BooMan Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
I understand if your father is a Republican that you might start out your life as a Republican, too. After all, your Dad is cool and intelligent and he knows a whole lot more about the world than you do. And I can also understand it if, a la Michael J. Fox's character on Family Ties, you think your family is so uncool that you adopt a political philosophy that is 180 degrees antithetical to theirs....
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Now that Elyse and Steven Keaton (Meredith Baxter Birney and Michael Gross) have gone and had baby Andrew, there’s an instant temptation to say, “Whoops, ‘Family Ties’ has jumped the shark, time to call it a day and start dismissing the show.” As it happens, however, it’s just as easy to argue that Season [...]
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
What would Alex P. Keaton make of this? The actor who was his TV father on "Family Ties" is joining CBS' "The Young and the Restless." Michael Gross will play portray River ... who was earlier known as Lowell Baldwin...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Despite the fact that John Mayer confessed that he was attempting to emulate the hairstyle made famous by Michael J. Fox’s character in Family Ties, one Alex P. Keaton — John John got himself a hair cut … it’s basically all gone, check it out: HMMM … I gotta say … it’s a nice look for [...]
TV Envy (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
He captured our hearts as ultra-Republican, straight-laced Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties …and then he broke our hearts when he announced he suffers from Parkinson’s. Michael J. Fox didn’t actually say he’d never act again…but he did make the possibility sound somewhat remote. So, it is a happy (and rare) event that he will soon appear in exactly four episodes of the FX hit Rescue Me . According to...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows , Industry , OpEd , Celebrities , Children , Reality-Free Give Justine Bateman credit: She could have been typecast after playing the dippy, fashion-obsessed Mallory Keaton on Family Ties, but she's been able to build a nice career for herself over the last twenty years by playing interesting supporting roles in movies like The TV Set and series like Desperate Housewives...
NewTeeVee (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Did you know that both Tom Hanks and Crispin Glover made appearances on the sitcom Family Ties? Enjoy those before-they-were-stars moments courtesy of CBS, which added Ties and a slew of classic TV shows to its online lineup. The network is new streaming episodes of The Love Boat, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O, Beverly Hills 90210 and [...]
Law.com (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
The debate over "network neutrality" -- legislation to force network owners like cable and telecommunications companies to treat all traffic equally -- has divided Congress, with Democrats largely in favor and Republicans mostly opposed. Which side are you on?
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
FCC chair: New laws to stop discrimination against Net users not needed.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
WASHINGTON - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent Internet service providers from discriminating against Web surfers and that new legislation is unnecessary."I do not believe any additional regulations are needed at this time," Martin said at a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee. "But I also believe that...
The Technology Liberation Front (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
So there’s another Net neutrality hearing today. I’m beginning to think we’ll have to endure one every week for the rest of time. Anyway, today's took place in the Senate Commerce Committee and it featured the testimony of 1980s TV star Justine Bateman, who was in the sitcom “Family Ties.” Before I get to the [...]
IP Democracy (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
No major Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Future of the Internet would be complete without hearing from...Justine Bateman, who played Mallory Keaton on 80s hit TV series "Family Ties." I got an advanced look at the written testimonies of...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Jonah Goldberg : There’s always been a certain cultural lag time to Barack and Michelle Obama, a kitschiness that’s hard to pinpoint. But I think I’ve got it: They’re self-hating yuppies straight out of the 1980s, which were to the Obamas what the 1960s were to the Clintons. For those too young to remember, “yuppie” was shorthand for young urban professionals — think Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Jonah Goldberg: ... There’s always been a certain cultural lag time to Barack and Michelle Obama, a kitschiness that’s hard to pinpoint. But I think I’ve got it: They’re self-hating yuppies straight out of the 1980s, which were to the Obamas what the 1960s were to the Clintons. For those too young to remember, “yuppie” was shorthand for young urban professionals — think Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton...
Sadly, No! (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
The Pantload, explaining to the kidz how Barack and Michelle Obama are yuppies: For those too young to remember, “yuppie” was shorthand for young urban professionals - think Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton in the TV series “Family Ties” - who allegedly represented the collapse of ’60s values and the triumph of ’80s greed. [...]
