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==Spin-offs==
{{As of|2009}}, ''All in the Family'' has many spin-offs, directly spawning five other shows, three of which were very successful, as well as two of those spin-offs each having a spin-off of their own:<ref>{{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Tim |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946–Present |edition=Ninth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=all+in+the+family |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |pages=1707–1709 |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916221041/https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=all+in+the+family |url-status=live }}</ref>

*The first spin-off was ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'', which debuted in September 1972. It features Edith's acerbic cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur), who first appeared on ''All in the Family'' in the December 1971 episode "Cousin Maude's Visit", visiting to take care of the influenza-suffering Bunkers. In March 1972, at the end of the series' second season, the character was again featured in the episode "Maude". In this episode, a "[[Television pilot#Backdoor pilot|backdoor pilot]]" for a new series, Archie and Edith visit her home in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] to attend the wedding of her daughter Carol. [[Bill Macy]] played Maude's husband Walter and [[Marcia Rodd]] played Carol; Rodd was replaced by [[Adrienne Barbeau]] for the series. The show lasted for six seasons and 141 episodes, airing its final episode in April 1978.
**''[[Good Times]]'' is considered by some to be a spin-off of ''Maude'', as the show's focus was Florida Evans, a character first appearing on ''Maude'' during its initial seasons as the Findlays' black maid. But the character's history and situation were changed for the new show. According to producer Allan Manings, "It wasn't really a spin-off."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVx7JXZQWgEC&q=good+times+cbs+james+amos&pg=PA33| magazine=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]| date=September 1975| last=Robinson| first=Louis| title=Bad Times on the 'Good Times' Set| pages=33–42| access-date=October 15, 2020| archive-date=September 16, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916221041/https://books.google.com/books?id=iVx7JXZQWgEC&q=good+times+cbs+james+amos&pg=PA33| url-status=live}}</ref> The show features no reference to Maude, changes the name of Florida's husband from Henry to James, and sets the show in a Chicago [[Public housing|housing project]]. It ran for six seasons from February 1974 to August 1979.
*The second and longest-lasting spin-off of ''All in the Family'' was ''[[The Jeffersons]]''. Debuting on CBS in January 1975, ''The Jeffersons'' lasted 11 seasons and 253 episodes (more than ''All in the Family''{{'s}} nine seasons and 208 episodes). The main characters were the Bunkers' black former next-door neighbors George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford). George was the owner of seven successful [[Dry cleaning|dry-cleaning]] stores, and the series featured their life after moving from the Bunkers' working-class neighborhood to a luxury high-rise apartment building in [[Manhattan]]'s [[Upper East Side]]. 
**''[[Checking In]]'' was spun off from ''The Jeffersons'', focusing on the Jeffersons' maid Florence Johnston, working as an executive housekeeper at the St. Frederick Hotel in Manhattan. It only lasted four weeks in April 1981, and the character returned to her old job as the Jeffersons' maid.
*''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' was technically a spin-off, but was essentially a renamed continuation of the series, beginning in September 1979 following the final season of the original. It was primarily set in the titular neighborhood tavern which Archie Bunker purchased in the eighth season of ''All in the Family''. It aired for four seasons, until April 1983.
*''[[Gloria (American TV series)|Gloria]]'' was the third spin-off of ''All in the Family'', focusing on now-divorced Gloria, starting a new life as an assistant trainee to a couple of veterinarians in [[Montezuma, New York|Foxridge, New York]]. It premiered in September 1982, and ran for one season.
*''[[704 Hauser]]'' features the Bunkers' house with a new family, the Cumberbatches. It was an inversion of the formula of the original, featuring a liberal black couple with a conservative son, who is dating a Jewish woman. Gloria and Mike's son Joey Stivic, now in his 20s, makes a brief appearance in the first episode. Five episodes aired in April and May 1994. The sixth episode was unaired.