When you check http://www.tvmaze.com/shows/950/family-ties you see the ended year.
When you search the show via API http://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=family+ties then you only see ENDED, instead showing the year it ended.
Please don't create two threads for the same request. http://www.tvmaze.com/threads/657/show-info-starti...
Also, this is not a bug.