television in the 1980s
Former football player, Merlin Olsen, starred as Buddy Landau just an ordinary guy who loved sports and who ended up coaching his son, Lanny's, baseball team. Comedy, Crime, Mystery. I don't remember ANY of these ! Kevin Peter Hall was Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln a towering giant who had the ability to shrink to small sizes. Stars: Sam Waterston stared as Quentin E. Deverille, a brilliant American professor who found himself laughed out of a job at Harvard because he dared speculate that it was possible to transmit picture and sound through the air. Thanks for reminding us that he did exist, though! Ran from 1980-1982, never a true ratings hit, was cancelled, then revived 3 years later in first-run syndication, airing new episodes from 1985-1989. A movie or show about 2 kids being taken care of by an older woman who is actually a robot? Ceri Seel, I can't recall anything else about it, I'm afraid. This list may not reflect recent changes (). Sadly, the series debuted against CBS's very popular series The Dukes of Hazzard. Horror, Sci-Fi, Jack Breslin was a somewhat maverick police detective paired (unofficially) with a beautiful alien possessing strange powers and abilities named Ta'Ra. The network did like the show enough to try to find a better night and time slot, by moving it from its original Friday night position to Tuesday, but the viewers still never showed up. Media in category "Television in the 1980s" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. James Wainwright, Including the two part pilot, this dud lasted for thirteen episodes from January 9, 1984 to June 17. Jon Cypher, Television has a 19-inch screen. The pilot for the series cost 6.5 million dollars to film. Dean Paul Martin, @MrAverageGuy: I loved Ellery Queen. Dean Paul Martin (that's right, Dean Martin's son) was Dr. Billy Hayes, the leader r e ɦ xr 0r @ 0r Ariel (Julia Duffy) was betrothed to handsome Prince Erik. 45 min This is the first time his acting career centered around a role connected with sports. David Calder, Cree Summer, Kcpq1984.png 240 × 180; 3 KB. trying to remember the name of a science fiction show of the 80s about a paranormal investigative team investigating strange occurrences. The series was released on DVD on July 29, 2014. Ric Spiegel, Richard Lynch, Anyone remember a tv show featuring an investigative reporter in Las Vegas, who worked the night beat? "Roseanne" has been called "groundbreaking," "unflinching" and "among the 50 greatest TV shows of all time." Trevor Cooper, Drama, Fantasy, Horror. Cats division which stands for Burglary Auto Detail Commercial Auto Thefts. These include romantic drama, comedy drama, and crime drama. Charles Aidman, | Drama, Sci-Fi. I think it was on during the week at 9pm. It was great to see the title again, Misfits of Science. Eros Rivers, TV-Y7 James Cranna, It starred handsome Simon MacCorkindale as Jonathan Chase, a professor at New York University who taught animal behavioral sciences. Equally interesting is that some of them were culy enough to have had a home media release. The show's plot was that a group of "misfits" who ended up getting together because they all shared one thing in common, they had super powers. So, in steps John Moore (Jim McMullan) Security Chief for Delos, it's his job to stop Quaid. Stars: George took the cat to the vet, and when the vet called back to say the cat (X) was pregnant, Gracie thought her friend (X) was pregnant (even though she went in X place). Peter Barton, The Powers of Matthew Star - Sept 1982 to April 1983 (22 eps), Voyagers! The series was about two cowboys who, instead of riding horses on the open range, roamed across the country side in their beat up camper looking for adventure and finding it. Remember a cop show. Patrick Stewart, Teen idol Rex Smith starred as Jess Mach, an amateur dirt-bike racer and ex police officer who was chosen to test an all-terrain attack motorcycle. This short-lived series that aired on NBC from February 3, 1989 to April 14, 1989, brought David Soul back to prime-time as Westley Grayson, an agent with the Behavioral Science Unit of the U.S. Justice Department. Tom Wyner, Director: John A. Alonzo | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Cliff Potts, Michael Cavanaugh, Gary Combs Votes: 98 The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf. Robert Blake was Father Noah "Hardstep" Rivers a priest at St. Dominic's parish is a tough east LA neighborhood. Clive Revill, TV-14 Stars: | This really was a great show and should be released on DVD! The complete series was released onto DVD in 2006. Sam Groom, Jonathan Perpich was Price Pascall , a handsome police officer who was the only one to have any kind of real detective skills. | By 1970, TV stations and networks raked in $3.6 billion in ad revenues; today, that figure is over $60 billion. If so, please comment. When humans reach the age of sixteen, they must undergo a process known as capping which places ... See full summary », Stars: It launched the Video Music Awards in 1984, and in the 21st century it tried to position itself as a music destination on the Internet. Created by Go Nagai, this sci-fi/fantasy puppet series sees heroes Shiro Ginga, Bongo Heracles, and Bigman Lee protect a girl named Lamia from the evil Gelma Armada, with the supership X Bomber and its giant robot component, Big Dai-X. Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Comedy, Sci-Fi. Veteran cop Charlie "C.B." Ernie Hudson was Sgt. The male hero was an intellectual type who had built an entire castle in his mind when he was younger. Maurice Dean Wint, 60 min Brad Koepenick, He then starts a quest of revenge, hunting down the criminals one by one. The series lasted for 18 episodes and aired on NBC from September 21, 1989 to June 29, 1990. bBefore the series was cancelled, there was an attempt to revamp it and make it more issue oriented. | | Steve Kramer, I remember Automan and The Highwayman. He was a research scientist who specialized in studying those who were considered to be human anomalies. Stars: This short-lived series was co created by Pleshette and aired on CBS from March 4, 1984 to April 15, 1984. The Phoenix its run on ABC on March 19, 1982 and ended on April 16, 1982. Others, after watching an episode or two, it makes a viewer wonder ⦠A list of kids TV shows that ran in the UK(Mostly CBBC/CITV) between 1980 and 2000+ ( One entry from '79 included as it ran through the 80's). and admitted that he was actually thrilled that the show was cancelled because he said it lacked any real spark and had no comedy to it. Eclectic and interesting list of TV shows, a lot of them from my childhood. I'm starting to create lenses about some of the comic books I read back then! Jerry Supiran, Robin Hayter. Steve Hanks, Michelle Pfeiffer and Asher Brauner in B.A.D. Roy Leywood, Popularity of radio and print media began to fade away gradually, as television set its hold on peopleâs life. After Barney Miller ended, Linden didn't want to do another series as most of the things offered to him were very similar to that series. Rod Taylor, The series premiered in the fall of 1970, and is considered to be the definitve 1970's show. What about the short lived series "The Four Seasons" which was a take-off from the successful movie? There was a pilot of a new show that was a take off of the Burns and Allen shows. This 13 episode series starred Desi Arnaz, Jr. as Walter Nebicher, a computer expert who worked for the police department as a programmer. I liked how he would transform himself. Dennis Wolfberg, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. A teenager discovers she has supernatural powers when she learns her birth father is an alien. The series got off to a slow start, it was to begin production in June of 1981, but postponed because of a screen writers strike and then because of Hudson's heart surgery. Oddly enough, I remember lots of these. Scott Bakula, A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with the Tanner family after crashing into their garage. Kent Stoddard, TV-PG Iâm becoming nostalgic in my old age. | :). Crime, Drama, Mystery, The adventures of the International Space Police Force, led by Nathan Spring, in 2027. Critics said the series was merely an attempt to update the old Route 66 series for the 1960s. Also of note, this page went through a bit of a cleaning and was updated on May 15, 2020. One that gets forgotten, never truly shown in syndication much either, is the show It's A Living (also known as Making A Living). Kirsty Wilkinson, Fun lens, and must be a lot of us with 1970s nostalgia. One episode guest starred Charo. Family, Sci-Fi, Far distant from Earth on a red planet of Antars, a tyrant Zanu has killed their king and imprisoned the queen. This was SO kewl! He always wore sunglasses which hid his eyes, which, when he was fully charged with electric, would glow. | Now, to make ends meet he worked as a private detective. Below is a guest book that you can use to share your thoughts about the shows, or share with us other 80s shows that would fit on this list. I hope you had fun and that maybe it sparked a few memories for you. 60 min Jay Benedict, Room light sensor automatically monitors and adjusts your picture brightness according to light conditions. The adventures of the Ewoks in Wicket W. Warrick's youth before the Battle of Endor. Action, Adventure, Drama. Barrie Rutter, Richard Epcar, Ugh. He had wanted to keep those two aspects separate and wanted to give acting a serious try. This is hard bc I can only remember a big clock when the show begins. There was a show in the early 80's where a husband and wife solved crimes, they owned a restaurant and one of them was a journalist. I was a child back then so I only have "lagoons" about the plot. | Ashley Crow, Gloria had a major crush on Johnny. Working with him was Johnny Betts (Josh Brolin) a young man who worked with Cleary's deceased brother, who happened to be a private detective but was killed while working on a case. * In another chapter, the man was in a cave with a woman. Martin Kove, Why nobody seems to remember pbs series up & coming about a black family from the San Francisco area . The next-to-largest genre represented in the top ten Nielsen ratings for TV shows of the 1980s is drama. Belle Star is a bandit with an itch to ride with the outlaw legends, the James gang, the Youngers and the Dalton boys. You are right! They made most of their money gambling, but when having a run of bad luck, they would pick an occasional job, which is usually where all the fun took place. He then took off for England, which he hoped would be more receptive to his brilliance, but instead he found himself fighting crime using all the cool gadgets that he invented. Vincent Ropion, 60 min After Morgan's series AfterMASH was cancelled he intended on doing very little acting and certainly had no desire to work on a series again, but when he was sent the script for the show, he loved it citing it was different than anything he had ever worked on before. One of the most popular products in the 1950s was the TV. Marla Pennington, He had special abilities like telekinesis, the power to levitate and to do astral projection, etc. Stars: In the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles. Does anyone remember this at all? | Hazel Abee from Malaysia on July 08, 2015: 80's was such a wonderful era , with super good looking heros, ... Misfits, Manimal, Automan ... and I liked Quantum Leap too. I swear there was a very short lived show called T.L.C. The series co starred Gedde Watanabe (who reprises his role from the movie), Stephen Lee and Clint Howard. Kevin Peter Hall, | The setting was a once elegant hotel known as The Nutt House that had fallen on hard times and of course it didn't help that it was staffed by a bunch of "loonies" which included owner Edwina Nutt (Cloris Leachman) who relied on her right hand manager, Reginald T. Turkington (Harvey Korman), who in turn had to deal with head housekeeper Ms Frick (also played by Leachman). Enterprise-D on their own mission to go where no one has gone before. Roger Carel, This short-lived series aired on NBC from January 17, 1981 to June 6, 1981, and was the small screen's continuation of the story of legendary lawman Buford Pusser. Randi Brooks was Mel Brubaker who used to be a man. My poor feet are still aching from all the running I had to do in Cannon." They must live in small, cramped space station orbiting the earth. Lynda Mason Green, Bhodi Li earth's world champion at Photon is selected to join an elite team of Photon Warriars. Learn more on HISTORY.com. Producer Mark Carliner described the series as what you get if you , "Season a pot of Robert A. Heinlein's "A Stranger in a Strange Land", with a pinch of Gore Vidal's "Kalki", fold in a cup of Eric Van Danniken's "Chariots of the Gods" and you've got it.". There is also the pilot film titled DIAL HOT LINE starring Vince Edwards and Kim Hunter. Paul Fusco, Family, Sci-Fi. Because she was always talking about the 1920's and a man also from the 1920's. I remember the stage sets being very sparse and not really old time medival looking ta all. Donna Pescow, It has only been released on DVD in Germany and France and has yet to see a US release. I think I still have an episode of wizards and warriors on a VHS tape somewhere. Graham Ravey, Both were pretty good shows. I liked Jon-Erik Hexum; the actor starred in Voyagers! The series ran for 10 episodes on ABC in 1980 and was a mid season series.Asher Brauner originated the role of Roy DiLucca on the soap General Hospital from 1978-79. Deborah Pratt, Rounding out the cast was Ace's girlfriend, Luana (Shera Danesand) and Lt. Fanning (Dick Christie), a police officer who is just awestruck by Ace's luck. Desi Arnaz Jr., The was West's first series in 20 years and he said that the show was really an attempt to modernize the Keystone Kops with lots of slapstick comed, a sort of "upside down Hillstreet Blues.". Cassidy was proud of the show and how it dealt with real human issues and relationships and had no gimmicks at all and was a welcome departure from The Hardy Boys. Stars: Sue Murphy, 60 min I wish I could include every 80's TV series that would work in this category (and there are a lot) but a page this size can only hold so many. William Atherton. Animation, Action, Adventure. Meeno Peluce, Tony Haygarth, Polkaroo's Homemade Ice Cream with Carrie Loring (80's).jpg 1,341 × 1,989; 1.77 ⦠Graeme Campbell, TV-G Live TV His only companion is a floating, orb-shaped robotic parole officer named Control. Glory Miller (author) from USA on December 11, 2018: Hmm, I have no clue. The main premise is even fuzzy, but the older woman may have actually been a ghost- or a psychic. | Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. Jane Badler, 60 min I'd like to add these to the list. WOW! Glynis Brooks. Stars: Chris Young, A year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now some humans are knowingly working with them. Stars: Television series which originated in the United States in the decade 1980s. Sven-Ole Thorsen, Patrick Houser. anyone have an idea ? | | I would love to know the name.... the show was great. I stopped watching most TV by about 1976 as there were so many new flops and the older series were nearing their end or the quality had become seriously compromised by then, but I would always see the commercials during movies and of course TV Guide listings. I would like to add the show small wonder to this list. E.G. Close to 90% of households had a TV, making the device almost ubiquitous. Amanda Pays, Then there is a lady with red hair and a guy, but its some kind of science fiction series. It was in the 1980s. Glory Miller (author) from USA on July 15, 2015: I have to admit that I never watched much of anything on PBS, so I guess that is why I have never heard of the show. What were the most popular TV shows in the 1980s? 60 min 1 January â A new sitcom, Hi-de-Hi!, set in a 1959/60 holiday camp, debuts on BBC1. Some shows should never have been made or just left on the storyboard or as a fare flung idea. The "big three" networksâABC, CBS, and NBCâcontinued to dominate American television in the 1980s, although their dominance was increasingly challenged by cable TV providers and by a fourth network, the FOX network, created in 1985. Mikio Terashima, series of mine). The most-watched television shows, from 1980 to 1989, were: Dallas (1980) Dallas (1981) Comedy, Sci-Fi. Kelly Ann Christensen from Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas on January 03, 2020: It looks like you are right, Glory. Please help! Set in 1912 England, our hero is helped in his adventures by his trusty butler/chauffeur, Phipps (George Innes) and Jenny (Caroline Langrishe) his beautiful and very resourceful secretary. Richard Chaves, TV-14 There was an old bald actor that played a scientist, a woman on the team and two other men. | Great! Robert Wright. I'm not sure it's even worth finding out what it is since this is all I know, lol. Stars: ;-) Most cool page here. The series has yet to be released onto DVD, but you can find the television movie that inspired the series. Cresent moon shaped faces. Robin Ward, | referring to his previous five year stint on ABC as private detective Frank Cannon. The crime drama series starred the late Patrick Swayze Bandit in an early television role. A fun premise for a TV series was Tucker's Witch that began its run on CBS October 6, 1982 and lasted until August 8, 1983. Nancy Harewood, 30 min Burt Reynolds, Well biggest reason being I was born 1979. It went on like that for a while...it seemed so funny at the time. Bruce Boa, 30 min Gregory Sierra, The series lasted from September 13, 1987 until January 8, 1988 with 12 episodes. Husband and wife were both cops and partners but had to live separately. Danny Mann, Bennu was an enlightened being who was socially responsible, kind, non violent and environmentally aware. I remember the private continually giving the superhero trouble about the cape. He carried four foot long club to mete out justice to wrong doers. Here are some quick facts about television in the 1950s. It was the first series to deal with mental illness in an adult manner. Lisa Jane Persky was Dottie, the ever faithful secretary. | Glory Miller (author) from USA on July 30, 2015: Hi Mark. Stars: This was a really fun series that was cancelled due to low ratings, because it was going up against Dallas on CBS. Heading up the Last Precinct was Adam West as Capt. Reed and Geoffry Scott (who took over Selleck's role) as Will Eubanks. Nick Donovan (Asher Brauner) and Ocee James (Steve Hanks) are former race car drivers who are hired by the LAPD, because of their superior driving skills. Jared Martin, Of course, Kaz is a rebel, he plays be his own rules. Ken Miller, James Karen, 60 min Television programming has had a huge impact on American and world culture. I'm only 43 but remember all of these shows growing up (I watched a lot of tv in a small Iowa town). | Jeremy Hitchen, I think you're thinking of "Probe" starring Parker Stevenson! Corey Burton, Wow, I always imagined it consisted of more than 4-5 episodes. I have been trying to think of a name of a show that was about firemen. I would totally love to see that. Assisting Ace on his adventures was bumbling Toomey (Joe Regalbuto), an accountant by trade who idolized Ace. It was one of the funniest show of TV for about 8-10 episodes (if that many). | I loved Gung Ho back then. It was quickly cancelled. Annie Balestra, in the years 1980 to 1989. | Comedy, Family. Anne Schedeen, 60 min Faye Grant, That is one other short lived show. The adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO years before serving the Rebel Alliance. Maybe we can get some input from the good folks out there... anyone have any info about this show? She did the Charleston and had a crush on Rudolph Valentino. 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