Family Ties (TV Series) (1982) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Family Ties
Year
1982
Running time
30 min.
Country
United States
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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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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)
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"
- "It has a lot of positive factors, one being a good comedy actor in Michael J. Fox, who plays teenage son, Alex"
- "A better-than-average new comedy series"
- "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"
- "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."
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