Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 22, 1982
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 168
Networks: NBC
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

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Family Ties(1982)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

Laughter. Tears. Politics... MEET THE KEATONS.

TMDB Rating: 7.2 (249 votes)

Overview

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1982Avg: 7.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Pilot	Sep 22, 1982	0.0
2	Not With My Sister You Don't	Sep 29, 1982	0.0
3	I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend	Oct 6, 1982	0.0
4	Summer of '82	Oct 27, 1982	0.0
5	I Never Killed for My Father	Nov 3, 1982	0.0
6	Give Your Uncle A Kiss	Nov 10, 1982	0.0
7	Big Brother Is Watching	Nov 17, 1982	7.0
8	No Nukes Is Good Nukes	Nov 24, 1982	7.0
9	Death Of A Grocer	Dec 1, 1982	7.0
10	Have Gun, Will Unravel	Dec 8, 1982	7.0
11	A Christmas Story	Dec 15, 1982	7.0
12	Oops	Dec 22, 1982	0.0
13	Sherry Baby	Jan 12, 1983	0.0
14	The Fugitive (1)	Jan 19, 1983	0.0
15	The Fugitive (2)	Jan 26, 1983	0.0
16	Margin Of Error	Feb 9, 1983	0.0
17	French Lessons	Feb 15, 1983	0.0
18	I Gotta Be Ming	Feb 22, 1983	0.0
19	Suzanne Takes You Down	Mar 15, 1983	0.0
20	The Fifth Wheel	Mar 27, 1983	0.0
21	Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)	Apr 3, 1983	0.0
22	Elyse D'Arc	Apr 10, 1983	0.0

Season 2

22 episodes • 1983Avg: 7.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Tender is the Knight	Sep 28, 1983	7.0
2	The Homecoming	Oct 12, 1983	0.0
3	The Harder They Fall	Oct 19, 1983	8.0
4	This Year's Model	Oct 26, 1983	7.0
5	Not An Affair to Remember	Nov 2, 1983	8.0
6	Speed Trap	Nov 9, 1983	8.0
7	Sweet Lorraine	Nov 16, 1983	8.0
8	Batter Up	Nov 30, 1983	0.0
9	A Keaton Christmas Carol	Dec 14, 1983	7.0
10	To Snatch a Keith	Dec 21, 1983	0.0
11	Birthday Boy	Jan 5, 1984	0.0
12	Go Tigers	Jan 12, 1984	0.0
13	"M" is for the Many Things	Jan 19, 1984	0.0
14	Say Uncle	Jan 26, 1984	8.0
15	Ladies' Man	Feb 2, 1984	0.0
16	Ready or Not	Feb 9, 1984	7.0
17	Double Date	Feb 16, 1984	8.0
18	Lady Sings the Blues	Feb 23, 1984	7.0
19	Baby Boy Doe	Mar 8, 1984	7.0
20	The Graduate	Mar 15, 1984	8.0
21	Diary of a Young Girl	May 3, 1984	0.0
22	Working At It	May 10, 1984	0.0

Season 3

23 episodes • 1984Avg: 7.6Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Gambler	Sep 20, 1984	7.0
2	Here We Go Again	Sep 27, 1984	7.0
3	Little Man on Campus	Oct 4, 1984	8.0
4	Love Thy Neighbor	Oct 11, 1984	7.0
5	Keaton and Son	Oct 18, 1984	0.0
6	Fabric Smarts	Oct 25, 1984	7.0
7	Hotline Fever	Nov 1, 1984	8.0
8	4 Rms Ocn Vu	Nov 8, 1984	9.0
9	Best Man	Nov 15, 1984	7.0
10	Lost Weekend	Nov 22, 1984	0.0
11	Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger	Nov 29, 1984	8.0
12	Help Wanted	Dec 6, 1984	8.0
13	Karen II, Alex 0	Dec 13, 1984	0.0
14	Oh Donna	Jan 3, 1985	0.0
15	Auntie Up	Jan 10, 1985	0.0
16	Philadelphia Story	Jan 17, 1985	0.0
17	Birth of a Keaton (1)	Jan 24, 1985	0.0
18	Birth of a Keaton (2)	Jan 31, 1985	0.0
19	Cry Baby	Feb 7, 1985	0.0
20	Don't Know Much About History...	Feb 14, 1985	0.0
21	Bringing Up Baby	Feb 21, 1985	0.0
22	Cold Storage	Mar 7, 1985	0.0
23	Remembrances of Things Past	Mar 28, 1985	0.0

Season 4

23 episodes • 1985

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Real Thing (1)	Sep 26, 1985
2	The Real Thing (2)	Oct 3, 1985
3	Mr. Wrong	Oct 17, 1985
4	Designated Hitter	Oct 24, 1985
5	Don't Go Changin'	Oct 31, 1985
6	The Old College Try	Nov 7, 1985
7	My Tutor	Nov 14, 1985
8	Mr. Right	Nov 21, 1985
9	Just One Look	Dec 5, 1985
10	How Do You Sleep?	Dec 12, 1985
11	You've Got a Friend	Dec 19, 1985
12	Nothing But a Man	Jan 2, 1986
13	The Disciple	Jan 9, 1986
14	Where's Poppa?	Jan 16, 1986
15	Fool for Love	Jan 23, 1986
16	Checkmate	Jan 30, 1986
17	Engine Trouble	Feb 6, 1986
18	A Word to the Wise	Feb 13, 1986
19	Art Lover	Feb 20, 1986
20	Teacher's Pet	Mar 3, 1986
21	My Buddy	Mar 6, 1986
22	Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a. Loan Arranger)	May 1, 1986
23	Paper Chase (a.k.a. Mallory's Graduation)	May 8, 1986

Season 5

28 episodes • 1986

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Be True to Your Preschool	Sep 25, 1986
2	Starting Over	Oct 2, 1986
3	The Freshman and the Senior	Oct 9, 1986
4	My Back Pages	Oct 16, 1986
5	Beauty and the Bank	Oct 30, 1986
6	Mrs. Wrong (1)	Nov 6, 1986
7	Mrs. Wrong (2)	Nov 13, 1986
8	The Big Fix	Nov 17, 1986
9	My Brother's Keeper	Nov 20, 1986
10	High School Confidential	Dec 4, 1986
11	Paper Lion	Dec 11, 1986
12	My Mother, My Friend	Dec 18, 1986
13	O'Brother (1)	Jan 8, 1987
14	O'Brother (2)	Jan 15, 1987
15	Higher Love	Jan 22, 1987
16	Architect's Apprentice	Jan 29, 1987
17	A Tale of Two Cities (1)	Feb 5, 1987
18	A Tale of Two Cities (2)	Feb 12, 1987
19	Battle of the Sexes	Feb 19, 1987
20	Band on the Run	Feb 26, 1987
21	Keaton vs. Keaton	Mar 5, 1987
22	A, My Name is Alex	Mar 12, 1987
23	"D" is for Date	Mar 20, 1987
24	Love Me Do	Apr 30, 1987
25	The Visit	May 7, 1987
26	Matchmaker	Jul 23, 1987
27	It's My Party (1)	Aug 6, 1987
28	It's My Party (2)	Aug 13, 1987

Season 6

26 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists	Sep 13, 1987
2	Dear Mallory	Sep 20, 1987
3	The Other Woman	Sep 27, 1987
4	Dream Date	Oct 4, 1987
5	Super Mom	Oct 18, 1987
6	Walking On Air	Oct 25, 1987
7	Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers	Nov 1, 1987
8	The Way We Were	Nov 8, 1987
9	Mister Sister	Nov 15, 1987
10	Citizen Keaton	Nov 22, 1987
11	Father Time (1)	Nov 29, 1987
12	Father Time (2)	Dec 6, 1987
13	The American Family	Dec 13, 1987
14	Anniversary Waltz	Dec 16, 1987
15	Miracle in Columbus	Dec 20, 1987
16	The Play's the Thing	Jan 10, 1988
17	The Spirit of Columbus	Jan 17, 1988
18	The Blues Brother	Jan 24, 1988
19	Read It and Weep (1)	Feb 7, 1988
20	Read It and Weep (2)	Feb 14, 1988
21	Quittin' Time	Feb 21, 1988
22	Spring Reminds Me (a.k.a. Rosalie's Legacy)	Feb 28, 1988
23	The Boys Next Door	Mar 6, 1988
24	Sign of the Times	Mar 13, 1988
25	Return of the Native	Mar 20, 1988
26	Father, Can You Spare a Dime?	May 1, 1988

Season 7

24 episodes • 1988

#	Episode	Air Date
1	It Happened One Night	Oct 30, 1988
2	Designing Woman	Nov 6, 1988
3	Truckers	Nov 13, 1988
4	Beyond Therapy	Nov 27, 1988
5	Heartstrings (1)	Dec 4, 1988
6	Heartstrings (2)	Dec 11, 1988
7	Heartstrings (3)	Dec 18, 1988
8	Basic Training	Jan 1, 1989
9	Deja Vu	Jan 8, 1989
10	Nick's Best Friend	Jan 15, 1989
11	Get Me to the Living Room on Time	Jan 29, 1989
12	The Job Not Taken	Feb 5, 1989
13	The Wrecker's Ball	Feb 12, 1989
14	My Best Friend's Girl	Feb 19, 1989
15	'Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away	Feb 26, 1989
16	Simon Says	Mar 5, 1989
17	All in the Neighborhood (1)	Mar 12, 1989
18	All in the Neighborhood (2)	Mar 19, 1989
19	They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)	Apr 2, 1989
20	They Can't Take That Away From Me (2)	Apr 9, 1989
21	Rain Forests Keep Falling on My Head	Apr 16, 1989
22	Wrap Around the Clock	Apr 23, 1989
23	Mr. Keaton Takes a Vacation	May 7, 1989
24	Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore	May 14, 1989

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