Michael J. Fox made it nearly impossible for his Family Ties costars to get the last word over his quick-witted junior conservative Alex P. Keaton. But it was Justine Bateman who put the emphasis on ...

Back in the 1980s, I grew up on a steady diet of my favorite TV show, the sitcom Family Ties. I’d imagine what it would be like to be the fifth Keaton child. Don’t get me wrong–I loved my own family ...

While American sitcoms have often portrayed parents as more conservative in comparison to their idealistic, liberal-minded children, Family Ties cleverly flipped the dynamic. The '80s series starred ...