Married with Children or Married...With Children is an American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in a Chicago suburb that lasted 11 seasons over a span of 10 years. It was the first-ever prime time television series to air on the FOX 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 featured various racy topics, which garnered the fledgling FOX network a standing among the Big Three Television Networks (i.e.- ABC, CBS and NBC).