Actor, Parkinson’s Research Supporter Michael J. Fox Returning to TV

Michael J. Fox is planning a return to series TV, more than a decade after he left to concentrate on fighting Parkinson’s disease, according to the Associated Press. The actor, who first gained fame in the ‘80s sitcom “Family Ties” and later led the cast of “Spin City,” will be featured in a comedy now in development at Sony Pictures Television for 2013, sources say.

Fox, 51, who also starred in the successful “Back to the Future” movie franchise, is said to be working with Will Gluck, director of the film “Easy A,” and writer Sam Laybourne, whose credits include “Cougar Town” and “Arrested Development.” Fox is the founder of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. For more information, click here to read the full release.