Pat Loud asks husband Bill for a divorce on ‘An American Family’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'An American Family: Divorce'

(Thursday, March 8, 1973, 9:00 p.m. EST) — The first family of reality TV learned the hard lesson of transferring their lives from real to reel when Mrs. Loud asked for a divorce on tonight’s episode of An American Family.

TV Guide and TV Land ranked this episode #71 out the “100 Most Memorable TV Moments of All Time” in 2004.