Craig Gilbert
Director
An American Family (1973)
Specials
Originally intended as a chronicle of the daily life of the Louds, a Santa Barbara upper-middle-class family, the groundbreaking program documented the breakup of the family via the separation and subsequent divorce of parents Bill and Pat Loud.
Released Jan. 11, 1973
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Music, Reality TV
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Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S0E1 - An American Family Revisited: The Louds 10 Years Later
HBO's one-hour follow-up to the famed PBS documentary series,"An American Family" (1973), is a ten-year update on the Loud family and their reflections on becoming overnight media celebrities. Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond had remained friends with family members and knew the celebrity experience and the effects of divorce had changed them in many ways. The Raymonds filmed family members discussing their reactions to these events, intercutting the new footage with scenes from the 1973 PBS series. Although this HBO production was seen on HBO in 1983, it was not aired on PBS until 1991.
April 24, 1983, midnight
S0E2 - Lance Loud!: A Death in an American Family
A documentary. that is a follow-up of sorts to "American Family, An" (1973) , follows the life of Lance Loud, the son of the Loud family who came out on air, unprecedented on broadcast television. The show documents his life since til his death of AIDS and Hepatitis C in December of 2001.
April 24, 2011, midnight
PBS
60 min/ep
720 min
Jan. 11, 1973
March 29, 1973, midnight
Ended
NR
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