704 Hauser

704 Hauser is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of All in the Family (the final of several) that aired on CBS from April 11 to May 9, 1994. The series is built around the concept of a black family, the Cumberbatch Family, moving into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker after Bunker had sold the house located at 704 Hauser Street.

704 Hauser
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Norman Lear
Directed by	Jack Shea Norman Lear (pilot)
Starring	John Amos Lynnie Godfrey T.E. Russell Maura Tierney
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (1 unaired)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	ELP Communications Act III Television Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 11 (1994-04-11) – May 9, 1994 (1994-05-09)
Related
All in the Family Archie Bunker's Place Maude The Jeffersons Gloria Good Times Checking In

Overview

The 704 Hauser living room set.

Norman Lear created the series during the time when conservative talk radio was experiencing its initial upswing in popularity in the United States, particularly in the form of Rush Limbaugh. Lear felt that the time was right for a new show to explore new issues, making 704 Hauser even more explicitly political than All in the Family. John Amos, a veteran of the earlier Lear sitcom Good Times (itself a spin-off of the All in the Family spin-off Maude), starred as Ernie Cumberbatch, while Lynnie Godfrey played his wife, Rose. The show features a reversal of the original All in the Family formula. Ernie and Rose Cumberbatch are working class Democrats, while their son Goodie is a conservative activist and his girlfriend, Cherlyn Markowitz (Maura Tierney), is white and Jewish.

The show attracted middling ratings, and was cancelled after five episodes (with one episode remaining unaired).

Cast

• John Amos as Ernie Cumberbatch
• Lynnie Godfrey as Rose Cumberbatch
• T.E. Russell as Thurgood Marshall 'Goodie' Cumberbatch
• Maura Tierney as Cherlyn Markowitz

Casey Siemaszko plays Joey Stivic, Archie's grandson, in the first episode. CBS anchor Bob Schieffer appears in the first episode as himself.

List of episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	"Meet the Cumberbatchs"	Norman Lear	Story by : Norman Lear Teleplay by : Norman Lear and Kevin Heelan	April 11, 1994 (1994-04-11)	16.8
A pair of liberal black parents struggles with their conservative son and his white girlfriend.
2	"Here's Why Ernie Should Never Be Left Home Alone"	Jack Shea	John Baskin and Roger Shulman	April 18, 1994 (1994-04-18)	15.2
Ernie conspires to find Goodie a new girlfriend.
3	"Ernie Live on Tape"	Jack Shea	Janet Lynne Jackson	April 25, 1994 (1994-04-25)	13.5
Ernie and Goodie disagree over an incident of alleged racial harassment.
4	"Triskaidekaphobia"	Jack Shea	Greg Cope and Sean Dwyer	May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02)	13.2
Friday the 13th brings bad luck to the Cumberbatchs.
5	"All That Jasmine"	Jack Shea	Andrea Allen-Wiley	May 9, 1994 (1994-05-09)	13.7
Rose's sister interferes with Ernie's birthday surprise.
6	"Revelations"	Jack Shea	Walter Allen Bennett, Jr.	Unaired (Unaired)	N/A
Ernie discovers a master plan to reduce his taxes by becoming a minister.

Home media

The pilot episode, "Meet the Cumberbatchs", was included as a bonus feature on the All in the Family: The Complete Series DVD box set released by Shout! Factory on October 30, 2012.

External links

• 704 Hauser at IMDb