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Gloria

Comedy Series

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From Wikipedia:

Gloria is an American situation comedy that lasted one season on CBS, from September 1982 to September 1983. It stars Sally Struthers, reprising her role as Gloria Bunker Stivic, the daughter of Archie Bunker on the hugely successful 1970s sitcom All in the Family. Gloria was a spin-off of Archie Bunker's Place, which was a continuation of All in the Family.

Synopsis

The setup of the show was that Gloria had been left at loose ends after her husband, Michael Stivic (who did not appear in the new series), left her and moved away to a commune. (Some[who?] viewers thought that this was somewhat of a contrived story about Michael, as over the run of All in the Family he became more moderate and seemingly had left his "hippie" past behind him). Gloria, to be closer to her father, decided to move with her young son, Joey (played by Christian Jacobs), and pick up the pieces of her life as an assistant to two veterinarians in Fox Ridge, New York. The veterinarians were played by Burgess Meredith and Jo De Winter; the character played by Meredith was also, conveniently, Gloria's landlord.

Though Gloria ranked 18th in the Nielsen ratings for the 1982-83 season, CBS chose not to renew it for a second season, making it one of the few spin-offs of the successful All in the Family not to have a successful run.

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People Who Talked About This Show

  • Bob Claver
  • Carroll O'Connor

Featured Content

Video: Opening titles to Gloria, as posted on You Tube

Resources

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IMDb page on Gloria

Wikipedia page on Gloria

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People Talking About This Show

  • Bob Claver
    • Bob Claver on directing Gloria (03m 09s)
  • Carroll O'Connor
    • Carroll O’Connor on the spin-off series Gloria
      (06m 32s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on his falling out with Sally Struthers after Gloria (00m 23s)
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