Family Ties (1982)★ 7.6/10
- Comedy
- Drama
Directed by: Sam Weisman, Will Mackenzie, Matthew Diamond, Andrew McCullough, John Pasquin
Written by: Gary David Goldberg, Alan Uger, Marc Lawrence, Ruth Bennett, Michael J. Weithorn
Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
- Original title
- Family Ties
- Storyline
- Steven and Elyse Keaton, once 1960s radicals, now find themselves in Reagan-era America trying to raise a traditional suburban family. Their three first kids are Alex (a very ambitious Young Republican), Mallory (a ditzy and boy-crazy fashionista), and Jennifer (whom we first get to know as a precocious nine-year-old tomboy). Later on, a fourth child (Andrew) was added to the family. Most of the comedy arose from the conflict between the ex-hippie parents vs. the conservative Alex and the brainless beauty Mallory.
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 22,495
- Companies
- Paramount Television, Ubu Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Veronica Omroep Organisatie, Dutch FilmWorks (DFW), Hallmark Channel, Hub Network, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon Network, Paramount Home Entertainment, Rewind TV, TF1, TV Land, The Hub
- Release dates
- US September 22, 1982
- AU November 28, 1983
- XWG May 26, 1984
- GB July 6, 1985
- NL June 14, 1986
- FR September 20, 1987
- DK July 14, 1989
- SE November 1, 1990
- BR January 25, 2005
- CA February 20, 2007
- MX February 20, 2007
- SG February 20, 2007