# Family Ties- Who ruined it more, the addition of Andy or Nick?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-who-ruined-it-more-the-addition-of-andy-or-nick/922745 "2020-10-11T22:03:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-who-ruined-it-more-the-addition-of-andy-or-nick/922745/26 "2020-12-23T23:04:53Z")

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> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> By the second season the creators knew that Alex was the breakout character, and he started stealing focus from everybody (but particularly from the parents (Baxter, I gather, felt that _her_ show had been taken away from her).

Actually, I think it was the 4th episode, when Alex loses his virginity. Reportedly at one point the studio audience was laughing so hard that the producer told Meredith Baxter, “If you want out of your contract, I wouldn’t blame you.”

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