View Full Version : The Cast of Family Ties to Reunite for the 9th Annual TV Land Awards April 17, 2011


Brian Damage
01-05-2011, 08:04 PM
The 9th Annual TV Land Awards are moving to New York City (celebrity guests will include Bill Cosby and the entire cast of The Cosby Show and Michael J. Fox and the cast of Family Ties...

http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/tca-betty-white-front-and-center-hot-in-cleveland-all-my-children-to-cross-over/#more-94209

The Fan Favorite Award is being presented to the cast of "Family Ties." The series, which won viewers’ hearts, starred Michael J. Fox, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Justine Bateman and Tina Yothers, who will all be on hand to accept the award.

Marvo301
01-05-2011, 10:23 PM
The 9th Annual TV Land Awards are moving to New York City (celebrity guests will include Bill Cosby and the entire cast of The Cosby Show and Michael J. Fox and the cast of Family Ties...


http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/tca-betty-white-front-and-center-hot-in-cleveland-all-my-children-to-cross-over/#more-94209
Will Brian Bonsall (Andrew Keaton) be there?

Retro4Life
01-05-2011, 10:24 PM
That should be an emotional and landmark reunion, particularly given the personal lives of many of the FT stars. Fox with his struggle against Parkinson's, Baxter with her revelations, Bonsall with his brushes with the law.

It's always good to see our surrogate "families" come together again. :)

Mr. Television
01-05-2011, 10:28 PM
I would like to see them all there including Marc Price, Scott Valentine, Tracy Pollan and Courtney Cox.

Family Ties Forever!
01-05-2011, 11:11 PM
That's cool. :) I wish I had the TV Land channel so I could watch. I wonder if TV Land will put it on their website to watch?

catlover79
01-06-2011, 03:43 AM
I would like to see them all there including Marc Price, Scott Valentine, Tracy Pollan and Courtney Cox.

Same here...I mean, Tracy will most likely be going along to the show with her husband anyway, so why not let her go onstage? After all, they met on the show!!!!

McGillicuddy
01-06-2011, 01:06 PM
Michael J. Fox, Michael Gross, Merideth Baxter, Justice Bateman, and Tina Yothers were reunited in 2008 on The Today Show. It would be great if Brian Bonsall, Marc Price, and Scott Valentine, especially were included this time, and Tracy Pollan should be there anyway, since she's Mrs MJF. Courtney Cox, though I would doubt would be included, since she went on to be known more for Friends, and is now on Cougartown. Last we've heard of Bonsall, it seems he was in pretty bad shape, who knows if he would be there??

Family Ties Forever!
01-07-2011, 12:19 AM
link (http://www.cinemablend.com/television/TV-Land-Awards-Honor-Cosby-Show-Family-Ties-29213.html)

Family Ties is set to receive the Fan Favorite Award. Michael J. Fox, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Justine Batemen and Tina Yothers will be on hand to accept the award. No word on Brian Eric Bonsall, who played the youngest Keaton, Andy in the later years of the series.

Marvo301
01-07-2011, 01:45 AM
It sounds doubtful that Brian Bonsall will be there. Same for Marc Price, Scott Valentine, and Courtney Cox. I expect Tracey Pollan will be there with her husband though she may not be on stage. (I hope she will be on stage though)

Family Ties Forever!
01-07-2011, 04:31 PM
That would be cool if Marc Price showed up as well as Brian Bonsall, but yeah, it's probably doubtful. I would be surprised if Courteney Cox showed up as mentioned above she moved on to star in Friends.

Family Ties Forever!
03-16-2011, 01:51 AM
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/03/michael-gross-maintains-ties-to-meredith-baxter.html

Michael Gross maintains 'Ties' to Meredith Baxter
By Jay Bobbin

March 15, 2011 4:12 PM ET
Michael Gross is maintaining his ties to his former TV wife Meredith Baxter, more than 20 years after their shared series run ended.

As Baxter makes the talk-show rounds now -- including a recent appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" -- to promote "Untied," her memoir, "Family Ties" co-star Gross is lending his support. That included his flight from Los Angeles to Chicago, his hometown, to surprise Baxter on "Oprah" as she discussed such matters as her coming out and her allegations of abuse by ex-husband David Birney.

"We stay in constant touch," Gross tells Zap2it of his enduring relationship with Baxter. "We're still very close, and a few months ago, we did a production of 'Love Letters' together. I know someone who runs the arts department at a college and they were looking to do a fundraiser, and I said, 'Let me give my friend Meredith a call.' We like that play, but it's also an excuse to see each other and hang out for a weekend."

Gross says Winfrey's staff called him to contribute to the program on Baxter. "They said, 'You figure pretty prominently in this book as being a great help to Meredith in her time of crisis. Corroborate some of these things. What do you remember?' I started to tell them, and they finally said, 'You know, we're just going to fly you out as a surprise guest.' My father still lives there, so I got to see Dad as well as dear Meredith.

"Her book is not a 'get-even,' by any means," Gross maintains. "It's really Meredith saying, 'This is what I did to myself. Why did I not know who I was?' I inadvertently made her cry [on 'Oprah'] at one point and had to hold her, and that got me crying. While we were in the workplace together, I probably saw her for more hours each day than David did. She's a very private person, but as time went on, I learned more and more when things were so excruciatingly painful for her."

By his account, during the 1982-89 NBC run of "Family Ties", Gross didn't know of Baxter's marital concerns for quite some time: "I tend to assume everybody is doing just fine unless I see otherwise. Unless people choose to share with me, I don't pry, so I don't know."

Seen lately as Ted's father on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother," Gross also has filmed an upcoming episode of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as Larry David's dermatologist. He's looking forward to reuniting with Baxter and the rest of his "Family Ties" family -- including Michael J. Fox -- to receive the Fan Favorite Award at the ninth annual TV Land Awards, which that channel televises Sunday, April 17.

Baxter and Gross actually are working together again, as spouses again, on The Hub's animated series "Dan Vs." They voice the parents of the character Elise ... no small irony, since on "Family Ties," Baxter was named Elyse. She and Gross often do their recording sessions together, since he reports, "We're frequently in the same scenes, and they like the chemistry. We still have the best time." Follow Zap2it on Twitter and Zap2it on Facebook for the latest news and buzzPhoto/Video credit: Getty Images

Family Ties Forever!
03-29-2011, 12:55 AM
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/28/the-%E2%80%9Ctv-land-awards-2011%E2%80%9D-airs-sunday-april-17/87354

Fan Favorite Award: The full cast of “Family Ties,” (Michael J. Fox, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers, Marc Price, Tracy Pollan and Billy Vera)

Family Ties Forever!
04-18-2011, 01:09 AM
For those who saw the awards show. What did you think of the part with the Family Ties cast?

Mr. Television
04-18-2011, 10:07 AM
For those who saw the awards show. What did you think of the part with the Family Ties cast?
I loved it. They let all the cast have a turn at speaking. MJF said they have no regrets...that they knew when they were making the show that it was special. Everyone seemed to say how much they enjoyed working on the show. As someone who loved the show it was great seeing them all together again. :)

McGillicuddy
04-18-2011, 02:41 PM
I loved that they had Billy Vera sing At This Moment, the love song for Alex and Ellen on the show, that was a hit song in the '80's. The castmembers were very moved.

I also liked when Meredith commented that their cast didn't all turn out "straight" like on Facts of Life. :lol:

mstewart
04-18-2011, 06:54 PM
I loved that they had Billy Vera sing At This Moment, the love song for Alex and Ellen on the show, that was a hit song in the '80's. The castmembers were very moved.

I also liked when Meredith commented that their cast didn't all turn out "straight" like on Facts of Life. :lol:
I loved it when Billy Vera sung that song.

Touche Meredith. She looked great.

Family Ties Forever!
04-18-2011, 09:46 PM
I was able to watch it on Tvland's website. It was nice to see. :)

Retro4Life
04-18-2011, 10:42 PM
I enjoyed it. Everyone seemed very appreciative of the award and they obviously loved doing the show, which is always great to hear.

Anyone think that Scott Valentine should have been there? Bonsall I can sort of understand, what with his legal problems and all (though it would have been OK for him to show up, of course), but I wonder why Valentine didn't show?

Anyway, another very nice reunion. Fox looked really good, I thought, btw.

Family Ties Forever!
04-18-2011, 11:07 PM
Brian Bonsall was included on the Joy Behar show reunion. I'm not sure why he wasn't at the awards show.

I don't see the appeal of Scott Valeintine. Just my opinion.

Retro4Life
04-18-2011, 11:20 PM
Brian Bonsall was included on the Joy Behar show reunion. I'm not sure why he wasn't at the awards show.

I don't see the appeal of Scott Valeintine. Just my opinion.

I didn't really care for the Nick character myself. Just seemed like since he was on the show as a regular for several years he would have been included, unless there was some compelling reason not to.

Mr. Television
04-18-2011, 11:25 PM
I would have liked to see Scott there. I also would have liked Courtney Cox to be there although I understand why she wasn't.

Family Ties Forever!
04-19-2011, 01:09 AM
I didn't really care for the Nick character myself. Just seemed like since he was on the show as a regular for several years he would have been included, unless there was some compelling reason not to.

That's true. Since it was only his character that I didn't like, no reason why he couldn't be there.

I think it would have made a nice round out of the cast to have everyone including Brian, Scott and Courtney Cox there.

Family Ties Forever!
04-19-2011, 01:36 AM
http://www.examiner.com/events-in-new-york/tv-land-awards-michael-j-fox-marc-price-meredith-baxter-michael-gross-video

TV Land Awards: Michael J. Fox, Marc Price, Meredith Baxter & Michael Gross (VIDEO)

April 18th, 2011 12:35 am ET .
Shaina Moskowitz Manhattan Events Examiner.

Video: Interviews with Michael J. Fox, Marc Price, Meredith Baxter & Michael Gross

The Fan Favorite Award was presented to the “Family Ties” cast by comedian extraordinaire Ben Stiller. The show won the hearts of viewers everywhere as the fictional Keaton family humorously struggled to deal with a new generation gap and political differences in the 1980s. Cast members Michael J. Fox, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter, Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers, Tracy Pollan and Marc Price accepted, and singer Billy Vera gave a moving performance of “At This Moment.”

Check out our video from the red carpet of Michael J. Fox, Marc Price and Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross.

Family Ties Forever!
04-23-2011, 12:00 PM
Video Interview:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xicqzy_tina-yothers-starcam-interview-at-2011-tv-land-awards_shortfilms
Tina Yothers talks to StarCam about her role on “Family Ties” and whether the cast and crew of the show keep in touch. http://blog.starcam.com

Video Interview
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xicr0l_michael-gross-starcam-interview-at-2011-tv-land-awards_shortfilms
Michael Gross talks about his role as the father on “Family Ties” and who he says was the most popular father on television besides him. Find out what having been on the show means to him and what he thinks the long-term impact of the show has been. http://starcam.com