American (TV Series) - 1980s
List activity
46 views
• 7 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
2210 titles
- CreatorMerv GriffinStarsPat SajakVanna WhiteCharlie O'DonnellHosted by Pat Sajak, this game show features 3 contestants who try to solve a puzzle by spinning the wheel and guessing letters in a word or phrase.
- StarsMel BlancHenry CordenJean Vander PylFred and Barney have new positions as police officers, Wilma and Betty have jobs as newspaper reporters at The Bedrock Gazette with Captain Caveman. Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are teenagers and they solve mysteries with Dino in a similar fashion to Scooby-Doo. The Flinstones have new neighbors named then Frankenstones, a family reminiscent of the Munsters.
- StarsCasey KasemCharlie TunaPaula AbdulHost Casey Kasem lists the top ten rock, soul, country and album charts.
- StarsAsher BraunerSteve HanksMichelle Pfeiffer"B.A.D." stands for "Burglary Auto Detail," and the B.A.D. Cats are a team of cops who investigate car thieves.
- StarsBarbara MandrellLouise MandrellIrlene MandrellCountry music-variety series starring country superstar Barbara Mandrell and her sisters, Louise, and Irlene.
- CreatorMichael CrichtonLou ShawStarsJim McMullanJames WainwrightWilliam JordanThe security chief of an android manufacturing company must stop a mad scientist, who's sending the failed theme park's androids to infiltrate society for his own ends.
- StarsDick ClarkDenise McKennaJohn AylesworthDick Clark was the weekly host. In the tradition of "The Ed Sullivan Show" singers, comedians and acrobats performing a wide variety of daredevil acts appeared on the show, which reportedly was broadcast live.
- CreatorChris ThompsonRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsTom HanksPeter ScolariDonna DixonTwo young single ad men must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford.
- CreatorSteve TesichStarsBarbara BarrieShaun CassidyJackie Earle HaleyFour buddies live in Bloomington, Indiana, facing life as working class "cutters" in a college town. Focus is on Dave and his $1200 La Strada bike.
- StarsDavid LettermanWil ShrinerRich HallAfter several guest hosting appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Dave was given his own morning talk-show. This show included a full orchestra, news breaks, and a cast of regulars. Although not long-run, it introduced Dave to the general public on a wide scale and in a way was the test run for his wildly popular Late Night with David Letterman, which ran on NBC for years, later followed by The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.
- CreatorGy WaldronStarsSonny ShroyerSamuel E. WrightJohn DehnerThe big-city adventures of Officer Enos Strate of Hazzard County.
- StarsPolly HollidayGeoffrey LewisJim BakerA former Arizona waitress buys a rundown Texas bar.
- StarsHector ElizondoTom MasonWilliam DanielsSeries based on the Richard Rush film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin
- CreatorBill LeeJohn MoffittStarsJack BurnsBrandis KempMark BlankfieldLive late-night comedy sketch show similar to "Saturday Night Live."
- CreatorHarold GastStarsDavid LeBellWilliam DevaneRoy ThinnesSoapy antics of the servicemen and women of Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese bombing.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsKent McCordBarry Van DykeRobyn DouglassWhen the Battlestar Galactica finally arrives at Earth, they find they must subtly raise its tech level while protecting it from the Cylons.
- StarsMr. TDarren McGavinErik EstradaA sports/variety show that introduced people to the more unusual side of sports, in some cases spotlighting activities that would later gain in popularity as cable TV brought such sports to a wider audience. Topics ranged from strange sport festivals in other countries, to then- little-known American sports such as monster truck rallies and arm wrestling contests.
- CreatorSteve GordonStarsMarcia StrassmanEugene RocheTed BessellMisadventures of womanizing sportswriter Harry Jenkins.
- CreatorRobert L. BoyettSheldon BullThomas L. MillerStarsAnnie PottsLorna PattersonGeorgia EngelFour young women share a Washington, D.C. apartment during World War II.
- StarsChad EverettArthur HillAnne BaxterAn outdoorsman and a city-bred lawyer team up to fight crime in San Francisco.
- CreatorSusan HarrisStarsDiana CanovaDanny ThomasRori KingBenjamin Douglas is a dentist dealing with life after his wife runs away with his partner while his adult daughter Diana moves back in with him after her divorce.
- CreatorDick ClairJenna McMahonStu SilverStarsGail EdwardsBarrie YoungfellowPaul KreppelThis series featured a group of waitresses (and a pianist, Sonny) who work at a fancy restaurant at the top of a skyscraper.
- StarsLawrence PressmanKaren MorrowNatasha RyanSitcom about a male journalist working at a women's magazine.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioGlen A. LarsonStarsTom SelleckJohn HillermanRoger E. MosleyThe adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.
- StarsJoe SantosJenny SullivanMelissa MichaelsenNorman is living the bachelor life when his ex-wife decides it's his turn to raise their 11 year old daughter Maxx. Norman resents the change and Maxx has her own justifiable grudges. Barbara is the sometime girlfriend, Mitch the wild neighbor and crazy Gary operates the elevator.
- StarsPatrick WayneShields & YarnellThe Andre Tahon PuppetsAn old-style variety show set in Monte Carlo. The main features of this show included songs, dance routines, comedy sketches involving a talking feather boa, and interviews with celebrities famous mainly for appearing in other, similar, variety shows.
- StarsVincent PriceAlan CummingGene ShalitAn anthology series featuring various predominately British mystery stories.
- StarsRon MoodyCassie YatesMichael DurrellA British detective is transferred to the San Francisco Police Department.
- CreatorBob EllisonBarry KempDavid LloydStarsSharon SpelmanBarry BartleBetsy PalmerSoap opera of the lives of a group of residents at Number 96 Pacific Way and their dealings with sex, gossip and many personal problems.
- StarsShirley HemphillRichard PaulCarl BallantineAfter her favorite client dies in her taxi, Shirley Simmons inherits his company, Grayson Industries. She decides to run it with the help of Grayson's secretary Nancy and nephew Barton, facing off against her nemesis Mr. Cushing. Edna and Raymond are Shirley's parents.
- CreatorAlex HaleyStarsJonelle AllenBeeson CarrollBill DukeIn Depression-era South, Booker T. Freeman and David Hall become best friends, despite different racial backgrounds. Booker's dad Luther is the local blacksmith, W.D. Hall the grocer, with the families becoming close, due to the boys.
- CreatorBuddy ArnoldStarsRick LohmanMurphy CrossLarry HainesTrack stars Phyllis (Phyl) and Mikhail (Mikhy) are on opposite sides of the Cold War but meet and marry. Mikhy defects and they move in with Phyl's father Max, where Mikhy must navigate the American cultural landscape. Russian agent Gimenko trails him, trying to convince him to return to the Mother Country.
- StarsKeiko MasudaMieJeff AltmanA musical variety show starring a popular Japanese musical duo and their comedian sidekick/translator.
- StarsFrank WelkerNancy CartwrightCasey KasemA one-hour featuring episodes of both the Scooby-Doo and Richie Rich cartoon series. Scooby and the Mystery Machine gang travel from town to town investigating reports of ghosts, monsters and other strange events, inevitably finding the spooks and spirits. Richie, meanwhile, has adventures that only happen to the richest boy in world. With his friends and his butler, he investigates problems and gets himself into situations that can only be solved by spending piles of money or using incredibly expensive gadgets.
- StarsRedd FoxxDennis BurkleyMarguerite RayThe further adventures of Fred Sanford, featuring the old cast, except for Lamont; Fred has a new partner and a new girlfriend.
- StarsBibi BeschJordan ChristopherRobert HoganThe wealthy Millington family presides over a quiet university town in the Midwest. Guy is the ruthless patriarch who never has enough money or power. Various scandals and affairs occupy the Welsh, Carroll, and Wheeler households.
- StarsBruce McGillDavid HasselhoffMarkie PostBilly Clyde Pucket and Shake Tiller are fun loving roommates who play professional football. Their team is the win challenged NY Bulls with Cooper the exasperated coach. Barbara Jane is their platonic friend and subject to their pranks.
- CreatorAbby MannStarsKarl MaldenPiper LaurieCraig WassonPete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems including his three children: 24-year-old David who worked at the steel mill; shy, insecure 18-year-old Patricia; and rebellious 15-year-old Barbara; his younger second wife Jo; and his own father Petar, who lives with them after his own major stroke.
- StarsJaime MonroyRobert W. MorganDionne WarwickTelevision show featuring dancing and popular music.
- StarsStockard ChanningRon SilverSydney GoldsmithA slightly kooky divorcée named Susan Goodenow (Stockard Channing), tries to make a life for herself in Los Angeles, California, but she is an assistant to an overbearing television consumer advocate.
- StarsWilliam ConradIvan NaranjoFrank WelkerIn the American Wild West, The Lone Ranger, with the help of his partner, Tonto, defends the rights of farmers and townspeople against outlaws and desperados.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsBen VereenJeff GoldblumRichard RomanusA con-man and an accountant-wanna-be private eye team up to fight crime.
- CreatorPaul RauchStarsCarla BorelliBeverlee McKinseyJerry LanningDaytime Drama, spun off from "Another World," which followed Iris Carrington from Bay City as she rediscovered Alex Wheeler, a former love, and moved to the Houston area. The stories centered around the daily lives of the wealthy Wheelers and Bellmans and the middle-class Marshalls and their ranching and oil interests. Beverlee McKinsey, as Iris, was the first daytime performer to be given starring credit.
- StarsCathy Lee CrosbyJohn DavidsonFran TarkentonA collection of amazing feats of human and animal endeavor.
- StarsPriscilla PresleyBurgess MeredithJim StaffordA show focusing on various animals both in the studio and in nature footage.
- StarsTim ConwayMaggie RoswellMiriam FlynnTim Conway hosted a variety show so closely modeled on the successful Carol Burnett Show, even using some of the same sketches. Interpersed were dance routines where all the performers were youngsters and musical numbers.
- CreatorBrian CookeEarl BarretArne SultanStarsTed KnightNancy DussaultJim J. BullockIn liberal San Francisco a conservative cartoonist tries to keep his two daughters, who rent an apartment below him, safe. In season 6 the cartoonist buys a small-town newspaper in Tiburon.
- CreatorGary MarkowitzStarsBeau BridgesHelen ShaverRossie HarrisShort-lived (6 weeks) sitcom about Richard and Libby Chapin and their two children, Dylan and Nicky. The show differed from other sitcoms in that there might not be closure to a problem after a frank discussion, and the subjects discussed were not common to other sitcoms.
- CreatorChuck GordonTom KartozianStarsDolph SweetDouglas BarrSusan BucknerA group of youthful Los Angeles construction workers looking to party both on and off the job.
- StarsDebbie ReynoldsBill DailyPat KlousEach week, visitors would be welcomed by Ms. Chase to the Paradise Village holiday resort in sunny Hawaii. Most of the guests had the same reason for booking their vacations here: to fulfill their dreams of finding the prefect love. With the help of the hotel staff, including Fran the social director, Richard the lifeguard, and Evelyn the bartender, each of the week's visitors were somehow matched with their ideal mate.
- CreatorRonald M. CohenBarbara CordayKen HechtStarsGeorge BarrowStephen MachtKaren CarlsonThe Novak family has decided to buck the trend in urban flight and move back to the city from the suburbs. The only place that meets their space and price requirements, however, is a building in downtown Chicago that would best be described as a "fixer-upper". Undaunted, the Novaks move in a try to make the best of things. Some of the family, particularly the young kids, adapt, while some, most notably their teenage daughter, don't.
- StarsEileen BarnettJanine TurnerMel FerrerA nighttime serial about the private and professional lives of the actors and the behind-the-scenes people working on a television soap opera.
- CreatorEarl PomerantzStarsJoel HigginsCarlene WatkinsMeeno PeluceThe Wild West misadventures of a mild-mannered store owner turned town Marshal.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsMaureen McCormickEve PlumbJerry HouserThe story of Marcia and Jan's lives as newlyweds with their husbands.
- CreatorGordon T. DawsonStarsJames GarnerEd BruceRamon BieriSet in Sweetwater, Arizona in the 1880s with solid citizen Bret owning a ranch and part of the Red Ox Saloon. Stable cast with varying stories, often centered on conflict between the ambitious sheriff and everyone else.
- CreatorMike MilliganJay MoriartyStarsMarla GibbsLarry LinvilleLiz TorresThe misadventures of Florence Johnson, a hotel maid who was previously seen serving the Jeffersons.
- CreatorLaurence HeathStarsLorne GreeneAndrew StevensJulie AdamsThe adventures of a Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief's family and crew.
- StarsJames CoburnHelen HuntDavid Carradine"Darkroom" was a hosted horror/thriller anthology series hosted by James Coburn.
- CreatorEsther ShapiroRichard Alan ShapiroStarsJohn ForsytheLinda EvansJoan CollinsThe trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado.
- CreatorAl MasiniAlfred MasiniStarsKevin FrazierNischelle TurnerMatt Cohen"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.
- CreatorEarl Hamner Jr.StarsJane WymanLorenzo LamasChao Li ChiSet in the vineyards of California, this prime-time soap opera presented the conflict in the powerful Gioberti family, owners of the vast Falcon Crest Winery.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsLee MajorsDouglas BarrHeather ThomasThe adventures of a film stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow.
- CreatorMichael LandonStarsMerlin OlsenKatherine CannonTimothy GibbsJohn Murphy leads a struggle against a mining boss that causes some children to be orphaned. he poses as a priest to circumvent the authorities. He and schoolteacher Mae struggle to provide everyday needs for two dozen children.
- StarsDick SmothersTom SmothersDiana MuldaurInvestigative reporter Ryan Fitzpatrick and his quirky cameraman Bones work at a San Francisco TV station, facing disapproval from bosses and navigating rivalries while receiving support from Fitz's ex-wife Rosie.
- CreatorRita LakinStarsJohn BeckWoody BrownHoward DuffThe lives and trials of the residents of Truro, Florida.
- StarsBarry BostwickMary Jo CatlettRichard RomanusA very short-lived series based on the film of the same name Foul Play (1978).
- CreatorMort LachmanSy RosenStarsNell CarterLara Jill MillerKari MichaelsenNell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsWilliam KattConnie SelleccaRobert CulpA teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsBarbara EdenFannie FlaggJenn ThompsonSitcom based on the 1978 film of the same name.
- CreatorSteven BochcoMichael KozollStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael WarrenBruce WeitzThe lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.
- CreatorJerrold L. LudwigStarsHelen ShaverDavid SpielbergAndrew RubinJessica Novak, a news reporter for KLA-TV, does human-interest stories and exposes.
- StarsPenny MarshallRon PalilloCindy WilliamsTwo years after we last saw Laverne and Shirley, they are re-united when they, as well as Lenny and Squiggy, get drafted into the United States Army to prepare for a possible war.
- StarsGabe KaplanGuich KoockIlene GraffStewart Lewis wants to own a country-music club, but his family hates the idea.
- StarsRichard Crenna
- CreatorOliver HaileyStarsTony RandallSwoosie KurtzKaleena KiffA middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl.
- CreatorErma BombeckStarsMiriam FlynnJames HamptonMargie ImpertThis comedy found humor in the everyday lives of housewife Maggie Weston and her family who lived in Dayton, Ohio.
- CreatorEric BercoviciStarsJames ArnessMarshall ColtGeorge DiCenzoJim McClain was a cop and after being injured and deemed unfit for duty he was retired and for the past fifteen years was working on a fishing boat. One day he and his partner sell their boat. His partner cashes the check and is walking around with the cash in his pocket and is robbed and killed. McClain feels that the police are not doing enough so he tried to get reinstated, which the current head of homicide opposes. However, McClain gets what he wants and after apprehending his partner's killer, he stays on, which doesn't make his current boss all that happy because he doesn't like McClain's way of doing things or disregard for the rules.
- CreatorLarry RosenLarry TuckerStarsBarnard HughesClark BrandonJonathan PrinceThe misadventures of Merlin the Magician and his apprentice in modern San Francisco.
- StarsWilliam ConradLee HorsleyGeorge VoskovecThe short-lived adventures of portly detective Nero Wolfe, who would rather eat and tend to his orchids than hit the streets tracking down leads. That's why he hired hunky Archie Goodwin, who provides the brawn that complements Wolfe's brains.
- StarsFantasy FactoryRich LittleJack SmithThis was a revival of the original 1950s You Asked For It. Each show also featured Jack Smith presenting a clip from the original series.
- CreatorSue GraftonStarsMichael LearnedRobert ReedHattie WinstonA widow, Mary Benjamin, a supervising nurse at Grant Memorial Hospital in New York City, returns to work after her husband dies and learns to live as a single woman again.
- StarsPeter UstinovSeries exploring new developments in science and technology.
- CreatorTom PatchettJay TarsesStarsGeorge DzundzaSusan TyrrellSam WhippleGordon Feester runs a 24-hour convenience store, where something amusing is always going on.
- CreatorReinhold WeegeStarsHarold GouldDavid ClennonDon CalfaHarold Gould as David Ross head of a NYC free legal-aid clinic, with a staff of very young attorneys.
- CreatorJohn MastersonJohn MastersonStarsJoseph WapnerRusty BurrellDoug LlewelynRetired judge Joseph Wapner decides actual small-claims court cases in a California studio. After each case is decided, the parties are often interviewed to obtain their reactions.
- StarsLorna PattersonHal WilliamsEileen BrennanThe misadventures of a spoiled young woman who joins the army and her friends.
- StarsEric ChunGeorge M. ChappellRené Le VantFocuses on the activities of The Righteous Apples, five Boston-area high school musicians, who in a troubled world, seek to help people in distress.
- CreatorDavid GerberStarsMichael ShannonJosh TaylorEd Begley Jr.Frank Riker is a cop who gets the job done but unfortunately, causes a lot of damage to do it. After 11 years, the city thinks that it has had enough of Frank Riker. He faces the possibility of being dismissed or being assigned a desk job, his old friend, Brice Landis, who works for the Attorney General, offers him a proposal; resign from the force and work for him. Frank accepts. So he goes out after criminals under the guise of being a busted cop.
- CreatorAlbert RubenStarsKevin DobsonMichael DurrellBruce KirbyJack Shannon is a New York cop and a single father. He decides to move to San Francisco so that his late wife's parents can help him take care of his son. So he calls in a few favors to get a job with the local police. His new boss doesn't welcome him warmly cause he doesn't like the fact that Shannon got a job that should go to someone local and that he pulled some strings to get his job. But the two of them learn to get along.
- CreatorPhilip DeGuere Jr.StarsJameson ParkerGerald McRaneyMary CarverTwo brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.
- CreatorPeyoStarsDon MessickDanny GoldmanLucille BlissThe Smurfs are tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a peaceful forest. They repeatedly try to outwit Gargamel, an evil sorcerer, his apprentice, Scruple, and his mangy cat, Azrael.
- StarsJack AngelLynn JohnsonLewis BaileyThe web slinging superhero battles crime in New York City.