Yesterday's post was about my favorite show of the current decade, "Scrubs." Today, I would like to go back to the 1980s and my favorite show of that decade: "Family Ties."

The five original cast members -- Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman and Tina Yothers -- gathered with creator Gary David Goldberg for a family reunion on NBC's "Today" in honor of the release of Goldberg's memoir, "Sit, Ubu, Sit," a title taken from the tagline on the vanity card of Ubu Productions, named for Goldberg's dog. (For an excerpt from the book, go here.)

It's been nearly 20 years since the show last aired, and I still have fond memories of the show about former hippie parents raising their children, including the conservative Alex, in suburban Ohio. Of course, I realize the show would never have survived for seven seasons had it premiered in 2007 and not 1982. Now, 25 years laters, network executives are much less apt to let a show develop a following and grow its audience. (I'm the kind of person who falls for the kind of well-written show that gets yanked after four episodes.)

All I can say is this: Thank goodness for 20-year-old memories. And TV shows on DVDs.