‘Family Ties’ stars Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter reflect on show’s 40th anniversary
22.09.2022 - 19:45
/ foxnews.com
"Family Ties" celebrated the 40th anniversary of its television debut on Thursday and two of its stars, Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter, spoke with Fox News Digital about the show’s lasting legacy and what it was like making the show. The show introduced audiences to the Keaton family, with liberal former hippies Elyse and Steven as the heads of the household, along with their three children. Alex, played by Michael J Fox, was a conservative ready to take over American politics, and his two sisters Mallory and Jennifer were played by Justine Batemen and Tina Yothers.
In the later seasons, they introduced a fourth child, a son named Andrew. The popular sitcom ran for seven seasons and launched the careers of many of its stars, most notably, Michael J. Fox, who went on to star in the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Stuart Little," "Doc Hollywood" and "For Love or Money." Both Gross and Baxter revealed hey were surprised when the show became such a big hit, because it wasn’t actually very popular in the beginning.
"Family Ties" launched the careers of many of its actors including Michael J. Fox who went on to star in "Back to the Future." ( (Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)) "At first, we were doing fine, but nothing special. People took a long time to discover us, and NBC was moving us around from place to place.
It wasn't really striking gold in some ways," Gross told Fox News Digital. "We weren’t really a top ten show until they put us behind Cosby on Thursday night.Then it was Cosby, ‘Family Ties,’ ‘Night Court,’ ‘Cheers... we were solidly in the top ten, but that took a few years to get around to that." The camaraderie among the actors on set was fantastic, and both Gross and Baxter had
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