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x Seinfeld sein.jpg Larry David Jul 5, 1989 May 14, 1998
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized...
Jerry Seinfeld
x First of the Summer Wine   Roy Clarke Jan 3, 1988 Oct 8, 1989
First of the Summer Wine is a sitcom written by Roy Clarke that aired on BBC1. The pilot originally aired on 3 January 1988, and the first series of episodes followed on 4 September 1988. The show ran for two series of six episodes each, with the...
x Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears   Jymn Magon Sep 14, 1985 Dec 7, 1990
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. The series was the first animated production by Walt Disney Animation Television, and loosely...
x 227   Michael G. Moye Sep 14, 1985 May 6, 1990
227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990. The series stars Marla Gibbs as a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, Mary Jenkins. It was produced by Embassy...
x Astronauts     Oct 26, 1981 Dec 7, 1981
Astronauts was a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1981. It was written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, two of The Goodies. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who wrote Porridge, were script editors. It was made for the ITV network by ATV, which...
x Mystery Science Theater 3000   Joel Hodgson Nov 24, 1988 Aug 8, 1999
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (often abbreviated as MST3K) is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999. The series features a man and his robot sidekicks who are...
x The Jeffersons   Norman Lear Jan 18, 1975 Jun 25, 1985
The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy...
Michael Ross
x Girls On Top   Ruby Wax 1985 1986
Girls On Top was a British television sitcom on ITV from 1985 to 1986. It starred French & Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ullman, and was written by French, Saunders and Wax with additional material from Tracey Ullman. Despite a low budget and poor...
Dawn French
Jennifer Saunders
x Keynotes     1964 Dec 18, 1992
Keynotes was a game show created in Australia. According to the host's patter, the aim of the game was for "two teams of players, to try to put the right words in the right songs and see how well they can follow the bouncing ball to solve our puzzle...
x The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh   Walt Disney Television Jan 17, 1988 Oct 7, 1991
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television that ran from 1988 to 1991, inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. It has been released on VHS and DVD. The New Adventures...
x Flamingo Road   Robert Wilder May 12, 1980 May 4, 1982
Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV movie on May 12, 1980, and as a series on January 6, 1981, after a rebroadcast of the pilot on December 30, 1980. The show is based on the 1949 movie...
Rita Lakin
x Mama's Family   Dick Clair Jan 22, 1983 Mar 12, 1990
Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It was cancelled in May 1984, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985. In September 1986, Mama's Family returned in first-run syndication,...
x Birds of a Feather   Laurence Marks Oct 16, 1989 Dec 24, 1998
Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1989 until 1998. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many...
Maurice Gran
x Silver Spoons   Ben Starr Sep 25, 1982 Mar 4, 1987
Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the first four seasons, until...
x Q   Spike Milligan Mar 24, 1969 1982
Q... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982 on BBC2. There were six series in all, the first five numbered from Q5 to Q9, and a final series titled There's a Lot of It About. The first and third...
x Three Up, Two Down     Apr 15, 1985 Jun 18, 1989
Three Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne that ran from 1985 to 1989. It was written by Richard Ommanney. Nick and Angie have just had a baby, and to help them financially they decide to rent out the basement....
x Matlock Matlock Dean Hargrove Sep 23, 1986 May 28, 1996
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until...
x Kessler   Gerard Glaister Nov 13, 1981 Dec 18, 1981
Kessler is a television series produced by the BBC in 1981, starring Clifford Rose in the title role. The six-part serial is a sequel to the Second World War drama series Secret Army, set in the 1970s and following the progress of former SS...
x Simon & Simon Simon & Simon title screen   Nov 24, 1981 Jan 21, 1989
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker. The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida. When the show was picked up by CBS, the characters' home was changed from Florida to...
x PBA on Vintage Sports   National Broadcasting Network Mar 7, 1982 Dec 1999
The PBA on Vintage Sports was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games by Vintage Sports, a sports-oriented media company on Philippine television networks Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation from 1982 to 1984, People's Television...
x Sanford     Mar 15, 1980 Jul 10, 1981
Sanford is an American situation comedy, which was the revival of the 1972–1977 sitcom Sanford and Son. In 1977, after six seasons of Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx decided to leave the NBC show to star in a variety show for ABC. His new show, The Redd...
x T-Bag     Apr 4, 1985 Nov 16, 1992
T-Bag is a witch-like character who appears in a television series that ran from the mid 1980s to early 1990s on Children's ITV. Written by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman, each series has a different title and features a single story told over...
x Airwolf   Donald Bellisario Jan 22, 1984 Aug 7, 1987
Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme. The...
x The Gentle Touch   Terence Feely Apr 11, 1980 1984
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female...
x Dramarama     Sep 12, 1983 Aug 21, 1989
Dramarama is the name of a British children's' anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science fiction or supernatural bent. The programme was administered by Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle, who...
x Crosswits     Apr 27, 1985 Jan 4, 1998
Crosswits is a British TV quiz show, originally hosted by Barry Cryer, then comedian Tom O'Connor took over until the show ended in 1998. Produced by Tyne Tees Television from their City Road studios in Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 1 was only...
x Dinosaucers   Michael Uslan Sep 14, 1987 Dec 11, 1987
Dinosaucers is an animated television series co-produced in the United States and Canada. It was created by DIC Entertainment which has done the overseas animation and in association with Ellipse Programmé and Nelvana. This animated program...
x Alvin and the Chipmunks   Ross Bagdasarian Sep 17, 1983 Dec 1, 1990
Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series featuring The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983–87, and DIC Entertainment from 1988–90. It aired from 1983 to 1990...
x The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin Adventuresofteddyruxpinlogo Ken Forsse Sep 14, 1986 Dec 11, 1987
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin is an American animated television series based on Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic teddy bear created by Ken Forsse and distributed by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder. It was produced for television syndication by DiC...
x Cutter to Houston   Sandor Stern Oct 1, 1983 Dec 31, 1983
Cutter to Houston is an American medical drama that aired on CBS on Saturday night from October 1 to December 31, 1983 at 8 p.m Eastern time. The series was created by Sandor Stern. Cutter to Houston is set at Cutter Community Hospital in the small...
x Just the Ten of Us   Steve Marshall Apr 26, 1988 Jul 27, 1990
Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series is a spin-off of Growing...
x Land of the Lost   Marty Krofft Sep 7, 1983 Dec 4, 1989
Land of the Lost (1974–1976) is a children's television series co-created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. During its original run, it was broadcast on the NBC television network. However, it also aired in daily syndication in the early 1980s...
Sid Krofft
x Quincy, M.E. Quincy ME Glen A. Larson Oct 3, 1976 Sep 4, 1983
Quincy, M.E., also called Quincy, is a United States television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It stars Jack Klugman in the title role, a Los Angeles County medical examiner. The show...
x Open All Hours Open All Hours title card Roy Clarke 1973 Oct 6, 1985
Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke which ran for four series (26 episodes in all over three broadcast runs) a first run in 1976, a second run in 1981, third in 1982 and finally with a fourth (and final) run in 1985, with a pilot...
x One Day at a Time One Day At A Time title screen Whitney Blake Dec 16, 1975 May 28, 1984
One Day at a Time is an American situation comedy on the CBS network that aired from December 16, 1975, until May 28, 1984. It portrays Ann Romano, a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters Julie and Barbara Cooper ...
Allan Manings
x Robotech   Tatsunoko Production Mar 1985 Jul 1985
Robotech is an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series made between 1982-1984 in Japan; the adaptation was aired in 1985. Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in...
x Tales of the Unexpected   Roald Dahl Mar 24, 1979 May 13, 1988
Tales of the Unexpected is a British television series that aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. Early episodes were based on short stories by...
x Mickey Mouse Club   Walt Disney Oct 3, 1955 Mar 7, 1996
The Mickey Mouse Club was an American variety television show produced by Walt Disney Productions that ran from 1955 to 1996. It was first televised from 1955 to 1959 by the ABC, featuring a regular but ever-changing cast of teenage performers. The...
Bill Walsh
x Dempsey & Makepeace     1985 1986
Dempsey & Makepeace (1984–86) is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon (Dempsey) and Glynis Barber (Makepeace), who later...
x 'Allo 'Allo!   David Croft Dec 30, 1982 Dec 14, 1992
'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. The story is set up in a small town café in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama...
Jeremy Lloyd
x Bargain Hunters     Jul 6, 1987 Sep 4, 1987
Bargain Hunters is a game show that aired on ABC in the summer of 1987, hosted by Peter Tomarken, which combined elements of The Price Is Right with home shopping. The show was canceled after nine weeks and replaced by reruns of Mr. Belvedere. Each...
x The Arsenio Hall Show   Arsenio Hall Jan 3, 1989 May 1994
The Arsenio Hall Show was an American variety/talk show that aired late weeknights in syndication from January 3, 1989 to May 27, 1994. The show was created and hosted by comedian/actor Arsenio Hall. Hall had been a host on The Late Show, another...
x Going Live!     Sep 26, 1987 Apr 17, 1993
Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Simon, Emma Forbes, and puppet Gordon the Gopher....
x Butterflies   Carla Lane Nov 10, 1978 1983
Butterflies is a British sitcom written by Carla Lane broadcast on BBC2 from 1978–83. The situation is the day-to-day life of the Parkinson family in a bittersweet style. There are both traditional comedy sources (Ria's cooking, family squabbles)...
x Taxi Taxi title screen Stan Daniels Sep 12, 1978 Jun 15, 1983
Taxi is an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series, which won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for "Outstanding Comedy Series", focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York...
Ed. Weinberger
James L. Brooks
x War of the Worlds The remains of someone as a result of alien possession   Oct 10, 1988 May 14, 1990
War of the Worlds is a television program that ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, using the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects from the film, radio...
x The Krypton Factor     Sep 7, 1977 Nov 20, 1995
The Krypton Factor was a British game show produced by Granada Television for broadcast on ITV. The show originally ran from 7 September 1977 to 20 November 1995, and was hosted by Gordon Burns and usually broadcast on the ITV network on Mondays at...
x The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Johnny Carson 1966 Pat Weaver Oct 1, 1962 May 22, 1992
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with...
x Friday the 13th: The Series Friday The 13th The Series Frank Mancuso Jr. Oct 3, 1987 May 26, 1990
Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication. Originally, the series was to be titled The 13th Hour, but producer Frank Mancuso...
x The Care Bears   Linda Denham Sep 14, 1985 Jan 23, 1988
The Care Bears is an animated television series based on the Care Bears franchise, which aired between 1985 and 1988 in syndication; on the ABC network in the United States; and on Global in Canada. The 1985 episodes were produced by DIC...
Elena Kucharik
David DePatie
x Sons and Daughters   Reg Watson Jan 18, 1982 1987
Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired on Monday, 18 January 1982, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings...
x Fred and Barney Meet the Thing   Jack Kirby Sep 8, 1979 1981
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 8, 1979 to December 1, 1979 on NBC. It contained the following segments: Despite the title, the two segments...
William Hanna
Stan Lee
Joseph Barbera
x The Real Ghostbusters Realghostbusters title Harold Ramis Sep 13, 1986 Sep 22, 1991
The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Enterprises, and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. "The Real"...
Dan Aykroyd
x China Beach   John Wells Apr 27, 1988 Jul 22, 1991
China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach". The ABC TV drama aired for four seasons,...
John Sacret Young
x Hawaii Five-O     Sep 20, 1968 Apr 4, 1980
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state...
x A Very Peculiar Practice   Andrew Davies 1986 1992
A Very Peculiar Practice is a BBC comedy-drama series, which ran for two series in 1986 and 1988. It was the first major success for screenwriter Andrew Davies, and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick. The...
x Hey Dad..! Heydad1993 John Flanagan Feb 11, 1987 Aug 17, 1994
Hey Dad..! was an Australian sitcom produced by Gary Reilly Productions, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on the Seven Network. Architect Martin Kelly singlehandedly raises his children Simon, Debbie and Jenny. His wife Margaret had died three...
Gary Reilly
x All at No 20     Feb 10, 1986 Dec 1, 1987
All at No 20 is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1986 to 1987. Starring Maureen Lipman, it was written by Richard Ommanney, Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent and Alex Shearer. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television and ran for two...
x Musikladen     Dec 13, 1972 Nov 29, 1984
Der Musikladen (German: the music shop) was a West German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to November 29, 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour. Around 90...
x My Secret Identity   Chuck Lorre Oct 9, 1988 1991
My Secret Identity is a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from September 1, 1988 to May 1, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States. O'Connell stars as...
Brian Levant
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