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Family Ties tv series

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Family Ties Vacation (TV)

Original title

Family Ties

Year

1982

Running time

30 min.

Country

United States

Director

Gary David Goldberg (Creator), Sam Weisman, Will Mackenzie, Andrew McCullough, John Pasquin, Matthew Diamond

Screenwriter

Gary David Goldberg, Alan Uger, Marc Lawrence, Ruth Bennett, Michael J. Weithorn, Susan Borowitz, Katie Ford

Cast

Music

Tom Scott

Cinematography

Robert F. Liu, Mikel Neiers, Dominic Palmieri

Producer

Paramount Television, Ubu Productions. Broadcast by: NBC

Genre

TV Series. Comedy | Sitcom. Family Sitcom. Family Relationships

Synopsis

TV Series (1982-1989). 7 Seasons. 172 Episodes. Family Sitcom. The series centered around the Keaton family, Steven and his wife Elyse, both flower children of the 1960's. They had four children, Alex, Mallory, Jennifer and Andrew, who was born in 1985.
What was unique about Family Ties was that it blended family comedy with politics. The 1960's flower children, Steven and Elyse clashed with the 1980's conservative, Alex. The show, in a way, showed the changing values during the Reagan era. Besides political views, Family Ties covered a number of controversial topics ranging from suicide to racism to drug dependancy.
Skippy was a neighbor who had a never-ending crush on Mallory. Ellen was Alex's first serious girlfriend. After breaking up with her, he became seriously involved with Lauren, a psychology student and Nick Moore was Mallory's serious boyfriend.

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Rankings Position

#27 The 100 Best Family Sitcoms Of All Time
#92 The 100 Best Sitcoms Of All Time

Awards: 1989: Emmy: 3 Nominations, Including Best Actor (Michael J. Fox)

1988: Emmy: Best Actor in Comedy Series (Michael J. Fox)

1987: Emmy: 3 Awards, Including Best Actor (Michael J. Fox). 7 Nominations

1986: Emmy: Best Actor in Comedy Series (Michael J. Fox). 4 Nominations

1987: Emmy: Nominated for Best Comedy Series and Actor (Michael J. Fox)

1985: Emmy: Nominated for Best Comedy Series and Actor (Michael J. Fox)

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Critics' reviews

"'Family Ties' doesn't beat you over the head for laughs. The humor comes out of the situation. The situations come out of reality"

Chicago Tribune
"It has a lot of positive factors, one being a good comedy actor in Michael J. Fox, who plays teenage son, Alex"

Baltimore Sun
"Remembered fondly by children of the '80s as a warm, goofy show about ex-hippie parents and their materialist kids, Family Ties hasn't held up too well."

Noel Murray: AV Club
"A better-than-average new comedy series"

Philadelphia Inquirer
"Broad strokes like these might be expected in a Norman Lear comedy of the '70s, but Goldberg's better instincts seem to be leading him to something subtler and more credible"

Miami Herald
"Goldberg should get some credit for trying to bring off something vaguely meaningful within the sitcom format, but at this point, he hasn't done a great deal of succeeding."

Tom Shales: The Washington Post
"The cast is pleasant enough. The rest depends on how cleverly Gary David Goldberg, the creator and producer of the series, can bring a sense of freshness to an overworked device."

John J. O'Connor: The New York Times
"Despite being written by producer Gary David Goldberg (one of the brighter young comedy minds in TV), the script speaks the narrow, doctrinaire language of bumber stickers."

Howard Rosenberg: Los Angeles Times

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