Family Ties

Family Ties (1982)

Laughter. Tears. Politics... MEET THE KEATONS.

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
  • Creator: Gary David Goldberg
  • First Air Date: 1982-09-22
  • Last Air Date: 1989-05-14
  • Total Seasons: 7
  • Total Episodes: 176
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: Ubu Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: NBC
star 7.2/10
From 215 Ratings

Summary

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

  • Keywords: us republican party, conservatism, family, democrat, sexual liberation, sitcom, 1980s, liberalism
  • Where to Watch Family Ties Online

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  • Family Ties Trailer

    Family Ties Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 1985-09-23
    8 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1982-09-22
    22 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1983-09-28
    22 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1984-09-19
    24 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 1985-09-25
    24 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 1986-09-24
    30 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 1987-09-12
    28 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 1988-10-30
    26 Episodes

    Family Ties Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Pilot30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Not With My Sister You Don't30 min
    Season 1Episode 3I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Summer of '8230 min
    Season 1Episode 5I Never Killed for My Father30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Give Your Uncle Arthur a Kiss30 min
    Season 1Episode 7Big Brother is Watching30 min
    Season 1Episode 8No Nukes is Good Nukes30 min
    Season 1Episode 9Death of a Grocer30 min
    Season 1Episode 10Have Gun, Will Unravel30 min
    Season 1Episode 11A Christmas Story30 min
    Season 1Episode 12Oops30 min
    Season 1Episode 13Sherry Baby30 min
    Season 1Episode 14The Fugitive (1)30 min
    Season 1Episode 15The Fugitive (2)30 min
    Season 1Episode 16Margin of Error30 min
    Season 1Episode 17French Lessons30 min
    Season 1Episode 18I Gotta Be Ming30 min
    Season 1Episode 19Suzanne Takes You Down30 min
    Season 1Episode 20The Fifth Wheel30 min
    Season 1Episode 21Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)30 min
    Season 1Episode 22Elyse D'Arc30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Tender is the Knight30 min
    Season 2Episode 2The Homecoming30 min
    Season 2Episode 3The Harder They Fall30 min
    Season 2Episode 4This Year's Model30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Not an Affair to Remember30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Speed Trap30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Sweet Lorraine30 min
    Season 2Episode 8Batter Up30 min
    Season 2Episode 9A Keaton Christmas Carol30 min
    Season 2Episode 10To Snatch a Keith30 min
    Season 2Episode 11Birthday Boy30 min
    Season 2Episode 12Go Tigers30 min
    Season 2Episode 13"M" is for the Many Things30 min
    Season 2Episode 14Say Uncle30 min
    Season 2Episode 15Ladies' Man30 min
    Season 2Episode 16Ready or Not30 min
    Season 2Episode 17Double Date30 min
    Season 2Episode 18Lady Sings the Blues30 min
    Season 2Episode 19Baby Boy Doe30 min
    Season 2Episode 20The Graduate30 min
    Season 2Episode 21Diary of a Young Girl30 min
    Season 2Episode 22Working at It30 min
    Season 3Episode 1The Gambler30 min
    Season 3Episode 2Here We Go Again30 min
    Season 3Episode 3Little Man on Campus30 min
    Season 3Episode 4Love Thy Neighbor30 min
    Season 3Episode 5Keaton 'N Son30 min
    Season 3Episode 6Fabric Smarts30 min
    Season 3Episode 7Hotline Fever30 min
    Season 3Episode 84 Rms Ocn Vu30 min
    Season 3Episode 9Best Man30 min
    Season 3Episode 10Lost Weekend30 min
    Season 3Episode 11Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger30 min
    Season 3Episode 12Help Wanted30 min
    Season 3Episode 13Karen II, Alex 030 min
    Season 3Episode 14Oh Donna30 min
    Season 3Episode 15Auntie Up30 min
    Season 3Episode 16Philadelphia Story30 min
    Season 3Episode 17Birth of a Keaton (1)30 min
    Season 3Episode 18Birth of a Keaton (2)30 min
    Season 3Episode 19Cry Baby30 min
    Season 3Episode 20Don't Know Much About History...30 min
    Season 3Episode 21Bringing Up Baby30 min
    Season 3Episode 22Cold Storage30 min
    Season 3Episode 23Remembrances of Things Past (1)30 min
    Season 3Episode 24Remembrances of Things Past (2)30 min
    Season 4Episode 1The Real Thing (1)30 min
    Season 4Episode 2The Real Thing (2)30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Mr. Wrong30 min
    Season 4Episode 4Designated Hitter30 min
    Season 4Episode 5Don't Go Changin'30 min
    Season 4Episode 6The Old College Try30 min
    Season 4Episode 7My Tutor30 min
    Season 4Episode 8Mr. Right30 min
    Season 4Episode 9Just One Look30 min
    Season 4Episode 10How Do You Sleep?30 min
    Season 4Episode 11You've Got a Friend30 min
    Season 4Episode 12Nothing But a Man30 min
    Season 4Episode 13The Disciple30 min
    Season 4Episode 14Where's Poppa?30 min
    Season 4Episode 15Fool for Love30 min
    Season 4Episode 16Checkmate30 min
    Season 4Episode 17Engine Trouble30 min
    Season 4Episode 18A Word to the Wise (1)30 min
    Season 4Episode 19A Word to the Wise (2)30 min
    Season 4Episode 20Art Lover30 min
    Season 4Episode 21Teacher's Pet30 min
    Season 4Episode 22My Buddy30 min
    Season 4Episode 23Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a. Loan Arranger)30 min
    Season 4Episode 24Paper Chase (a.k.a. Mallory's Graduation)30 min
    Season 5Episode 1Be True to Your Preschool30 min
    Season 5Episode 2Starting Over30 min
    Season 5Episode 3The Freshman and the Senior30 min
    Season 5Episode 4My Back Pages30 min
    Season 5Episode 5Beauty and the Bank30 min
    Season 5Episode 6Mrs. Wrong (1)30 min
    Season 5Episode 7Mrs. Wrong (2)30 min
    Season 5Episode 8The Big Fix30 min
    Season 5Episode 9My Brother's Keeper30 min
    Season 5Episode 10High School Confidential30 min
    Season 5Episode 11Paper Lion30 min
    Season 5Episode 12My Mother, My Friend30 min
    Season 5Episode 13O'Brother (1)30 min
    Season 5Episode 14O'Brother (2)30 min
    Season 5Episode 15Higher Love30 min
    Season 5Episode 16Architect's Apprentice30 min
    Season 5Episode 17A Tale of Two Cities (1)30 min
    Season 5Episode 18A Tale of Two Cities (2)30 min
    Season 5Episode 19Battle of the Sexes (1)30 min
    Season 5Episode 20Battle of the Sexes (2)30 min
    Season 5Episode 21Band on the Run30 min
    Season 5Episode 22Keaton vs. Keaton30 min
    Season 5Episode 23A, My Name is Alex (1)30 min
    Season 5Episode 24A, My Name is Alex (2)30 min
    Season 5Episode 25"D" is for Date30 min
    Season 5Episode 26Love Me Do30 min
    Season 5Episode 27The Visit30 min
    Season 5Episode 28Matchmaker30 min
    Season 5Episode 29It's My Party (1)30 min
    Season 5Episode 30It's My Party (2)30 min
    Season 6Episode 1The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists (1)30 min
    Season 6Episode 2The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists (2)30 min
    Season 6Episode 3Dear Mallory30 min
    Season 6Episode 4The Other Woman30 min
    Season 6Episode 5Dream Date30 min
    Season 6Episode 6Super Mom30 min
    Season 6Episode 7Walking on Air30 min
    Season 6Episode 8Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers30 min
    Season 6Episode 9The Way We Were30 min
    Season 6Episode 10Mister Sister30 min
    Season 6Episode 11Citizen Keaton30 min
    Season 6Episode 12Father Time (1)30 min
    Season 6Episode 13Father Time (2)30 min
    Season 6Episode 14The American Family (1)30 min
    Season 6Episode 15The American Family (2)30 min
    Season 6Episode 16Anniversary Waltz30 min
    Season 6Episode 17Miracle in Columbus30 min
    Season 6Episode 18The Play's the Thing30 min
    Season 6Episode 19The Spirit of Columbus30 min
    Season 6Episode 20The Blues Brother30 min
    Season 6Episode 21Read It and Weep (1)30 min
    Season 6Episode 22Read It and Weep (2)30 min
    Season 6Episode 23Quitting Time30 min
    Season 6Episode 24Spring Reminds Me (a.k.a. Rosalie's Legacy)30 min
    Season 6Episode 25The Boys Next Door30 min
    Season 6Episode 26Sign of the Times30 min
    Season 6Episode 27Return of the Native30 min
    Season 6Episode 28Father, Can You Spare a Dime?30 min
    Season 7Episode 1It Happened One Night30 min
    Season 7Episode 2Designing Woman30 min
    Season 7Episode 3Truckers30 min
    Season 7Episode 4Beyond Therapy30 min
    Season 7Episode 5Heartstrings (1)30 min
    Season 7Episode 6Heartstrings (2)30 min
    Season 7Episode 7Heartstrings (3)30 min
    Season 7Episode 8Basic Training30 min
    Season 7Episode 9Deja Vu30 min
    Season 7Episode 10Nick's Best Friend30 min
    Season 7Episode 11Get Me to the Living Room on Time30 min
    Season 7Episode 12The Job Not Taken30 min
    Season 7Episode 13The Wrecker's Ball30 min
    Season 7Episode 14My Best Friend's Girl30 min
    Season 7Episode 15'Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away30 min
    Season 7Episode 16Simon Says30 min
    Season 7Episode 17All in the Neighborhood (1)30 min
    Season 7Episode 18All in the Neighborhood (2)30 min
    Season 7Episode 19They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)30 min
    Season 7Episode 20They Can't Take That Away From Me (2)30 min
    Season 7Episode 21Rain Forests Keep Falling on My Head30 min
    Season 7Episode 22Wrap Around the Clock (1)30 min
    Season 7Episode 23Wrap Around the Clock (2)30 min
    Season 7Episode 24Mr. Keaton Takes a Vacation30 min
    Season 7Episode 25Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1)30 min
    Season 7Episode 26Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore (2)30 min
    • 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
    Production Gary David Goldberg Executive Producer
    Production Lloyd Garver Executive Producer
    Writing Gary David Goldberg Writer
    Writing Alan Uger Writer
    Production Ruth Bennett Producer
    Production Carol Himes Producer
    Production Alan Uger Producer
    Production Michael J. Weithorn Producer
    Production June Galas Producer
    Production Marc Lawrence Producer

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