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NBC (ended 1989)

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Season 7 Episode 26: Alex Doesn't Live ...
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The cast members had suggested that the series end with the whole family dying in a plane crash. They wanted no possibility for a reunion special.
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Season 7 Episode 8: Basic Training
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Skippy says that the army is in his blood, and goes on to mention a Handelman relative. But Skippy is adopted (See Baby Boy Doe, Season 2).
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Season 7 Episode 6: Heartstrings (2)
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When in the hospital, worrying about Stephen, Elyse says that she has a six-year-old boy: Andy. Elyse had Andy towards the end of Season 3, so Andy should be only 3-1/2 years old.
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Season 7 Episode 1: It Happened One Night
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At the end, during the montage of family time, there are times when everyone in the family is shown, yet the camera is moving as though someone is holding it.
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Season 6 Episode 11: Citizen Keaton
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Even though Elyse and Steven have trouble remembering a time that Alex and Mallory worked together, they actually did work together in the Season one episode "Stage Fright." Alex and Mallory were on the high school tv quiz show, and Alex helped Mallory learn the answers for the quiz show.
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Season 5 Episode 23: A, My Name is Alex...
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Alex had a lunchbox with the President Nixon's face on it when he was seven years old.
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Season 5 Episode 1: Be True to Your Pr...
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Each of the cast member photos has been updated in the opening credits.
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The photo of Andy Keaton (Brian Bonsall) is added in the introduction for the rest of the series.
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Brian Bonsall now takes over the role of Andy Keaton, who has now aged into a pre-schooler.
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Season 4 Episode 27: Once in Love with ...
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When Paul and Steven are in the kitchen, discussing Paul's feelings for Elyse, the water stains on Paul's shirt change in shape and location on his shirt in between shots, and in some instances, disappear altogether.
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Season 4 Episode 12: Mr. Right
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In the beginning, Jennifer opens the door for Nick and says "Hi Scott." Nick is played by Scott Valentine.
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Season 4 Episode 6: The Real Thing (2)
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As Leland College is ficticious, there is no real way to place it. But it may be located 50 miles east of Columbus. Columbus to Lancaster is 400 miles; Leland to Lancaster is 350 miles.
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Ellen leaves for Lancaster on a train evidently local to Columbus. The Columbus train station was torn down in 1979, six years before the episode aired. The nearest operating train station is Cincinnati, 100 miles away.
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Season 4 Episode 5: The Real Thing (1)
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Dennis' college, Franklin & Marshall College, is a real college acutally located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Tricia was recruited by the apparently ficticious Theta Pi Sigma sorority.
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Season 3 Episode 16: Birth of a Keaton ...
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During the scene where Elyse is is playing her guitar she has a capo on her guitar then the capo is off. (This was used in a promo for Family Ties for Nick @ Nite.)
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Season 3 Episode 2: Little Man on Campus
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There is no Leland College in Ohio. But we learn from Episode #74 The Real Thing that the setting of Leland College is about 50 miles from Columbus.
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Season 2 Episode 22: Working At It
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In the episode before this, Jennifer says she resented it when Elyse went back to work and wasn't spending as much time at home. However in this episode, Elyse was just interviewing at a job and went back to work. These episodes appear to have aired out of order.
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Season 2 Episode 15: Ladies' Man
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When Alex is at the ERA meeting, a tomato is thrown at him and hits his shirt, leaving a spot. When he is in jail, there is no spot from the tomato on his shirt.
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Season 2 Episode 13: "M" is for the Ma...
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James Karen plays a character named Phillip in this episode, but he is credited as Harold.
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