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''Family Ties'' was an American Television Sitcom which aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989 . At the height of its popularity, ''Family Ties'' was #2 in the yearly Nielsen Ratings , as it aired in the prized time-slot right after the top-rated '' Cosby Show '' on Thursday nights. It starred ) and Jennifer ("Jen") ( Tina Yothers ). Another child, Andrew ("Andy") ( Brian Bonsall ), was added later. This show began two Spinoff s, '' Day By Day '', which lasted two seasons, and '' The Art Of Being Nick '', which was produced as a pilot but never picked up as a series. PREMISE The show had been sold to the network using the pitch "hip parents, square kids," and the parents were originally intended to be the main characters. However, the audience reacted so positively during the taping of the fourth episode, in which Alex lost his Virginity to a girl who shared his passion for Milton Friedman , that the focus of the show was changed to him (and to a lesser extent, his siblings). The majority of the show's humor is derived from the tension between Alex's Conservative , Republican mindset, Mallory's uninformed consumerism, and their parents' attitudes as Liberal Democrats , who grew up as Hippie Flower Children in the 1960s (as seen in one of the intro themes). OTHER CHARACTERS In the 1985 season, Elyse gave birth to Andrew; the child "grew" into a pre-schooler ( Brian Bonsall ) by the next season. Other characters included the Keatons' socially inept neighbor Erwin 'Skippy' Handelman ( Marc Price ), who had an undying crush on Mallory, and in later years, Rambo -like budding artist Nick Moore ( Scott Valentine ), who became romantically involved with Mallory and alarmed various members of the family with how unknowingly crass and unmannered he could be. Alex's primary love interest was a college student named Ellen Reed ( Tracy Pollan , who later became Michael J. Fox's real-life wife). The final two seasons featured Courteney Cox as new girlfriend Lauren Miller. CASTING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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