Michael J. Fox Returns to Television: Spin City and Family Ties Star to Return in a Sony Production

Actor Michael J. Fox, who is remembered as the adorable Alex P. Keaton in the 1980s hit sitcom "family Ties," and the not-so-adorable, but equally amusing Mike Flaherty in 1990s hit show "Spin City," said that he would be returning to Television after a long hiatus owed to his suffering of Parkinson's disease.

According to reports first broken by the entertainment website Vulture, the 51-year-old actor will soon be seen in a Sony Pictures Television for 2013.

According to Vulture, "Michael J. Fox is readying a return to prime-time series television, and the broadcast networks are lining up to welcome him back. All four major network chiefs have heard the pitch, and two industry sources - using phrases such as 'feeding frenzy' and 'bidding war' - tell us it's now just a matter of which network will offer the most attractive deal to Fox," as reported on the site.

Apparently, the show will be directed by Will Gluck, who is noted for directing comedies like Easy A and Friends with Benefits. Writer of Cougar Town, Arrested Development and The Loop, Sam Laybourne, will supposedly be on board for the project as well.

Neither Fox nor Sony has commented on the alleged rumors. Although Fox called it a quits for "Spin City," due to his growing struggle with the disease, he was not completely out of sight. He has made a number of guest appearances in hit TV shows such as Rescue Me, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Good Wife. In addition he is often seen on various talk shows promoting and raising awareness for Parkinson's disease through his foundation, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, which dedicated to research and development for the disease. All of which has kept him a bankable star as opposed to a yester-year persona that has no place in the present.

Fox has also delivered some big screen hits in addition to his super-star status on the small screen, including the Back to the Future Trilogy, The American President and Stuart Little. 

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