#WHAT TV SHOW HAS ALEX P. KEATON SERIES#
Alex spends the first two seasons of the series preparing to attend Princeton University.
He also enjoys music of the big band and swing era but secretly enjoys rock music (as seen in the episode " A, My Name is Alex"). His favorite television show is Wall $treet Week and he is an avid reader of The Wall Street Journal. Buckley Jr., Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Milton Friedman. His heroes are Richard Nixon (going so far as to have a lunchbox bearing Nixon's likeness), William F. In particular, he is an advocate of supply-side economics. Storylines Īt the beginning of the series, Alex is a high school student who has a passion for economics and wealth. The family lives in suburban Columbus, Ohio. Mallory was born while her parents were students at the University of California, Berkeley in 1967, Jennifer was born the night of Richard Nixon's presidential election in 1972 and a younger brother, Andrew, was born in 1984. Alex has two younger sisters, Mallory ( Justine Bateman) and Jennifer ( Tina Yothers). Kennedy to participate in the Peace Corps. According to the episode "A Christmas Story" in season one, Alex was born in 1965 while his parents were on assignment in Africa, having been influenced by John F. Married in 1964, Steven, a manager in a local Public Broadcasting Service station and Elyse, an independent architect, were hippies during the 1960s. Fox) is the oldest child of Steven and Elyse Keaton ( Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter), who were baby boomers and Democrats during the early years of the Presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Character arc Background Īlex ( Michael J.