Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pat Loud, the matriarch of the show "An American Family," which is considered the first reality series on American television, ...

Pat Loud, the matriarch of the groundbreaking PBS documentary series “American Family,” has died. She was 94. She made pop culture history when the series premiered in 1973. In short, Loud was the ...

Patricia Loud, best known as the matriarch from the PBS docuseries An American Family, died Sunday. She was 94. The news was confirmed by her family on their shared Facebook page. [pmc_inline_gallery] ...

I was a little surprised last week to learn that Bill Loud, patriarch of the Southern California family depicted in the first reality-television show (An American Family, PBS, 1973), had died—at the ...

Pat Loud, the matriarch of the show “An American Family,” which is considered the first reality series on American television, died Sunday. She was 94. A representative for Loud confirmed her death to ...