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Thursday, November 29 2007

Family Ties: The Complete First Season

By Marisa Carroll

The writing and delivery on Family Ties are strongest when the main characters were in conflict with each other, especially when Alex and Mallory go head to head.


Thursday, August 31 2006

Family: The Complete First and Second Seasons

By Kelley Schei

Though Family deserves credit for pioneering risky subject matter on network television, its legacy is found in clichéd after school specials, the very-special-episodes of '80s TV shows, and prime time teen melodramas.


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