is there a TV show from back from 80s and 90s you miss?

APersonWithNoName · Feb 18, 2022

I grew up loving MacGvyer as well as Alf.

one of the 90s shows I loved and miss was Felicity.

And there was a little known series called the Sisters which I thought was brilliant.

2PhiloVoid · Feb 18, 2022

Yeah, there was that one show, "V".

... I didn't get enough of seeing the alien lizard invaders swallowing seemingly "live" prop mice. :dontcare:

Gottservant · Feb 28, 2022

Misfits of Science!

Larniavc · Aug 17, 2022

2PhiloVoid said:
Yeah, there was that one show, "V".

... I didn't get enough of seeing the alien lizard invaders swallowing seemingly "live" prop mice.

Yeah, I used to love V. But I really miss Blake’s 7.

Juan777 · Aug 18, 2022

Honestly, not really post-Stranger Things. That program has really spiked up any 80s Nostalgia fix big time and I like the modern TV-age. That show hits all the check-marks, including its theme song, and the CGI is so craftily placed in there with old 80s footage that really makes it work. I used to like listening to some of the theme songs on youtube for some of the favorite shows I had watched and they did have some catchy tunes with some of the shows.

As a child processing the TV-shows of the time, I liked Doctor Who (the 4th and 5th doctors were playing up at the time), although it was not really an 80s show, it started in the 60s and I happened to watch its 80s episodes. I do noticed a difference with the 80s show of Doctor Who, in that it made do with imaginary story-telling with very basic special effects that would look too cheap by today's standards, but yet the acting was compelling enough that you felt engaged with what you are looking at.

I think that's an aspect of 80s TV shows and some movies for that matter. You don't have an acceptable level of special effects by today's standards, but the acting and story-telling seem to make up for those gaps and it seems like most of the creative foundations started in the 80s. What we do see in modern times is that you get these a rehash of the same things before but formatted with modern special effects and a modern audience and more reruns, re-boots and sequels but the story-telling gets watered-down or compromised because they add LGTQB and other left-political elements into it which undermine the raw masculine energy in some productions that made it work before. (ie compare Terminator 1984 to Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) to illustrate what I'm saying). It doesn't seem like you get the best of both worlds.

renniks · Aug 18, 2022

Yes, I also liked MacGyver and misfits of science.

I have a saying that I use all the time to encourage myself to work harder: "Rock and roll, B- man!"
It comes from "misfits of science" but it's totally out of context the way I use it.

David's Harp · Aug 18, 2022

I used to love watching The Littlest Hobo. It was simple, wholesome and heartfelt. Just a little stray dog who would go around helping people in need.

Here's the intro/outro theme tune:

Juan777 · Aug 18, 2022

David's Harp said:
I used to love watching The Littlest Hobo. It was simple, wholesome and heartfelt. Just a little stray dog who would go around helping people in need.
Here's the intro/outro theme tune:

My grandmother loved that show. She went to be with the Lord in 1985. It was a nice show to look at as a child, and some nice memories of grandma still being alive and involved in my life as a young child.

Miles · Aug 21, 2022

As an '80s kid and '90s teen/young adult, my favorites included:

Knight Rider
MacGyver
The A-Team
Airwolf
Voltron
ALF
Night Court
The Cosby Show
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sliders
Seinfeld
Buffy
Early Edition

These days, I mostly just follow YouTube channels that coincide with my hobbies. At some point, I'd like to get around to watching Stranger Things. If only an episode or two, to see what the hype is all about. Then again, the last TV series I watched was The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, which was so well made that I binge watched it twice. If Netflix brings it back, I'll renew my subscription. Otherwise, contemporary TV programming doesn't appeal to me. Largely due to format, content, and a busy schedule. I'm not a fan of passive entertainment, unless I can be doing something creative, productive, or physically active at the same time.

Juan777 · Aug 21, 2022

Miles said:
As an '80s kid and '90s teen/young adult, my favorites included:

Knight Rider
MacGyver
The A-Team
Airwolf
Voltron
ALF
Night Court
The Cosby Show
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sliders
Seinfeld
Buffy
Early Edition

These days, I mostly just follow YouTube channels that coincide with my hobbies. At some point, I'd like to get around to watching Stranger Things. If only an episode or two, to see what the hype is all about. Then again, the last TV series I watched was The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, which was so well made that I binge watched it twice. If Netflix brings it back, I'll renew my subscription. Otherwise, contemporary TV programming doesn't appeal to me. Largely due to format, content, and a busy schedule. I'm not a fan of passive entertainment, unless I can be doing something creative, productive, or physically active at the same time.

You did not watch Stanger Things yet? That is the biggest modern 80s event. Its like watching an 80s show with the CGI blended in so good with 80s film stock footage that it comes across as very realistic. Their use of 80s theme song is like a lost VHS tape of a forgotten show you found in an attic that is like its is so great, how did I miss that? Definately recommend.

DialecticSkeptic · Aug 21, 2022

Cheers
Growing Pains
Little House on the Prairie
Magnum, P.I.
21 Jump Street
MacGyver
Head of the Class
Mork & Mindy
Night Court
The Muppet Show
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Bionic Woman
The Facts of Life
The Love Boat
Bosom Buddies
Star Blazers
China Beach
Hill Street Blues
Simon & Simon
That's Incredible!

Christopher Pineau · Dec 13, 2022

Oh, man, there were so many shows I loved back in those days! A partial list:

"Beauty and the Beast"
"Taxi"
"The Cosby Show"
"Married...With Children" (bawdy, but still hilarious)
"Night Court"
"Star Trek: The Next Generation"
"Werewolf"
"Force Five" (an awesome anime anthology series that got me into giant robot dramas)
"MacGyver"
Everything anime on my local TV stations at the time

And lots of others I'm sure I'm forgetting. But those are the ones that came to mind fastest.

littleangelone · Jan 4, 2023

for me since i was a teenager in the 80's & 90's here are the shows i liked

Family Matters,

Perfect Strangers,

ALF,

Life Goes On

Touched by an angel

Christopher Pineau · Jan 13, 2023

littleangelone said:
for me since i was a teenager in the 80's & 90's here are the shows i liked

Family Matters,

Perfect Strangers,

ALF,

Life Goes On

Touched by an angel

My late grandmother loved "Touched By An Angel" and Roma Downey was a delightful leading lady in that series. To this day I still really enjoy the ALF theme and can still even play it on the bass, even though I've not touched a bass in years.

peacefulseeker · Jan 13, 2023

Family Ties, A-Team and Threes Company jump to mind. Oh, and Highway to Heaven was enjoyable too, my mom was the bigger influence on that choice.

littleangelone · Jan 14, 2023

Highway to Heaven is another one of my favorites too

Christopher Pineau · Jan 14, 2023

littleangelone said:
Highway to Heaven is another one of my favorites too

Right, right, with Michael Landon! Mr. Ingalls!

DialecticSkeptic · Jan 14, 2023

Christopher Pineau said:
Right, right, with Michael Landon! Mr. Ingalls!

The media liked referring to Bill Cosby as "America's Dad" but, for me, that epithet always belonged to Michael Landon (and history would eventually prove mine as the better opinion).

littleangelone · Jan 15, 2023

Second Time is the Charm · Feb 17, 2023

I loved a lot of what posters have already mentioned: Facts of Life, Murder She Wrote, Golden Girls.

I might have missed it reading through the posts, but I also loved Solid Gold and Dance Fever. I was growing up in Queens, NY back then and it was on WPIX, Channel 11! It was fun listening to the music and the dances and I miss that watching that format on TV. I don't think the dance competition in later years are quite the same as that.

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