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“Justice For All”: The unsold 1968 pilot that became “All in the Family”

Ruben Bolling
Feb 19, 2026
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This is the 1968 pilot for “Justice for All,” starring Carroll O’Connor as Archie Justice and Jean Stapleton as his wife Edith. The show would eventually air three years later on CBS as “All in the Family.”

In this 1968 version, Archie and Edith Justice are the same fully formed characters the actors would portray in 1971’s “All in the Family,” with the …

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