Comeback special for US sitcom

The cast of American sitcom Married With Children have reunited, six years after the show was cancelled.

Stars including Ed O'Neill and Christina Applegate filmed the hour-long reunion special over the weekend.

It will be aired in the States on February 4, according to the Hollywood Reporter - alongside the 300th episode of The Simpsons.

The programme, which is shown on the Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK, ran for 11 years and was Fox's first big show - helping to establish it as America's fourth network.

The show also attracted the ire of moral crusaders, angry at its sometimes vulgar subject matter and portrayal of a dysfucntional white trash family.

Published: 13 Jan 2003