The 1970s sitcom All in the Family forever changed television. The show aired on CBS for nine seasons from 1971 to 1979 and followed the life of Archie Bunker and his family. All in the Family tackled topics that had rarely, if ever, been addressed on network TV, including racism, antisemitism, abortion and menopause. “The civil rights issue went right through our series ... That was marvelous stuff,” Jean Stapleton, who played Edith Bunker, said in a June 2017 interview with the Archive of American Television. “There’s nothing like humor to burst what seems to be an enormous problem.” She...