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Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy 1989 · Winner
Emmy (Primetime) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 1988, 1987, 1986 · Winner
Family Ties. Jump to. 24 wins & 43 nominations. BMI Film & TV Awards. 1988 Winner BMI TV Music Award. Jeff Barry. Tom Scott. 1987 Winner BMI TV Music Award. Jeff Barry. Tom Scott. Directors Guild of America, USA. 1988 Winner DGA Award. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series. Will Mackenzie. Tony Csiki (associate director) (plaque)
The show won multiple awards, including three consecutive Emmy Awards for Michael J. Fox as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series . The show premiered on September 22, 1982, and for the first two seasons, aired on Wednesday nights. In the show's third season, it started airing on Thursday nights.
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- 176 + one film (list of episodes)
- September 22, 1982 –, May 14, 1989
- NBC
Family Ties: Created by Gary David Goldberg. With Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman. Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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FAMILY TIES: awards, nominations, photos and more at Emmys.com.
- Matthew Broderick was the creator's first choice for Alex P. Keaton. Gary David Goldberg saw an audition tape of Matthew Broderick and wanted to cast him Alex P. Keaton, but Broderick turned down the part as he didn’t want to move to L.A.
- Michael J. Fox saw Alex as a "scared kid." On Inside the Actors Studio, host James Lipton asked Fox, “Who is Alex Keaton?” “I always thought of him like a mansion made out of rice paper,” Fox replied.
- Alex P. Keaton was beloved by conservatives and liberals alike. Finally, some good news on bipartisanship: Republicans and Democrats both loved Alex.
- Mallory Keaton wasn't always so dumb. Justine Bateman, who played Mallory Keaton, told Variety that in the first couple of episodes, Mallory was “a normal sister.”
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Awards. References. External links. A, My Name is Alex. " A, My Name Is Alex " is a two-part hour-long very special episode of the NBC television series Family Ties. The episodes aired on March 12, 1987, as an hour-long episode, with the second half-hour broadcast without commercials.
The song received two nominations at the 2022 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance, winning the latter award. It also received two nominations for Song of the Year and Video of the Year at the 2022 XXL Awards. [2] Music video.