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Show w.v.'.v.v.v.'.v.v.-.v.'.v.-.'.-.-.-.v.-.-.-.-.'.-.1.-.-.-.-.-- a Bk w HSiSfl a snrfia crow Yfm Week of May ay m .' i 14, 1989 TV's Family Ties rings the final dinner bell LOS ANGELES When actor Michael (AP) -- J. Fox was invited seven years ago to read the part of Alex P. Keaton for the new show "Family Ties," he was a walking poster child for Hollywood heartbreak. "I was at a point," Fox said recently, holding up a thimble-size- d container of coffee creamer, "where I'd say, 'Can you eat this?' Three ketchups, a thing of cream and a package of salt and pepper and I was pigging out." But Fox hasn't had to worry about his pantry since he picked up that first "Family Ties" script and was handed the job, too. The situation comedy, which is leaving the NBC schedule with a special May 14, has lasted longer than "Leave it to Beaver," "The Flintstones" or "Hogan's Heroes." The departure of "Family Ties," planned for two years, won't match the majestic 1983 But parting of CBS' the program's exit after seven seasons does illustrate how one modest series both created ca one-ho- ur ." reers and helped revitalize a stagnant television genre, the nuclear-famil- y sitcom. "We could do more, stick around and do three more years," said Gary David Goldberg, the show's creator and executive producer. "But why? We've done 180 episodes of this show and this family. Surely, there must be other things we want to turn our attention to." The actors of "Family Ties" shared a chaotic mixture of sadness, gratitude and exuberance as their program's last episode approached, as the character of Alex set off for a job on Wall Street, where there aren't any more television cameras. "I have very ambiguous feelings about it," Meredith Baxter Birney, who plays "Family centering on consumer-minchildren in a home headed by former hippies, there might not be any such projects. "There is no way to overemphasize how important ("Family Ties") was for me," Fox said. "With all the things I have going on right now, everybody says, 'Boy, I bet you can't wait to get that chain off your neck.' But I never think of it in those terms. ... The success through association that I've enjoyed, that's really been the blessing." Justine Bateman, who in "Family Ties" as diphalf-ho- ur ded dress-for-exce- . f A,, TemisiM sunns hsm to Me MrtM uieruiHf Salt Lake City Salt Lake City O KUED, U of U Salt Lake City OKBYU, BYU, Provo IS KSTU. Salt Lake City KXIV, Salt Lake City (AMC), American Movie Classics (CBN), CBN Cable Network (DIS), Disney Channel (ESPN), Sports Network (HBO), Home Box Office (MAX), Cinemax (LIFE), Lifetime (MTV), Music Television (NASH), Nashville Network (NIK), Nickelodeon (SHO), Showtime (TDC), Discovery Channel (TNT), Turner Network (USA), USA Network (WGN), Chicago, III (WTBS), Atlanta, Ga mm 2 4 5 7 11 11 13 5:OOAM O ITN Programming (CBN) Superbook (LIFE) It Figures (MTV) Video Disc Jockey (NIK) Mr. Wizard's World (CC) (USA) Cartoon Express (WGN) Archie Bunker's Place 5:15AM O NBC News G A.M. 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Kid (LIFE) ER (NASH) (TNT) Movie (NIK) Today's Special (TDC) Varied Programs 5:45AM ...6 (CBN) Hazel (DIS) Varied Programs (NIK) BeMe and Sebastian CD Woody CD Snorks 35 10 NBC photo co-st- ar Tracy Pro9rams presented each weekday CD BYU Devotional Archives (CBN) Adventures in Dry Gulch (LIFE) Everyday Workout (MTV) Varied Programs (NIK) Dennis the Menace (TNT) Popeye Hour not on cable 8 16 10 12 6 '- ss WCCRdSyS tnm 2 4 5 7 ..; ft with other prominent roles. "I am definitely looking forTies" parent Elyse Keaton, ward to playing other characsaid of the show's conclusion. ters," she said. "But because of "I think I'm going to be dread- Family Ties,' I have the fully emotional the last couple unique privilege of not having of days. But until then, I'm so to worry about paying the excited, I can't see straight!" mortgage. So now I can just All of the cast now will have work with good people ... and Michael J. Fox is pictured with former time to pursue other projects. not have the pressure of carrywhile Pollan filming "Family Ties." But without "Family Ties," a ing a film." other cities, contact your cable company to determine the positions of the various stations on your dial. OKSL, i Jt V, older py, daughter Mallory, says she doesn't have to follow her prominence on "Family Ties" you do not subscribe to Cable TV, you can get recer'ion from the FREE stations, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11 and 13 designated in the listings with a white on black code... If you do subscribe to Cable TV, the following guide will help you locate the available stations in Provo and Orem. For O KTVX, kit iK; I 1 co-sta- rs lf O KUTV, Salt Lake City Hi l (CC). Woodpecker O O O Instructional Programming CD (WGN) Smurfs' Adventures Little House on the Prairie Q Sesame Street (CC) CD Today's Special CD Real Ghostbusters CD Smurfs (DIS) Mousercise (LIFE) Easy Street (NIK) Little Prince (WGN) Gumby 8:00AM O Focus CD Sesame Street (CC). CD Dennis the Menace CD Gumby (CBN) 700 Club (DIS) Good Morning Mickey! MMtt O CD Jem CD Care Bears (DIS) Welcome to Pooh Corner (LIFE) Mother's Day (MTV) Varied Programs (NASH) Top Card (NIK) World of David the Gnome 9:00AM O Classic Concentration Geraldo Price Is Right 7:05AM (WTBS) 7:30AM (LIFE) What Every Baby Knows (MTV) Video Disc Jockey (USA) Riptide (WGN) Dukes of Hazzard 8:05AM (WTBS) Movie 8:30AM Figuring It Out Mister Rogers (CC) CD My Little Pony CD Movie (DIS) Donald Duck Presents (ESPN Getting Fit (LIFE) Attitudes (NASH) VideoCountry (NIK) Sharon. Lois & Bram's Elephant Show (TNT) Medical Center (USA) Alfred Hitchcock Hour (WGN) Charlie's Angels 9:30AM Q Win. Lose or Draw O Varied Programs CD Captain Kangaroo (CC). (R) CD Body by Jake (Continued on TV 2) |