View Full Version : Favorite 80's T.V. Series that you couldn't/Wouldn't Miss!


boyjoe
8-19-00, 12:59 AM
Mine were ...
Square Pegs
Knots Landing
...I still watch Knots Landing!

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Sheibub
8-22-00, 02:51 AM
Mine are Family Ties, Cosby Show, Different World, MacGyver, The Muppets and Fraggle Rock.


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morningmyst
8-22-00, 02:53 AM
ok....Family Ties, Growing Pains, Cosby Show, Miami Vice, and Square Pegs...( I loved the sitcom!)

Toodles,
Dawn

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ReagansRenegade
8-22-00, 10:42 PM
Definetly Macgyver, but i always got a sick thrill from Tales from the Darkside (yep, mom let me watch it), also "V" and Dr.Who (my mom HATED that show lmao). Also cant leave out Automan, but the cartoons were what made my school days bearable- Transformers and G.I.Joe getting the big priority! Love this 80sxchange! Cool people, great everything heh!

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Roemello
8-23-00, 01:00 AM
A few sitcoms (and I stress a only a few) I never missed were: The Cosby Show, Head of the Class, MacGyver, Perfect Strangers, and Small Wonder.

I could list cartoons forever, but my personal faves were He-Man (without a doubt, that was #1) and Transformers.

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Sheibub
8-24-00, 11:20 AM
How could I forget Perfect Strangers? Never missed Astroboy or He-Man & She-Ra.


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Nikki_91
9-13-00, 02:08 AM
Ah, yes, I was the ULTIMATE sitcom junkie. I swear I planned my life around the tv guide.

Growing Pains, Family Ties, Head of the Class, Wonder Years, Different Strokes, Facts of Life, and of course Happy Days!

One's I could live without..Full House..Perfect Strangers (don't be ridiculous..that got on my nerves!) (sorry, I know you guys liked it, but I didn't!)

I don't think I ever did see "Square Pegs"..I can't even catch reruns of that show, I feel like I missed out on something.

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sarge
9-21-00, 01:26 AM
Always tried to catch "Airwolf" when I could.
Also remember watching an obscure and now-forgotten series called "Something Is Out There" about an alien girl or something (starred Miriam D'Abo).

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Zel
10-23-00, 05:29 AM
Speaking of Head of the Class... whatever happened to the girl with the long curly red hair. Last I heard (early 90s) she was marrying a Monaco prince. Any news?

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Aurora
10-29-00, 12:31 PM
WILDFIRE! *sigh* ( http://www.80scartoons.net/toons/wildfire.html )

Rainbow Brite, She-Ra, He-Man, Punky Brewster, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Fraggle Rock, Muppet Show, Wonder Years, Facts of Life, Full House, Jem....

The list goes on and on. I can't think of a single show on the air now that I like enough to watch every week. I haven't even plugged in my TV in about 3 weeks. I guess I've been too busy with the MEGA 80's Cartoon Campaign (see my site below). I havent even updated my site this month, really. Yikes. Gotta run. Sign up for the campaign to get the cartoons back on the air. It's simple! Later!

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Jasper
11-02-00, 02:56 PM
Well, the only show from the late 80s that I never EVER missed was the Tuesday night sensation known as THE A TEAM!!!!!


I always had to tune in to see what Murdoch was going to do next, how was the A TEAM going to drug B.A. in order to get him on a plane? How many times would I get to see that HOT CHICK they had the first few seasons (Melinda Cullea i believe was her name).

Plus it was always fun watching them shoot about 9000 rounds of ammo and never kill anybody.

Ron

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Roemello
11-02-00, 04:20 PM
I still watch the A-Team every so often. It's on TV Land late at night...Murdoch is a psycho http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif I remember watching one where he was talking to a bug through the whole episode. Then at the end, he put it in a paper airplane, it flew to another boat and some guy squashed it http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif Murdoch was so sad... http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//CRYING2.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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Jasper
11-02-00, 06:46 PM
Roem,
Remember when he was locked up and he sat on the floor yelling "TRASH BAGS......I WANT SOME TRASH BAGS!!!!!!!!" and when they gave him some, he used them to escape?!?! That shit had me ROFLMAO!

That or the time he had the Lobster Pincher for a hand, and a checkered table cloth for a cape. I went dressed like that for halloween that year! Nobody knew what I was!

Ron

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Elloit
11-03-00, 02:51 AM
WOW!!!!!
Its amazing how so many of us had the same obsessions. (You named ALL my favorite Shows!)

I have to add Growing Pains to the list.

Hey? Remember, "Conjunction, Junction, Whats Your Function"
School House Rock every Saturday Morning!
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morningmyst
11-04-00, 02:50 PM
I learned so much from Schoolhouse Rock, and I didn't even know it. LOL I went and downloaded the songs from Napster for my kids. There are some new ones, but, not as good as the "classics" (I'm just a bill, sitting here on capitol hill.)

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Jasper
11-06-00, 11:47 AM
My favorite part of "bill" was at the end, when teh guy came down and said "CONGRADULATIONS BILL, YOU'RE A LAW!"

Happy ending for Bill!

Ron

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AstroGirl
1-09-01, 07:01 PM
Ok, I absolutely loved Cheers, Night Court, Family Ties, Cosby, and Growing Pains. Loved them! Good times...http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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AstroGirl
1-09-01, 07:06 PM
God! I totally forgot about Head of the Class! What was that really big guy's name? I can't even remember. I also forgot Perfect Strangers. Geez! I guess next time I need to read everyone's lists BEFORE I do mine!

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AstroGirl

Sal Collaziano
1-12-01, 11:59 AM
Okay.. I couldn't or wouldn't miss "V: The Series". Even more so, Tales from the Dark Side.. I mean:

Man lives in the sunlit world - what he believes to be reality
But... Unseen by most. There is an underworld
A place that is just as real but not as brightly lit
A dark side...

http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif hehe See? I still remember that.. (Or do you know what I'm even talking about?)

Other shows I LOVED were:

St. Elsewhere
Cheers
Night Court
Knight Rider

I wonder if I'm forgetting anything. Actually, I'm sure I am. I'll have to come back here again and fill this message in as I remember...

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

ReagansRenegade
1-13-01, 12:55 AM
Hey Sal hope your going to get better soon! Here's a great "V" site!: http://www.enqueue.com/v/ and a celebrity site: http://www.mindpulse.com/users/lizlady/index.htm

Also at http://www.geocities.com/reagansrenegade/page4.html I have sixty links to really rad 80s t.v. sites, from the A-Team to Zoobilee Zoo. I just checked the links recently so they should all work!

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Sal Collaziano
1-13-01, 03:12 PM
Hey Reagan! I know of that V site.. Really good site, actually! I love it.. I had this one site in my favorites on my old computer - it was where you could BUY the outfits! I was going to be that this Halloween but I don't have it saved in my favorites anymore.. New computer. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//frown.gif

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

Sarg
1-17-01, 12:17 AM
I've watched a lot of the shows that have been posted already with the exception of a few. I always had to catch V-The Series, The A-Team, anything that was Star Trek related, and I was always intriqued with the show "Banichek", (I'm not even sure of the spelling). Anybody remember that one?
It starred George Papard. His charactor was an insurance investigator, and he used to do these investigations into cases and find some of the wildest ways that items had been stolen from musieums or from collectors. The dude was cool!! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

87 Shark
1-19-01, 12:31 AM
Im my opinion, Hill Street Blues was the most well made TV show ever.

I used to look forward to Thursday nights and if I would be out clubbing instead I would tape it.

EBG
1-20-01, 06:17 AM
My favorite 80's Shows:

Cheers
The Cosby Show
Night Court
Family Ties
The Golden Girls
Late Night With David Letterman(I was 2 when he first came on the air, but my parents could never get me to sleep early.)

And though it didn'y start in the 80's, I all my life have watched Saturday Night Live. I think the funniest seasons of that show are the 1984-1985 season with Billy Crystal and Martin Short(i would flip out when Ed Grimley came on), and the late 80's shows with Dana Carvey and my favorite character the Church Lady.

Sal Collaziano
1-22-01, 02:00 PM
Hill Street Blues. Yes, an awesome show! I watched it ALL the time.. And Saturday Night Live of the 80s - my favorites.. I used to watch it from 11:30pm until 1:00am every Saturday Night. To me, those years were the best...

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

AstroGirl
1-24-01, 07:17 PM
I agree. I mean, I never really saw them then, but as I see re-runs on Comedy Central, I realize that those were the best of times.

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Sal Collaziano
1-25-01, 02:00 AM
They show Hill Street Blues episodes on Comedy Central?

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

TJ
1-25-01, 04:25 AM
Sal, I think AstroGirl ment SNL.

Pagan
1-28-01, 04:14 PM
Shame on all of you! Everyone's mentioning great 80's shows...and they're all great cause I loved all of 'em...but you're forgetting the quintessential 80's sitcom! I'm talking about none other than our furry orange friend from the planet Melmac, Gordon Shumway. Better known as <FONT size="6">ALF!!!!</FONT s> That show was SO 80's dated it was amazing! I still crack up watching all the tapes I have. The 80's references where drenched in each episode! "Ha! I kill me!"

Peace,
Pagan

Silveradocruiser
2-06-01, 07:49 PM
OOH-YEAH!!! ALF was the greatesthttp://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

H@ns

Roemello
2-07-01, 12:34 AM
ALF is coming back to TV in March!! He'll be part of the big "Return of the 80's" thing they're doing on Nick at Nite http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif All the old 80's sitcoms are coming back baby! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif Who knows for how long, but they'll be back anyway.

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Jasper
2-07-01, 11:01 AM
Well, ALF has been spotted on the CINDY MARGOLIS show. (not that *I* would watch crap like that)He was a guest judge for some bikini contest (again, this is just what I have heard, as I would never watch a gratuitist T&A show like that).

Ron

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Sal Collaziano
2-07-01, 01:57 PM
Wow! Pagan is going to FLIP when he hears about this! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

Pagan
2-07-01, 11:46 PM
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sal Collaziano:
Wow! Pagan is going to FLIP when he hears about this! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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<FONT size="6">WOO HOO!!!!! ALF'S COMIN' BACK!!!!</FONT s> http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//mayhem.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//spin.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//PSYCHEDELIC.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gifsycho:

Roemello
2-08-01, 12:51 AM
My sentiments exactly http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif I was watching Three's Company on Nick at Nite and saw the commercial...so many memories in such a short commercial! Maybe if we help give 'em enough ratings, they'll keep these 80's shows rollin!

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Sal Collaziano
2-08-01, 02:13 PM
There needs to be a "Label Message for User" feature on this board. This way, Pagan would know to come look. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

Purple Velvet Bohemian
2-08-01, 05:17 PM
Mine were ;
Facts of Life
Square Pegs
M*A*S*H


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Roemello
2-08-01, 05:42 PM
Facts of Life is still on regular rotation on Nick at Nite...Square Pegs is another one of the shows that will be part of the 80's return in March http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Totally80sFan4Life
2-09-01, 06:04 AM
Mine Were:

Knight Rider
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The Greatest American Hero

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Max Headroom
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Night Court
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Mork & Mindy
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ALF

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Pagan
2-09-01, 09:23 PM
Damn! Does Markie Post look good in that "Night Court" pic or what???

....and Sal, I resemble that remark!

angeleyes25
12-25-01, 12:58 PM
facts Of Life
Different Strokes
Silver Spoons
Growing Pains
Family Ties
The Cosby Show
Who's The Boss?
the "V" mini-series.Loved it!
and of coarse Alf!

Trixter
12-25-01, 03:49 PM
I would never miss:

Fame
China Beach
Facts Of Life

JS
12-25-01, 04:01 PM
Transformers!

JS
12-25-01, 04:03 PM
Originally posted by Pagan
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&lt;FONT size="6"&gt;WOO HOO!!!!! ALF'S COMIN' BACK!!!!&lt;/FONT s&gt; http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//mayhem.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//spin.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//PSYCHEDELIC.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif sycho:</STRONG>

Catch ALF every weekday, on the Hallmark Channel.

ImSoooSure
12-26-01, 04:16 AM
Threes Company
21 Jump Street
Family Ties
Wonder Years
...and late 70s to early 80s shows
Charlies Angels
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley

greenfreak
12-28-01, 02:41 PM
Originally posted by Totally80sFan4Life
[B]Mine Were:
The Greatest American Hero

Mork & Mindy


I got through reading this whole thread wondering if I was going to be the first ones to mention these shows... I guess not! I can't see the images but those were also my favorites!

Can't you just hear the theme... Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, I never thought I could feel so freeeeee, flying away on a wing and a prayer... Who could it be.... Believe it or not, it's just meeeee....:)

Caligula
12-29-01, 06:19 AM
I never missed Cheers and LA Law. I also like WKRP and anyone remember the White Shadow ?:)

Trixter
12-29-01, 07:57 AM
Thanks Totally80sFan4Life, I completely forgot about "Mork & Mindy", I NEVER missed that show! :) Nah-noo, Nah-noo!

LOSTNTHE80S
12-29-01, 10:59 AM
MORK AND MINDY
LOVE BOAT
FANTASTY ISLAND
DALLAS
COSBY SHOW
CHEERS
NIGHT COURT
HILL STREET BLUES
KNOT'S LANDING
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
AS THE WORLD TURNS
GENERAL HOSPITAL
WKRP.......(BOOOOOOGERRRR! JOHNNY'S FAMOUS WORD)
I know there has to be more...this is just from the top of my head. :angel: :devil:

LadyMysTrix
12-29-01, 10:09 PM
Y'all have really covered just about every show I can remember ever watching. I never missed, Dallas, Family Ties, Cosby Show, the Love Boat, or Little House.
Question to those of you that remember Fragle Rock. What was the name of the three big family ones that lived on the outside? I remember the son one was always trying to catch the exploring Fragle.

TopCat
12-30-01, 06:08 AM
This may be shocking to some....I LOVE Little House on the Prairie !! :p

It is one of my favorite shows ;)

Gman
12-30-01, 11:15 AM
Any Game Show
Family Ties
Dukes of Hazard
Airwolf
The A-Team
Facts of Life
Cosby's
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
Hill Street Blues
All Holiday Specials
Miss Teen USA
Miss America
Miss USA
Miss Universe

ImSoooSure
1-02-02, 01:00 AM
How could I forget Love Boat and Dukes Of Hazard?!? Good ones.;)

BrandyBlue
1-06-02, 07:35 PM
Once again Gman you are proving to be a man after my own heart--I think you were the only one to list Moonlighting amongst your favorites.
Moonlighting
21 Jump Street
Stir Crazy
Greatest American Hero
Fame
Little House on the Prarie
The Waltons

breakfastclubber
1-06-02, 07:54 PM
Like the rest of you I loved most 80's sitcoms, you just don't find them made like that anymore!
*Growing Pains, Head of the Class, etc..etc..etc...*
I also loved the A-Team (I Pity the Fool who doesn't)

I'm sad to say that I'm rather disappointed in you all, did we forget the simple place where everybody knew our name (Yep, I'm a Cheers fan, sorry!)
And, I know this isn't a sitcom, but did anybody else like Dallas as much as I did? Just wondering if I was the only weirdo out there, who shot J.R., just wonderin'???:rolleyes:

Scandal
1-06-02, 08:21 PM
My favorites were:

Dukes of Hazzard
Married with Children
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Get A Life
The Fall Guy
The Incredible Hulk
Alf

*Snowflake*
1-15-02, 12:33 AM
Not to be rude, but I noticed that Silver Spoons was only mentioned a few times. Silver Spoons was definately one of my favorites! I love Rick Schroder. He's an awesome actor!

DanAria
1-15-02, 10:06 PM
:D Square Pegs that was such a great show. I remeber when nick at nite had reruns of that show playing. It had the waitresses playing "I know what Boys like". That was such a great time. Anyone else remember this?:D :hammer:

DanAria
1-15-02, 10:19 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by breakfastclubber
[B]Like the rest of you I loved most 80's sitcoms, you just don't find them made like that anymore!
*Growing Pains, Head of the Class, etc..etc..etc...*
I also loved the A-Team (I Pity the Fool who doesn't)

I also pity the fool who doesnt. I showed some kids the A-team a while back. they didn't ever see it before. spreading the 80's one kid at a time.

That 80z Girl
2-23-02, 06:08 PM
The only show I remember absolutely having to be home to watch was Moonlighting. Of course it came on at 9:00 on a weeknight (Thursday?), so I guess it wasn't too much of a problem to be home to watch it. The Cosby show was another one I would be disappointed if I missed.