Hollywood created a conservative character to make fun of conservatives. He was called Archie Bunker. He was the only one with a job. He owned the house. The other characters where liberals. So, who ended up being the star? Who did everyone depend on? I think Archie backfired on Hollywood. It’s likely this one will too. Either that or he will seem contrived and unreal. Will he prance around demanding some Christian baker make his cake or dress up as a woman? If so, conservatives, half the audience, will tune out.
That is true. According to Norman Lear, creator of the show, Mike and Gloria were supposed to be the 'stars', and Archie's character was supposed to be their 'foil'. It annoyed him and the writer's to no end, the whole time the show was on that they could not get audiences to like Mike and Gloria, or to see their viewpoints as anything but laughable. They eventually had to write them out...................
I still remember watching Carson back in the 70's during All In the Family's heyday when two of the guests were Walter Matthau and Meathead. Meathead was going on about how All In the Family was popular because it dealt with serious social issues and exposed bigotry. Matthau interrupted him and said "That's not why your show is so popular. Your show is popular because everybody agrees with Archie Bunker."
Meathead lost it and went into vociferous denial that such a thing could be true.