10 Classic 1980's TV Shows

[Fitness-Fanatic]

1) The Golden Girls

Starring:Betty White;Beatrice Arthur;Rue McClanahan;Estelle Getty

Opening Theme Song

2) Miami Vice

Starring: Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas

Opening Theme Song

3) Knight Rider

Starring:David Hasselhoff;Edward Mulhare;Patricia McPherson and William Daniels

Opening Theme Song

4) Dynasty

Starring: joan Collins;Emma Samms; John Forsythe;Linda Evans;Heather Locklear;John James;Gordon Thomson ands Pamela sue Martin

Opening Theme Song

5) Moonlighting

Starring: Cybill Shepherd ;Bruce Willis and Allyce Beasley

Opening Theme Song

6) Saved By The Bell

Starring: Tiffani Thiessen;Elizabeth Berkley;Mario Lopez; Lark Voorhies;Mark-Paul Gosselaar; and Dustin Diamond

Opening Theme Song

7) Cagney and Lacey

Starring: Sharon Gless; Tyne Daly and Al Waxman

Opening Theme Song

8.) Who's the Boss?

Starring:Tony Danza;Alyssa Milano;Katherine Helmond;Judith Light and Danny Pintauro

Opening Theme Song

9) The Simpsons

Opening Theme Song

10) Cheers

Original cast: Ted Danson; Shelley Long;Rhea Perlman;George Wendt; John Ratzenberger and Nicholas Colasanto

Opening Theme Song

[MrOracle]

I wouldn't consider Saved By The Bell or The Simpsons as "80's shows" - those shows only had a couple of episodes on the air in '89 (the Simpsons only had 2 episodes that aired in the 80s!). I would consider them 90s shows.

The two quintessential 80s shows - the shows with the widest influence - were Miami Vice (easily #1) and Dallas. And while I didn't watch Dallas, it was a show that everyone talked about and knew about whether you watched it or not.

Miami Vice, though, changed TV forever. The depth and darkness and realness of the show - showing the despair and grief that so often came with the drug business, was groundbreaking, and of course, the style, the cars, the architecture, and most of all the music was vastly different than anything that had come before. It defined the "new wave" style of the 80s for movies and TV and the production methods and styles still reverberate in media today.

It was also the first TV show to be broadcast in stereo - very important given the heavy focus on contemporary pop music in the show. It's hard to imagine today that ALL TV before Miami Vice was mixed in mono only - and most TV shows continued to be mono-only until the end of the 80s.

[truthbeknown]

1- GG, good show, watched time to time
2- MV, ok, probably too young to understand it. Only watch a few episodes here and there
3- KR, fucking awesome! One of my main shows as a kid!
4- D. my mom loved the show and I wasn't into this sort of thing, never really watched it.
5- ML, I really liked this show and was rooting for Bruce and Cybill to hookup, then I'll never forget the episode when he went to her house in the pouring rain to finally tell her he loved her and fucking Mark Harmon opens the door! Fuck! I never watched it again, LOL!
6- More of a 90's show, just ok, watched whenever.
7- C&L, never watched it.
8- WTB, it was ok, watched it when nothing else good was on.
9- S, never really got into it, but did watch the odd episode here and there.
10- C, fucking awesome, watched every single episode!!!

My all time favorite show was the A-Team, also watched Airwolf, Night Court and Family Ties all the time!

[AmyLuv]

I grew up with the Simpsons but never heard of the rest 😄

[Poormanscomedian]

poor baby

[Guanfei]

You could try it. Especially Miami Vice, who was one of the best show of the time. Full of action, nice cars, great music... Anything you could think about to make a good show, you had it there.

[chrisbigman]

1) The Golden Girls - I watched very little of this show when it first aired. I mostly seen it in reruns. Quite a funny show.
2) Miami Vice - I may have seen this, but I don't think I ever took interest to it, which is surprising since I grew up liking law enforcement. Maybe it was more of an adult show, which is why.
3) Knight Rider - This wasn't watched much either, but the intro is VERY familiar.
4) Dynasty - Not sure I knew this existed until I got a bit older.
5) Moonlighting - See 'Dynasty' above.
6) Saved By The Bell - Yeah, this was one of my favorite shows. Although, I'd say this was more of a 90s show than 80s.
7) Cagney and Lacey - See 'Moonlighting' above.
8.) Who's the Boss? - This show is the same as 'The Golden Girls'. I may have occasionally watched, but not very much. Theme song was really good, too.
9) The Simpsons - Watched somewhat growing up. The intros were interesting when they did a new one.
10) Cheers - Yeah, this I watched every now and then with my elders. Theme song was really good as well. This was more of an adult show (of course).

***An extra: Night Court - Also had a really good theme song, and also vaguely recall this show.

[Guanfei]

The 80's were truly a golden era for TV. And many other things.

But... No Magnum P. I? Come on :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIgXhiOpeQ

[Poormanscomedian]

#1 80's show

[goaded]

It would have been so much shorter if Magnum had had his head blown off by a cannon ball! :)

It was great, I don't know about the re-boot.

Favourite line: "You've changed... there's something different... It's your nose!"

[shephardjhon]

You forgot the most important one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnDtvZXYHgE

[MyExperience]

Miami Vice! but you missed a big one

https://youtu.be/LBIgXhiOpeQ

[DDpsy]

Red Dwarf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvbdSkUdDaY

[goaded]

Was that 80's? Wow.

[DDpsy]

@goaded Started in 88.

[goaded]

Heh. It's still kind-of going, I think. I remember the first episode; who goes around tasting piles of dust that turn out to be crew members? :)

Me-awwww!

[WhereAmI]

Other than the Simpsons there isn’t a single rerun I would care to watch.

[MarketData]

All those 80s shows were lame. The Simpsons was 90s.

[legalboxers]

no MASH? no Alice? no All in the Family? No Jefferson's?

[TheBigSoftie]

Those would be from the 70s so no

[Kellykelkelltik]

Miami Vice for the win.

[InTimoreDei]

Forgot my favs:

Cosby Show

Wonder Years

[goaded]

Saw them all, except Saved by the Bell. Good list.

[crazy8000]

Falcon Crest
Dallas
V
Fresh Prince

[BronzedAdonis]

Cagney and lacey eat each others muff

[llorando]

No Dukes of Hazzard?

[Secretgardenblood]

Good take. .

[ChiPaPa]

Coolies