How TV’s “Family Ties” Turned Me Into An NBC Page
6 min readFeb 18, 2020
A “Big ‘80s” Memory
The “Ties” That Found Me
I always thought Family Ties, which originally aired on NBC in the “Big ‘80s,” was a fun show.
I admired the many talents of its star, Michael J. Fox, who played the program’s central character, wiz-kid, Alex P. Keaton. During the sitcom’s genesis, Fox was not…