| | | Laughter. Tears. Politics...Meet the Keatons.
Features: DVD, English, Mono Audio
Loving parents Steven (Michael Gross) and Elyse Keaton (Meredith Baxter Birney) raise their kids with open hearts and open minds. Growing up in the 1960s, Mom and Dad share a liberal point of view, and guide their family with the ideals and convictions of flower power at its best. Their offspring, however, have different ideas. Eldest son Alex P. Keaton is an over-achieving, hard-core Republican, and clashes with his parents at every turn. Mallory is a fashion-loving, boy crazy teen struggling through high school, while little sister Jennifer is the precocious tomboy who always speaks her mind. Together, they share the moments that make them laugh, make them cry...and make them family.This four disc collection includes all 22 episodes from The First Season of Family Ties!
"...[what] made this show outstanding was its cross into the dramatic serious side of issues, unlike its counterpart [The Cosby Show]..." Stefan Hedmark, The MovieHamlet
"...a warm, goofy show about ex-hippie parents and their materialist kids...likeable, intelligent..." Noel Murray, The Onion A.V. Club
Editor's Note
Michael J. Fox catapulted into superstardom--and created one of the most beloved television characters of all time--in the 1980s sitcom FAMILY TIES. Created by TV impresario Gary David Goldberg (LOU GRANT, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW), the series offered a clever take on the generation gap through the family interactions of two former '60s hippies, public-television producer Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) and his architect wife, Elyse (Meredith Baxter), struggling to retain their leftist ideals while raising three radically divergent children in suburban Columbus, Ohio: tomboy Jennifer (Tina Yothers); ditzy mallrat Mallory (Justine Bateman); and, most notably, Wall Street Journal-reading young Republican Alex P. Keaton (Fox), who served as the series' main comedic foil. A fun and warmhearted throwback to the greed-is-good decade, FAMILY TIES is resurrected in this collection of the series' debut season.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 3/24/2009 |
| Running Time: 530 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | | Catalog ID: 040554 | | UPC: 00097360405545 | | Number of Discs: 4 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1989) | | | Golden Globe, Michael J. Fox, Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical | |
Winner (1987) | | | Emmy, Gary David Goldberg, Alan Uger, Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | | | Emmy, Parker Roe, et. al., Outstanding Technical Direction/Electronic Camerawork/Video Control for a Series | |
Winner (1986) | | | Emmy, Michael J. Fox, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | |
Golden Globe (1989) |  | Michael J. Fox, Winner, Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical | |
Emmy (1987) | | Gary David Goldberg, Alan Uger, Winner, Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | | Parker Roe, et. al., Winner, Outstanding Technical Direction/Electronic Camerawork/Video Control for a Series | |
Emmy (1986) | | Michael J. Fox, Winner, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
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