What it was like Growing Up in the Eighties (1980s)
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Top TV Shows from the 1980s

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Top Television Shows: 1979-1980 Season
  1. 60 Minutes
  2. Three’s Company
  3. M*A*S*H
  4. Alice
  5. Dallas
  6. Flo
  7. The Jeffersons
  8. The Dukes of Hazzard
  9. That’s Incredible
  10. One Day At A Time
  11. Archie Bunker’s Place
  12. Eight Is Enough
  13. Taxi
  14. House Calls
  15. (tie) Real People
  16. (tie) Happy Days
  17. Little House On The Prairie
  18. (tie) CHiPs
  19. (tie) Charlie’s Angels
  20. Trapper John, M.D.
Top Television Shows: 1980-1981 Season
  1. Dallas
  2. 60 Minutes
  3. The Dukes of Hazzard
  4. The Love Boat
  5. Private Benjamin
  6. M*A*S*H
  7. House Calls
  8. The Jeffersons
  9. (tie) The Two of Us
  10. (tie) Little House On The Prairie
  11. Alice
  12. Real People
  13. (tie) One Day at a Time
  14. (tie) The Greatest American Hero
  15. Three’s Company
  16. Magnum, P.I.
  17. (tie) Too Close for Comfort
  18. (tie) ABC Sunday Movie
  19. Diff’rent Strokes
  20. Archie Bunker’s Place
Top Television Shows: 1981-1982 Season
  1. Dallas
  2. 60 Minutes
  3. The Jeffersons
  4. (tie) Joanie Loves Chachi
  5. (tie) Three’s Company
  6. Alice
  7. (tie) The Dukes of Hazzard
  8. (tie) Too Close for Comfort
  9. ABC Monday Night Movie
  10. M*A*S*H
  11. One Day at a Time
  12. NFL Monday Night Football
  13. Archie Bunker’s Place
  14. Falcon Crest
  15. The Love Boat
  16. (tie) Hart to Hart
  17. (tie) Trapper John, M.D.
  18. Magnum, P.I.
  19. Happy Days
  20. Dynasty
Top Television Shows: 1982-1983 Season
  1. 60 Minutes
  2. Dallas
  3. (tie) M*A*S*H
  4. (tie) Magnum, P.I.
  5. Dynasty
  6. Three’s Company
  7. Simon & Simon
  8. Falcon Crest
  9. The Love Boat
  10. (tie) A-Team, The
  11. (tie) NFL Monday Night Football
  12. (tie) The Jeffersons
  13. (tie) Newhart
  14. (tie) The Fall Guy
  15. (tie) The Mississippi
  16. 9 to 5
  17. One Day at a Time
  18. Hart to Hart
  19. (tie) Gloria
  20. (tie) Trapper John, M.D.
  21. (tie) Goodnight, Beantown
Top Television Shows: 1983-1984 Season
  1. Dallas
  2. 60 Minutes
  3. Dynasty
  4. A-Team, The
  5. Simon & Simon
  6. Magnum, P.I.
  7. Falcon Crest
  8. Kate & Allie
  9. Hotel
  10. Cagney & Lacey
  11. Knots Landing
  12. (tie) ABC Sunday Movie
  13. (tie) ABC Monday Movie
  14. TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes
  15. AfterMASH
  16. The Fall Guy
  17. The Love Boat
  18. Riptide
  19. The Jeffersons
  20. Scarecrow & Mrs. King
Top Television Shows: 1984-1985 Season
  1. Dynasty
  2. Dallas
  3. The Cosby Show
  4. 60 Minutes
  5. Family Ties
  6. A-Team, The
  7. Simon & Simon
  8. Murder, She Wrote
  9. Knots Landing
  10. (tie) Falcon Crest
  11. (tie) Crazy Like a Fox
  12. (tie) Hotel
  13. (tie) Cheers
  14. Riptide
  15. Magnum, P.I.
  16. Newhart
  17. Kate & Allie
  18. NBC Monday Night Movie
  19. Highway to Heaven
  20. Night Court
Top Television Shows: 1985-1986 Season
  1. The Cosby Show
  2. Family Ties
  3. Murder, She Wrote
  4. 60 Minutes
  5. Cheers
  6. Dallas
  7. (tie) Dynasty
  8. (tie) The Golden Girls
  9. Miami Vice
  10. Who’s The Boss?
  11. Night Court
  12. CBS Sunday Night Movie
  13. Highway to Heaven
  14. Kate & Allie
  15. NFL Monday Night Football
  16. Newhart
  17. (tie) Knots Landing
  18. (tie) Growing Pains
  19. You Again?
  20. 227
Top Television Shows: 1986-1987 Season
  1. The Cosby Show
  2. Family Ties
  3. Cheers
  4. Murder, She Wrote
  5. The Golden Girls
  6. 60 Minutes
  7. Night Court
  8. Growing Pains
  9. Moonlighting
  10. Who’s The Boss?
  11. Dallas
  12. Newhart
  13. Amen
  14. 227
  15. (tie) Matlock
  16. (tie) CBS Sunday Night Movie
  17. (tie) NBC Monday Night Movie
  18. NFL Monday Night Football
  19. Kate & Allie
  20. NBC Sunday Night Movie
Top Television Shows: 1987-1988 Season
  1. The Cosby Show
  2. A Different World
  3. Cheers
  4. The Golden Girls
  5. Growing Pains
  6. Who’s The Boss?
  7. Night Court
  8. 60 Minutes
  9. Murder, She Wrote
  10. (tie) ALF
  11. (tie) The Wonder Years
  12. (tie) Moonlighting
  13. (tie) L.A. Law
  14. Matlock
  15. Amen
  16. NFL Monday Night Football
  17. Family Ties
  18. CBS Sunday Night Movie
  19. In the Heat of the Night
  20. (tie) My Two Dads
  21. (tie) Valerie’s Family
Top Television Shows: 1988-1989 Season
  1. The Cosby Show
  2. Rosanne
  3. A Different World
  4. Cheers
  5. The Golden Girls
  6. Who’s The Boss?
  7. 60 Minutes
  8. Murder, She Wrote
  9. Empty Nest
  10. Anything But Love
  11. Dear John
  12. (tie) ALF
  13. (tie) L.A. Law
  14. Matlock
  15. (tie) Unsolved Mysteries
  16. (tie) In the Heat of the Night
  17. Growing Pains
  18. Hunter
  19. (tie) NFL Monday Night Football
  20. (tie) Head of the Class
Top Television Shows: 1989-1990 Season
  1. Roseanne
  2. The Cosby Show
  3. Cheers
  4. A Different World
  5. America’s Funniest Home Videos
  6. The Golden Girls
  7. 60 Minutes
  8. The Wonder Years
  9. Empty Nest
  10. NFL Monday Night Football
  11. Unsolved Mysteries
  12. Who’s The Boss?
  13. (tie) Murder, She Wrote
  14. (tie) Chicken Soup
  15. Grand
  16. L.A. Law
  17. In the Heat of the Night
  18. Dear John
  19. Coach
  20. Matlock