What it was like Growing Up in the Eighties (1980s)
  • Tue. Mar 19th, 2024

Alphabetical List of 1980s TV Shows

Television show’s Casts, Pictures, Series History, Theme Songs


– A –

After MAS*H
After School Specials
Amazing Stories
ABC Weekend Special
Airwolf
Alf
Alice
Alien Nation
Amen
A-Team
Automan


– B –

Battlestar Galactica
Black Sheep Squadron
Blake 7
Benson
Best of the West
BJ and the Bear
Blue Thunder
Booker
Bosom Buddies
The Brady reunions


– C –

Cagney and Lacey
Calliope
Carol Burnett Show
Charlies Angels
Charles in Charge
The Charmings
Cheers
Chicken Soup
Chico and the Man
China Beach
CHiPs
Colbys
Code Red
The Cosby Show


– D –

Dallas
Dance Fever
Dance Party USA
The Day After (the TV movie, not the pill)
Day by Day
D.C. Follies
Degrassi Junior High
Dempsey And Makepeace
Designing Women
Diff’rent Strokes
Don’t Just Sit There!
Double Dare
Dukes of Hazzard
Dynasty


– E –

Eddison Twins
Eight is Enough
Empty Nest
Enos
Equalizer


– F –

Facts of Life
Falcon Crest
The Fall Guy
Fame
Family Feud (with Richard Dawson)
Family Ties
Fantasy Island
Filthy Rich
Flo
Fraggle Rock
Frank’s Place
Freddy’s Nightmares


– G –

Galaxy Rangers
Gimme a Break!
Golden Girls
The Great Space Coaster
Greatest American Hero
Growing Pains


– H –

Happy Days
Hardcastle & McCormick
Hart to Hart
Have Faith
Head of the Class
Headbangers Ball
Hello Larry
The Highway Man
Highway to Heaven
Hill Street Blues
The Hogan Family
Hooperman
Hotel

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– I –

Incredible Hulk
It’s a Living
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
It’s Your Move


– J –

The Jeffersons
Jennifer Slept Here
Joanie Loves Chachi
Just the Ten of Us


– K –

Kate & Allie
Kids Incorporated
Knight Rider
Knots Landing


– L –

Late Night with David Letterman
Letter People
Life Goes On
Little House on the Prairie
L.A. Law
Lottery
Love Boat
Love, Sidney


– M –

MacGruder & Loud
MacGyver
Magical World of Disney
Magnum P.I.
Mama’s Family
Manimal
M*A*S*H
Max Headroom
Me and Mrs. C.
Miami Vice
Midnight Caller
Misfits of Science
Moonlighting
Mork and Mindy
Mr. Belvedere
Murder She Wrote

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– N –

Nearly Departed
Newhart
New Hollywood Squares
The New Leave it to Beaver (originally “Still the Beaver”)
The New Munsters
New York Hot Tracks
Nick Rocks
Night Court
Night Flight
Night Tracks
Not Necessarily the News


– O –

One in a Million
Open House
Our House
Out of Control
Out of this World


– P –

Perfect Strangers
People’s Court
Pee Wee’s Playhouse
Picture Pages
Pinwheel
PM Magazine
Polka Dot Door
The Powers of Matthew Starr
Press Your Luck
Private Benjamin
Pryor’s Place
Punky Brewster


– Q –

Quantum Leap


– R –

Rags to Riches
Real People
Remington Steele
Remote Control
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not
Riptide
Roller Derby
The Ropers

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– S –

St. Elsewhere
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Scrabble
SCTV
She’s The Sheriff
Sheriff Lobo
Silver Spoons
Simon and Simon
Sledgehammer
Small Wonder
Solid Gold
Spencer for Hire


– T –

T. & T.
Tales of the Unexpected
TAXI
teen TV movies (eg “Dance Till Dawn” and “Crash Course”)
Teen Win Lose Or Draw
Teen Wolf
T.J. Hooker
That’s Incredible
The Third Eye
13 West
thirtysomething
3-2-1 Contact
Three’s Company
Trapper John MD

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– U –


– V –

V
Valerie
Valerie’s Family
Voyagers


– W –

Wally George and the Hot Seat
War of the Worlds
We Got It Maid
Webster
What’s Happenin’ Now
Wheel of Fortune (still around, but it was an obsession back then)
Whiz Kids
Who’s The Boss?
Win Lose or Draw
Wizards and Warriors
WKRP in Cincinnati
Wonder Years
WWF Wrestling


– X –


– Y –

You Again?
You Can’t Do That on Television
You Can’t Take It with You
The Young Ones


– Z –