Entertainment Career: Television Specials
The following is a listing of appearances Michael J. Fox has made on television that were not in a regular fiction series.
Some of this information is incomplete as I have had difficulty finding all facts related to these projects. When you see ‘—’, this means that I have not found this information. If you see ‘**” this means that I can not currently even find evidence that this project exists. At some time in the past I did have information about the project, so I have not removed the project from the list.
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| PROJECT TITLE | AIR DATE | NETWORK | CHARACTER |
| “The Witch of Westminster Crossing” | 1979 | CBC | — |
| “NBC All Star Hour” | 1983 | NBC | Himself |
| “Don’t Ask Me, Ask God” | January, 1984 | Syndicated | Future Son |
| “The Homemade Comedy Special” | April 8, 1984 | NBC | Co-Host |
| “Battle of the Network Stars XVI” | May 3, 1984 | ABC | Member of the NBC Team |
| “Battle of the Network Stars XVII” | December 20, 1984 | ABC | Member of the NBC Team |
| “Night of 100 Stars II” | March 10, 1985 | ??? | Himself |
| “Time Travel: Fact, Fiction & Fantasy” | July 31, 1985 | PBS | Host and Narrator (Thanks to Stephen at BTTF.com for this info!) |
| “The NBC All-Star Hour” | September 16, 1985 | NBC | Himself |
| “Bob Hope Buys NBC?” | Setpember 17, 1985 | NBC | Himself |
| “The Making of Back to the Future” | 1985 | — | — |
| “The 58th Annual Academy Awards” | March 24, 1986 | ABC | Presenter; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration |
| “Comedy Relief II” | March 29, 1986 | HBO | — |
| “NBC’s 60th Anniversary Celebration” | May 12, 1986 | NBC | Himself |
| “Teenage Golden Years**” | May 23, 1986 | — | — |
| “An American Portrait**” | August 29, 1986 | — | — |
| “David Letterman’s 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival” :: The Iceman Hummeth | November 28, 1986 | NBC | Hockey Player/Violinist; Also wrote and directed the film |
| “12th Annual People’s Choice Awards” | 1986 | — | Himself |
| “38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” | 1986 | — | Himself |
| “Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville” | February 7, 1987 | ABC | Himself |
| “Can We Talk?” | April 1, 1987 | — | Alcoholic brother to Tina Yothers (short skit) |
| “39th Annual Prime time Emmy Awards” | 1987 | Himself | |
| “Comic Relief ‘88″ | April 23, 1988 | HBO | — |
| “Super Bloopers & New Practical Jokes” | April 8, 1988 | NBC | Practical Joke Victim |
| “Mickey’s 60th Birthday Special” | November 13, 1988 | — | Alex P. Keaton |
| “Inside Family Ties: Behind the Scenes of a Hit” | 1988 | PBS | Alex P. Keaton, Himself |
| “40th Annual Prime time Emmy Awards” | 1988 | Himself | |
| “Back to the Future Part II Behind the Scenes” | November 17, 1989 | NBC | Marty McFly |
| “Miles Turns 21″ | May 8, 1990 | New Zealand Television | Himself |
| “The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy” | June 12, 1990 | Syndicated | Himself; Marty McFly (Archival Footage) |
| “E’s Celebrity of the Day” | November 20, 1990 | E! | Himself |
| “Sex, Buys and Advertising” | 1990 | — | — |
| “The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show**” | 1992 | — | Himself |
| “Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash” | November 1, 1992 | NBC | Dan Quayle (Archival Footage) |
| “James Cagney: Top of the World” | July 5, 1992 | TNT OR TCM | Host |
| “Walt Disney World’s 25th Anniversary Party**” | 1997 | — | Himself |
| “23rd Annual People’s Choice Awards” | January 12, 1997 | Himself | |
| “I Am Your Child” | April 28, 1997 | ABC | Himself |
| “55th Annual Golden Globe Awards” | January 18, 1998 | Himself | |
| “The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards” | January 28, 1999 | Unknown | Himself |
| “The 51st Annual Prime time Emmy Awards” | September 12, 1999 | — | Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
| “Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock” | 1999 | NBC | Himself |
| “Stuart Little: Making It Big (Documentary)” | December, 1999 | HBO | Himself |
| “6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards” | March 12, 2000 | TNT | Himself |
| “52nd Annual Prime time Emmy Awards” | September 10, 2000 | Himself | |
| “Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000″ | November 5, 2000 | NBC | Dan Quayle (Archival Footage) |
| “David Blane: Frozen in Time” | December 29, 2000 | ABC | Himself |
| “The Concert for New York City” | October 20, 2001 | VH1 | Himself |
| “NBC’s 75th Anniversary Special” | May 2, 2002 | NBC | Himself |
| “ABC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration” | May 19, 2003 | ABC | Himself |
| “E!’s 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment History” | July 2003 | E! | Archival Footage |
| “Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary” | 2003 | Comedy Central | Himself |
| “Pet Star :: 50 Greatest Movie Animals” | February 28, 2004 | Animal Planet | Stuart Little (Rank = 12) |
| “E! True Hollywood Story: Heather Locklear” | June 27, 2004 | E! | Himself |
| “The Greatest Canadian” | October 17, 2004 | CBC | Himself #32-Archive Footage |
| “Comedy Gold” | April 1, 2005 | CBS | Himself |
| “AFI’s 10 Top 10 – America’s Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres” | June 17, 2008 | CBS | Himself |
| “Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” | May 7, 2009 | ABC | Himself |
| “61st Prime time Emmy Awards” | September 21, 2009 | CBS | Himself – Presenter |
| “Canada for Haiti” | January 22, 2010 | Canadian TV Stations nationwide | Himself |
| “2010 Olympics Closing Ceremony” | February 28, 2010 | NBC | Himself |