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704 Hauser

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genre	Sitcom
creator	Norman Lear
starring	{{Plain list
director	{{Plainlist
country	United States
language	English
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	6 (1 unaired)
camera	Multi-camera
runtime	22–24 minutes
company	{{Plain list
network	CBS
first_aired
last_aired
related	{{Plain list

John Amos
Lynnie Godfrey
T.E. Russell
Maura Tierney
Jack Shea
Norman Lear (pilot)
ELP Communications
Act III Television
Castle Rock Entertainment
Columbia Pictures Television
All in the Family
Archie Bunker's Place
Maude
The Jeffersons
Gloria
Good Times
Checking In

704 Hauser is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of All in the Family (the final of several) that aired on CBS from April 11 to May 9, 1994. The series is built around the concept of a black family, the Cumberbatch Family, moving into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker after Bunker had sold the house located at 704 Hauser Street.

Overview

Norman Lear created the series during the time when conservative talk radio was becoming more popular in the United States, particularly in the form of Rush Limbaugh. Lear felt that the time was right for a new show to explore new issues, making 704 Hauser even more explicitly political than All in the Family. John Amos, a veteran of the earlier Lear sitcom Good Times (itself a spin-off of the All in the Family spin-off Maude), starred as Ernie Cumberbatch, while Lynnie Godfrey played his wife, Rose. The show features a reversal of the original All in the Family formula. Ernie and Rose Cumberbatch are working class Democrats, while their son Goodie is a conservative activist and his girlfriend, Cherlyn Markowitz (Maura Tierney), is white and Jewish.

The show attracted middling ratings, and was cancelled after five episodes (with one episode remaining unaired).

Cast

John Amos as Ernie Cumberbatch
Lynnie Godfrey as Rose Cumberbatch
T.E. Russell as Thurgood Marshall 'Goodie' Cumberbatch
Maura Tierney as Cherlyn Markowitz

Casey Siemaszko plays Joey Stivic, Archie's grandson, in the first episode. CBS anchor Bob Schieffer appears in the first episode as himself.

List of episodes

Home media

The pilot episode, "Meet the Cumberbatchs", was included as a bonus feature on the All in the Family: The Complete Series DVD box set released by Shout! Factory on October 30, 2012.

References

(May 4, 2009). "704 Hauser Street TV Show - Reviews, Cast, Schedule & Times and More. Television Shows at Film.com".
Svetkey. (April 15, 1994). "Norman Lear's new sitcom ''704 Hauser''".
(April 20, 1994). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].
(April 27, 1994). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].
(May 4, 1994). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].
DeRosa, Robin. (May 11, 1994). "ABC keeps hammering away". [[USA Today]].
(May 18, 1994). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].

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