Married... with Children (1987)

Name: Married... with Children
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, David Faustino

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (119,127 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 11
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

7.66 avg 14 episodes 7.3 → 7.8 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Unaired Pilot	7.3	83
1	Pilot	7.8	1,334
2	Thinnergy	7.4	1,093
3	But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy	7.7	1,041
4	Whose Room Is It Anyway?	7.5	954
5	Have You Driven a Ford Lately	7.6	959
6	Sixteen Years and What Do You Get	7.6	928
7	Married... Without Children	7.8	912
8	The Poker Game	7.8	863
9	Peggy Sue Got Work	7.6	861
10	Al Loses His Cherry	7.8	880
11	Nightmare on Al's Street	8.0	874
12	Where's the Boss?	7.5	826
13	Johnny Be Gone	7.8	843

Season 2 (1987)

7.83 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 26 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Poppy's by the Tree: Part 1	7.6	885
2	Poppy's by the Tree: Part 2	7.4	840
3	If I Were a Rich Man	7.6	768
4	Buck Can Do It	7.7	795
5	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Part 1	7.8	797
6	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Part 2	8.0	771
7	For Whom the Bell Tolls	7.9	762
8	Born to Walk	7.6	735
9	Alley of the Dolls	8.0	784
10	The Razor's Edge	8.0	753
11	How Do You Spell Revenge?	7.6	754
12	Earth Angel	8.2	814
13	You Better Watch Out	8.4	898
14	Guys and Dolls	7.6	757
15	Build a Better Mousetrap	7.9	750
16	Master the Possibilities	8.1	763
17	Peggy Loves Al - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah	7.5	709
18	The Great Escape	7.9	754
19	Im-Po-Dent	7.9	732
20	Just Married... with Children	8.4	850
21	Father Lode	7.7	712
22	All in the Family	7.5	797

Season 3 (1988)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 8.0 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	He Thought He Could	8.3	897
2	I'm Going to Sweatland	7.4	726
3	Poke High	7.8	762
4	The Camping Show	8.0	773
5	A Dump of My Own	7.8	730
6	Her Cups Runneth Over	8.3	822
7	The Bald and the Beautiful	7.7	715
8	The Gypsy Cried	7.8	709
9	Requiem for a Dead Barber	7.9	723
10	I'll See You in Court	8.1	752
11	Eatin' Out	8.4	807
12	My Mom, the Mom	7.7	702
13	Can't Dance, Don't Ask Me	8.2	823
14	A Three Job, No Income Family	7.8	736
15	The Harder They Fall	7.6	670
16	The House That Peg Lost	7.9	703
17	Married... with Prom Queen: Part 1	7.6	710
18	Married... with Prom Queen: The Sequel	7.8	713
19	The Dateless Amigo	7.7	714
20	The Computer Show	7.4	696
21	Life's a Beach	8.2	786
22	Here's Looking at You, Kid	8.0	690

Season 4 (1989)

7.93 avg 23 episodes 8.6 → 7.5 26 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hot off the Grill	8.6	898
2	Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics	7.7	717
3	Buck Saves the Day	7.5	668
4	Tooth or Consequences	8.2	761
5	He Ain't Much, But He's Mine	7.6	661
6	Fair Exchange	8.3	869
7	Desperately Seeking Miss October	7.9	681
8	976-SHOE	8.5	844
9	Oh, What a Feeling	7.9	676
10	At the Zoo	7.8	683
11	It's a Bundyful Life Part 1	8.1	790
12	It's a Bundyful Life Part 2	8.4	808
13	Who'll Stop the Rain	8.0	689
14	A Taxing Problem	7.6	645
15	Rock and Roll Girl	7.9	726
16	You Gotta Know When to Hold Them: Part 1	7.6	654
17	You Gotta Know When to Fold Them: Part 2	7.7	673
18	What Goes Around Came Around	8.2	716
19	Peggy Turns 300	8.0	655
20	Peggy Made a Little Lamb	7.7	649
21	Rain Girl	8.0	670
22	The Agony of De-Feet	7.6	666
23	Yard Sale	7.5	654

Season 5 (1990)

7.90 avg 25 episodes 8.1 → 7.5 23 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	We'll Follow the Sun	8.1	718
2	Al... with Kelly	8.1	737
3	Sue Casa, His Casa	7.7	631
4	The Unnatural	7.7	704
5	Dance Show	8.3	747
6	Kelly Bounces Back	8.1	745
7	Married... with Aliens	8.3	774
8	Wabbit Season	8.0	682
9	Do Ya Think I'm Sexy	8.3	710
10	One Down, Two to Go	7.8	633
11	And Baby Makes Money	8.1	653
12	Married... with Who	8.1	661
13	The Godfather	8.3	686
14	Look Who's Barking	7.2	667
15	A Man's Castle	7.9	628
16	All-Nite Security Dude	8.2	724
17	Oldies But Young 'Uns	8.3	726
18	Weenie Tot Lovers & Other Strangers	8.0	661
19	Kids! Wadaya Gonna Do?	7.5	597
20	Top of the Heap	5.4	725
21	You Better Shop Around: Part 1	8.7	813
22	You Better Shop Around: Part 2	8.6	737
23	Route 666: Part 1	7.6	625
24	Route 666: Part 2	7.7	634
25	Buck the Stud	7.5	601

Season 6 (1991)

7.72 avg 26 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 23 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	She's Having a Baby: Part 1	7.4	606
2	She's Having a Baby: Part 2	7.5	588
3	If Al Had a Hammer	7.8	630
4	Cheese, Cues, and Blood	7.9	599
5	Lookin' for a Desk in All the Wrong Places	7.3	572
6	Buck Has a Belly Ache	7.1	591
7	If I Could See Me Now	7.7	585
8	God's Shoes	7.3	622
9	Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 1	7.9	642
10	Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 2	7.7	610
11	Al Bundy, Shoe Dick	7.8	709
12	So This Is How Sinatra Felt	8.0	619
13	I Who Have Nothing	7.6	590
14	The Mystery of Skull Island	7.9	616
15	Just Shoe It	7.5	594
16	Rites of Passage	8.1	618
17	The Egg and I	8.3	634
18	My Dinner with Anthrax	8.1	687
19	Psychic Avengers	7.5	572
20	High I.Q.	8.0	610
21	Teacher Pets	8.2	621
22	The Goodbye Girl	7.7	578
23	The Gas Station Show	8.2	649
24	England Show I	7.6	662
25	England Show II: Wastin' the Company's Money	7.4	622
26	England Show III: We're Spending as Fast as We Can	7.3	610

Season 7 (1992)

7.58 avg 26 episodes 6.5 → 8.0 23 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Magnificent Seven	6.5	647
2	T-R-A Something, Something Spells Tramp	7.4	597
3	Every Bundy Has a Birthday	6.9	569
4	Al on the Rocks	7.6	571
5	What I Did for Love	7.4	541
6	Frat Chance	7.3	564
7	The Chicago Wine Party	7.7	573
8	Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore	7.6	573
9	Rock of Ages	7.8	641
10	Death of a Shoe Salesman	7.4	550
11	The Old College Try	7.9	557
12	Christmas	7.6	589
13	Wedding Show	7.9	587
14	It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This	7.3	549
15	Heels on Wheels	7.4	544
16	Mr. Empty Pants	7.6	553
17	You Can't Miss	7.9	590
18	Peggy and the Pirates	7.5	585
19	Go for the Old	7.5	550
20	Un-Alful Entry	7.7	559
21	Movie Show	8.4	682
22	'Til Death Do Us Part	7.8	539
23	'Tis Time to Smell the Roses	7.4	526
24	Old Insurance Dodge	7.8	541
25	The Wedding Repercussions	7.9	563
26	The Proposition	8.0	596

Season 8 (1993)

7.84 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 8.2 23 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Tisket, a Tasket, Can Peg Make a Basket?	7.6	563
2	Hood in the Boyz	7.4	574
3	Proud to Be Your Bud?	7.7	556
4	Luck of the Bundys	8.2	570
5	Banking on Marcy	7.7	556
6	No Chicken, No Check	7.7	547
7	Take My Wife, Please	8.1	614
8	Scared Single	8.2	581
9	No Ma'am	8.2	631
10	Dances with Weezie	7.9	554
11	Change for a Buck	7.2	526
12	A Little Off the Top	7.9	563
13	The Worst Noel	7.8	542
14	Sofa So Good	7.5	529
15	Honey, I Blew Up Myself	7.9	522
16	How Green Was My Apple	8.0	567
17	Valentine's Day Massacre	7.8	548
18	Get Outta Dodge	8.1	542
19	Field of Screams	7.7	522
20	The D'Arcy Files	8.2	545
21	Nooner or Later	8.2	548
22	Ride Scare	7.6	529
23	The Legend of Ironhead Haynes	7.5	531
24	Assault and Batteries	7.9	530
25	Al Goes Deep	7.6	498
26	Kelly Knows Something	8.2	532

Season 9 (1994)

7.70 avg 28 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 22 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shoeway to Heaven	7.7	548
2	Driving Mr. Boondy	8.1	568
3	Kelly Breaks Out	7.7	509
4	Naughty But Niece	8.2	582
5	Business Sucks	7.6	515
6	Business Still Sucks	7.5	499
7	Dial 'B' for Virgin	8.0	548
8	Sleepless in Chicago	8.1	520
9	No Pot to Pease In	8.1	583
10	Dud Bowl	7.3	523
11	A Man for No Seasons	7.4	506
12	I Want My Psycho Dad Part 1	7.9	538
13	I Want My Psycho Dad: Part 2	8.0	530
14	The Naked and the Dead, But Mostly the Naked	8.2	555
15	Kelly Takes a Shot	7.9	523
16	Best of Bundy	6.6	388
17	Get the Dodge Out of Hell	8.3	561
18	25 Years and What Do You Get?	7.5	490
19	Ship Happens	8.0	535
20	Ship Happens	7.9	529
21	Something Larry This Way Comes	7.3	522
22	And Bingo Was Her Game-O	7.7	493
23	User Friendly	7.9	516
24	Pump Fiction	7.8	518
25	My Favorite Married...	6.7	397
26	Radio Free Trumaine	6.8	562
27	Shoeless Al	7.6	499
28	The Undergraduate	7.7	517

Season 10 (1995)

7.66 avg 27 episodes 7.6 → 8.1 23 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner	7.6	502
2	A Shoe Room with a View	7.7	510
3	Requiem for a Dead Briard	7.6	536
4	Reverend Al	7.8	536
5	How Bleen Was My Kelly	7.8	526
6	The Weaker Sex	7.4	494
7	Flight of the Bumblebee	7.8	521
8	Blonde and Blonder	7.9	549
9	The Two That Got Away	7.6	520
10	Dud Bowl II	7.9	501
11	Al Bundy Sports Spectacular	6.3	357
12	Bearly Men	7.3	491
13	Love Conquers Al	7.6	503
14	I Can't Believe It's Butter	8.2	531
15	The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly: Part 1	7.9	535
16	The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly: Part 2	7.7	518
17	Calendar Girl	8.1	549
18	The Agony and the Extra C	7.7	481
19	Spring Break: Part 1	7.9	529
20	Spring Break: Part 2	8.0	522
21	Turning Japanese	7.8	501
22	Al Goes to the Dogs	7.9	488
23	Enemies	5.4	606
24	Bud Hits the Books	8.2	521
25	Kiss of the Coffee Woman	8.1	502
26	Torch Song Duet	7.6	494
27	The Joke's on Al	8.1	500

Season 11 (1996)

7.73 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 22 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Twisted	7.8	552
2	Children of the Corns	7.5	489
3	Kelly's Gotta Habit	7.7	500
4	Requiem for a Chevyweight: Part 1	7.8	490
5	Requiem for a Chevyweight: Part 2	7.7	489
6	A Bundy Thanksgiving	7.6	499
7	The Juggs Have Left the Building	7.7	504
8	God Help Ye Merry Bundymen	7.7	499
9	Crimes Against Obesity	7.8	514
10	The Stepford Peg	8.2	504
11	Bud on the Side	7.8	479
12	Grime and Punishment	7.8	479
13	TRASH	7.3	485
14	Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 1	7.7	482
15	Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 2	7.6	466
16	Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 3	7.5	469
17	Live Nude Peg	8.0	493
18	A Babe in Toyland	7.4	457
19	Birthday Boy Toy	7.5	459
20	Lez Be Friends	7.9	523
21	Damn Bundys	8.2	561
22	The Desperate Half-Hour	7.8	503
23	How to Marry a Moron	7.6	510
24	Chicago Shoe Exchange	7.8	583