The show was a mix of sketch comedy shorts and musical numbers featuring choreography by Paula Abdul. Soleil Moon Frye,

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Jim J. Bullock, 30 min Bob Newhart stars in this great sitcom about a man and his wife who decide to buy and run a little inn in Vermont. This American sitcom was short-lives and aired between 1984 and 1985. This fun sitcom involves the Tanner family and their experiences when an alien crashes into their garage. Stars: Comedy, Drama, Family. After the series finished in 1979, a sequel series called What’s Happening Now aired between 1985 to 1988 with most of the main cast returning to their original roles. Stars: The post-retirement season is suddenly disrupted for football player George Papadapolis and his wife Katherine when Webster, the orphaned son of a former teammate, moves in. Happy Days is one of the highest-rated shows of the 1970s. Bea Arthur, Scroll down the list below to relive some of your favourite comedy programmes of the 1980s. A laidback teacher provides needed guidance about life for a special class of exceptional students. Bob Newhart's first big sitcom, the 1970s classic The Bob Newhart Show, was so successful, and it looked unlikely that he would be able to duplicate its success. A close-knit group of six friends get through their teens together while attending Bayside High School in Palisades, California. It had a fantastic ensemble cast, with legend Betty White standing out in the group. Produced by MGM and airing between 1977 and 1983, CHiPs follows the lives of two motorcycle police officers from the California Highway Patrol. Roz Ryan. Nancy Dussault,

Hal Williams, This was a spin-off of Perfect Strangers and revolves around the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, Illinois. It also spawned its own reunion TV movie in October 1998. The '80's brought us many sitcoms that became pop culture icons such as The Golden Girls, Married with Children, and Cheers. Running on ABC from 1977 until 1981, Soap was created as a night-time parody of daytime soap operas and was broadcast as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. The patriarch is Al, a women's shoe salesman who thinks his life is absolutely miserable. Growing Pains, which started on ABC in 1985, is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens. The street-smart kid from West Philadelphia is sent to move in with his wealthy aunt and uncle in their Bel-Air mansion after his gets into a fight at a local basketball court.
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college. It is one of the highest rated shows in American Television history. His wife is Peggy, an Oprah-loving couch potato who refuses to work and spends all of her husband's money. Each member of the family is lovable, and the connection between the kids and parents is wonderful to watch.

20 Underrated Network TV Shows of the 2000s. In exchange for room and board, he works as a live-in babysitter. He crash-lands his spacecraft in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.
A classic of the TV world, the American action-adventure series ran from 1983 to 1987. 30 min Rob Stone. | There were so many greats, that it’s probably extremely different to choose your favourite. Roseanne was incredibly popular and aired for nearly ten years between October 1988 and May 1997. The series follows a team of doctors and support staff who are stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea. Robert Guillaume, Stars: The casts' performances are still entertaining, today. The series is iconic, and it played a huge role in the Fox network's success. Annie Potts, The pilot aired following ABC’s coverage of the 22nd Superbowl. Missy Gold. Young reprised their roles from the original production. It won several awards, including three Emmy Awards for Michael J. Dixie Carter, The show spawned an animated spin-off It’s Punky Brewster and featured the original cast voicing their respective characters.

was created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter. Comedy, Family, Romance.