The Loud Family - UnShattered: "An American Family" on Filming the First Reality TV Show
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In 1973, the image of a family in Southern California shattered across television screens everywhere in the U.S. Billed as "The Most Important Television Series in History!" the series "An American Family," became an overnight sensation, drawing 10 million weekly viewers and making headlines for capturing the collapse of a 20-year marriage and presenting the first openly gay lifestyle to a primetime audience.
In this six-episode series of conversations titled, “The Loud Family - UnShattered,” the surviving members of the Loud family turn to the podcast medium to share their frank and unfiltered memories for the first time in 50 years. Topics including loss of privacy and the reckless nature of the media are perhaps even more relevant today than they were 50 years ago. If that all sounds serious, it's only because you haven't met the Louds yet. UnShattered.
Series produced and hosted by Grant Loud, Tina Lee, and Benjamin Davidson.
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Episodes
6 episodes
The Legacy of “An American Family”: Our Final Thoughts & Thanks
In our last conversation, we cover the aftermath, legacy, and some final thoughts about our history with An American Family -- learnings that are perhaps even more complex and relevant now than they were 50 years ago. Because there aren’t ju...
The Media Circus: Our View From Center Ring
A year of silence after the shoot was followed by a deafening media blitz. So, what happened to that conversation about shared experiences and our partnership in a grand experiment? Hello? Uh...hello?
The Divorce: The Night Everything Changed
For the first time we share our individual memories of the night Mom asked for a divorce. On camera.
7-Month Shoot: They Came, They Filmed, They Wouldn't Leave
Two weeks turns into 7 months and deepening tensions erupt on both sides of the camera. How real is reality? Suffice to say that it requires a lot of planning, negotiations, and rules written in sand.
Lance Loud, Reluctant Icon
Overdue praise for dad, undiminished love for mom and what Lance went through as the first gay man outed on national TV.
How "An American Family" Began (Spoiler Alert: It's Crazy)
Breaking a 50-year silence, Kevin, Grant, Delilah, and Michele Loud tell the story of the initial pitch and how a detective novel, a big lie, and a "deal with the devil" changed their lives forever....uh, "in perpetuity."