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"Family Ties" (1982): : -- With the FBI hot on Ned's heels for embezzling 4.5 million dollars in corporate funds, Elyse's ethical brother and Alex's idol tells the family why and where he hid the money.
"Family Ties" (1982): Season 4: Episode 23 -- Elyse must deal with Paul, a young architect associate who falls in love with her
"Family Ties" (1982): Season 4: Episode 22 -- Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennifer, is growing up and no longer wants to "pal around" with him
"Family Ties" (1982): Season 4: Episode 21 -- Alex lands an assistant teaching position and runs into big trouble when he has to grade a student who also happens to be his girlfriend, Ellen
"Family Ties" (1982): Season 4: Episode 20 -- Mallory suspects there's more involved than "art appreciation" when a wealthy and beautiful older woman takes a special interest in Nick's creations

Overview

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Creator:
Gary David Goldberg
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 full episode list
Release Date:
22 September 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family more
Plot:
A couple who were ardently leftwing political activists in the sixties face the problems of raising... more
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 20 wins & 38 nominations more
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Cast

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Michael Gross ... Steven Keaton (176 episodes, 1982-1989)

Michael J. Fox ... Alex P. Keaton (176 episodes, 1982-1989)

Justine Bateman ... Mallory Keaton (176 episodes, 1982-1989)
Tina Yothers ... Jennifer Keaton (176 episodes, 1982-1989)

Meredith Baxter ... Elyse Keaton (171 episodes, 1982-1989)
Brian Bonsall ... Andrew 'Andy' Keaton (78 episodes, 1986-1989)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (180 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G
Filming Locations:
Metromedia Square - 5746 W. Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Paramount Television more

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Trivia:
Alex's hero is Richard Nixon. Skippy (the perpetual Alex wanna-be) admired 'Gerald Ford'. more
Quotes:
[drunken Ned throws newspaper clipping in the fireplace]
Alex P. Keaton: Hey, don't do that. Here give me those.
Ned Donnelly: Leave me alone!
Alex P. Keaton: Give me those!
Ned Donnelly: [screaming] LEAVE ME ALONE!
[slaps Alex]
Steven Keaton: What the hell are you doing?
Ned Donnelly: I don't know. I don't know. I'm sorry. Sorry, Alex.
[Ned cries]
Steven Keaton: [quietly, but furious] All right, Ned. That's it. It's over. Right now, either you get some help... or you get the hell outta my house.
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV) more
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Without Us more

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"Family" TV shows don't get much better, 28 October 2007
Author: S.R. Dipaling from Topeka, Kansas, USA

If there's something that popular culture from the decades of the 1950s and 1980s share,it's the "family" sitcom(i.e. unitary parents and kids,all attractive and relatively free of deep problems). And while there was some variance of family types,from the more safe,traditional families of "The Cosby Show","Growing Pains" ,"Mr.Belvedere",to the not-so-conventional domestic groupings as "Full House", "The Hogan Family"(originally "VAlerie",which originally aimed to BE a conventional family sitcom) and "Who's the Boss"(or,for that matter,surface-traditional-looking shows "Roseanne" and "Married...With Children"),it seemed to me that as these shows went,none of them matched the wit,warmth and viability as "Family Ties".

The Keatons are about as polarized a unit as they come: parents Steven and Elyse(MIchael Gross and Meredith BAxter-Birney,both excellent!)are '60s Lefty IDealists,and as such,carried their idealism into their work as adults--Steven works for Public TElevision and Elyse carries her form of modified feminism into a successful job as an architect--but cannot seem to carry it into their children. Alex(Michael J.Fox,birthing much of his career out of one very iconic role,which is no mean feat!),a buttoned-down Conservative practically from birth,MAllory(Justine BAteman,who is STILL a babe IMHO),the dim,materialistic mall-girl younger daughter and Jennifer(Tina Yothers,who became as famous for disappearing from showbiz as appearing),the bright but resigned youngest,who is neither idealist or materialist. As the show ran along,you added such extra characters to the pastiche as Skippy(MArc Price,doing stand-up somewhere now),the dippy,well-meaning neighbor kid with a painful crush on MAllory,Nick(Scott VAlentine),MAllory's equally dim but cool boyfriend,Ellen(Tracy POllan,future Mrs.Michael J.Fox),Alex's unlikely liberal girlfriend and LAuren(Coutreney Cox,yes,THAT Coutrney Cox),another lock-horns girlfriend of Alex's and baby brother Andy(Brian "Mikey" Bonsall),Alex's potential protégé.

After a bit of a sluggish start,NBC wisely gambled to keep this on and it managed to hook on to Thursday and Sunday night schedules and ride steadily improving ratings over the remainder of the show's run. While it's been some years since I've seen any of the shows,I was a loyal viewer of the show and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm not sure if or where this show is re-running,but I may have to check these shows out again soon,if for nothing else to re-visit one of the more well-crafted TV programs to grace the airwaves over that rascally decade of greed,spandex and hair.

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