Family Ties is an American live-action television series of the situation comedy genre. It was created by Gary David Goldberg and was produced by Ubu Productions and Paramount Network Television. The show aired on NBC for seven seasons, totaling 176 episodes as well as a television movie. The show focused on the traditional 1980s white suburban Nuclear Family dynamic with an ensemble cast consisting of Meredith Baxter Birney as family matriarch Elyse Keaton, Michael Gross as patriarch Steven Keaton, and their three children, Alex P. Keaton, played by Michael J. Fox, Mallory Keaton, played by Justine Bateman, and Tina Yothers as Jennifer Keaton. Brian Bonsall joined the cast in season four as the Keaton family's fourth child, Andy Keaton. Recurring guest stars on the series included Marc Price as nerdy neighbor Skippy Handleman, and Scott Valentine as Mallory's biker love interest Nick Moore.
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