The show follows the lives of Al Bundy, a once-glorious high school football player turned hard-luck salesman of women's shoes; his wife, Peggy, a tartish, uneducated housewife known for her large red bouffant hairdo, 1960s clothes, and funny walk, due to always wearing high heels; and their two children: Kelly, their attractive, promiscuous, dim-witted daughter; and Bud, their unpopular and girl-crazy, but intelligent, son (the only Bundy who ever attended college). Their neighbors are the upwardly-mobile Steve and Marcy Rhoades. (Marcy later marries Jefferson D'Arcy.) Most storylines involve a scheming Al being foiled by his cartoonish dim wit and bad luck. His rivalry and loathing of Marcy also play a significant role in most episodes.
《新婚告急》是2003年首当其冲的“门面”片。换句话说,本片是北美电影市场在新年后安排上映的第一部影片。片中被20世纪福克斯公司拿来开宗明义的年度故事主题,便是讲述一对门不当户不对的青年男女之间的浪漫爱情和搞笑故事。
出身平凡的交通报道员汤姆与来自豪门的作家莎拉,在一次偶然的邂逅中相识了。出乎所有人的意料,这对出身、爱好、个性等等皆不同青年男女竟然深深地被对方吸引并且不可自拔地坠入了爱河。伴随着二人之间感情的加温,汤姆和莎拉这对甜蜜情侣更下定决心不顾家人及好友反对,排除万难、毅然决然要步入教堂结为夫妻。
但就在二人期待着飞往威尼斯的蜜月之旅时,现实却与他们的预料相悖,整个新婚蜜月变成了一场噩梦:萨拉的双亲早就准备好了“行动”计划,要在蜜月之旅中大闹洞房,阻止这场婚姻。看来,蜜月旅行对于他们来说才是真正的考验。现在,恐怕就连上帝也不敢保证,这段仿佛被诅咒的婚姻能在蜜月旅行后延续下去了。