Family Ties

Family Ties

Format: Sitcom

Created by: Gary David Goldberg

Starring: Meredith Baxter-Birney, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers, Brian Bonsall (1986-1989)

Country of origin: United States

No. of seasons: 7

No. of episodes: 180

Production

Running time: approx. 30 minutes (per episode)

Broadcast

Original channel: NBC

Original run: September 22, 1982 – May 14, 1989

Family Ties is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States away from the liberal 1960s and 1970s to the Neoconservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between Young Republican Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) and his hippie parents, Elyse and Steven Keaton (Meredith Baxter-Birney and Michael Gross).

Family Ties was "one of the most-watched shows not just of the moment but in the history of television." President Ronald Reagan once stated that it was his favorite television show.