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==Production== Unlike ''All in the Family'', which took place largely in the Bunker family home, ''Archie Bunker's Place'' was set primarily in the local tavern Archie owned, and was videotaped with the shot of a closed set with multiple cameras, with the best takes being edited together using a [[laugh track]] instead of a live studio audience.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Ashley |title=Norman Lear Opens Up About His Battle to Keep 'Archie Bunker's Place' Off the Air |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/norman-lear-archie-bunkers-place-858373 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=22 January 2016 |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> The finished product was then shown to live audiences attending tapings of ''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'', thus providing a laugh track from real laughter for the show.<ref name="Screenrant">{{cite news |last1=Wojnar |first1=Jason |title=10 Things You Never Knew About All In The Family |url=https://screenrant.com/all-in-the-family-facts/ |access-date=10 August 2020 |work=Screenrant.com |date=September 10, 2019}}</ref> Production of all seasons of ''Archie Bunker's Place'' took place at Studios 31 & [[Bob Barker]] Studio at [[Television City|Television City Studios]] in Hollywood,{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} the original production home of ''All in the Family'' for that show's first six seasons. The theme song for ''Archie Bunker's Place'' was a re-scored instrumental version by [[Ray Conniff]] of "Those Were the Days," the long-familiar opening theme to ''All in the Family''. The closing theme, "Remembering You," was a re-scored version of ''All in the Family's'' closing theme. Both versions featured a [[Dixieland]]-styled arrangement. The opening credits featured a view of the [[Queensboro Bridge]], which connects [[Manhattan]] to Queens, followed by shots taken along Steinway Street in Astoria. Carroll O'Connor was frustrated over the cancellation when the show did not have an appropriate closure. He vowed never to work in any type of show with [[CBS]] again.{{Citation needed|reason=Can't find a source for this claim|date=February 2022}} He would later work for CBS again when he starred in ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV show)|In the Heat of the Night]]''; when [[NBC]] decided not to renew the series it moved to [[CBS]] who allowed the series to continue for two more years and have a proper ending.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-02-25-9202230605-story.html|title = CBS Grabs 'Heat of the Night,' but NBC May Want It Back| date=25 February 1992 }}</ref> The series was briefly rerun on [[TV Land]] in 2002 and 2003, including the unaired ''Gloria'' pilot. The last episode did air in a marathon along with the final episodes of ''All in the Family'', ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' and ''[[Gloria (American TV series)|Gloria]]''. The series is currently shown on [[Antenna TV]] as of August 2018, replacing its parent series while it moved to [[Get (TV network)|GetTV]] in January 2018, until it later aired on [[MeTV]] in February 2022, and later MeTV's sister station [[Catchy Comedy]] as of March 2023. Whereas ''All in the Family'' had been inspired by a British series, ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (British TV series)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'', the British series would later get a sequel; first, the short-lived ''[[Till Death...]]'', and then ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]''. [[Dandy Nichols]], who had played Else Garnett (the British inspiration for Edith Bunker), coincidentally died after the first season of ''In Sickness and in Health'', and the second-season premiere (strongly paralleling "Archie Alone") deals with her widower [[Alf Garnett]] dealing with grief in much the same way as Archie did with Edith's death.
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