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AN AMERICAN FAMILY, a 12-hour documentary series, premiered in 1973; every week an audience of 10 million viewers watched the unfolding real-life drama of the William C. Loud family of Santa Barbara, California. This program is a rebroadcast of episode two, in which Pat Loud visits her son Lance in New York City, where he is living. "TV Guide" recently acknowledged AN AMERICAN FAMILY as the first reality televisio...
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Reflections on the Making of the Series
