mr. o'neill -- "married with children" was more the vegas guy. hey, whoa! i had guys take my wife -- [beep] i can't fond will your wife's -- [beep] [laughter] >> it was a little bit of a different crowd. tavis: which one is better? [laughter] >> "married with children" kept you -- kept me wanting the approval of my peers, which i didn't really get. they all said, you know, you're successful. that in itself is a certain amount of acclaim in this town. but in this show you get helen merea, spielberg and that's what i'm talking about. that means a lot. to me, it means a lot. i enjoy it. tavis: how fortunate, how blessed, how lucky do you feel that you had had a chance to at this age, to have another bite of the apple and have a successful bite at it and get this acclaim? >> as lucky as you can be. in terms of the business, as lucky as you can be. i feel very lucky. tavis: this won't be it and this show will be around for a while. but if this were it, if your career were going to be defined by these two bookends, "married with children," "modern family," you wo