The face of television changed forever in the fall of 1971. Norman Lears All in the Family brought a sense of harsh reality to television which previously had been populated largely by inoffensive characters and stories that seemed to have been laundered before the were ever placed on the air. Its chief character, Archie Bunker, was uneducated, prejudiced, and blatantly outspoken. His constant lambasting of virtually every minority group in existence characterized the program as controversial. His problematic marriage to Edith was due to their contrasted racial ideas. The relationship that he shared with his daughter, Gloria, was strained after her decision to enter the matrimonial state with a Pole, Mike Stivic. The show became the first notable series to address racial, ethnic, and social issues within the home.Following the All in the Family genre, family series took a more conservative approach. In Family Ties, the mellow 1960s clashed with the conservative 1980s, which in some ways reflected Americas changing values in the Reagan era. The childrens ideas were in sharp contrast to that of their parents, leading to humorous conflict between the two groups. The Bill Cosby Show also addressed the variance between children of the 1980s and theyre contrasted parents. One substantial discrepancy between the two shows was race and economic status. The Bill Cosby Show confronted the so...
