Family Ties began as a product at CBS - originally planned as an one hour show. CBS passed on it. NBC wanted it as a half hour and live before a studio audience. Meredith Baxter-Birney was the first person to be cast for the show and the rest is history. The sitcom ran from 1982 to 1989 on NBC.













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The sitcom starred Meredith Baxter Birney, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers, Brian Bonsall, Marc Price, Tracy Pollan, Scott Valentine, and Courteney Cox. Tracy Pollan, Michael J. Fox's real-life wife, appeared on the show as Alex's first serious girlfriend Ellen Reed.