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1980s American television series
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The list 1980s American television series includes
Three's Company, The Young and the Restless, The Love Boat, The Bold and the Beautiful and Sesame Street.
The list consists of 1,178 members
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Hee Haw
American television show (1969–1993 and 1996–1997)
Overview: Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with the fictional rural "Kornfield Kounty" as the backdrop. It aired from 1969 to 1993, and on TNN from 1996 to 1997. Reruns ...
Release date: 15 June 1969Genre: Comedy, MusicDirector: Herbert Klynn, Bill DavisProducer: Frank Peppiatt, John AylesworthWriter: Gordie Tapp, Archie CampbellTelevised comedy/variety show with a country bent.
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Baywatch
American action drama series
Overview: Baywatch is an American drama television series about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. It was created by Michael Berk, Douglas ...
Release date: 22 September 1989Genre: Drama, Adventure, ActionDirector: Gregory J. Bonann, Douglas SchwartzCast: David Hasselhoff, Jeremy Jackson, Michael Newman, Pamela Anderson, Chris Fiore, Gregory Alan WilliamsProducer: Gregory J. Bonann, Susan GlicksmanWriter: Michael Berk, Gregory J. BonannTelevision series about a cadre of attractive lifeguards who patrol a crowded recreational beach. 0
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The Young and the Restless
American daytime soap opera
Overview: The Young and the Restless (often abbreviated as Y&R) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after ...
Release date: 26 March 1973Genre: DramaDirector: Sally McDonald, Owen RenfroeProducer: Edward Scott, John C. FisherWriter: Lee Phillip Bell, William J. BellSet in Genoa City, Y&R is the long-running soap that tells the story of the struggle behind the business- and sex-savvy Abbott and Newman clans. 0
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The Love Boat
American comedy drama television series
Overview: The Love Boat is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977 to May 24, 1986. In addition, three TV movies aired ...
Release date: 24 September 1977Genre: Comedy, Romance, DramaDirector: Richard Kinon, Roger DuchownyProducer: Douglas S. Cramer, Aaron SpellingWriter: Wilfred Lloyd Baumes, Jeraldine SaundersThe romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess. 0
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The Bold and the Beautiful
American television soap opera
Overview: The Bold and the Beautiful (often referred to as B&B) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the ...
Release date: 23 March 1987Director: Michael Stich, Cynthia J. PoppCast: Katherine Kelly Lang, Ronn Moss, John McCook, Susan Flannery, Hunter Tylo, Jacqueline MacInnes WoodProducer: Bradley Bell, Rhonda FriedmanWriter: Bradley Bell, William J. BellThe saga of high fashion glamour, honor, romance, passion, and most importantly, family. 0
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Sesame Street
American children's television program
Overview: Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television ...
Release date: 10 November 1969Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, MusicDirector: Jon Stone, Emily SquiresProducer: David D. Connell, Dulcy SingerWriter: Emily Perl Kingsley, Judy FreudbergOn a special inner city street, the inhabitants, both human and puppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games and songs. 0
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Saturday Night Live
American late-night live television sketch comedy show
Overview: Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted ...
Release date: 11 October 1975Director: Dave Wilson, Don Roy KingCast: Saturday Night Live Band, Don Pardo, Darrell Hammond, Kenan Thompson, Lenny Pickett, Seth MeyersProducer: Lorne Michaels, Ken AymongWriter: Lorne Michaels, Steve HigginsA famous guest host stars in parodies and sketches created by the cast of this witty show. 0
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Little House on the Prairie
American western drama television series
Overview: Little House on the Prairie (Little House: A New Beginning in its ninth and final season) is an American Western historical drama television series about the Ingalls family, who live on a farm on Plum ...
Release date: 11 September 1974Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, WesternDirector: Michael Landon, William F. ClaxtonCast: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney Greenbush, Melissa Sue AndersonProducer: Michael Landon, Kent McCrayWriter: Blanche Hanalis, Laura Ingalls WilderThe life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West. 0
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In the Heat of the Night
American TV series
Overview: In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on 1965 novel of the same title and the 1967 film of the same name. The TV series starred Carroll ...
Release date: 6 March 1988Genre: Mystery, Drama, CrimeDirector: Harry Harris, Russ MayberryCast: Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Anne-Marie JohnsonProducer: Fred Silverman, Edward LeddingWriter: James Lee Barrett, John BallThe cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi. 0
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Good Morning America
American morning television show broadcast on ABC
Overview: Good Morning America (often abbreviated as GMA) is an American morning television program that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday ...
Genre: News, Talk-ShowDirector: Gayle Galvez, Adam HeydtProducer: Sarah Kunin, Kieran McGirlWriter: Laura Zaccaro, Greg TufaroABC's "Good Morning America" presents the News and Information Source of the day's topics and journalism... 0
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General Hospital
American soap opera
Overview: General Hospital (often abbreviated as GH) is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running American soap opera in production, and the second ...
Release date: 1 April 1963Genre: DramaDirector: Scott McKinsey, William LudelProducer: Jill Farren-Phelps, Robert Guza Jr.Writer: Robert Guza Jr., Charles Pratt Jr.Families, close friends, enemies and lovers go through drama and life changing events. 0
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Days of Our Lives
American daytime soap opera
Overview: Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; simply referred to as Days or DOOL) is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from 1965 to 2022 and currently streams new ...
Release date: 8 November 1965Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Albert Alarr, Herb SteinProducer: Ken Corday, Betty CordayWriter: William J. Bell, Jeanne Marie FordA chronicle of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem. 0
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All My Children
American television soap opera
Overview: All My Children (often shortened to AMC) is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September ...
Release date: 5 January 1970Genre: Drama, Romance, MysteryDirector: Casey Childs, Conal O'BrienProducer: Julie Hanan Carruthers, Felicia Minei BehrWriter: Agnes Nixon, Megan McTavishSet in the fictional East Coast suburb Pine Valley, All My Children is the decades-old, risk-taking soap that centers around Erica Kane and her long line ... 0
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Who's the Boss?
American television sitcom 1984-1992
Overview: Who's the Boss? is an American sitcom television series created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, that aired on ABC from September 20, 1984, to April 25, 1992, with a total of 196 half-hour episodes s ...
Release date: 20 September 1984Director: Asaad Kelada, Tony SingletaryProducer: Martin Cohan, Blake HunterWriter: Martin Cohan, Blake HunterTony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids ... 0
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The Waltons
American 1972–1981 television series
Overview: The Waltons is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book S ...
Director: Harry Harris, Philip LeacockProducer: Lee Rich, Earl Hamner Jr.Writer: Earl Hamner Jr., Kathleen HiteThe life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II. 0
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The Oprah Winfrey Show
American syndicated talk show
Overview: The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American first-run syndicated talk show that was hosted by Oprah Winfrey. The show ran for twenty-five seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in which it broadcast ...
Release date: 8 September 1986Genre: Talk-Show, DramaDirector: Joseph C. Terry, Peter KimballProducer: Ellen Rakieten, Sally Lou LovemanWriter: Kevin Michael Burke, Toni MorrisonChicago-based daytime talk-show host Oprah Winfrey invites a guest panel to discuss a topic, in front of a studio audience... 0
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The Jeffersons
American sitcom
Overview: The Jeffersons is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The Jeffersons is one of the lo ...
Genre: ComedyProducer: Norman Lear, Don NichollWriter: Norman Lear, Don NichollA nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants ... 0
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The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)
American television game show
Overview: Hollywood Squares (originally The Hollywood Squares) is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show piloted on NBC in 1965 and the ...
Genre: Game-Show, Family, ComedyDirector: Jerome ShawProducer: Merrill Heatter, Bob QuigleyWriter: Justin Antinov, Harry FriedmanContestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game. 0
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The Lawrence Welk Show
American weekly TV variety series
Overview: The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years, from 1951 to 1955, then nationally ...
Release date: 2 July 1955Genre: Music, FamilyDirector: James Hobson, Duke GoldstoneProducer: Sam Lutz, James HobsonWriter: Bernice McGeehanOne of the most successful and fondly-remembered shows in TV history, "The Lawrence Welk Show" featured musical numbers and skits, with host ... 0
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The Cosby Show
American sitcom
Overview: The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992 ...
Release date: 20 September 1984Genre: Comedy, Family, RomanceDirector: Jay Sandrich, Tony SingletaryCast: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Lisa BonetProducer: Marcy Carsey, Tom WernerWriter: Bill Cosby, Michael LeesonThe goings-on in the life of a successful African American family. 0
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