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TV Shows & Series: Popular TV Shows/Series of 1980

TV shows/series in chronological context: 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade. ()

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Magnum, P.I.(1980-1988)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 192 votes)

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.

Directed by Ray Austin, Mike Vejar, Ivan Dixon - With Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Chespirito(1980-1989)

40min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family
4.1/5 (with 186 votes)

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage(1980)

1h per episode | Documentary
4.3/5 (with 181 votes)

Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

Directed by Adrian Malone

Shōgun(1980)

TV-14
| Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics
3.9/5 (with 98 votes)

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

Directed by Jerry London - With Richard Chamberlain, Toshirō Mifune, Frankie Sakai, Michael Hordern, John Rhys-Davies, Yōko Shimada, ...

Yes Minister(1980-1982)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Comedy, War & Politics
4.2/5 (with 69 votes)

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.

With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1980)

TV-G
| 24min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama
3.9/5 (with 67 votes)

Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures.

Directed by Hiroshi Saitō

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels(1980)

Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Kids & Family, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 61 votes)

The 1977 and 1978 episodes were originally broadcasted as segments on the package show Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Scooby's All-Stars. The 1980 episodes featured Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels in their own half-hour timeslot.

Directed by Charles August Nichols - With Mel Blanc

Richie Rich(1980-)

TV-G
| 30min per episode | Animation, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 42 votes)

Richie Rich is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from 1980 to 1984 and again in 1988 as part of the weekend/weekday programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, Based upon Harvey Comics' popular Richie Rich comic book characters, the series shared time slots with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Little Rascals, and Pac-Man over its original broadcast run. The other most visible character was Richie's dog, the appropriately named Dollar. The show airs occasionally on Boomerang; Boomerang's reruns feature the theme from The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too! over the closing credits.

Directed by Ray Patterson

Galactica 1980(1980)

NR
| 49min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 41 votes)

30 years after the original Battlestar Galactica series. Upon reaching Earth, the inhabitants of the renegade starfleet take action when they realize earthlings aren't advanced enough to help battle the Cylons.

Directed by Daniel Haller, Sidney Hayers, Ron Satlof, Vince Edwards - With Lorne Greene, Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Richard Lynch, Bill McKinney, Paul Koslo, ...

Astro Boy(1980-1981)

24min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Kids & Family
3.9/5 (with 37 votes)

In 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as his own and guides him in the use of his special powers to aid and protect mankind and robot-kind.

Hammer House of Horror(1980)

TV-MA
| 52min per episode | Mystery, Drama
3.6/5 (with 34 votes)

Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show(1980)

TV-G
| 7min per episode | Animation, Comedy
3.8/5 (with 25 votes)

The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show is an animated television program produced by Filmation for MGM Television in 1980, on CBS for Saturday mornings. The show lasted one season and the individual episodes were eventually added to syndicated Tom and Jerry packages, and also occasionally appeared on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Most voices were done by Frank Welker and Lou Scheimer.

Directed by Gwen Wetzler
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Nils Holgerson(1980-1981)

25min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 22 votes)

Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.

The Martian Chronicles(1980)

2h per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

Directed by Michael Anderson - With Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Maria Schell

Bosom Buddies(1980-1982)

25min per episode | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Kip and Henry, two young studs working for a New York ad agency, must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford.

With Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari, Donna Dixon, Holland Taylor, Telma Hopkins, Wendie Jo Sperber, ...

Heathcliff(1980-1981)

30min per episode | Animation
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 4, 1980. It was the first series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran until September 18, 1982 with a total of 25 episodes, under two different names.

Directed by Charles August Nichols

Arabela(1980-1981)

Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family
4.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Arabela was a children's television series produced in Czechoslovakia which aired from 1979 to 1981. The series has 13 episodes and is in the Czech language.

Directed by Václav Vorlíček - With Alena Karešová, Vladimír Menšík, Stella Zázvorková, Vladimír Dlouhý, Ondřej Kepka, Ladislav Županič, ...

The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too!(1980-1981)

1h per episode | Animation, Kids & Family, Kids & Family, Mystery, Comedy
4.6/5 (with 16 votes)

The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too! is a package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1980 for ABC Saturday mornings. The program contained segments from Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and Richie Rich. The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts represents the sixth show in which Scooby-Doo appears. This was the only Hanna-Barbera package series for which Scooby-Doo was given second billing and also notable for Richie Rich's debut in animation.

Directed by Ray Patterson, George Gordon, Rudy Zamora

Too Close for Comfort(1980-1987)

24min per episode | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from November 11, 1980 until May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984 until September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It in the Family, which premiered nine months before Too Close for Comfort debuted in the U.S. Its name was changed to The Ted Knight Show when the show was retooled for its final season.

With Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Lydia Cornell

Thundarr the Barbarian(1980-1981)

30min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

Thundarr and his companions Ariel and Ookla wander a devastated future Earth and fight evil wherever they find it.

Directed by Charles August Nichols, Rudy Larriva

Pride and Prejudice(1980)

TV-PG
| 55min per episode | Drama
3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

The arrival of a young, well-off, eligible man named Mr. Bingley sends the Bennet household--with five girls of a marrying age--into a tizzy. But it's the introduction of Mr. Bingley's friend, Mr. Darcy, that sets in motion the fate of Elizabeth Bennet, resolved only after a labyrinth of social and personal complexities.

Directed by Cyril Coke - With David Rintoul, Elizabeth Garvie, Moray Watson, Priscilla Morgan, Sabina Franklyn, Natalie Ogle, ...

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones(1980)

3h 8min per episode | Drama
3.6/5 (with 11 votes)

The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.

Directed by William A. Graham - With Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, LeVar Burton, Colleen Dewhurst, Randy Quaid, Veronica Cartwright, ...

Hollywood(1980)

50min per episode | Documentary
4.2/5 (with 8 votes)

A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.

Directed by Kevin Brownlow, David Gill - With James Mason

Auf Achse(1980-1996)

50min per episode | Action & Adventure
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.

Directed by Werner Masten - With Nada van Nie

Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy(1980)

50min per episode | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor and forced to look for basic food and shelter. Yet, on a day when an unexpected invitation appears, his life changes dramatically.

Directed by Jan Rybkowski - With Roman Wilhelmi

The Flintstone Comedy Show(1980-1981)

30min per episode | Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

The Flintstone Comedy Show is a 90-minute Saturday morning animated series revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired from November 22, 1980 to September 11, 1982 on NBC. Outside North America, the show was released under title of Flintstone Frolics. The show contained six segments: The Flintstone Family Adventures, Bedrock Cops, Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm, Captain Caveman, Dino and Cavemouse, and The Frankenstones.

Directed by Ray Patterson, George Gordon, Rudy Zamora

Oppenheimer(1980)

50min per episode | Drama
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.

With Sam Waterston

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe(1980)

1h per episode
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.

With Ben Vereen, Jeff Goldblum

Beyond Westworld(1980)

1h per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Crime, Action & Adventure
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

Beyond Westworld was a short-lived 1980 television series that carried on the stories of the two feature films, Westworld and Futureworld. It featured Jim McMullan as Security Chief John Moore of the Delos Corporation. The story revolved around John Moore having to stop the evil scientist, Quaid, as he planned to use the robots in Delos to try to take over the world. Despite being nominated for two Emmys, only five episodes were produced, and only three of them were aired before cancellation.

With Jim McMullan, James Wainwright, Connie Sellecca

Drak Pack(1980)

22min per episode | Animation, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Drak Pack is an animated television series. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning between September 6, 1980 and September 12, 1982. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera's Australian subsidiary, listed in the credits as "Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd". A total of 16 episodes were made.

Directed by Chris Cuddington
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