you had these perfect black family and these horrible miserable white family. and you could find things to relate to in both. >> howdy neighbor. >> yeah, yeah. i hate this. >> there was a lot of fun to be had in al and peg bundy. >> after fox introduced married with children and it does very well, then back on abc they came up with another major hit. "roseanne." >> you think there is a magic kingdom while you sit on your throne. >> you want me to fix dinner. i'll fix dinner. i'm fixing dinner. >> oh, honey, but you just fixed dinner three years ago. >> typical american families weren't on television for the longest time. the donna reed days, the early days and the father knows best, hardly anybody really lived like that. that was the way advertisers wanted you to live. >> i know what will make you feel better.