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| Name = E=MC²
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| Type = Studio
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| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
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| show_name = Married with Children
| Released = {{Start date|2008|4|8}}<!--As per Wikipedia:ALBUM, ONLY the earliest release date applies here. To date, Russia has it first, as of April.--><ref name="StartDate">[http://www.soyuz.ru/-/a/more/z/cat/music/id/e1088976/city/125/part/review/wt/srch/ftype/v "E=MC² - Mariah Carey" start date of release]</ref><br><small>(see [[#Release history|release history]])</small>
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| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| format = [[Sitcom]]
| Length = 52:14
| runtime = approx. 22 minutes
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| creator = [[Michael G. Moye]]<br />[[Ron Leavitt]] | developer =
| Producer = [[Mariah Carey]] <small>(executive)</small></br>[[L.A. Reid]] <small>(executive)</small></br>[[Will.I.Am|William "will.i.am" Adams]], [[Bryan-Michael Cox]], [[Danja]], [[DJ Toomp]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[James Poyser]], [[Swizz Beatz]], [[The-Dream]], [[Christopher Stewart (music producer)|Tricky Stewart]], [[Scott Storch]], [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]]
| producer = Barbara Blachut Cramer<br>(1987&ndash;1992)<br />John Maxwell Anderson<br>(1992&ndash;1997)
| Reviews =
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*[[Allmusic]] {{rating|3|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wxfwxz9jldae link]
| starring = [[Ed O'Neill]]<br />[[Katey Sagal]]<br />[[David Garrison]]<br />[[Amanda Bearse]]<br />[[Christina Applegate]]<br />[[David Faustino]]<br />[[Ted McGinley]]
*''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' (positive) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3if4db387a4c9936f15e36ffaef3a689ec link]
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*''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?ID=5044 link]
| opentheme = "[[Love and Marriage]]"<small><br />(Vocals by [[Frank Sinatra]])</small>
*''Dot Music'' {{rating|7|10}} [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/080416/33/21yps.html link]
| endtheme = "[[Love and Marriage]]"<small><br />(instrumental)</small>
*''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (A-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20190508,00.html link]
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*''[[The Guardian]]'' {{rating|4|5}} [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/reviews/story/0,,2272365,00.html link]
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*''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' {{rating|2|4}} [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-mariah12apr12,1,6445816.story link]
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]<!--Please don't change spelling to FOX, the corporate jargon spelling preferred by the network, because it's easily confused with FX network-->
*''[[New York Times]]'' (mixed) [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/arts/music/14choi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin link]
| first_aired = [[April 5]], [[1987]]
*''[[The Observer]]'' {{rating|4|5}} [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2256124,00.html link]
| last_aired = [[June 9]], [[1997]]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating|3|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mariahcarey/albums/album/20026951/review/20042969/emc link]
| num_seasons = 11
| Last album = ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]''<br>(2005)
| num_episodes =262
| This album = '''''E=MC²'''''<br>(2008)
| list_episodes = List of Married... with Children episodes
| Next album = ''The Ballads'' <br>(2008) <ref>[http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2296]</ref>
| website = http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows/marriedwithchildren/
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| Name = E=MC²
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| single 1 = [[Touch My Body]]
'''''Married...With Children''''' or '''''Married with Children''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] about a [[dysfunctional family]] living in [[Chicago]] that lasted 11 seasons. The show is also notable for being the first [[prime time]] [[television series]] to air on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]<!--Please don't change spelling to FOX, the corporate jargon spelling preferred by the network, because it's easily confused with FX network-->, debuting on [[April 5]], [[1987]], and airing its final first-run broadcast on [[June 9]], [[1997]]. The series was created by [[Michael G. Moye]] and [[Ron Leavitt]]. The show was known for handling non-standard topics for the time period, which garnered the then-fledgling [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] a standing among the [[Big Three Television Networks]] (i.e. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]] and [[NBC]]).
| single 1 date = [[February 19]], [[2008]]
| single 2 = [[Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song)|Bye Bye]]
| single 2 date = [[April 7]], [[2008]]
| single 3 = [[I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time]]
| single 3 date = [[July 1]], [[2008]]
| single 4 = [[I Stay in Love]]
| single 4 date = [[October 21]], [[2008]]
}}
}}
'''''E=MC²''''' is the eleventh [[studio album]] by [[United States|American]] [[pop music|pop]]/[[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Mariah Carey]]. The album was released on [[April 15]], [[2008]] in the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/upcomingreleases.shtml "Upcoming Releases"]. ''metacritic.com''. Retrieved February 13, 2008.</ref> It debuted at number one on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 463,000 copies sold, making it the biggest opening week sales of her career. The first single from the album, "[[Touch My Body]]", reached [[hit record|number one]] on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Other singles include "[[Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song)|Bye Bye]]", "[[I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time]]", and the forthcoming "[[I Stay in Love]]".


==Production history==
The series' 11-season, 262 episode run makes it the longest lasting live-action sitcom on the Fox network. The show's theme song is "[[Love and Marriage]]" by [[Frank Sinatra]] from the 1955 television production ''[[Our Town]]''.
Carey reportedly said she had been writing new songs while traveling on [[The Adventures of Mimi Tour|her latest tour]].{{Fact|date=September 2008}} It was reported that Carey was recording her new album and booked a whole month in [[Anguilla]]'s biggest villa and had a studio built in it.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/04252007/gossip/cindy/yes_on_dubya_apology__frost_cindy_cindy_adams.htm?page=0 "YES ON DUBYA APOLOGY: FROST"]. ''[[New York Post]]''. April 25, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003583252 "Billboard Bits: Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, Mobile"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. May 09, 2007. Retrieved May 09, 2007.</ref> R&B producer [[Bryan Michael Cox]] visited Anguilla and contributed four songs to the
album.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} On February 1, 2008, a video of Carey and Jermaine Dupri during one of their late night studio recording sessions in Carey's TriBeCa triplex was posted on Carey's official website.<ref>[http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2069 "Mariah and Jermaine Dupri in the Studio"] ''Mariahcarey.com''. February 01, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2008.</ref> Carey stated in late 2007 that she was trying to choose from 22 tracks to put in the final album.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/11/22/mariah-is-back-on-fire-89520-20143366/ "Mariah is back on fire"] ''mirror.co.uk''. November 22, 2007.
Retrieved November 22, 2007.</ref>


===Album title===
The series was produced by [[Embassy Television|Embassy Television/ELP Communications]], with production being assumed by successor studio [[Columbia Pictures Television]] (and eventually [[Columbia TriStar Television]]). Part of [[Sony Pictures Television]]'s library, it aired in syndication on [[FX Network]] in the United States from 1999 to 2008 and began airing on [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] and [[TBS]] in 2008. It also airs on [[CMT Canada|CMT]] and [[TVtropolis]] in [[Canada]].
Before the confirmation of the official title, the album was planned to be named ''That Chick'', a reference to one of the album tracks.<ref name="Billboard1">Sutherland, Mark. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003698872 "Mariah Rolls With T-Pain, Dupri On New Album"] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. January 18, 2008. Retrieved January 18, 2008.</ref> The album name means "(E) Emancipation (=) equals (MC) Mariah Carey (²) to the second power". It is a [[play on words|play]] on [[Einstein]]'s famous [[Mass–energy equivalence|mass–energy equivalence formula]] and is the sequel to her 2005 album, ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]''.<ref name="BlueMag">Irby, Adam Benjamin. [http://www.thebleumag.com/entertainment/critic/mariah-emc2.html "Bleu Magazine review of E=MC²"]. ''TheBleuMag.com''. April 5, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.</ref>


==Musical and lyrical content==
==Synopsis==
The album's music appeals to a lot of genres such as [[pop music|pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], and [[hip hop music|hip hop]], but some of her songs also include [[gospel music|gospel]] and [[reggae]] beats.<ref name="Reuters">[http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2828389520080329?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10152 "Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" offers genre-crossing equation"] ''[[Reuters]]''. March 28, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2008.</ref> She experiments for the first time with reggae tones on "Cruise Control"<ref name="Billboard1"/> and also uses a Jamaican patois during the second verse.<ref name="MTV"/> On "Side Effects" she speaks about her marriage to [[Tommy Mottola]] describing it as a "private hell", the "emotional abuse" she saw during this time and the side effects from which she still suffers. ''[[MTV]]'''s author Jennifer Vineyard said it's "like a rock power ballad" and compared the music style to that of [[Bonnie Tyler]] and [[Pat Benatar]].<ref name="MTV">Vineyard, Jennifer. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1584685/20080402/carey_mariah.jhtml?rsspartner=rssColdFusion "Mariah Carey Album Preview: E=MC2 Is Focused On Fun, But Mimi Is At Her Best When She's Keeping It Real"] ''[[MTV]]''. April 02, 2008. Retrieved April 08, 2008.</ref> Two songs from the album sample melodies of other songs: one of them is the [[soul music|Seventies-soul-recalling]]<ref name="Roling">Ganz, Caryn. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mariahcarey/albums/album/20026951/review/20042969/emc?rating=11 "Albums Review: E=MC²-Mariah Carey"] ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved April 08, 2008.</ref> "I'm That Chick" which samples [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Off the Wall (song)|Off the Wall]]". The other song is "[[I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time]]", which samples [[DeBarge]]'s "Stay with Me" and recalls the melodic riff of the "[[Hill Street Blues]]" theme music.<ref name="Fox"/><ref name="MTV"/> Her second single "[[Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song)|Bye Bye]]" is about the loss of her father, Alfred Roy, who died of cancer in 2002, and his absence during her childhood. Although the lyrics of the song mostly seems to be personal, she tries to keep the topic universal, so that everybody "who just lost somebody" can refer to it.<ref name="MTV"/> The closing track "I Wish You Well" is a piano ballad kept simple with gospel influences. In the song she quotes some parts from the Bible.<ref name="MTV"/>
The show follows the lives of [[Al Bundy]], a once-glorious high school [[American football|football]] player turned hard-luck salesman of women's shoes; his wife, Peggy, a tartish, uneducated [[housewife]] with a large red [[bouffant]] hairdo, 1960s clothes, and funny walk caused by wearing high heels; Kelly, Al and Peggy's pretty, promiscuous, dim-witted daughter; and Bud, their unpopular, girl-crazy, intelligent son (and the only Bundy who ever attended college). Their neighbors are the upwardly-mobile Steve and Marcy Rhoades. (Marcy later marries Jefferson D'Arcy.) Most storylines involve a scheming Al being foiled by his cartoonish dim wit and bad luck. His rivalry and loathing of Marcy also play a significant role in most episodes.


== Characters ==
==Critical reception==
One of the major challenges of this album was a need for it to be of a consistent quality with her previous release<ref name="BlueMag"/>, a record lauded by many critics.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/careymariah/emancipationofmimi?q=the%20emancipation%20of%20mimi "The Emancipation Of Mimi Reviews"]. ''Metacritic.com''. Retrieved April 10, 2008.</ref> So far the response towards the album has been relatively positive with a general body of opinion finding it to be a worthy successor to her previous album; ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]''.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/careymariah/eequalsmcsquared "E=MC² Reviews"]. ''Metacritic.com''. Retrieved April 23, 2008.</ref>
[[Image:Marriedwithchildrendvdseason1.jpg|thumb|225px|right|''Married with Children'' - The Complete First Season.]]
:''see also [[List of Married... with Children cast members]]''
=== The Bundy family ===
The creators of the show named the "Bundy" family after their favorite wrestler [[King Kong Bundy]], though some fans{{Who|date=August 2008}} mistakenly believed that the name was derived from serial killer [[Ted Bundy]].{{Fact|date=August 2008}} [[King Kong Bundy]] once appeared on the show as Peg's hick inbred uncle ''Irwin'', and again appeared as his wrestling persona, since "[[NO MA'AM]]" (National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood, a fictional club depicted on the show) were big fans of the wrestler.


[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] stated "She's proclaimed emancipation before, but Mariah Carey's never sounded as free as she does on her 10th album." and described ''E=MC²'' as "a pop album with equal parts levity and gravity".<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3if4db387a4c9936f15e36ffaef3a689ec Album Review]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008</ref> [[The Observer]] said that "each track is precision-tooled to sound as if it were born to be banging out of a [[Hummer]] in [[Miami]] on a sunny Saturday".<ref>Flynn, Paul. [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2256124,00.html "Mariah Carey, e=MC² (Universal) "]. ''[[The Observer]]''. February 17, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.</ref> Plenty of critics agreed that her voice is still in a good condition, ''[[Fox News]]'' and ''[[RWD]]'' stating "Her infamous eight-octave range has suffered a little wear and tear over the years, but Carey still can flutter from great highs to mellow lows like no one else"<ref name="Fox"> Friedman, Roger. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330759,00.html "Diva Alert: Mariah, Janet CDs Previewed"]. ''[[Fox News]]''. February 15, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2008.</ref> and "Vocally and sonically, this is yet another outstanding release from the world's biggest selling superstar",<ref >[http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6575/Mariah-And-Janet-The-Return.html "Mariah And Janet: The Return"]. ''RWD''. Retrieved February 24, 2008.</ref> respectively.
==== [[Al Bundy]] ====


Some critics were not as enthusiastic and mainly criticized this album for trying to copy the songs from ''The Emancipation Of Mimi'', while noting that Carey was not using the full range of her voice. Caryn Ganz, a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic, found that "nearly every song confines Carey to four-note verses, offering little room for her glorious range" <ref name="Roling"/> and the ''[[LA Times]]'' said it's the "most striking" thing about the album, but they also characterized the album as "nearly a clone of ''The Emancipation of Mimi''".<ref name="LATimes">Cromelin, Richard. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-mariah12apr12,1,6445816.story CD:Mariah Carey's 'E=MC2'].''[[LA Times]]''.April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 12, 2008.</ref> ''Bleu Magazine'''s critic, Adam Benjamin Irby, agreed and said that the ballads "are all trying desperately to recapture the magic that was '[[We Belong Together]]' [...] Overall, these facsimiles aren't terrible, they're just boring and forgettable at this point".<ref name="BlueMag"/>
The head of the Bundy family, Al ([[Ed O'Neill]]) is doomed to fail in all aspirations because of the 'Bundy curse'. 'Once a promising [[fullback (American football)|fullback]] for fictional [[James K. Polk|Polk]] High School (his proudest moment in life was scoring four [[touchdown]]s in a single game), he was on his way to [[college]] on a [[scholarship]] until he impregnated his girlfriend, married her, broke his leg, and ended up a shoe salesman at 'Gary's Shoes' in the 'New Market Mall.' Al often spends time attempting to re-capture his glory days, but is usually undermined in spectacular fashion by bad luck and poor judgment. He considers his family to be the cause of his failures, and his resentment of them (and fear of having sex with his wife) provides much of the show's humor. However, Al is still devoted to them, given that he protectively beats up Kelly's boyfriends, once threatened a male stripper that "if my wife loses anything in your pants, so will you," once gave his entire paycheck to Bud to enjoy his 18th birthday at the "nudie bar", and holds down a lousy job to put food on the table (occasionally!). Despite his yearning for "the touch of a beautiful woman," he always passes on those rare temptations, once explaining, "I actually kinda like my family."
In contrast to the [[Rolling Stone]] and the [[LA Times]], [[MTV]] praised her voice on this album and said that Carey can "really sing [when she's] not focused on vocal gymnastics".<ref name="MTV"/> Jody Rosen shared the opinion, saying that she "has definitively been emancipated&nbsp;— from her need to decorate every damn song with more octaves than [[Maria Callas]]".<ref>Rosen, Jody. [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?ID=5044 "Mariah Carey-E=MC²"]. ''[[Blender]]''. April 15, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2008.</ref>


==Sales and impact==
He frequents "nudie bars" and strip joints with his friends. The only thing that seems to consistently put him in the mood for his wife is watching her do [[manual labor]], which virtually never happens. It is mentioned in a Season 5 episode, aired in 1990, that Al is 43. Al has extremely severe [[foot odor]], prefers the escapism of television and bowling over his dysfunctional family, and life of drudgery and starvation (as Peg refuses to cook, she claims that she is allergic to fire, despite the fact that she smokes); and is often seen in his trademark couch-potato pose — seated on the sofa with one hand stuck under the waistband of his pants.
''E=MC²'' debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 463,000 copies sold, making it the biggest opening week sales of her career. With six number one albums, Carey is now tied with [[Janet Jackson]] in the U.S. for the third most number one albums for a female artist, behind [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] with seven and [[Barbra Streisand]]'s eight chart toppers.<ref name="BBNo1">Hasty, Katie. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003793091 "Mariah Debuts At No. 1 After Monster First Week"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. [[April 23]], [[2008]]. Retrieved [[April 23]], [[2008]].</ref> In its second week, the album topped the chart again with 182,000 copies sold.<ref name="EMCSales2">Hasty, Katie. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003796535 "Mariah Carey Remains Atop Billboard 200"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. [[April 30]], [[2008]]. Retrieved [[April 30]], [[2008]].</ref> ''E=MC²'' is Carey's first album to spend two straight weeks at #1 since 1995's [[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]].<ref>Grein, Paul. [http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/6699/week-ending-april-27-2008-whats-so-funny-about-a-3-debut "Week Ending April 27, 2008: What's So Funny About A #3 Debut?"]. ''[[Yahoo! Music]]'. [[May 01]], [[2008]]. Retrieved [[May 01]], [[2008]].</ref> The album has sold over 1,200,000 million copies in the [[United States]]<ref>Grein, Paul. [http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/9716/week-ending-june-29-2008-viva-la-download-or-death-and-all-his-cds "Week Ending June 29, 2008: Viva La Download Or Death And All His CDs"]. ''[[Yahoo! Music]]'. [[July 02]], [[2008]]. Retrieved [[July 03]], [[2008]].</ref> and was certified [[platinum]] by the [[RIAA]] on [[July 8]], [[2008]].<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/index.jsp Music Business News Reports and RIAA Ratings from Billboard.com - Find Ringtone Download Ratings too<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


In Canada, the album debuted at [[number one]], becoming her third number one album.<ref>[http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-OYOfV1sPu2TDvinYC_kJbVsQcg "HMV Canada: 'E=MC²' by Mariah Carey tops CD sales list"]. ''Canadian Press''. Retrieved April 28, 2008.</ref> On the UK Album Chart, it debuted at number three, selling 34,800 copies.<ref>Wilkes, Neil. [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a94231/kooks-storm-to-top-of-albums-chart.html "Kooks storm to top of albums chart"]. ''Digitalspy.co.uk''. April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.</ref> This was her highest peak position in the UK since ''[[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|Butterfly]]'', which peaked at number two.<ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/ Mariah Carey - Album peak positions]. ''EveryHit.com''. Retrieved April 23, 2008.</ref> The album surpassed the 100,000 units sold and has been certified [[Gold]]. <ref>http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33223</ref> In the Philippines, the album reached Gold status selling over 15,000 copies in just eight days.<ref> Dayrit, Joseph. [http://www.pep.ph/guide/1879/Mariah-Carey’s-E=MC2-gets-gold-status-after-eight-days "Mariah Carey’s "E=MC2" reaches gold status in only eight days"]. ''Philippine Entertainment Portal''. April 28, 2008. Retrieved May 02, 2008.</ref> It also received a [[Gold]] certification in Australia, where the album peaked at #2.<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50 Australian Record Industry Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. In European Top Albums, E=MC² debuted and peaked at number three recording the highest debut of the week. That's one place higher than the start made by [[The Emancipation Of Mimi]] in April 2005. The album peaked at number six in France, at number seven in Germany and at number nine in Italy.<ref>Sexton, Paul. [http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3if57cb0c541e56ebf0a3cbac5329aafc5 "Duffy's 'Rockferry' Solid At No. 1 In Europe"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. April 24, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2008.</ref>
The [[foot odor]] is not his only health problem; once in 1993, he had a bad case of [[dandruff]]. He also has terrible teeth, as noted in the episode "Tooth or Consequences," where his extremely poor [[oral hygiene|dental hygiene]] (green, black, bleeding, and loose teeth amongst them) leads to a trip to the dentist with typical bad luck results. This also happened to be the episode where Peggy made one of her few dinners and Al was unable to eat because his entire head was wrapped in gauze from his dentist visit. His dentist felt he may be able to save a few of his teeth but told his assistant he would need a drop cloth for the floor.


On April 15, 2008, the same day the album was released, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proclaimed April 15 officially as "Mariah Carey day" in [[Los Angeles]]. It was in part of celebrating Carey's eighteenth number-one single, "[[Touch My Body]]".<ref>[http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 "Mariah Honored by the City of Los Angeles"]. ''Mariahcarey.com''. April 21, 2008. Retrieved May 03, 2008.</ref> Also, from April 25 through April 27, 2008 the [[Empire State Building]] was lit up in Carey's motif colors—lavender, pink, and white&nbsp;— in celebration of her achievements in the world of music.<ref>[http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2197 Mariahcarey.com news.news<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Al's favorite television series, the fictional ''Psycho Dad'', was a source of joy and entertainment that Al seemingly, at times, wanted to emulate. He would hum the words to the theme song, and pretend to "shoot" his fictional gun while watching the show. Much like Al, "Psycho Dad" was tormented by his family, and was stated to kill his wife and get revenge on his children in the opening credits and during various fictional "airings" of the episode, though no video was ever shown. His other joys were Westerns, often [[John Wayne]] films, most notably "[[Hondo (film)|Hondo]]," until Peg's family ruined his recording of the movie by taping over it with a song dedicated to her. He has also referenced "[[Shane]]" when the clan ruined his enjoyment of that movie.
==Singles==
"[[Touch My Body]]" was chosen as the lead single of the album. The song received positive reviews by music critics<ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/infozone/discography/emc2/tmb/reviews.shtml "Touch My Body Reviews"] ''Mariah Daily Journal''. Retrieved April 28, 2008.</ref>— for example, [[Blender (magazine)|''Blender'']]'s critic called it a "pop genius making genius pop".<ref>[http://blender.com/news/comments.aspx?article=10488 "Listen: Mariah's New Sex Tape-Themed Smash"] ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''. Retrieved April 08, 2008.</ref> It was a moderate success internationally, peaking in the top twenty in most countries,<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/33798 "Touch My Body- Peak positions"] ''αCharts''. Retrieved April 24, 2008.</ref> but was more successful in the U.S., where it entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number fifty-seven;<ref name="BBCohen">Cohen, Jonathan. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003713776 Flo Rida Makes It Nine Straight Atop Hot 100]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. February 21, 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2008.</ref> the song subsequently climbed to the top of the chart, becoming Carey's eighteenth number-one single on the chart, pushing her to second place among artists with the most number-one singles in the rock era and first place as a solo artist in the same category, surpassing [[Elvis Presley]]. The achievement was attributed to a record-breaking digital sales debut, as 286,000 copies were sold in its first week of availability.<ref>Pietroluongo, Silvio. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003784083 Mariah, Madonna Make Billboard Chart History]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. April 02, 2008. Retrieved April 02, 2008.</ref>


On Carey's official website, "[[Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song)|Bye Bye]]" was announced as the second single from the album. The song premiered on radio on April 7, 2008<ref name="Byebye">[http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2152 "Listen to Mariah's New Single 'Bye Bye'!"] ''Mariahcarey.com''. April 07, 2008. Retrieved April 08, 2008.</ref> and peaked at number nineteen on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="billboardsinglescharthistory">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=48340&model.vnuAlbumId=1110917 Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Mariah Carey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Al also has his "faithful" 1974 [[Dodge Dart]] that invariably had failed brakes, constant break-downs, and numerous other problems associated with its age. At the time of the fourth season at least, Al was still paying it off, despite it being over 20 years old, and by the eighth season, had passed one million miles. Al's Dodge actually appears to be a 1972 [[Plymouth Duster]] with an optional vinyl top. Plymouth and Dodge are both owned by Chrysler, and both companies have models originally based on the [[Plymouth Valiant]]. Therefore the car looks similar to some Dodge Darts.


During her promotion in Japan, "[[I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time]]" was announced as her next single there and started charting on the [[Japan Hot 100]].<ref>[http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2230 Mariahcarey.com news.news<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=sfy8LTyRHzfLjlnsN1TpnRKnbs1GXhf94R2MRhQ8WKXpNFgRq2pL!803844404&f=Japan+Hot+100+Singles&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles Billboard- Updated Album Charts from the most Trusted Music Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The single was sent to U.S. radio stations on July 1, 2008 as the third single from the album. It only peaked at number fifty eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="billboardsinglescharthistory"/>
Al's house number in Chicago, IL, is 9764 (Jeopardy lane), although the actual house (seen during the opening) is in Deerfield, IL.


"[[I Stay in Love]]" is the fourth single and according to [[All Access]] the song is scheduled to go for adds at Top 40/Mainstream radio on October 21, 2008.<ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/temp/newalbum/istayinlove/aa_pop.jpg]</ref><ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/news.shtml]</ref>
The producers originally wanted to cast comedian [[Sam Kinison]] as Al Bundy. However, they ultimately chose not to, due to the profaneness of Kinison's comedy routines. Kinison would later play Al's guardian angel in the episode "[[It's a Bundyful Life]]," spoofing [[Frank Capra]]'s ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''. The producers also considered [[Michael Richards]] for the role.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}


====Peggy Bundy====
==Track listing==
All songs were written or co-written by Mariah Carey. Additional writers in brackets.
Margaret "Peggy" Bundy (née '''Wanker''') ([[Katey Sagal]]) is Al's very lazy high school drop-out housewife. She refuses to cook or clean the house, and prefers looking for new clothes to washing them. She does not even think of having a job. During the day, she likes to watch all the daytime [[talk show]]s, sitting on the beloved family couch, and eating tons of [[bonbon]]s (without getting fat). Her favorite TV shows are ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah]]'' and ''[[The Phil Donahue Show]]'', but she also enjoys watching the [[Home Shopping Network]]. Peggy is a [[red hair|red-head]] with a [[bouffant]] hairdo, and usually wears 1960s, and later, 1970s-styled fashion with skin tight [[spandex]] pants and shirts, and [[Stiletto heel]]s, which make her walk in a unique way. Peg was a cigarette smoker in early seasons, but soon quit. In tune with Peggy's character, it was revealed in the fourth season that she did not graduate high school like she thought, failing to meet a half-credit in [[home economics]]. She got her diploma, but only by stealing Kelly's final exam, and tricking her into going to summer school. She continually spends what little money Al makes on everything from expensive clothes to useless junk, even stealing from her children to get extra cash.


# "Migrate" (featuring [[T-Pain]]) <small>([[Danja|Nathaniel "Danja" Hills]], Belawa Muhammad, [[T-Pain|Faheem "T-Pain" Najm]])</small>&nbsp;–4:17
Her maiden name is [[wikt:Wanker|Wanker]], and her family hails from the fictitious rural Wanker County, [[Wisconsin]], where "As Einstein put it, everyone's relative." At Peg and Al's high school reunion, her rival muttered, "Peg...Peggy Wanker...Leave a tip, don't bother to thank her." What is never made clear is how she managed to go to high school with Al when her parents apparently never left Wanker County. The choice of the word [[wanker]], is likely to be a private joke{{Fact|date=August 2008}}, since in [[British English]], the word "wank" is a slang term for [[masturbation]], and "wanker" is often used as a strong insult, applicable either to an inadequate or obnoxious person.
# "[[Touch My Body]]" <small> ([[Cristyle|Crystal "Cri$tyle" Johnson]], [[The-Dream|Terius "The-Dream" Nash]], [[Christopher Stewart (music producer)|Christopher "Tricky" Stewart]]) - </small>&nbsp;– 3:24
# "Cruise Control" (featuring [[Damian Marley]]) <small>([[Jermaine Dupri]], Johnson, [[Damian Marley]], [[Manuel Seal, Jr.|Manuel Seal]])</small>&nbsp;–3:32
# "[[I Stay in Love]]" <small>([[Bryan Michael Cox]], [[Swizz Beatz|Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean]], Adonis Shropshire)</small>&nbsp;–3:32
# "Side Effects" (featuring [[Young Jeezy]]) <small>(J. Jenkins, Johnson, [[Scott Storch]])</small>&nbsp;–4:22
# "I'm That Chick" <small>([[Johnta Austin]], [[Stargate (production team)|Mikkel S. Eriksen]], [[Stargate (production team)|Tor Erik Hermansen]], Rodney Temperton)</small>&nbsp;–3:31
# "Love Story" <small>(Austin, Dupri, Seal)</small>&nbsp;–3:56
# "[[I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time]]" <small>([[DJ Toomp|Aldrin "DJ Toomp" Davis]], [[Mark DeBarge]], Johnson, Etterlene Jordan)</small>&nbsp;–3:01
# "Last Kiss" <small> (Austin, Dupri, Seal)</small>&nbsp;–3:36
# "Thanx 4 Nothin'"<small> (Dupri, Seal)</small>&nbsp;–3:05
# "O.O.C." <small>(Dean, Sheldon Harris)</small>&nbsp;–3:26
# "For the Record" <small>(Cox, Shropshire)</small>&nbsp;–3:26
# "[[Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song)|Bye Bye]]" <small>(Eriksen, Hermansen, Austin)</small>&nbsp;–4:26
# "I Wish You Well" <small> ([[James Poyser]], Mary Ann Tatum) </small>&nbsp;–4:35


===Bonus tracks===
Despite her inappropriate behavior, she generally appeals to men, including Al whenever she does work. Like Al, she would never cheat on her partner -- but unlike Al, enjoys marital sex. She does not seem to mind her husband ogling other women, reading pornographic magazines, or going to strip joints -- most likely because she does the same things herself with other men. Her enthusiasm has caused some of the male strip joints she visits to establish the "Bundy rule" -- where women can no longer go into the back rooms to meet the dancers. During Season 6, Katey Sagal got pregnant in real-life, so it was written into the show. However, Katey suffered a [[miscarriage]], so in true ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' fashion, the writers made the whole storyline into one of Al's nightmares. Katey was pregnant again twice during the series' run, but instead of writing her pregnancies into the show, the producers either used camera shots from above the stomach, or wrote episodes without the character of Peggy, explaining her absence by having her set out in search of her missing father, and only occasionally calling home.


#<li value="15"> "Heat"<sup>1</sup> <small>([[Will.I.Am|William "will.i.am" Adams]], Jon Fletcher, Keith Harris, Jalil Hutchins, Johnson, Larry Smith, R.Muller)</small>&nbsp;– 3:34
The producers originally wanted [[Roseanne Barr]] to play Peggy Bundy, but she declined, and the producers cast Katey Sagal, who came up with Peg's final appearance, wanting to satirize the TV housewives of the '60s and '70s.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
# "4real4real"<sup>2</sup> (featuring [[Da Brat]]) <small>(Cox, Shropshire)</small>&nbsp;– 4:13


<small><sup>1</sup> British, Japanese and Australian bonus track.</br>
==== Kelly Bundy ====
<sup>2</sup> [[iTunes]] pre-order and Japanese bonus track.</small>
Kelly ([[Christina Applegate]]) is the older child in the Bundy family, born on approximately [[November 27]], [[1972]] or 1973 or sometime before [[February 19]], as noted in "Peggy Turns 300," where Kelly says her birthday is in February, but erroneously refers to herself as an "Aquarium" instead of an Aquarian ([[Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]]). "Pumpkin," as Al often calls her, is a promiscuous [[bimbo]] and stereotypical "[[dumb blonde]]." She may have inherited her behavior from her mother, known as "The Big Easy" in high school. Peg has attempted to convey some of her other "values" to Kelly, most notably advice on how to avoid working.


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During the series' run, Kelly got progressively more stupid. Initially, she was not the stereotypical dumb blonde [[bimbo]] she eventually becomes.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} In one episode, a flashback to Kelly's childhood reveals her to have been a prodigious reader until she banged her head during a road trip, instantly changing her personality to prefer focusing on her "shiny, shiny shoes." In the early seasons Kelly was way smarter yet rebellious, and had more self-respect.The show hints at her amazing intrinsic intellectual ability, which only exhibits itself on those rare occasions when she is not preoccupied with her social standing or with the opposite sex. For instance, she can predict the next number drawn on a [[roulette]] wheel, but only after letting her mind go blank. When properly motivated, she is able to solve complex mathematical equations, such as her calculation of the trajectory to shoot garbage bags into the D'Arcys' yard from a homemade catapult. It has been demonstrated that she can absorb a limited amount of information very well, but will forget something that she learned in the past once her limit is reached. In one episode, where Kelly appeared on a sports [[game show]], sports-junkie [[Al Bundy|Al]] takes advantage of that trait in order to train her for the show, filling her head with various (and somewhat useless) sports trivia. However, the plan backfires when Kelly forgets the answer to a [[high school football]] question, ironically about Al.
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Kelly's comedic function tends to include blatant displays of naïvete and ignorance, with the typical response by the family of willfully allowing her to remain ignorant. Bud, in particular, likes to sow misconceptions in her mind. For example, she asks Bud to help her with her book report on ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'', but ends up reviewing ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' instead. Her family is surprised to learn that she earned her high school diploma in 1990 -- but when she receives her diploma through the mail after finishing [[summer school]], she asks her mother to read it to her. She then worked as a model and waitress. She had become a bottle-blonde at an early age at her mother's encouragement after a boy at school liked a natural blonde more than Kelly. (Years afterward, neither can remember their own natural hair-color.) She is obsessed with boys, hair [[bleach]], and the [[telephone]]. Kelly was not allowed to have sleepovers or birthday parties from age eight to age sixteen, thanks to an experience she had at age eight, where "the judge wanted to try her as an adult."
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Though she often pokes fun at her younger brother, Bud, for being an under-developed, pubescent [[sexual arousal|horndog]], she usually seems to be proud of him whenever he manages to get an attractive date. On at least one occasion, she has also avenged Bud by humiliating a girl that humiliated him. For a short time, Bud is her official agent, entitled to 80% of her earnings. Kelly is very fond of her pets, even when unable to sufficiently care for them. Buck, the family dog, was generally considered to be hers, and she was the most upset when he died. However, when Buck was to be neutered, Al (not wanting to have Buck fixed) says "Buck is Bud's dog, and we have to get Bud's permission." When Peg asks Bud if it is okay to neuter "his" dog, Bud does not seem to care and simply says, "Sure."
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Her favorite comic strip is ''[[Garfield]]''. Her less-than-stellar reading skills led to many comedic situations in which she would read the ''[[Garfield]]'' comic aloud, mispronouncing [[lasagna|lasagne]] as "luh-SAG-nee." She also watches cartoons, such as ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', under the impression that it is a nature show.

==== Bud Bundy ====
Budrick Franklin Bundy, ([[David Faustino]]) is the second child, born on [[January 22]] around 1974. In the first season, Bud is revealed to be in fifth grade, making him 10 or 11, but in subsequent seasons, he was aged to be within one year of Kelly, graduating high school in 1991.

He was named after Al's favorite beer, [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]]. The first word Bud spoke was "hooters." He believes himself to be attractive, [[sexy]], and smooth, but often is typically caught in sexually humiliating scenarios. He is also shorter in stature than his sister, and a lot shorter than his mother. He does not appear to know how to impress women upon meeting them, and is often rejected. It is unclear when Bud lost his virginity, as it was depicted that he may have bedded women as far back as age 14, but in the fourth season, it is mentioned that he is still a virgin. Later in the series, he manages to have one-night-stands, including one with his cousin's fiancee, played by [[Joey Lauren Adams]]. He tries to get girls with the help of various [[alter-ego]]s, including street rapper 'Grandmaster B' -- a persona often ridiculed by his family with the epithets 'Bed-wetter B', grasshopper B, 'Butt Wagger B', 'Cross-Dresser B', 'Grandma B', 'Grand Bastard B', 'Grand Marshall B',<ref>[http://www.bundyology.com/bbud.html More Examples]</ref> etc. (Faustino has actually been featured in a few rap albums in real-life, and he also manages a nightclub.) Another alter-ego is 'Cool Bud', Bud's sexual, suave side with which he eventually 'merges', prompting him to become more 'cool'. Bud has been known to fail at romance, as those attracted to him are often undesirable (such as fat hotel guests, dowdy college librarians, and male hotel workers). Bud also takes an interest in Marcy; when Steve leaves her, he actively pursues her. After playing a trick on Kelly to prove her stupidity, Kelly proves not to be so foolish by making Bud and Marcy falsely believe they spent the night together. (Bud asks Marcy, "You are on the pill, right?" In response, Marcy looks nervous.)

Out of the Bundys, Bud seems to be the most ashamed of the family as he often pretends not to know them. He is also arguably the most academically intelligent. He ridicules Kelly as a promiscuous dimwit, and although he quite frequently uses her ignorance to his benefit, he occasionally feels obliged to defend her when others exploit her foolishness -- but he is known to scheme against his own family. He makes [[honors student|honor roll]] throughout [[high school]], and gets himself through college (and even earns scholarship money, which his family spends without his consent). During his college years, Bud is portrayed as the leader of his "[[social circle]]" (most of whom are stereotypical "losers"), as he appears to be the only one with the least bit of self-confidence. He is also Kelly's agent, receiving 80% of everything she makes. While being the bait of the family, Bud is the most matured member of the Bundys despite his personality.

Although he is occasionally bullied and beaten by bigger men, Bud has inherited his father's talents for fist-fighting, once teaming up with Al to single-handedly beat up an entire gang of teenage punks, while helping Peg's father find a bear from Wanker County on the loose in [[Chicago]]. In two episodes, he has also assisted his fellow Bundys when they brawl with another family -- Al beats up the father, Peg beats up the mother, Kelly beats up the daughter, and Bud beats up the son. On his eighteenth birthday, Bud also helped Al during a strip-club brawl. He is not above fighting dirty by smashing his opponents over the head with chairs or bottles.

==== Buck ====
Buck (Played by Michael, trained by Steven Ritt<ref>[http://www.tvacres.com/dogs_sheep_buck.htm Sheepdogs - Buck]</ref>) is the family dog; voiceover by writer/producer [[Kevin Curran (writer)|Kevin Curran]]; on special episodes Buck is voiced by [[Cheech Marin]]. From season eight on, Buck's voice was provided by staff member [[Kim Weiskopf]]. He is often "heard" by the audience through voiceovers that tell what is on his [[mind]]. He is just as disgusted with the family as the others. Peggy dotes on him, sometimes even cooking for him. Though extremely lazy, Buck has a huge, insatiable sexual appetite, having at one point impregnated all the female dogs in the neighborhood.

Buck died at one point in the series to allow Michael, the dog that portrayed him, to [[retire]]. (Michael died nine months later.){{Fact|date=August 2008}} Buck went to animal heaven, and was [[reincarnated]] as Lucky, a [[cocker spaniel]]. In later seasons, Buck/Lucky would occasionally serve as the [[narrator]] in the second half of a two-part episode, recapping the events of the first part.

==== Lucky ====
A character whose voice-overs were performed by staff member Kim Weiskopf, Lucky is the [[spaniel]] that the family gets after Buck dies. He is the [[reincarnation]] of Buck, but no one in the family ever realizes this. In the episode "Lez Be Friends," the Bundy kids have difficulty entertaining a depressed Lucky; it is revealed that Lucky is gay, with a leather-clad [[Olde English Bulldog]] as his companion.

==== Seven ====
Seven-year-old Seven ([[Shane Sweet]]) is adopted by the Bundy family after being abandoned by his own parents, Zemus and Ida-Mae, cousins of Peggy who are both [[hillbillies]]. Seven was given his name by his parents, who claimed that he was the "seventh" child they had, but while counting up to 7, Zemus skipped a number, thus giving anecdotal evidence that Seven may only be their sixth child. In the seventh season, true to the Bundy name, he quickly proves himself to be manipulative, conniving, and good in a fist fight. Although the character was intended to generate fresh storylines, the show's writers ultimately found it difficult to work the boy into the show’s adult-themed scripts. The character was abruptly dropped, to the delight of the viewers. (A poll showed that more than 80% of the viewers did not like the character.) His final appearance was in the episode "Peggy And The Pirates," where Peggy sends him off to bed so that she can make love to Al. The character was never to be mentioned again, except for on three separate occasions in Season 8. One is when his face appears on the side of a milk carton over the words, “Have you seen me?” Another instance is when Marcy and Jefferson comes over to inform the Bundys that Seven has been staying with them, and has learned to chant "Kill the Bundys" with the rest of the people in the neighborhood. In episode 0823 ("Kelly Knows Something"), when Al is teaching sports trivia to Kelly, we see numerous (many essential) facts leaving her brain as she is learning. A picture of Seven flows out of her brain, indicating that she will no longer remember him.

==== Peggy's mother ====
Heard only in frightening voice-overs by [[Kathleen Freeman]] and ground-shaking gags (making her an [[unseen character]]), she lives with the Bundys in later seasons. There are vague and comical references to her gigantic weight. This woman is mostly the victim of Al's abrasive, behind-the-back, and hatred-filled insults. She was set to be played by [[Divine (Glen Milstead)|Divine]], who died before production. She works a phone-sex hotline under the moniker "Butter." She also uses a pitch fork as an eating utensil.

==== Peggy's father, Ephraim ====
Peggy's father was played by [[Tim Conway]], appearing occasionally in the last three seasons. It is implied that he was drunk, and held a shotgun to Al's head at Al and Peggy's wedding. (He calls Peggy by her true name "Margaret.") Unlike many other sitcoms with the father-in-law usually disapproving of the husband having married his daughter, Peg's father approves of Al so much that he held a gun to Al's head to force him to follow through on the marriage Al had drunkenly proposed to Peg, although Ephraim implied in "The Joke's on Al" that the gun wasn't loaded at the time. Ephraim, like his wife, was set to be played by [[Divine (actor)|Divine]], who died before production.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}

=== The neighbors ===
==== Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy ====
Marcy D'Arcy (Marcy Rhoades from Episodes 0101–0512, played by [[Amanda Bearse]]) is Peggy's best friend, Al's nemesis, and the family's next-door neighbor. Though she considers herself to be better than the Bundy family, Marcy often sinks to their level. She originally worked as a loan officer at the city bank (in a higher position than her husband, Steve), and then as the manager of the ''Kyoto National Bank'' since the second season. But for a brief time, she was demoted to drive-up window teller as punishment for approving a loan Al could not re-pay (in fact the purpose was to make Al able to re-pay a previous loan approved by Steve, but Al instead turned this loan into his "shoe hotline" project as well, and lost it too). She wins back her old job after [[frug]]ging on her boss's desk for 20 minutes, clad only in a slip, while the other drive-up window tellers tossed quarters at her.

Initially, Marcy was a sweet, wholesome newlywed, but years of living next to the Bundys apparently warped her into a character almost as outrageous as the Bundys. She contemptuously bickered with Al, and reveled in his misery. One of the reasons for her hatred of Al is his chauvinistic and misogynistic view of women. Marcy seemed to have a disturbing dark side, and enjoys sharing her past memories with Peg, but often tends to get lost in them. At various points in the series, she is identified as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] who looks down on the [[lower-class]] Bundy clan, but at other times, she is portrayed as a man-hating [[radical feminism|radical feminist]] and environmentalist. Al's most frequent targets are Marcy's tiny chest and her [[chicken]]-like stance when she gets annoyed. In season 5 Marcy claimed she was pregnant though this was later written out of the show.

One of the running gags in the series has Marcy often mistaken for a young boy, on one occasion even being mistaken for [[Bruce Jenner]]; when she reminisces about her first training bra, Al asks "How old were you then - twenty-five?!" Despite wanting to appear prudish, Marcy is shown to be a very sexual person, and is revealed to have a rather sordid sexual history, such as the "Little Bo Peep and the Cop" game.

Although Marcy and Al are usually adversaries, they often unite in common causes, such as when Steve loses his job, and later when Jefferson comes into the series. Their teamwork is attributable to the fact that they are both "bread-winners," giving them occasional moments of mutual understanding.

==== Steve Rhoades ====
Steven "Steve" Bartholomew Rhoades ([[David Garrison]]) is Marcy's first husband. Much like the name "Bundy" the creators chose the surname "Rhoades" after professional wrestler [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]], a [[Face (professional wrestling)|good-guy]] character who worked opposite [[Heel (professional wrestling)|bad guys]] like [[King Kong Bundy]]. He is a [[banker]] who seems unfazed by his lower position than Marcy at the city bank. (When Marcy moves up to a high position at another bank, he gets her former job.) Steve initially condescends to the Bundys, but eventually becomes more like them, and generally turns to Al for male-bonding. Marcy was initially attracted to him because of his self-centered [[materialism]].

Steve seemed to be a fairly demure and buttoned-down character, compared to his wife and the Bundys, although he did show a dark side. As a banker, Steve took sadistic pleasure in humiliating people who [[bullied]] him in high school by making his former tormentors (many of whom were stuck in poor, dead-end jobs similar to Al's) grovel for bank loans, which he flatly refused. Steve also got his job as Dean of Bud's college by [[blackmailing]] the man who employed him as a [[chauffeur]].

Steve was written out of the show in the middle of the fourth season; Garrison had decided he no longer wanted to be tied down to a weekly television series, preferring to avoid being typecast in one role, and devote more time to his first love: stage acting. He reached an agreement with [[FOX Network|FOX]] to buy out the remainder of his contract. In the final episode shot, (though confusingly, not the final episode aired) in which he was a regular character, Steve is disenchanted with his and Marcy's [[yuppie]] lifestyle, and is increasingly interested in becoming an outdoorsman (a real-life interest of Garrison's). He then disappears, with the explanation that he left Marcy to become a forest ranger at [[Yosemite National Park]]. Prior to disappearing he loses his job at the bank, after, in desire to win a free trip to [[Hawaii]], he approves a loan for Al's "shoe hotline" project which fails. His last job was as a "pooper scooper" at an exotic pet shop. In later seasons, Garrison would reprise the Steve Rhoades character on four occasions, returning to guest star in individual episodes (with Steve having pursued other careers in the meantime), as he eventually returns to professional life to become the Dean of Bud's college. This episode was to be the [[television pilot|pilot]] of a [[spin-off]] series that never happened.

==== Jefferson D'Arcy ====
Jefferson Milhouse D'Arcy ([[Ted McGinley]]) is Marcy's second husband (original age unknown, but younger than Steve Rhoades, but one episode mentioned that he celebrated his 40th birthday), a "pretty-boy" who marries her for her money. Self-centered and lazy, he is a male equivalent of Peggy. Marcy met Jefferson (a bartender) at his workplace after a bankers' convention when she got drunk, and found herself married to him the next morning; she was horrified to find out that her name was now Marcy D'Arcy. He is the closest friend of Al, and often angers Marcy when he is bonding with him; unlike Steve Rhoades, who was more of a foil, or straight man, to Al, Jefferson tends to be very encouraging and attuned to Al's behavior. Marcy constantly bosses Jefferson around to keep him in check. However, behind her back, Jefferson often insults Marcy, ignores her orders (and has implied numerous times that he cheats on her). When Marcy's favorite squirrel ''Zippy'' dies, Jefferson tells her that he will give it a proper burial, only to punt it out of his sight when Marcy turns around.

Jefferson is a member of "[[NO MA'AM]]" along with Al, wearing the trademark T-shirt, but he always keeps a clean "YES MA'AM" T-shirt on underneath, which he quickly reveals if Marcy is about to bust one of "[[NO MA'AM]]"'s activities. He seems very afraid of provoking his wife's anger, and his fear is justified -- in one episode, after he angered Marcy, she kicked him in the behind so hard he had to go to the hospital to get her boot removed from his rear end.

Marcy constantly hounds Jefferson to get a job. However, on the rare occasions when he actually gets one (working at the shoe store, being cast as an actor in a commercial, working as an aerobics instructor, working at an auto-repair shop in some menial position, etc.), he usually ends up working with beautiful women, which prompts a jealous Marcy to make him quit and return to his [[de facto]] job as her [[gigolo]]. This tendency runs in the D'Arcy family, as Jefferson's father also worked as a gigolo, and his mother worked as an [[exotic dancer]] before she was eaten by her snake at an airport.

He is easily the most financially-scheming character of the show -- even more than the Bundys. Often, when Al stumbles into a unique lucrative opportunity, Jefferson typically persuades Al to take advantage of it. When Al was robbed in his shoe store, Jefferson convinced him to sue the mall while feigning psychological trauma. When Al discovered hidden shoes that he stocked away in the 1970s, Jefferson convinced him to use the shoes as a new gimmick for the store by taking advantage of the old shoes' popularity. When discovering Al's boss, Gary, was using illegal sweatshops to manufacture the shoes, Jefferson assists Al in a search for incriminating evidence. When Bud was involved in a romantic relationship with the (surprising to the characters) female Gary (played by ''Janet Carroll''), Jefferson convinced Al to permit the relationship, so Al can milk Gary out of her money through his son. After discovering that they were in possession of private pictures of [[Shannon Tweed]] in sexually provocative manners, Jefferson convinced Al to sell it to the media. During a rare time in which Al is struck with good luck, Jefferson persuades him into a high-stakes poker game with a group of ex-criminals. Jefferson also convinced Al to go home to have sex with his wife, so Al could win a radio contest.

During the course of the series, it is revealed that Jefferson spent time in prison (for selling contaminated land as a vacation spot to several people, including Al) and used to be in the [[CIA]]. Occasionally, people claim to have seen him on ''[[Happy Days]]'', a claim he always denies ([[Ted McGinley]] did, in fact, play Jefferson High School coach and teacher Roger Phillips on ''Happy Days'' later in the series, the obvious inspiration for the character's name).

Ted McGinley had appeared previously as Peggy's husband, Mr. Norman Jablonski, in the second part of ''It's a Bundyful Life'', where Al's guardian angel ([[Sam Kinison]]) shows Al what his family would have become if he was never born. The episode lightly parodies Capra's ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''.

==== Amber ====
Amber ([[Juliet Tablak]]) is Marcy's niece. Amber's mother sent her to live with Marcy to get her out of her bad [[Los Angeles, California|L.A.]] neighborhood. Bud tries relentlessly to bed her, and succeeds, but only once. After season nine, Amber disappears without explanation. Like most females on the sitcom, she is typically repulsed by his objectifying views of females. However, she does appear to demonstrate an attraction to Bud (remarking to Kelly in private that she thinks he is cute), and freely kisses him as a way of saying goodbye.

=== Recurring characters ===
* '''Griff''' ([[Harold Sylvester]]) &ndash; First appears early in Season 9, and is a friend and co-worker of Al at the shoe store. He is also a member of Al's "[[NO MA'AM]]" organization. A divorcee, he shares many of Al's characteristics as far as work ethic and views on women go. However, Griff isn't quite as impolite and outspoken to their customers, or to their boss, Gary. He is also less callous; occasionally he feels uneasy when going along with one of Al or Jefferson's many schemes. Griff drives a [[GEO Metro]], and is often mocked for this. However, Griff is happy because it is still more reliable than Al's 1970s [[Dodge]]. (Al says Griff's car is easier to push.) When Bud and Griff first met, Bud said Al never mentioned having a co-worker, and Griff said Al never mentioned having a son, a daughter, or a living wife, but had already annoyed him with all the times he mentioned scoring four touchdowns in one single game.
* '''Bob Rooney''' ([[E. E. Bell]]) &ndash; One of [[Al Bundy|Al]]'s friends from the neighborhood, and treasurer of "[[NO MA'AM]]." He works as a butcher, has a wife named Louise (who is a friend of Peggy), and played on the same football team as Al at Polk High. He is always called by both his first and last name, even by his wife, and it is spelled as one word on his [[bowling]] shirt. Bell was the only member of the extended cast to spend a lot of time on the [[Usenet]] newsgroups fielding questions from viewers.
* '''Officer Dan''' ([[Dan Tullis, Jr.]]) &ndash; A friend of Al's who is also in "[[NO MA'AM]]." Surprisingly, though he is part of "[[NO MA'AM]]," he often arrests them for their illegal antics. However, he does admit to his friends that he is a corrupt officer, which indicates he does help out the group now and then. In one of the times he was about to arrest them, he changes his mind and joins them when he learns they're trying to bring back "''Psycho Dad''". Though he was usually a cop, in season 6 Officer Dan arrives at the Bundy front door as an FBI agent looking for Steve Rhodes.
* '''Ike''' ([[Tom McCleister]]) &ndash; Another member of "[[NO MA'AM]]." Sergeant of Arms of the organization. Believes [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] is still alive. The character was named after producer Kim Weiskopf's best friends's son.[http://www.bundyology.com/nomaam.html]
* '''Miranda Veracruz de la Hoya Cardinal''' ([[Teresa Parente]]) &ndash; Latina local news reporter originally from "[[Ecuador|a country named after the equator]]" who is typically assigned to cover the pathetic news stories in which the Bundys inevitably involve themselves. She often laments the sad state of her career on-air. While she only appears in a handful of episodes throughout the series, the character seems to be quite popular with fans.
* '''The Wankers''' &ndash; Peggy's family, living in Wanker County ("The home of the gassy beaver"). They are more often mentioned than seen on camera. Peggy's mother is never shown (though she is heard in several episodes, voiced by [[Kathleen Freeman]]), but her father ([[Tim Conway]]) appears in a few episodes. Mrs. Wanker's unbelievable obesity is the subject of many jokes, including one in which Al goes blind after accidentally walking in on her bathing. Other extended family members includes Uncle Otto (James 'Gypsy' Haake), Uncle Irwin ([[King Kong Bundy|Chris Pallies (King Kong Bundy)]]), the Wanker Triplets (Milly de Rubio, Elena de Rubio, Eadie de Rubio), Cousin Possum Boy ([[John Gerard]]), Cousin Effie ([[Joey Lauren Adams]]), Cousin Eb ([[William Sanderson]]), Cousin Zemus ([[Bob Goldthwait]]) and his wife Cousin Ida Mae ([[Linda Blair]]). In the UK and Australia, the word 'wanker' is a slang insult that means "someone who masturbates." It is not known whether the producers knew this, and included is as an in-joke for the benefit of British/Australian audiences, or whether the name is just a coincidence. When Peggy hears Al encouraging Kelly to get a job, she mentions a tradition of the female Wankers of having men being buried earlier for having to keep them.
* '''Gary''' (Janet Carroll) &ndash; The owner of Gary's Shoes and employer of Al. Gary's first appearance in the series came after Al turned her women's shoe store into a men's, assuming Gary was male and therefore wouldn't notice. (Al never saw Gary in the first twenty years he worked in the store, leading him once to doubt that Gary really existed) Gary is incredibly wealthy (she would have been in the [[Forbes 400]], but only reached #401 because of the shoe store--her only failing business venture). In the first appearance she said she owns, among other things, men, prompting Al to offer himself but she points out she said "men." Over the course of the series she makes several more appearances, always to the chagrin of Al, and in one episode even becomes the [[Age disparity in sexual relationships|Sugar Momma]] of Bud, much to the chagrin of those who still thought she was a man. However she became too possessive leading Bud to break-up with her as he puts his dignity over her money.
* '''Luke Ventura''' ([[Ritch Shydner]]) &ndash; A co-worker at the shoe store early in the series. He was a sly womanizer who was always seducing beautiful women and stealing Al's sales. Peg hated him while Al tolerated him. He disappears from the show after the first season, but is mentioned again in the ninth season episode "Pump Fiction," when Al learns from the shoe industry publication "Shoe News" that Luke is being given an award. Though he was portrayed to be a friend of Al's in the beginning of the series, after his disappearance, he had been spoken of as if he had since become Al's rival.
* '''Aaron Mitchell''' ([[Hill Harper]]) &ndash; The second co-worker of Al's at the shoe store. A young football star at Polk High, he is on the verge of marrying a wonderful woman and going to college, achieving everything that Al ever wanted. Al chooses to live his life vicariously through Aaron, until his misguided advice accidentally drive the boy to a shrewish woman named "Meg" (a young copy of Peg) and the same dismal fate which had befallen Al. Aaron appeared only in the eighth season (5 episodes).
* '''Dexter''' ([[Chi McBride]]) &ndash; He was the third co-worker with Al in Gary's Shoes. He was killed off when a fat woman fell on him during an Earthquake that was ironically caused by fat women.
* '''Ariel''' ([[Jennifer Lyons]]) &ndash; One of Bud's love interests. She is the quintessential [[dumb blonde]], sporting blonde hair, large breasts, skimpy outfits and a high-pitched voice. She is not very smart and Bud is constantly thinking of new ways to con her into having sex with him.
* '''Jaclyn''' ([[Melissa De Sousa]])


One thing to notice. The addresses of the neighbors, and of the Bundy's are the same.

==Fox<!--Please don't change spelling to FOX, the corporate jargon spelling preferred by the network, because it's easily confused with FX network--> broadcast history==
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|April 1987 - October 1987
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|October 1987 - July 1989
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|July 1989 - August 1996
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|align="left"|Canadian Albums Chart<ref>[http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-OYOfV1sPu2TDvinYC_kJbVsQcg "HMV Canada: 'E=MC²' by Mariah Carey tops CD sales list"]. ''Canadian Press''. Retrieved April 28, 2008.</ref>
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==Episodes==
==Credits==
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:''see also [[List of Married... with Children episodes]]''
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*Producers: [[Will.I.Am|William "will.i.am" Adams]], Mariah Carey, [[Bryan-Michael Cox]], [[Danja]], [[DJ Toomp]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[James Poyser]], [[Swizz Beatz]], [[The-Dream]], [[Christopher Stewart (music producer)|Tricky Stewart]], [[Scott Storch]], [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]]
*Executive producers: Carey, [[L.A. Reid]]
*Co-executive producers: [[Mark Sudack]]
*Background Vocals: Sade Austin, Carey, [[Da Brat|Shawntae "Da Brat" Harris]], [[Cristyle|Crystal "Cri$tyle" Johnson]], Dante Santiago, Mary Ann Tatum
*Engineers: Adams, Nick Banns, [[Stargate (production team)|Mikkel S. Eriksen]], Brian Garten, [[Kuk Harrell]], John Horesco IV, Padriac Kerin, Derrick Selby, Kelly Sheehan, James Stassen
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*Mixing: Marcella Araica, Miguel Bustamante (assistant), Dylan Dresdow, Dupri, Supa Engineer Duro, Josh Houghkirk (assistant), Jaycen Joshua, Fabian Marasciullo, David Pensado, Phil Tan
*Mastering: [[Bernie Grundman]]
*Management: [[Benny Medina]], Gina Rainville, Michael Richardson, Melissa Ruderman, Sudack
*Package Production: Carol Corless, Doug Joswick
*Instrumentation: B.M.C., Stargate
{{Col-end}}


==Spike deal==
==Release history==
The album was released in multiple countries during April, 2008.
In 2008, the [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] network reportedly paid US$12 million for broadcast rights to every episode including the unedited version of the infamous episode, ''[[I'll See You in Court]]''.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983581.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562 'Married' set for Spike run]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', [[April 6]], [[2008]].</ref> It started airing on Spike on September 29th, 2008 with a weeklong marathon.


==Nielsen ratings==
1994-1995 Season: #64

1995-1996 Season: #78

1996-1997 Season: #97

==Awards==
'''[[Casting Society of America]]:
*1987: Best Casting for TV - Episodic Comedy (nominated)

'''[[Emmy Awards]]:
*1987: Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Series (for "But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy", nominated)

*1988: Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series (for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", nominated)

*1989: Outstanding Editing - Multi-Camera Production (for "Requiem for a Dead Barber", nominated)

*1990: Outstanding Costuming for a Series (for "Raingirl", nominated)
*1990: Outstanding Editing - Multi-Camera Production (for "Who'll Stop the Rain", nominated)

*1991: Outstanding Costuming for a Series (for "Married... with Aliens", nominated)

*1994: Outstanding Costuming for a Series (for "Take My Wife, Please", nominated)

'''[[Golden Globe Awards]]:
*1990: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series|Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series]] ([[Katey Sagal]] for playing "Peggy Bundy", nominated)
*1990: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Series - Musical or Comedy|Best Series - Musical or Comedy]] (nominated)

*1991: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series|Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series]] ([[Ed O'Neill]] for playing "Al Bundy", nominated)
*1991: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series (Sagal, nominated)

*1992: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series (O'Neill, nominated)
*1992: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series (Sagal, nominated)

*1993: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series (Sagal, nominated)

== Controversy and edited content ==

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One episode of ''Married... with Children'' was "lost" due to the efforts of a Michigan housewife (see below); it did, however, air outside the United States since the show went into syndication. Another edited episode involved Al trying to sell his Dodge before he is contacted by a Dodge representative wanting to record the moment when the odometer on the Dodge reaches all-zeros (1 million miles) was also the source of controversy. After meeting various people, Al is approached by two men dressed in all white tunics, holding a bundle of dynamite attached to an alarm clock. The men declare, "Look, we have no time to haggle; we need car and directions to [[Sears Tower]]."

=== Rakolta boycott ===
In 1989, [[Terry Rakolta]], a homemaker from [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]], led a boycott<ref>http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652601,00.html Married... With Children The 100 Best TV Shows Of All Time</ref> against ''Married... with Children'' after viewing the episode ''[[Her Cups Runneth Over]] - 0306''.<ref>[http://www.bundyology.com/hpg/306.html Bundyology - Episode "Her Cups Runneth Over"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Offended by the images of an old man wearing a garter and stockings, the scene where Steve touches the panties of a mannequin dressed in S&M gear, a homosexual man wearing a tiara on his head (and Al's line, "...and they wonder why we call them "queens"), and a woman who takes off her bra in front of Al (and is shown with her arms covering her chest in the next shot), Rakolta began a letter-writing campaign to advertisers, demanding they boycott the show.

After advertisers began dropping their support for the show and while Rakolta made several appearances on television talk shows, FOX executives refused to air the episode titled ''[[I'll See You in Court|I'll See You In Court - 0310]]''.<ref>[http://www.bundyology.com/hpg/308.html Bundyology - Episode "I'll See You in Court"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This episode would become known as the "[[Lost episode|Lost Episode]]" and was aired on [[FX Networks|FX]] on [[June 18]], [[2002]], with some parts cut for time reasons. The episode was packaged with the rest of the third season in the January 2005 [[DVD]] release (and in the first volume of the ''Married...With Children'' Most Outrageous episode DVD set) with the parts cut from syndication put back in.

During the first boycott, [[Nielsen Ratings|ratings]] for ''Married... with Children'' ironically rose due to interest in the show caused by Rakolta's crusade to have the show canceled (a non-Internet example of the [[Streisand effect]]). The increased number of viewers kept the show on the air until 1997.

Rakolta has been referenced twice on the show: ''Rock and Roll Girl - 0414,''<ref>[http://www.bundyology.com/hpg/414.html Bundyology - Episode "Rock and Roll Girl"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> when a newscaster mentioned the city Bloomfield Hills, and ''No Pot To Pease In - 0909,''<ref>[http://www.bundyology.com/hpg/909.html Bundyology - Episode "No Pot to Pease in"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> when a television show was made about the Bundy family and then was canceled because (according to Marcy) "some woman in [[Michigan]] didn't like it."

==DVD releases==
''' Worldwide Releases'''
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||The Complete First Season||[[October 28]] [[2003]] / [[April 7]] [[2004]] / [[October 25]] [[2005]]||align="center" |13||Reunion special and Bonus trailers. Trailers not included on Region 4 set.
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||The Complete Second Season||[[March 16]] [[2004]] / [[October 26]] [[2004]] / [[September 24]] [[2008]]||align="center" |22||13 Hidden Easter Eggs Featuring Interviews With the Cast.
| April 8, 2008
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|[[Poland]]<ref>[http://www.fan.pl/shopping/pe.php?id=1267242&oknrt=1267242 Mariah Carey - E=Mc2 @ FaN Sklep z Muzyką<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Third Season||[[January 25]] [[2005]] / [[February 10]] [[2005]] / [[September 24]] [[2008]]||align="center" |23||Easter Eggs and Previews.
| April 9, 2008
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|[[Germany]]<ref>[http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000UMKCYC?camp=1410&creative=6378&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000UMKCYC&adid=01CWBKYMEPPK2J43Z9QD& Amazon.de: E=MC&sup2;: Mariah Carey: Musik<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Fourth Season||[[August 30]] [[2005]] / [[December 22]] [[2005]] / [[September 24]] [[2008]]||align="center" |23|| Bonus Previews. 7 Syndicated/Edited Episodes. German region 2 sets feature unedited episodes.
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|[[Netherlands]]<ref>[http://www.nl.bol.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/nl/-/EUR/BOL_DisplayProductInformation-Start?BOL_OWNER_ID=1000004005994225&Section=MUSIC&lgl=1&plid=I2eR5JsZ2XYAAAEYLfr1%2et0K&lgl_BOL_OWNER_ID=1&lgl_Section=1 bol.com | Muziek | E=Mc2 , Mariah Carey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Fifth Season||[[June 20]] [[2006]] / [[June 27]] [[2006]] / [[September 24]] [[2008]]||align="center" |25|| Bonus Previews.
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|[[France]]<ref>[http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B000UMKCYC E=MC2: Mariah Carey: Musique: Amazon.fr<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Sixth Season||[[December 19]] [[2006]] / [[August 17]] [[2006]] / [[September 24]] [[2008]]||align="center" |26|| Bonus Previews.
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|[[The Philippines]] (Deluxe edition)<ref>[http://guides.clickthecity.com/music/?p=2974 Be The First To Solve Mariah's Equation @ ClickTheCity.com Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Seventh Season||[[September 18]], [[2007]] / [[October 5]] [[2006]] / [[September 24]] [[2008]]||align="center" |26|| Bonus Previews.
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|[[United Kingdom]]<ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00128K5LS Amazon.co.uk: E=MC2: Mariah Carey: Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Eighth Season||[[March 18]], [[2008]] / [[December 19]] [[2006]] / [[October 22]] [[2008]]||align="center" |26|| Bonus Previews. Minisodes.
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| [[Canada]]<ref>[http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000UMKCYC/ Amazon.ca: E=mc2: Mariah Carey: Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Ninth Season|| [[August 19]], [[2008]] [http://news.tvonmedia.com/tvom_news_by_show/Married-With-Children-Complete-9th-Season-DVD.shtml] / [[February 20]] [[2007]] / [[October 22]] [[2008]]||align="center" |28|| Minisodes. As Ep 17 Best of Bundy - April 30th 1995 and as Ep 25 My Favorite Married - Nov. 26th 1995.
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|[[Hong Kong]]<ref>[http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/rockpop.asp?sku=19797 MARIAH CAREY / E=MC2 - HMV Hong Kong<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Tenth Season|| TBA / [[March 20]], [[2007]] / TBA ||align="center" |26||
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|[[South Korea]]<ref>[http://www.melon.com/gnb2/album/album_info.jsp?p_mmi=0&p_albumId=375943&WLFC=MAIN_NA 뮤직 인터페이스 - MelOn<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
||The Complete Eleventh Season|| TBA / [[May 8]], [[2007]] / TBA ||align="center" |24||
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|[[Spain]]<ref>[http://www.fnac.es/dsp/?servlet=extended.HomeExtendedServlet&Code1=3942027772&Code2=199&prodID=703727 Comprar disco 'E=MC2, Mariah Carey ' | Tienda FNAC.ES | Música<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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||Missing in Season Specials|| TBA ||align="center" |24|| Feb. 5th 1995, Al Bundy's Sports Spectacular
|}

For the most part the episodes on the North American DVD box sets are the unedited versions as seen on the FOX network, however there are some instances where scenes have been cut or the syndicated version of an episode was placed on the DVD instead. This is most noticeable in Season 4, where 7 of the 22 episodes have some type of edit. The German region 2 Season 4 set uses non-syndicated versions of these episodes, although the Dutch and French sets have the syndicated versions.

The region 4 sets were delayed by three years from the release of the complete Season 1, until the release of Season 2. [[Ezydvd|EzyDVD]] plans to release the region 4 editions from seasons 2-7. These DVDs will all be released on September 24, 2008. It is unknown whether or not these DVDs will be edited like their American counterparts, as few details have been released on the DVDs.

It has recently surfaced that seasons 8 & 9 will be released in Region 4. This will bring the released DVDs to the equivalent of the American releases.

The DVD box sets from Season 3 onward do not feature the original "Love and Marriage" theme song in the opening sequence. This was done because Sony was unable to obtain the rights to the theme song. It is highly unlikely that the theme song will return in any yet to be released DVD box set.<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children/2711]</ref>

The replaced theme song was the cause of the syndicated versions of seven episodes in Season 4, as Sony falsely claimed did not have access to the original masters of these episodes, and had to use syndicated prints. This is proved wrong since they used the originals from Season 4 in "Most Outrageous" DVDs that contained some episodes. As the end credits had to be altered to credit the new theme song, certain scenes that originally ran during the end credits had to be replaced with a freeze frame. In most episodes affected, the original audio plays in the background while you see a freeze frame, however in a few cases a freeze frame is used, but the original audio is replaced with the theme song. The final two seasons are expected to be released in the near future.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}

In the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) all seasons have already been released (region 2).
In December 2007 the '''Big Bundy Box''' - a special collection box with all seasons plus new interviews with Katey Sagal & David Faustino - was released. <ref>[http://blog.albundy.net/?p=108 Big Bundy Box Released]</ref>

==Remakes==

{{Unreferencedsection|date=August 2008}}

===Argentina===
In Argentina a remake has been done under the name of ''[[Casados con Hijos (Argentina)| Casados con Hijos]]''. The show aired in 2005 and although it wasn't successful at first, it was aired again during summer and it got one of the highest ratings of the year and because of that, a second season has been done for 2006. The characters are Pepe ([[Guillermo Francella]]), Moni (Florencia Peña), Coqui ([[Darío Lopilato]]) and Paola ([[Luisana Lopilato]]), all under the 'Argento' surname. It should be noted that the show's reruns had higher ratings than when the episodes were first aired.

===Brazil===
''A Guerra dos Pintos'' (''War of the Pintos'') was the title of the Brazilian remake. It ran for a short time on BAND before it got cancelled in 1999 due to poor ratings. Many episodes were left unaired. The Brazilian Bundys were called "Pintos" (hence the name of the series). Pinto translates to [[dick]] in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and is also a common Brazilian surname. The Pintos lived in Rio de Janeiro. Al's equivalent, "Zé Pinto," was a shoe salesman just like Al, and he was a former soccer player as Al was a former football player. Peggy equivalent was named "Neide Pinto," Kelly named "Kelly Pinto" and Bud was "Joca Pinto" in the series. They also had a dog named Cachorro (which means [[dog]] in Portuguese). Their neighbours, the "Fialho's," were based on the Rhoades, not the D'Arcys. The storyline was exactly the same as in the early original version.

===Chile===
In Chile, a remake was made in 2006 and 2007, with the name ''Casado con Hijos'', and it has been getting higher ratings, beating soap operas broadcasting in the same hour. The show was broadcasted daily. The characters were Alberto "Tito" Larraín (Al), María Eugenia "Quena" Gómez de Larraín (Peggy), Ignacio "Nacho" Larraín (Bud), and Titi (Kelly). Their neighbors are Marcia Durán (Marcy) and Pablo Pinto (both Steve Rhodes and Jefferson D'Arcy).

===Colombia===
In Colombia a remake named ''Casados con Hijos'' was made on 2005. The characters are "Paco" Rocha (Al), "Lola" (Peggy), Willy (Bud), and Kelly (Kelly).

===Croatia===
September 2008 - The Croatian channel [[Nova TV]] begins their own adaptation of "Married... with Children", locally called "Bračne vode" where the famous last name Bundy turns into similar Bandić (Bandić is [[Milan Bandić]]'s last name, he is the Mayor of the [[Zagreb|City of Zagreb]]). Some of famous actors were cast in core roles, such as Damir Lončar as Al Mila Elegović as Peggy, Jadranka Đokić as Marcy, Igor Mešin as Steve/Jefferson, and Sonja Kovač as Kelly.

===Germany===
The [[Germany|German]] sitcom ''Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt'' (''Help me, my family's gone wild'') is an adaptation of the first 26 episodes of ''Married... with Children'' produced by [[RTL Television]] in 1992, depicting the exploits of the Cologne family ''Strunk''. The scripts and every single joke from ''Married... with Children'' were translated to German, with only minor adjustments to better fit the German audience, e.g. replacing names of celebrities mentioned in the show.

''Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt'' went on air March 4th, 1993 on RTL (called "RTL Plus" from 1984 to 1992) as a weekly show airing each Thursday at [[prime time]], which traditionally begins at 20:15 in Germany. At first it had twice as many viewers as the dubbed original show which also aired on RTL (weekdays at changing times between 17:30 and 19:45), but ''Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt'' received overwhelmingly bad ratings from fans of the original show and critics alike, criticizing that the show was a poor imitation of ''Married... with Children''. The number of viewers dropped considerably during the next weeks, and the show quickly got canceled.

===Hungary===
In 2006, Hungarian TV network [[TV2 (Hungary)|TV2]] brought the license rights including scripts and hired the original producers from Sony Pictures for a remake show placed in Hungarian environment. It was entitled ''Egy rém rendes család Budapesten''<ref>http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egy_r%C3%A9m_rendes_csal%C3%A1d_Budapesten</ref> (in English: ''Married with children in [[Budapest]]'', loan translation: ''A gruesomely decent family in Budapest''). The main story began with the new family called the Bándis inherit an outskirt house from their American relatives the Bundys. They filmed a whole season of 26 episodes, all of them being remade versions of the plots of the original first seasons. It was the highest budget sitcom ever made in Hungary. First it was aired on Tuesday nights, but was beaten by a new season of ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', then placed to Wednesday nights. The remake lost its viewers, but stayed on the air due to the contract between Sony and TV2. (<ref>[http://index.hu/kultur/media/bundy7904/ Index.hu] '''In Hungarian'''</ref><ref>[http://index.hu/kultur/media/mc5808/ Index.hu] '''In Hungarian'''</ref><ref>[http://index.hu/kultur/media/rem486/ Index.hu] '''In Hungarian'''</ref>)

===Poland===
There is a sitcom called ''[[Świat według Kiepskich]]'' (''The World According to the Kiepscy''), which is loosely based on ''Married... with Children'' (in Poland entitled ''Świat według Bundych'' - "The World According to the Bundy").
It has been running since 1999. Although it has been cancelled for one year, during 2005–2006 period, under the fans pressure it has been brought back next year. It is still running with over 200 episodes. There are many differences between original 'Married... with Children' and 'Swiat według Kiepskich' such as the working wife, unemployed husband, half-disabled mother of the housewife, completely dumb son, a very greedy neighbour with his poshless wife and other changes like second neighbour, a fat man called 'Boczek' (Bacon). Few years before its first canncellation, the actor who played the Polish version of Al Bundy's son left the show. In real life, the actor met with unpleasant situations, in which people mistook his fictional character as himself. Despite rumours of a comeback, the actor never returned to the series. Another big change was when the actress who played the role of housewife's mother died at age of 87 in real life. The producers said that it was a great loss and her character was irreplaceable.

===Russia===
The Original ''Married... With Children'' ran on NTV nightn air for almost three years, on daily basis involving the show of most episodes from seasons 1-10. The show later aired on [[TV6]]. However, for unknown reasons, most episodes from season 11 were not shown. A Russian adaptation, titled ''[[:ru:Счастливы вместе (телесериал)|Счастливы вместе]]'' (Sсhastlivy Vmeste) (''Happy Together''), is now airing on [[:ru:ТНТ (телеканал)|TNT]] channel across the country.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/world/europe/10sitcom.html?em&ex=1189656000&en=53663b3615f7d656&ei=5087%0A Still Married, With Children, but in Russian - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{ru icon}} {{cite web
|url=http://www.tnt-tv.ru/programs/SchastlivyVmeste/
|title=Счастливы вместе : ТНТ
}}</ref>

In April 2008, the producers announced all episodes of ''Married... With Children'' have been adapted as ''Schastlivy Vmeste'' (including all the episodes from the seldom seen 11th season) and an online contest was started where fans could submit new ideas for episodes.<ref>http://lean-m.ru/news/2008/04/14/novyi-konkurs-ot-schastlivy-vmeste (in Russian)</ref>.

The character names are: Gennadij Bukin (Al), Dasha (Peggy), Sveta (Kelly), Roma (Bud), Elena and Anatolij Poleno (Marcy and Jefferson Darcy), Evgeniy Stepanov (Steve Rhoades), Sema (Seven), Baron (Buck).

===Spain===
Originally it was aired at public channel "[[TVE|La 2]]." The Spanish TV network [[Cuatro]] created a Spanish version called ''[[Matrimonio con Hijos]]'' (''Marriage with Children''). It was cancelled after only one season due to the lack of quality and good scripts.

=== United Kingdom ===
It was shown on [[ITV]], and made no great impact, perhaps because of the questionable use of wholesome family comedian [[Russ Abbott]] in the lead role of Ted Butler, or perhaps because the original had already been shown on the same channel, albeit in a late-evening slot. Also, this version was considerably toned down from the original, despite the fact that British TV is in general more risque than American, and the BBC had already been showing shows similar to ''Married ''for years. The show was renamed ''Married for Life'', in order to distinguish it from the original, which already had a cult following in the United Kingdom.

== Spin-offs ==
* ''Married... with Children'' was adapted into a comic book series by [[NOW Comics]] in 1990.
* The episodes ''Top of the Heap'', ''Radio Free Trumaine'', and ''Enemies'' were meant to be spin-offs.
** ''Top of the Heap''<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101222/ IMDb.com - Top of the Heap]</ref> was the only episode of the three to get its own show. It was notable as an early sitcom starring [[Matt LeBlanc]]. The show was about Vinnie Verducci (played by LeBlanc) and his father Charlie (played by [[Joseph Bologna]]) always trying [[get rich quick]] schemes. The Verduccis were introduced in an earlier episode where Vinnie played Kelly Bundy's boyfriend and Charlie played an old friend of Al Bundy's. The end of the pilot episode shows Al breaking into their apartment and stealing their TV to replace the one he lost betting on Vinnie in a boxing match.
** ''Radio Free Trumaine'' was to be about Bud Bundy's time in college with the campus radio station, with Steve Rhoades as the antagonistic Dean. The episode co-starred [[Keri Russell]].
** ''Enemies'' was a ''[[Friends (TV series)|Friends]]'' clone, featuring [[Alan Thicke]], based around Kelly Bundy's social circle.
* In addition to those three spin-offs, a ''[[Frasier]]''-type spin-off (''i.e.'', picking up from where the show it spun-off from left off) about Kelly Bundy was planned but never made for two reasons: Christina Applegate turned it down, and Fox's<!--Please don't change spelling to FOX, the corporate jargon spelling preferred by the network, because it's easily confused with FX network--> contract stated that the two Bundy children couldn't get spin-offs. Also, series co-creator Michael G. Moye proposed a NO MA'AM, spin-off, but got turned down mainly due to FOX's fears of alienating much of the female demographic.

==Worldwide==
* '''[[United States]]''': It ran on [[Fox]]<!--Please don't change spelling to FOX, the corporate jargon spelling preferred by the network, because it's easily confused with FX network--> for its ten year run but it has also appeared in syndication reruns on other channels. [[Sony Pictures Television]] picked it up and Sony has only released it on DVD but never aired it on any channel. It is currently showing on [[Spike TV]] and [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]].

''Married...with Children'' is also popular in other countries around the world.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:0"
|-
! Country
! Foreign title
! Translation
! Network(s)
! Notes
|-

| {{AUS}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| None
| [[Nine Network]]<br />[[Ten Network]]<br />[[TV1 (Australia)|TV1]]
| Reruns of the show run four times during week at 10pm and three episodes are shown from 9am Sunday on the cable network [[TV1 (Australia)|TV1]]. Original episodes aired on the [[Nine Network]] and later on the [[Ten Network]].
|-

| {{AUT}}
| '''Eine schrecklich nette Familie'''<br />(''An Awfully Nice Family'')
| Dubbed
| [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| The show aired from [[March 6]], [[1995]] until [[March 18]], [[1998]] on the [[Public broadcasting|Pubcaster]] [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]. It started airing again on [[July 13]] [[2007]], weekdays.
|-

| {{BEL}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| Subtitled
| [[VTM]], [[Ketnet]], [[VT4]]
| The show is currently running on the commercial network [[VTM]] and has previously been aired on the public network [[Ketnet]] and the commercial network [[VT4]].
|-

| {{BRA}}
| '''Um amor de Família'''<br />(''A Lovely Family'')
| Dubbed<br />Subtitled
| [[Sony Entertainment Television]]<br />[[PlayTV]]
| Has been running (on and off) since 1991 on different national channels. Today the show runs on [[Sony Entertainment Television]] with original sound and subtitles, the dubbed version runs on [[PlayTV]].
|-

| {{BUL}}
| '''Женени с деца'''<br />(''Married with Children'')
| Dubbed
| [[BTV (Bulgaria)|bTV]]<br />[[Fox life]]
| The show ran its all seasons on [[BTV (Bulgaria)|bTV]] and is currently airing on [[Fox life]].
|-

| {{CAN}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
|
| [[Global Television Network]]<br />[[TVtropolis]]<br />[[CMT Canada|CMT]]
| Original episodes aired on the [[Global Television Network]]. The show ran for a short period of time on [[CMT Canada|CMT]] during 2006–2007 and is currently being run on [[TVtropolis]].
|-

| {{CHI}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| Dubbed
| Megavision
| Today the show runs on Sony Entertainment Television and it was aired on Mega, a national channel.
|-

| {{CRO}}
| '''Bračne vode'''<br />(''Marriage Waters'')
| Subtitled
| [[Croatian Radiotelevision]]<br />[[RTL Televizija]]
| The show runs on [[RTL Televizija]]. It was originally aired on [[Croatian Radiotelevision]] (HRT) in late 1990s.
|-

| {{CZE}}
| '''Ženatý se závazky'''<br />(''Married with Liabilities'')
| Dubbed
| [[TV Nova]]<br />[[TV Prima]]
| The family name is "Bunda," which means "coat" in Czech. The show was first aired on [[TV Nova]] and then re-run on [[Prima TV]] several times.
|-

| {{DEN}}
| '''Vore værste år'''<br />(''Our Worst Years'')
| Subtitled
| TV3
|
|-

| {{DOM}}
| '''Casado con Hijos'''<br />(''Married with Children'')
| Dubbed
| Telesistema 11
|
|-

| {{EST}}
| '''Tuvikesed'''<br />(''Lovebirds'')
| Subtitled
| [[Kanal 2]]
|
|-

| {{FIN}}
| '''Pulmuset'''<br />(''Loveydoves'')
| Subtitled
| [[MTV3|MTV]]<br />[[Nelonen]]
| Originally shown by [[MTV3|MTV]], currently being rerun on [[Nelonen]].
|-

| {{FRA}}
| '''Mariés, deux enfants'''<br />(''Married, Two Children'')
| Dubbed
| [[Métropole 6|M6]]<br />[[Comédie!]]
| The show has been seen on [[Métropole 6|M6]] since 1989. It also runs on the cable channel [[Comédie!]] since 2002.
|-

| {{GER}}
| '''Eine schrecklich nette Familie'''<br />(''An Awfully Nice Family'')
| Dubbed
| [[RTL Television|RTL]]<br />[[ProSieben]]<br />[[Kabel1]]
| It ran from 1992 on [[RTL Television|RTL]] ("RTLplus" at that time). It also aired on [[ProSieben]]. It now currently airs two episodes a day Monday-Friday on [[Kabel1]]<ref>[http://www.kabeleins.de/serien_shows/schrecklich_nette_familie/ Eine schrecklich nette Familie]</ref>. The show runs in a constant loop. It runs Season 1-11 and then starts all over again.
|-

| {{GRE}}
| '''Παντρεμένοι με παιδιά'''<br />(''Married with Children'')
| Subtitled
| [[ANT1]]
| Has been on and off the air in [[ANT1]] channel from the nineties onwards. The show has seen many re-runs.
|-

| {{HUN}}
| '''Egy rém rendes család'''<br />(''A gruesomely decent family'')
| Dubbed
| TV3<br />[[RTL Klub]]<br />[[Viasat 3]]<br />CoolTV
| The show has ventured from channel to channel over the years, from the now-defunct TV3 through [[RTL Klub]] to [[Viasat 3]], where it is occasionally repeated. A cable television called CoolTV airs 3 episodes each day.
|-

| {{IRL}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| None
| [[RTÉ Two]]<br />[[Paramount Comedy]]<br />[[Sky1]]<br />[[RTÉ One]]
| Shown on [[RTÉ Two]] and on the UK's [[Paramount Comedy]]. In the 90'S it aired on the UK's [[Sky1]].It disappeared in the early 2000s. Very recently on [[RTÉ One]] it appeared early January 2007 on a Late Thursday Night/Early Friday Morning at 4am and showed two episodes each time. It disappeared off of the schedule Late April 2007. Not Currently Showing on Irish Television.
|-

| {{ISR}}
| '''נשואים פלוס'''<br />(''Married Plus'')
| Subtitled
| [[Bip (channel)|Bip]]
| Since 2006 the show can be seen on HOT cable television, in the channel [[Bip (channel)|Bip]], channel 4. A shoe store in [[Herzliya]] named itself Bundy Shoes (though the shop in the series is Gary's). In the past the show was shown on channels 2, 3 and 6.
|-
| {{ITA}}
| '''Sposati ... Con Figli'''<br />(''Married ... With Children'')
| Dubbed
| [[FX (TV network)|FX]]
| It is nowadays on air, on sattelite Sky, Channel FX.
|-

| {{KAZ}}
| '''Счастливы вместе'''<br />(''Happy Together'')
|
| NTK
| The Russian remake of the show, Счастливы вместе, is currently being shown on NTK (Independent Television Channel) every weekday night from 8:00-9:00.
|-

| {{LTU}}
| '''Vedęs ir turi vaikų'''<br />(''Married and has children'')
| Dubbed
| [[TV3 Lithuania|TV3]]<br />[[Tango TV]]
| The show periodically runs on [[TV3 Lithuania|TV3]] and [[Tango TV]].
|-

| {{MEX}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
|
| Sony Entertainment Television<br />TV Azteca
| Runs on Sony Entertainment Television and ran on and off on TV Azteca.
|-

| {{NED}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| Subtitled
| [[RTL7]]
| The show is currently being broadcast on [[RTL7]].
|-

| {{NZL}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| None
| [[TV 2 (New Zealand)|TV2]]<br />Sky TV
| Ran for many years on TV2, now on Sky TV.
|-

| {{NOR}}
| '''Våre verste år'''<br />(''Our Worst Years'')
| Subtitled
| [[TV3 (Viasat)|TV3]]<br />[[Viasat 4]]
| Originally (some ten years ago on TV3) aired as ''Våre verste år'' (''Our Worst Years''), the show is now called ''Bundy'' and is currently in re-runs after midnight every day except weekends on TV3. Is also shown daily on Viasat 4.
|-

| {{PER}}
| '''Matrimonio con Hijos'''<br />(''Marriage with Children'')
|
| TV 13 - RED GLOBAL<br />Sony Entertainment Television
| The show runs on TV 13 - RED GLOBAL from Monday to Friday at 20.00 p.m.
|-

| {{POL}}
| '''Świat według Bundych'''<br />(''The World According to Bundys'')
| Lector
| [[Polsat]]<br />TV Puls
| The show was aired many times on [[Polsat]], and it is still on air there today. Its popularity spanned a [[sitcom]] with similar premise made by [[Polsat]] - ''[[Świat według Kiepskich]]'' (''The World According to the Kiepscy'').
|-

| {{ROM}}
| '''Familia Bundy'''<br />(''The Bundy Family'')
| Subtitled
| [[PRO TV]]<br />[[Pro Cinema]]
| Runs periodically on the channels [[PRO TV]] and [[Pro Cinema]].
|-

| {{RUS}}
| '''Женаты... с детьми'''<br />(''Married...with Children'')
| Dubbed
| [[TV6 (Russia)]] [[NTV (Russia)|NTV]]<br />[[Domashny]]<br />[[DTV Viasat|DTV]]
| The Original ''Married... With Children'' ran on NTV nightn air for almost three years, on daily basis involving the show of most episodes from seasons 1-10. The show later aired on [[TV6]] and the "Domashniy Channel." However, for unknown reasons, most episodes from season 11 were not shown. After being pushed into a late night schedule, the show has been dropped entirely in favour of the current Russian remake, titled ''Schastlivi Vmesti'' ("Happy Together.")
|-

| {{SRB}}
| '''Bračne vode'''<br />(''Marriage Waters'')
| Subtitled
| [[Fox televizija]]
|
|-

| {{SVK}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| Dubbed
| TV Markíza
| The show is being run with the Czech dubbing on TV Markíza (due to the huge similarity of the Czech and Slovak language there is no special need for a Slovak dubbing).
|-

| {{RSA}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
|
| M-Net
| The original series ran on the pay channel, M-Net.
|-

| {{ESP}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| Dubbed
| [[TVE2]]<br />[[Canal 300]]<br />SET en VEO
| The original series were a classic that ran for a decade in the public national channel [[TVE2]]. Recently the [[Spain|Spanish]] TV channel [[Cuatro TV|Cuatro]] did a remake of the original series under the name ''Matrimonio con Hijos''.<ref>[http://www.cuatro.com/programas//series/matrimonioconhijos/ Cuatro.com]</ref> In [[Catalonia]], the show also ran in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] as ''Casats... i amb fills'' on [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]] and is currently running on the [[Digital Terrestrial Television|DTT]] channels [[Canal 300]] and Sony Entertainment Television en VEO.
|-

| {{SWE}}
| '''Våra värsta år'''<br />(''Our Worst Years'')
| Subtitled
| [[TV3 (Viasat)|TV3]]<br />[[ZTV]]<br />[[TV6 (Sweden)|TV6]]
| The title is a pun for the title of the long-running soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' called ''Våra bästa år'' which is ''Our Best Years''. The show has been running repeatedly on the [[Kinnevik]]-owned channels [[TV3 (Viasat)|TV3]] and [[ZTV]] since the start of the show and with repeated re-runs. After several years off the air, it returned in 2006 as a part of [[TV6 (Sweden)|TV6]]'s launch schedule.
|-

| {{TUR}}
| '''Evli ve Çocuklu'''<br />
|
| [[Star TV (Turkey)|Star TV]]<br />[[ATV Turkey|aTV]]
| The show ran on TRT 2 in the 80s, the making its second run on [[Star TV (Turkey)|Star TV]] and [[ATV Turkey|aTV]] in 90s, [[CNBC-E]] with subtitles and currently on e2 in 2000s.
|-

| {{GBR}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
| None
| [[ITV4]]<br />[[Paramount Comedy 1|Paramount]]<br />[[ITV]]<br />[[Sky1]]<br />[[ITV2]]
| The show first aired on [[ITV]] between 1988 and 1996, usually on a Friday evening or in the early hours on Saturdays, where it built up a cult following. The then regional structure of ITV meant that people who were able to pick up more than one ITV region could often watch more than one episode a night. From 1996 to 1997 the programme transferred to [[Sky1]] and later aired on [[ITV2]] from 2004 to 2006. It recently appeared for a time on [[ITV4]] and has been shown on cable comedy channel [[Paramount Comedy 1|Paramount]] since 1999. The show does not currently air on UK television.
|-

| {{UKR}}
| '''Счастливы вместе'''<br />(''Happy Together'')
|
| Novij Kanal
| The Russian remake of the show, Счастливы вместе, is currently being shown on Novij Kanal (New Channel) every weekday night from 9:30-10:30.
|-

| {{VEN}}
| '''Married...with Children'''<br />
|
| Venevision
| The show aired from 1994 to 1998 on Venevision.
|-
|}
|}


== See also ==
== Notes ==
{{Reflist|2}}
*[[Unhappily Ever After]]


== References ==
== References ==
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1307671 "E=MC² - Mariah Carey" album credits]. ''[[Discogs.com]]''. April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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* [http://music.barnesandnoble.com/E-MC/Mariah-Carey/e/602517507586 "E=MC² - Mariah Carey" album credits]. ''[[Barnes & Noble]]''. Retrieved May 16, 2008.


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E=MC² is the eleventh studio album by American pop/R&B singer Mariah Carey. The album was released on April 15, 2008 in the United States.[3] It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 463,000 copies sold, making it the biggest opening week sales of her career. The first single from the album, "Touch My Body", reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Other singles include "Bye Bye", "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time", and the forthcoming "I Stay in Love".

Production history

Carey reportedly said she had been writing new songs while traveling on her latest tour.[citation needed] It was reported that Carey was recording her new album and booked a whole month in Anguilla's biggest villa and had a studio built in it.[4][5] R&B producer Bryan Michael Cox visited Anguilla and contributed four songs to the album.[citation needed] On February 1, 2008, a video of Carey and Jermaine Dupri during one of their late night studio recording sessions in Carey's TriBeCa triplex was posted on Carey's official website.[6] Carey stated in late 2007 that she was trying to choose from 22 tracks to put in the final album.[7]

Album title

Before the confirmation of the official title, the album was planned to be named That Chick, a reference to one of the album tracks.[8] The album name means "(E) Emancipation (=) equals (MC) Mariah Carey (²) to the second power". It is a play on Einstein's famous mass–energy equivalence formula and is the sequel to her 2005 album, The Emancipation of Mimi.[9]

Musical and lyrical content

The album's music appeals to a lot of genres such as pop, R&B, and hip hop, but some of her songs also include gospel and reggae beats.[10] She experiments for the first time with reggae tones on "Cruise Control"[8] and also uses a Jamaican patois during the second verse.[11] On "Side Effects" she speaks about her marriage to Tommy Mottola describing it as a "private hell", the "emotional abuse" she saw during this time and the side effects from which she still suffers. MTV's author Jennifer Vineyard said it's "like a rock power ballad" and compared the music style to that of Bonnie Tyler and Pat Benatar.[11] Two songs from the album sample melodies of other songs: one of them is the Seventies-soul-recalling[12] "I'm That Chick" which samples Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall". The other song is "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time", which samples DeBarge's "Stay with Me" and recalls the melodic riff of the "Hill Street Blues" theme music.[13][11] Her second single "Bye Bye" is about the loss of her father, Alfred Roy, who died of cancer in 2002, and his absence during her childhood. Although the lyrics of the song mostly seems to be personal, she tries to keep the topic universal, so that everybody "who just lost somebody" can refer to it.[11] The closing track "I Wish You Well" is a piano ballad kept simple with gospel influences. In the song she quotes some parts from the Bible.[11]

Critical reception

One of the major challenges of this album was a need for it to be of a consistent quality with her previous release[9], a record lauded by many critics.[14] So far the response towards the album has been relatively positive with a general body of opinion finding it to be a worthy successor to her previous album; The Emancipation of Mimi.[15]

Billboard stated "She's proclaimed emancipation before, but Mariah Carey's never sounded as free as she does on her 10th album." and described E=MC² as "a pop album with equal parts levity and gravity".[16] The Observer said that "each track is precision-tooled to sound as if it were born to be banging out of a Hummer in Miami on a sunny Saturday".[17] Plenty of critics agreed that her voice is still in a good condition, Fox News and RWD stating "Her infamous eight-octave range has suffered a little wear and tear over the years, but Carey still can flutter from great highs to mellow lows like no one else"[13] and "Vocally and sonically, this is yet another outstanding release from the world's biggest selling superstar",[18] respectively.

Some critics were not as enthusiastic and mainly criticized this album for trying to copy the songs from The Emancipation Of Mimi, while noting that Carey was not using the full range of her voice. Caryn Ganz, a Rolling Stone critic, found that "nearly every song confines Carey to four-note verses, offering little room for her glorious range" [12] and the LA Times said it's the "most striking" thing about the album, but they also characterized the album as "nearly a clone of The Emancipation of Mimi".[19] Bleu Magazine's critic, Adam Benjamin Irby, agreed and said that the ballads "are all trying desperately to recapture the magic that was 'We Belong Together' [...] Overall, these facsimiles aren't terrible, they're just boring and forgettable at this point".[9] In contrast to the Rolling Stone and the LA Times, MTV praised her voice on this album and said that Carey can "really sing [when she's] not focused on vocal gymnastics".[11] Jody Rosen shared the opinion, saying that she "has definitively been emancipated — from her need to decorate every damn song with more octaves than Maria Callas".[20]

Sales and impact

E=MC² debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 463,000 copies sold, making it the biggest opening week sales of her career. With six number one albums, Carey is now tied with Janet Jackson in the U.S. for the third most number one albums for a female artist, behind Madonna with seven and Barbra Streisand's eight chart toppers.[21] In its second week, the album topped the chart again with 182,000 copies sold.[22] E=MC² is Carey's first album to spend two straight weeks at #1 since 1995's Daydream.[23] The album has sold over 1,200,000 million copies in the United States[24] and was certified platinum by the RIAA on July 8, 2008.[25]

In Canada, the album debuted at number one, becoming her third number one album.[26] On the UK Album Chart, it debuted at number three, selling 34,800 copies.[27] This was her highest peak position in the UK since Butterfly, which peaked at number two.[28] The album surpassed the 100,000 units sold and has been certified Gold. [29] In the Philippines, the album reached Gold status selling over 15,000 copies in just eight days.[30] It also received a Gold certification in Australia, where the album peaked at #2.[31]. In European Top Albums, E=MC² debuted and peaked at number three recording the highest debut of the week. That's one place higher than the start made by The Emancipation Of Mimi in April 2005. The album peaked at number six in France, at number seven in Germany and at number nine in Italy.[32]

On April 15, 2008, the same day the album was released, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proclaimed April 15 officially as "Mariah Carey day" in Los Angeles. It was in part of celebrating Carey's eighteenth number-one single, "Touch My Body".[33] Also, from April 25 through April 27, 2008 the Empire State Building was lit up in Carey's motif colors—lavender, pink, and white — in celebration of her achievements in the world of music.[34]

Singles

"Touch My Body" was chosen as the lead single of the album. The song received positive reviews by music critics[35]— for example, Blender's critic called it a "pop genius making genius pop".[36] It was a moderate success internationally, peaking in the top twenty in most countries,[37] but was more successful in the U.S., where it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number fifty-seven;[38] the song subsequently climbed to the top of the chart, becoming Carey's eighteenth number-one single on the chart, pushing her to second place among artists with the most number-one singles in the rock era and first place as a solo artist in the same category, surpassing Elvis Presley. The achievement was attributed to a record-breaking digital sales debut, as 286,000 copies were sold in its first week of availability.[39]

On Carey's official website, "Bye Bye" was announced as the second single from the album. The song premiered on radio on April 7, 2008[40] and peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100.[41]

During her promotion in Japan, "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" was announced as her next single there and started charting on the Japan Hot 100.[42][43] The single was sent to U.S. radio stations on July 1, 2008 as the third single from the album. It only peaked at number fifty eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[41]

"I Stay in Love" is the fourth single and according to All Access the song is scheduled to go for adds at Top 40/Mainstream radio on October 21, 2008.[44][45]

Track listing

All songs were written or co-written by Mariah Carey. Additional writers in brackets.

  1. "Migrate" (featuring T-Pain) (Nathaniel "Danja" Hills, Belawa Muhammad, Faheem "T-Pain" Najm) –4:17
  2. "Touch My Body" (Crystal "Cri$tyle" Johnson, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) -  – 3:24
  3. "Cruise Control" (featuring Damian Marley) (Jermaine Dupri, Johnson, Damian Marley, Manuel Seal) –3:32
  4. "I Stay in Love" (Bryan Michael Cox, Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean, Adonis Shropshire) –3:32
  5. "Side Effects" (featuring Young Jeezy) (J. Jenkins, Johnson, Scott Storch) –4:22
  6. "I'm That Chick" (Johnta Austin, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Rodney Temperton) –3:31
  7. "Love Story" (Austin, Dupri, Seal) –3:56
  8. "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" (Aldrin "DJ Toomp" Davis, Mark DeBarge, Johnson, Etterlene Jordan) –3:01
  9. "Last Kiss" (Austin, Dupri, Seal) –3:36
  10. "Thanx 4 Nothin'" (Dupri, Seal) –3:05
  11. "O.O.C." (Dean, Sheldon Harris) –3:26
  12. "For the Record" (Cox, Shropshire) –3:26
  13. "Bye Bye" (Eriksen, Hermansen, Austin) –4:26
  14. "I Wish You Well" (James Poyser, Mary Ann Tatum)  –4:35

Bonus tracks

  2. "Heat"1 (William "will.i.am" Adams, Jon Fletcher, Keith Harris, Jalil Hutchins, Johnson, Larry Smith, R.Muller) – 3:34
  3. "4real4real"2 (featuring Da Brat) (Cox, Shropshire) – 4:13

1 British, Japanese and Australian bonus track.
2 iTunes pre-order and Japanese bonus track.

Charts

Credits

Release history

The album was released in multiple countries during April, 2008.

Region Date Label
Russia[1] April 8, 2008 Island Records
Poland[57] April 9, 2008
Germany[58] April 11, 2008
Netherlands[59]
France[60] April 14, 2008
The Philippines (Deluxe edition)[61]
United Kingdom[62]
Canada[63] April 15, 2008
Hong Kong[64]
South Korea[65]
Spain[66]
Taiwan[67]
United States[68]
Brazil[69] April 16, 2008
Finland[70]
Japan[71]
Sweden[72]
Australia[73] April 19, 2008
Mexico[74] April 22, 2008
Thailand[75]
U.A.E.[76] April 28, 2008

Notes

  1. ^ a b "E=MC² - Mariah Carey" start date of release
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Upcoming Releases". metacritic.com. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
  4. ^ "YES ON DUBYA APOLOGY: FROST". New York Post. April 25, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
  5. ^ "Billboard Bits: Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, Mobile". Billboard. May 09, 2007. Retrieved May 09, 2007.
  6. ^ "Mariah and Jermaine Dupri in the Studio" Mariahcarey.com. February 01, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  7. ^ "Mariah is back on fire" mirror.co.uk. November 22, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
  8. ^ a b Sutherland, Mark. "Mariah Rolls With T-Pain, Dupri On New Album" Billboard. January 18, 2008. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
  9. ^ a b c Irby, Adam Benjamin. "Bleu Magazine review of E=MC²". TheBleuMag.com. April 5, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  10. ^ "Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" offers genre-crossing equation" Reuters. March 28, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Vineyard, Jennifer. "Mariah Carey Album Preview: E=MC2 Is Focused On Fun, But Mimi Is At Her Best When She's Keeping It Real" MTV. April 02, 2008. Retrieved April 08, 2008.
  12. ^ a b Ganz, Caryn. "Albums Review: E=MC²-Mariah Carey" Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 08, 2008.
  13. ^ a b Friedman, Roger. "Diva Alert: Mariah, Janet CDs Previewed". Fox News. February 15, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
  14. ^ "The Emancipation Of Mimi Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  15. ^ "E=MC² Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  16. ^ Album Review. Billboard. April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008
  17. ^ Flynn, Paul. "Mariah Carey, e=MC² (Universal) ". The Observer. February 17, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  18. ^ "Mariah And Janet: The Return". RWD. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  19. ^ Cromelin, Richard. CD:Mariah Carey's 'E=MC2'.LA Times.April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
  20. ^ Rosen, Jody. "Mariah Carey-E=MC²". Blender. April 15, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
  21. ^ a b Hasty, Katie. "Mariah Debuts At No. 1 After Monster First Week". Billboard. April 23, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  22. ^ Hasty, Katie. "Mariah Carey Remains Atop Billboard 200". Billboard. April 30, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
  23. ^ Grein, Paul. "Week Ending April 27, 2008: What's So Funny About A #3 Debut?". Yahoo! Music'. May 01, 2008. Retrieved May 01, 2008.
  24. ^ Grein, Paul. "Week Ending June 29, 2008: Viva La Download Or Death And All His CDs". Yahoo! Music'. July 02, 2008. Retrieved July 03, 2008.
  25. ^ Music Business News Reports and RIAA Ratings from Billboard.com - Find Ringtone Download Ratings too
  26. ^ "HMV Canada: 'E=MC²' by Mariah Carey tops CD sales list". Canadian Press. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
  27. ^ Wilkes, Neil. "Kooks storm to top of albums chart". Digitalspy.co.uk. April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
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  29. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33223
  30. ^ Dayrit, Joseph. "Mariah Carey’s "E=MC2" reaches gold status in only eight days". Philippine Entertainment Portal. April 28, 2008. Retrieved May 02, 2008.
  31. ^ Australian Record Industry Association
  32. ^ Sexton, Paul. "Duffy's 'Rockferry' Solid At No. 1 In Europe". Billboard. April 24, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
  33. ^ "Mariah Honored by the City of Los Angeles". Mariahcarey.com. April 21, 2008. Retrieved May 03, 2008.
  34. ^ Mariahcarey.com news.news
  35. ^ "Touch My Body Reviews" Mariah Daily Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
  36. ^ "Listen: Mariah's New Sex Tape-Themed Smash" Blender. Retrieved April 08, 2008.
  37. ^ "Touch My Body- Peak positions" αCharts. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
  38. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. Flo Rida Makes It Nine Straight Atop Hot 100. Billboard. February 21, 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2008.
  39. ^ Pietroluongo, Silvio. Mariah, Madonna Make Billboard Chart History. Billboard. April 02, 2008. Retrieved April 02, 2008.
  40. ^ "Listen to Mariah's New Single 'Bye Bye'!" Mariahcarey.com. April 07, 2008. Retrieved April 08, 2008.
  41. ^ a b Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Mariah Carey
  42. ^ Mariahcarey.com news.news
  43. ^ Billboard- Updated Album Charts from the most Trusted Music Magazine
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  46. ^ a b "E=MC² Peak positions". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
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  50. ^ Madonna räumt ab - media control
  51. ^ Ελληνικό Chart
  52. ^ >> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>
  53. ^ アルバム 週間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング
  54. ^ Mexican Albums Chart - 15th April 2008
  55. ^ Poland OLIS Albums Chart - 19th May 2008
  56. ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Albums
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  58. ^ Amazon.de: E=MC²: Mariah Carey: Musik
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  65. ^ 뮤직 인터페이스 - MelOn
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References

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
April 27, 2008 - May 10, 2008 		Succeeded by
United World Chart number-one albums
May 3, 2008 - May 17, 2008
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