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Family Ties
1982 · TV Series · TV-PG · 25 min
★ 7.3(280)unSUB Rating
ComedyDramaFamily
Former 1960s flower children raise a conservative son and their daughters in a suburban home. Set in the Reagan-era, their family life blends everyday troubles with big differences in outlook, later adding their youngest child to the mix.
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~76 hours to watch · 176 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1982–1989
- Release date
- 1982-09-22
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 25 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.2/10 (280 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Family Ties if you want a warm, nostalgia-heavy 1980s family sitcom with political banter and plenty of laughs, but Not for you if you dislike Reagan-era jokes or prefer sitcoms like The Cosby Show or Family Matters instead.
Pros: warm family humor; smart political comedy; standout lead performances | Cons: formulaic 80s sitcom feel; jokes may annoy some viewers; mixed take on later seasons
Themes
- us republican party
- conservatism
- family
- democrat
- sexual liberation
- sitcom
- liberalism
- columbus, ohio
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1988
- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series · 1987
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1987
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series · 1987
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1986
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- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1989 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1988 · nominated
- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series · 1987 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy · 1987 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series · 1987 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1987 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 1987 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1987 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series · 1987 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy · 1986 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 1986 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series · 1986 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1986 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1986 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy · 1985 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1985 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 1985 · nominated
- TCA Award — Outstanding Achievement in Comedy · 1985 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 1984 · nominated
Cast & crew
Meredith Baxter
as Elyse Keaton
Michael Gross
as Steven Keaton
Michael J. Fox
as Alex P. Keaton
Justine Bateman
as Mallory Keaton
Tina Yothers
as Jennifer Keaton
Brian Bonsall
as Andy Keaton
Tammy Lauren
as Marilyn Keaton
Dan Hedaya
as Joe Moore
Rosalind Cash
as Maya Thompson
Suzanne Snyder
as Tricia Armstrong
Directed by Will Mackenzie, Asaad Kelada, Barbara Schultz +16 more
Created by Gary David Goldberg
Episodes7 seasons · 176 episodes
Specials8 episodes
- S0E1Family Ties Vacation
- S0E2Best Gig of my Life
- S0E3The Making of Family Ties
- S0E4Season 3 Gag Reel
- S0E5The Year Of The Beard
- S0E6Season 4 Bloopers
- S0E7Season 5 Gag Reel
- S0E8Season 7 , Goodbye Family Ties-End.Credits
Season 122 episodes
- S1E1Pilot24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E2Not With My Sister You Don't25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E3I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E4Summer of '8225mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E5I Never Killed for My Father25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E6Give Your Uncle A Kiss25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E7Big Brother Is Watching25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E8No Nukes Is Good Nukes24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E9Death Of A Grocer25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E10Have Gun, Will Unravel25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E11A Christmas Story25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E12Oops25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E13Sherry Baby25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E14The Fugitive (1)25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E15The Fugitive (2)24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E16Margin Of Error25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E17French Lessons25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E18I Gotta Be Ming25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E19Suzanne Takes You Down25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E20The Fifth Wheel25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E21Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E22Elyse D'Arc25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
Season 222 episodes
- S2E1Tender is the Knight24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E2The Homecoming25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E3The Harder They Fall25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E4This Year's Model25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E5Not An Affair to Remember25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E6Speed Trap25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E7Sweet Lorraine24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E8Batter Up25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E9A Keaton Christmas Carol25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E10To Snatch a Keith25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E11Birthday Boy25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E12Go Tigers25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E13"M" is for the Many Things25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E14Say Uncle25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E15Ladies' Man25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E16Ready or Not25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E17Double Date25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E18Lady Sings the Blues24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E19Baby Boy Doe25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E20The Graduate25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E21Diary of a Young Girl24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E22Working At It24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
Season 323 episodes
- S3E1The Gambler25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E2Here We Go Again24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E3Little Man on Campus25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E4Love Thy Neighbor25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E5Keaton and Son24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E6Fabric Smarts25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E7Hotline Fever24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E84 Rms Ocn Vu25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E9Best Man25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E10Lost Weekend25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E11Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E12Help Wanted25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E13Karen II, Alex 025mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E14Oh Donna25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E15Auntie Up25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E16Philadelphia Story25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E17Birth of a Keaton (1)25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E18Birth of a Keaton (2)24mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E19Cry Baby25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E20Don't Know Much About History...25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E21Bringing Up Baby25mParamount+
- S3E22Cold Storage25mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E23Remembrances of Things Past45mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
Season 423 episodes
- S4E1The Real Thing (1)24mParamount+
- S4E2The Real Thing (2)24mParamount+
- S4E3Mr. Wrong25mParamount+
- S4E4Designated Hitter24mParamount+
- S4E5Don't Go Changin'25mParamount+
- S4E6The Old College Try24mParamount+
- S4E7My Tutor24mParamount+
- S4E8Mr. Right24mParamount+
- S4E9Just One Look24mParamount+
- S4E10How Do You Sleep?24mParamount+
- S4E11You've Got a Friend24mParamount+
- S4E12Nothing But a Man24mParamount+
- S4E13The Disciple25mParamount+
- S4E14Where's Poppa?25mParamount+
- S4E15Fool for Love25mParamount+
- S4E16Checkmate25mParamount+
- S4E17Engine Trouble25mParamount+
- S4E18A Word to the Wise49mParamount+
- S4E19Art Lover25mParamount+
- S4E20Teacher's Pet24mParamount+
- S4E21My Buddy25mParamount+
- S4E22Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a. Loan Arranger)25mParamount+
- S4E23Paper Chase (a.k.a. Mallory's Graduation)24mParamount+
Season 528 episodes
- S5E1Be True to Your Preschool25mParamount+
- S5E2Starting Over25mParamount+
- S5E3The Freshman and the Senior25mParamount+
- S5E4My Back Pages25mParamount+
- S5E5Beauty and the Bank24mParamount+
- S5E6Mrs. Wrong (1)24mParamount+
- S5E7Mrs. Wrong (2)24mParamount+
- S5E8The Big Fix24mParamount+
- S5E9My Brother's Keeper25mParamount+
- S5E10High School Confidential25mParamount+
- S5E11Paper Lion24mParamount+
- S5E12My Mother, My Friend25mParamount+
- S5E13O'Brother (1)25mParamount+
- S5E14O'Brother (2)25mParamount+
- S5E15Higher Love25mParamount+
- S5E16Architect's Apprentice24mParamount+
- S5E17A Tale of Two Cities (1)24mParamount+
- S5E18A Tale of Two Cities (2)26mParamount+
- S5E19Battle of the Sexes48mParamount+
- S5E20Band on the Run25mParamount+
- S5E21Keaton vs. Keaton25mParamount+
- S5E22A, My Name is Alex49mParamount+
- S5E23"D" is for Date24mParamount+
- S5E24Love Me Do25mParamount+
- S5E25The Visit24mParamount+
- S5E26Matchmaker24mParamount+
- S5E27It's My Party (1)23mParamount+
- S5E28It's My Party (2)24m
Season 626 episodes
- S6E1The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists49mParamount+
- S6E2Dear Mallory25mParamount+
- S6E3The Other Woman25mParamount+
- S6E4Dream Date25mParamount+
- S6E5Super Mom25mParamount+
- S6E6Walking On Air25mParamount+
- S6E7Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers25mParamount+
- S6E8The Way We Were25mParamount+
- S6E9Mister Sister25mParamount+
- S6E10Citizen Keaton25mParamount+
- S6E11Father Time (1)25mParamount+
- S6E12Father Time (2)25mParamount+
- S6E13The American Family49mParamount+
- S6E14Anniversary Waltz24mParamount+
- S6E15Miracle in Columbus25mParamount+
- S6E16The Play's the Thing25mParamount+
- S6E17The Spirit of Columbus25mParamount+
- S6E18The Blues Brother25mParamount+
- S6E19Read It and Weep (1)24mParamount+
- S6E20Read It and Weep (2)25mParamount+
- S6E21Quittin' Time25mParamount+
- S6E22Spring Reminds Me (a.k.a. Rosalie's Legacy)25mParamount+
- S6E23The Boys Next Door25mParamount+
- S6E24Sign of the Times25mParamount+
- S6E25Return of the Native25mParamount+
- S6E26Father, Can You Spare a Dime?25mParamount+
Season 724 episodes
- S7E1It Happened One Night24mParamount+
- S7E2Designing Woman25mParamount+
- S7E3Truckers25mParamount+
- S7E4Beyond Therapy25mParamount+
- S7E5Heartstrings (1)25mParamount+
- S7E6Heartstrings (2)25mParamount+
- S7E7Heartstrings (3)24mParamount+
- S7E8Basic Training25mParamount+
- S7E9Deja Vu25mParamount+
- S7E10Nick's Best Friend25mParamount+
- S7E11Get Me to the Living Room on Time25mParamount+
- S7E12The Job Not Taken25mParamount+
- S7E13The Wrecker's Ball25mParamount+
- S7E14My Best Friend's Girl25mParamount+
- S7E15'Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away25mParamount+
- S7E16Simon Says24mParamount+
- S7E17All in the Neighborhood (1)25mParamount+
- S7E18All in the Neighborhood (2)25mParamount+
- S7E19They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)25mParamount+
- S7E20They Can't Take That Away From Me (2)25mParamount+
- S7E21Rain Forests Keep Falling on My Head25mParamount+
- S7E22Wrap Around the Clock49mParamount+
- S7E23Mr. Keaton Takes a Vacation25mParamount+
- S7E24Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore62mParamount+