1980’s television

1980’s Television1980’s Television

Premieres in 1980Premieres in 1980

Magnum P.I.Magnum P.I. Barbara Mandrell and the Barbara Mandrell and the

Mandrell SistersMandrell Sisters NightlineNightline Too Close for ComfortToo Close for Comfort

Magnum PIMagnum PI

Magnum was a private Magnum was a private investigator with an interesting investigator with an interesting living arrangement. In return for living arrangement. In return for helping with the securityhelping with the securityarrangements for guarding the arrangements for guarding the estate of wealthy writerestate of wealthy writerRobin Masters (never seen on Robin Masters (never seen on the show), the show),

he was providedhe was providedwith free living quarters at the with free living quarters at the rambling beachfrontrambling beachfrontproperty on Oahu's north property on Oahu's north shore. Masters was always shore. Masters was always away,away,leaving his stuffy British leaving his stuffy British manservant, Higgins, to runmanservant, Higgins, to runthe estate. the estate.

The laid-back life-style of Magnum The laid-back life-style of Magnum was inwas indirect opposition to the strict direct opposition to the strict military dicpiline thatmilitary dicpiline thatruled Higgins' life, and there was ruled Higgins' life, and there was constant bickeringconstant bickeringbetween them, though there was between them, though there was clearly aclearly adeep-seated mutual affection.deep-seated mutual affection.

Top Ten 1980Top Ten 1980

DallasDallas M*A*S*HM*A*S*H The Dukes of HazzardThe Dukes of Hazzard 60 Minutes60 Minutes Three’s CompanyThree’s Company

Private BenjaminPrivate Benjamin Diff’rent StrokesDiff’rent Strokes House CallsHouse Calls The JeffersonsThe Jeffersons Too Close for ComfortToo Close for Comfort

Emmy AwardsEmmy Awards

Hill Street Blues- dramaHill Street Blues- drama Taxi- comedyTaxi- comedy

Premieres 1981Premieres 1981

DynastyDynasty Falcon CrestFalcon Crest Hill Street BluesHill Street Blues Private BenjaminPrivate Benjamin The Fall GuyThe Fall Guy Gimme a BreakGimme a Break Simon & SimonSimon & Simon

Simon & Simon: Two brothers of Simon & Simon: Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency. private detective agency.


DallasDallas 60 Minutes60 Minutes M*A*S*HM*A*S*H The Dukes of HazzardThe Dukes of Hazzard Three’s CompanyThree’s Company Private BenjaminPrivate Benjamin

Diff’rent StrokesDiff’rent Strokes House CallsHouse Calls Archie Bunker’s PlaceArchie Bunker’s Place Too Close for ComfortToo Close for Comfort

The show starred The show starred Ted Knight and and Nancy Dussault as Henry as Henry and Muriel Rush, owners of a and Muriel Rush, owners of a duplex in duplex in San Francisco. Henry . Henry was a cartoonist who authored a was a cartoonist who authored a comic strip called comic strip called Cosmic CowCosmic Cow. .

Muriel was a freelance Muriel was a freelance photographer, having been a photographer, having been a band singer in her earlier days. band singer in her earlier days. They had two grown daughters. They had two grown daughters. Jackie (Jackie (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) worked for a bank, while the ) worked for a bank, while the younger Sara (younger Sara (Lydia Cornell) was ) was attending collegeattending college

Emmy Awards 1981Emmy Awards 1981

Hill Street Blues- dramaHill Street Blues- drama Barney Miller- comedyBarney Miller- comedy

Walter Cronkite retires as CBS Walter Cronkite retires as CBS anchor, and is replaced by Dan anchor, and is replaced by Dan Rather this yearRather this year


Cagney & LaceyCagney & Lacey T.J. HookerT.J. Hooker St. ElsewhereSt. Elsewhere Matt HoustonMatt Houston CheersCheers Remington SteeleRemington Steele NewhartNewhart

The show is set in the Cheers The show is set in the Cheers bar (itself (itself named for the named for the toast " "Cheers") in ") in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of , where a group of locals meet to drink and generally have locals meet to drink and generally have fun. fun.

1982 Top Ten1982 Top Ten

DallasDallas 60 Minutes60 Minutes Three’s CompanyThree’s Company The JeffersonsThe Jeffersons One Day at a TimeOne Day at a Time The Dukes of HazzardThe Dukes of Hazzard

Too Close for ComfortToo Close for Comfort AliceAlice The ABC Monday Night MovieThe ABC Monday Night Movie M*A*S*HM*A*S*H


Hill Street Blues- dramaHill Street Blues- drama Cheers- comedyCheers- comedy

Top evening shows are soaps Top evening shows are soaps (Dallas, Knot’s Landing, Dynasty, (Dallas, Knot’s Landing, Dynasty, Flamingo Road, Falcon Crest)Flamingo Road, Falcon Crest)

General William Westmoreland General William Westmoreland sues CBS for $120 million for sues CBS for $120 million for accusing him of conspiring to accusing him of conspiring to falsify information about enemy falsify information about enemy forces in Vietnam (on 60 forces in Vietnam (on 60 Minutes)Minutes)


The A-TeamThe A-Team Wheel of FortuneWheel of Fortune Hardcastle and McCormickHardcastle and McCormick Scarecrow and Mrs. KingScarecrow and Mrs. King HotelHotel Night CourtNight Court WebsterWebster

A-TeamA-Team

fictional group of ex-fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces who work as who work as soldiers of fortune while being on the run from the while being on the run from the military for a "military for a "crime they didn't commit".".


60 Minutes60 Minutes DallasDallas M*A*S*HM*A*S*H Magnum P.IMagnum P.I DynastyDynasty Three’s CompanyThree’s Company

Simon & SimonSimon & Simon Archie Bunker’s PlaceArchie Bunker’s Place NewhartNewhart Falcon CrestFalcon Crest


Hill Street Blues- dramaHill Street Blues- drama Cheers- comedyCheers- comedy Tom Selleck- actor, Magnum P.ITom Selleck- actor, Magnum P.I John Ritter- comedyJohn Ritter- comedy Tyne Daly- actress, Cagney & LaceyTyne Daly- actress, Cagney & Lacey Jane Curtain- comedy actress, Kate Jane Curtain- comedy actress, Kate

& Allie& Allie

The largest T.V. audience of the The largest T.V. audience of the year watches the last episode year watches the last episode (251(251stst) of M*A*S*H which began ) of M*A*S*H which began during the Vietnam War (1972)during the Vietnam War (1972)


Kate and AllieKate and Allie Miami ViceMiami Vice HunterHunter The Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show Murder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote Highway to HeavenHighway to Heaven


DallasDallas 60 Minutes60 Minutes The A-TeamThe A-Team Simon & SimonSimon & Simon Falcon CrestFalcon Crest Magnum P.I.Magnum P.I.

DynastyDynasty HotelHotel Knot’s LandingKnot’s Landing NewhartNewhart

1984 Emmy Awards1984 Emmy Awards

Cagney & Lacey- dramaCagney & Lacey- drama The Cosby Show- comedyThe Cosby Show- comedy Robert Guillaume- comedy actor Robert Guillaume- comedy actor

in Bensonin Benson Tyne Daly- actress in Cagney & Tyne Daly- actress in Cagney &

LaceyLacey Jane Curtain- comedy actress in Jane Curtain- comedy actress in

Kate and AllieKate and Allie

The Cosby Show is the first The Cosby Show is the first sitcom about a professional sitcom about a professional upper middle class black familyupper middle class black family

The National Coalition on TV The National Coalition on TV Violence reports a 75% increase Violence reports a 75% increase in TV violence since 1980 (V and in TV violence since 1980 (V and The A-Team)The A-Team)

19851985

The Golden GirlsThe Golden Girls Dynasty II: The ColbysDynasty II: The Colbys The EqualizerThe Equalizer Spenser for HireSpenser for Hire The Oprah Winfrey ShowThe Oprah Winfrey Show


DynastyDynasty DallasDallas The Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show 60 Minutes60 Minutes Family TiesFamily Ties The A-TeamThe A-Team

Simon & SimonSimon & Simon Knot’s LandingKnot’s Landing Murder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote Falcon CrestFalcon Crest Crazy Like a FoxCrazy Like a Fox


Cagney & Lacey: dramaCagney & Lacey: drama The Golden Girls: comedyThe Golden Girls: comedy Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in

Family TiesFamily Ties Sharon Gless: actress in Cagney Sharon Gless: actress in Cagney

& Lacey& Lacey Betty White: comedy actress in Betty White: comedy actress in

The Golden GirlsThe Golden Girls

1986 Premieres1986 Premieres

L.A. LawL.A. Law Our WorldOur World MatlockMatlock AlfAlf Crime StoryCrime Story Perfect StrangersPerfect Strangers


The Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show Family TiesFamily Ties Murder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote 60 Minutes60 Minutes CheersCheers The Golden GirlsThe Golden Girls DallasDallas

DynastyDynasty Miami ViceMiami Vice Who’s the BossWho’s the Boss


L.A. Law- dramaL.A. Law- drama The Golden Girls: comedyThe Golden Girls: comedy Bruce Willis: actor in Bruce Willis: actor in

MoonlightingMoonlighting Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in

Family TiesFamily Ties

Sharon Gless: actress in Sharon Gless: actress in Cagney & LaceyCagney & Lacey

Rue McClanahan: comedy Rue McClanahan: comedy actress in The Golden Girlsactress in The Golden Girls

19861986

On July 29, 350 million watch On July 29, 350 million watch Prince Andrew wed Sarah Prince Andrew wed Sarah Ferguson at Westminster AbbeyFerguson at Westminster Abbey

Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas in a well returns to Dallas in a well publicized shower scene, his publicized shower scene, his death, along with the entire last death, along with the entire last season, was just a dreamseason, was just a dream


Tour of DutyTour of Duty Jake and the FatmanJake and the Fatman A Different WorldA Different World Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast


The Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show Family TiesFamily Ties CheersCheers Murder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote The Golden GirlsThe Golden Girls 60 Minutes60 Minutes

Night CourtNight Court Growing PainsGrowing Pains MoonlightingMoonlighting Who’s the Boss?Who’s the Boss?

1987 Emmy Awards1987 Emmy Awards L.A. Law: dramaL.A. Law: drama The Golden Girls: comedyThe Golden Girls: comedy Bruce Willis: actor in MoonlightingBruce Willis: actor in Moonlighting Sharon Gless: actress in Cagney Sharon Gless: actress in Cagney

& Lacey& Lacey Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in

Family TiesFamily Ties

When overtime sports coverage When overtime sports coverage of the U.S. Tennis Open intrudes of the U.S. Tennis Open intrudes on news time, Dan Rather storms on news time, Dan Rather storms off the set, and TV screens go off the set, and TV screens go black for six minutesblack for six minutes

The last “Hill Street Blues” show The last “Hill Street Blues” show is broadcastis broadcast

The Iran-Contra hearings gain a The Iran-Contra hearings gain a large audiencelarge audience


RoseanneRoseanne ThirtysomethingThirtysomething The Wonder YearsThe Wonder Years Dear JohnDear John Night CallerNight Caller WiseguyWiseguy Murphy BrownMurphy Brown In the Heat of the NightIn the Heat of the Night


The Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show A Different WorldA Different World CheersCheers RoseanneRoseanne Who’s the BossWho’s the Boss The Golden GirlsThe Golden Girls

L.A. LawL.A. Law Murder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote Dear JohnDear John 60 Minutes60 Minutes


Thirtysomething: dramaThirtysomething: drama The Wonder Years: comedyThe Wonder Years: comedy Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in Michael J. Fox: comedy actor in

Family TiesFamily Ties Beatrice Arthur: comedy actress Beatrice Arthur: comedy actress

in The Golden Girlsin The Golden Girls

On 20/20 Jane Fonda describes her On 20/20 Jane Fonda describes her 1972 Hanoi interview as 1972 Hanoi interview as “thoughtless and cruel” toward the “thoughtless and cruel” toward the POW’sPOW’s

Numerous remembrances air on the Numerous remembrances air on the 2525thth anniversary of JFK’s anniversary of JFK’s assassinationassassination

George Bush and Dan Rather George Bush and Dan Rather exchange harsh words when Rather exchange harsh words when Rather asked Bush about Iran Contra affairasked Bush about Iran Contra affair


Life Goes OnLife Goes On Anything But LoveAnything But Love The Amazing The Amazing

Teddy ZTeddy Z


RoseanneRoseanne The Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show CheersCheers A Different WorldA Different World Dear JohnDear John The Golden GirlsThe Golden Girls

60 Minutes60 Minutes The Wonder YearsThe Wonder Years L.A. LawL.A. Law Empty NestEmpty Nest

1989 Emmy Awards1989 Emmy Awards L.A. Law: dramaL.A. Law: drama Cheers: comedyCheers: comedy Carroll O’Conner: actor In the Heat of Carroll O’Conner: actor In the Heat of

the Nightthe Night Richard Mulligan: comedy actor in Richard Mulligan: comedy actor in

Empty NestEmpty Nest Dana Delany: actress in China BeachDana Delany: actress in China Beach Candice Bergen: comedy actress in Candice Bergen: comedy actress in

Murphy BrownMurphy Brown

Live news coverage of the Live news coverage of the Chinese and Eastern Europe Chinese and Eastern Europe revolutions, as well as the San revolutions, as well as the San Francisco earthquakeFrancisco earthquake

Arsenio Hall and Pat Sajak vie Arsenio Hall and Pat Sajak vie with 27 year veteran Johnny with 27 year veteran Johnny Carson for late night attentionCarson for late night attention

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