Family Ties on NBC

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Exclusive: Meredith Baxter to Guest-Star on Switched at Birth

Meredith Baxter

Meredith Baxter will guest-star on ABC Family's Switched at Birth, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Baxter will play Bonnie Tamblyn Dixon, the mother to  Lea Thompson's character Kathryn and biological grandmother to Daphne (Katie LeClerc). Sparks fly and tension arrisses when she arrives for a family visit.

ABC Family sets return dates for Pretty Little Liars, Lying Game and more

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Icons & Innovators: Denis Leary and Michael J. Fox

Denis Leary & Michael J. Fox

"You want us to talk to each other?" Denis Leary jokes, relaxing with his old pal Michael J. Fox. "This is really hard, because we don't have a lot to say to each other. Actually, we do, but it's mostly hockey talk." In fact, Leary, 54, and Fox, 50, share a lot more than their love for the Boston Bruins: They're devoted dads and husbands (Fox married Family Ties costar Tracy Pollan in 1988, one year before Leary wed writer Ann Lembeck) with their own charities: the Leary Firefighters Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fox's Emmy-winning role as a hedonistic paraplegic on Leary's recently wrapped drama Rescue Me reignited his acting career, leading to his irreverent turns as an... read more

'80s Child Stars: They Grow Up So Fast!

Tina Yothers

Though they'll forever be preserved in the amber of syndication and on DVD, child stars grow up too. Take a trip down memory lane right through the present day at Snakkle, which has assembled the gallery "Hold On to Your Scrunchies! See Where Your Fave '80s Sitcom Siblings Are Today." Catch up with (the first) Becky from Roseanne (Alicia Goranson), Growing Pains' Ben Seaver (Jeremy Miller), Family Ties' Jennifer (Tina Yothers) and...
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Keck's Exclusives: Larry David's Family Ties

Curb Your Enthusiasm

It's been a year and a half since HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm signed off with a Seinfeld reunion. Now, with Season 8 finally premiering July 10, star and creator Larry David is saluting another beloved series from NBC's classic Thursday-night lineup, landing guest appearances from two Family Ties faves... read more

Meredith Baxter on Abusive Marriage: Family Ties Saved My Life

Meredith Baxter

TV Guide Network's Hollywood 411 sits down with actress Meredith Baxter just before her reunion with the cast of Family Ties for the TV Land Awards. 

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Keck's Exclusives: Who's In and Who's Out at the TV Land Awards Reunions

Michael J. Fox, Michael Weithorn and Meredith Baxter

Last year, Kate Jackson refused to join her fellow Charlie's Angels at the TV Land Awards' tribute to Farrah Fawcett. But this year's ceremony — airing April 17 and reuniting the casts of Family Ties, The Facts of Life, The Cosby Show and Welcome Back, Kotter — is shaping up ...
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Tom Hanks to Guest-Star on 30 Rock

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is returning to his sitcom roots.

The two-time Oscar-winning actor will appear in an upcoming episode of 30 Rock, Hanks announced on Twitter.

"RadioMan delivers msg from T.Fey. Result? I'm on 30 Rock! Thanks, RMan Hanx," he wrote. Hanks... read more

David Birney Denies Meredith Baxter's Abuse Claims

David Birney

David Birney has denied ex-wife Meredith Baxter's claims that he abused her during their marriage.

Baxter's claims are "an appalling abuse of the truth," Birney told People in a statement.

Meredith Baxter: David Birney hit me

Baxter made the allegations in her new memoir, Untied. She said Birney's abuse was "so sudden and unexpected, I couldn't tell you which hand hit me, or even how hard." Baxter spoke at length about it this week on Today and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Birney, who already denied Baxter's claims to Today, added that the actress "conducted a relentless and brutal assault" against the joint custody of their three children for eight years after their divorce.

"During that time, she arrived ...
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Keck's Exclusives: John Travolta To Be a Sweathog Again

Welcome Back Kotter

After years of sending his regrets, John Travolta has finally agreed to reunite with his fellow Sweathogs for a Welcome Back, Kotter 35th anniversary reunion at April's TV Land Awards. (Perhaps Tom Hanks reconnecting with his former Bosom Buddies costars at last year's show had a little something to do with convincing him!)

Good for Travolta for hopping on board, considering he... read more

Meredith Baxter: David Birney Hit Me

Meredith Baxter

Meredith Baxter said ex-husband David Birney hit her.

"It was so sudden and unexpected, I couldn't tell you which hand hit me, or even how hard," Baxter wrote in her new memoir Untied, according to People. "I do recall thinking, 'I'd better not get up because he's going to hit ...
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Premiered: September 22, 1982, on NBC
Rating: TV-PG
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Premise: Former 1960s flower children raise their kids during the conservative Reagan era in one of the best written and acted family sitcoms of the 1980s, a show that occasionally tackled serious issues such as racism and a parent's heart attack. Michael J. Fox won three consecutive Emmys for his portrayal of Alex, the suit-and-tie Republican student who adores William F. Buckley Jr. and devours the Wall Street Journal. Fox later married costar Tracy Pollan, who appeared as his college girlfriend.

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