1988 in television

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• February 5 - Comic Relief airs its Red Nose Day fundraiser on BBC1.
• February 26 - Tom Hardy marries Simone Ravelle on General Hospital. It is a milestone for the genre as it is the first interracial wedding between two characters on American daytime television.
• April - The Writers Guild of America, East
  Writers Guild of America, East
  
  Writers Guild of America, East is a trade union representing writers of television and film and employees of television and radio news. The 2006 membership of the guild was 3,770....
   and the Writers Guild of America, west
  Writers Guild of America, west
  
  Writers Guild of America, West is a trade union representing writers of television and film and employees of television and radio news. The 2006 membership of the guild was 7,627....
   go on strike. The strike lasted until August and delays the beginning of the fall season by a month.
• April 28 - ITV
  ITV
  
  ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
   in the UK broadcasts Death on the Rock
  Death on the Rock
  
  Death On The Rock was a controversial and British Academy Television Award-winning episode of Thames Television's current affairs strand This Week , screened by the United Kingdom television network ITV on 28 April 1988....
  , a hugely controversial episode of Thames Television
  Thames Television
  
  Thames Television was a Broadcast license of the United Kingdom ITV television network, covering Greater London and parts of Home counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
  's This Week current affairs strand, investigating Operation Flavius
  Operation Flavius
  
  Operation Flavius was the name given to an operation by a Special Air Service team in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988 tasked with preventing a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb plot....
  , which resulted in the SAS
  Special Air Service
  
  The Special Air Service is a special forces regiment within the British Army which has served as a model for the special forces of other countries....
   killing three members of the IRA
  Provisional Irish Republican Army
  
  The Provisional Irish Republican Army , is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army that fought in the Irish War of Independence....
   in Gibraltar
  Gibraltar
  
  Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
  .
• May 1 One of the most poular deative shows in the 1980s which was set in hawali magnum pi came to a end ending with a two parter tom selleck went off in the distance with his red ferrrai for the last time on CBS
• May 13 - J.R. Ewing pushes Nicholas Pierce over the railing of his high-rise office building, and Sue Ellen is so enraged that she fires three shots at him, on the season finale of Dallas
  Dallas (TV series)
  
  Dallas is a long-running United States prime-time television program soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries....
  .
• May 16 - The youth strand DEF II
  DEF II
  
  DEF II was a programming strand on BBC2, which aired at 6pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988 to 23 May 1994, to serve the teenage market....
   is launched on BBC2
  BBC Two
  
  BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
   in the UK.
• July 4 - The hit game show Family Feud
  Family Feud
  
  Family Feud is a U.S. television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people....
   returns to the air after a 3 year hiatus. Ray Combs
  Ray Combs
  
  Raymond Neil "Ray" Combs, Jr. was an United States comedy and host of the game show Family Feud on CBS and in Broadcast syndication from 1988 to 1994....
   is the new host, replacing original host Richard Dawson
  Richard Dawson
  
  Richard Dawson aka 'The Kissing Bandit' is a United Kingdom-United States actor, comedian, game show panelist and host. He is best known for his role as Bob Crane's British non-commissioned officer, Corporal Peter Newkirk, on the World War II situation comedy Hogan's Heroes, and as the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1...
  .
• July 19 - The Bill
  The Bill
  
  The Bill is a long-running United Kingdom television police procedural, named after a List of slang terms for police officers. It was first broadcast on 16 August, 1983 as a pilot episode, and as a regular series from 16 October, 1984 and transmitted on ITV, at 20:00 on Thursdays and most Wednesdays....
   broadcasts the first episode of its fourth season and switches to a year-round serial format.
• September 1 - Children's cable network YTV launches in Canada.
• October 4 - Following in Cher
  Cher
  
  Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
  's footsteps, actress
  Actor
  
  An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
   Shirley MacLaine
  Shirley MacLaine
  
  Shirley MacLaine is an United States Academy Awards-winning film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation....
   calls David Letterman
  David Letterman
  
  David Michael Letterman is an United States comedian, known for hosting the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS since 1993. Letterman's Irony, often Surreal humour comedy is heavily influenced by former The Tonight Show hosts Steve Allen, Johnny Carson and Jack Paar....
   an "asshole", on the air during a taping of Late Night
  Late Night with David Letterman
  
  Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 in television and went off the air in 1993 in television, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show with David Letterman on CBS....
  .
• October 27 - The last of Harding Lemay's "comeback" episodes air on Another World
  Another World (TV series)
  
  Another World is a television soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was created by legendary serial creator Irna Phillips along with William J....
  . In the final minutes of the episode, Australian actress Carmen Duncan
  Carmen Duncan
  
  Carmen Joan Duncan is an Australian actor.Carmen Duncan is known to Australian audiences as a character actress in films and on television. Australian television roles included several episodes of the Australian series Hunter and she appeared for several months in the evening soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Sheridan in 1973....
   took over the role of the legendary bitch
  Bitch
  
  Bitch, a term for the female of a Canidae in general, is frequently used as a term for a malicious, spite , domineering, intrusive, or unpleasant person, especially a woman....
   Iris Cory Wheeler, after the role had been vacated for many years by Beverlee McKinsey
  Beverlee McKinsey
  
  Beverlee McKinsey was an United States actress....
  .
• November 3 - Talk show
  Talk show
  
  A talk show or chat show is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show talk show host....
   host Geraldo Rivera
  Geraldo Rivera
  
  Geraldo Rivera , is an United States Lawyer, journalist, writer, reporter and former talk show host. He is known to have an affinity for dramatic, high-profile stories....
  's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests. The theme of the episode was "Young Hate Mongers" and the fight originated between white supremacist
  White supremacy
  
  White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to people of other Race . The term is sometimes used specifically to describe a political ideology that advocates the Society and Politics dominance of whites....
   Tom Metzger
  Tom Metzger
  
  Thomas Linton Metzger is the American founder of the White Aryan Resistance. Metzger has been incarcerated in Los Angeles County, California and Toronto, Ontario, and has been involved in several government inquiries and lawsuits....
   and civil rights
  Civil rights
  
  Civil and political rights are a class of rights ensuring things such as the protection of peoples' physical integrity; procedural fairness in law; protection from discrimination based on sexism, religious intolerance, Racism, Homophobia, etc; individual freedom of freedom of belief, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom...
   activist Roy Innis
  Roy Innis
  
  Roy Emile Alfredo Innis has been National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality since his election to the position in 1968.One of his sons, Niger Innis also serves the Congress of Racial Equality as its National Spokesman....
  .
• The song "I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  I Heard It through the Grapevine
  
  "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a landmark song in the history of Motown Records. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1966, the single was first recorded by The Miracles....
  " experiences a surge in popularity sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures. The California Raisins
  The California Raisins
  
  The California Raisins were a fictional rhythm and blues musical group composed of anthropomorphism raisins. Lead vocals were sung by musician Buddy Miles....
   version of the song peaks at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100
  Billboard Hot 100
  
  The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
  .
• Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart
  Jimmy Swaggart
  
  Jimmy Lee Swaggart is a Pentecostal preacher and pioneer of televangelism. In the 1980's Jimmy Swaggart's television programming was extremely popular....
   is the focus of a sex scandal, and later admits to being with prostitutes and steps down from his television ministry.
• The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1973. It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a Genoa City of Genoa City, Wisconsin, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin....
   tops the daytime ratings (deposing longtime winner General Hospital), starting an unbeaten streak of #1 victories that still continue to this day.
• Ana Alicia
  Ana Alicia
  
  Ana Alicia is a Mexico-born American actor, known for her role as scheming heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest....
  's character, Melissa Agretti, dies in a house fire on Falcon Crest
  Falcon Crest
  
  Falcon Crest is an United States primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990....
  .
• After rejecting an offer to join CBS News
  CBS News
  
  CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports....
  , Peter Mansbridge
  Peter Mansbridge
  
  Peter Mansbridge Order of Canada, LL.D. is a British-born Canadian broadcaster and newsanchor, CBC's "Chief Correspondent" and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast....
   replaces Knowlton Nash
  Knowlton Nash
  
  Cyril Knowlton Nash, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario , commonly known as Knowlton Nash, is a journalist, author, and former long-serving senior news anchor of CBC Television's flagship news Television program, The National....
   as anchor of CBC's The National
  The National
  
  The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship national television newscast....
  .
• A young Countess Vaughn
  Countess Vaughn
  
  Countess Danielle Vaughn is an NAACP Image Award-winning United States actor and Singing, known for her role as Kim Parker in the television series Moesha and its Spin-off The Parkers....
   joins the cast of 227
  227 (TV series)
  
  227 is an United States situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985 until May 6, 1990. The series starred Marla Gibbs and was produced by Embassy Television from 1985 until 1988, then ELP Communications produced the series in its final two seasons ....
   as Alexandria DeWitt, a young 11-year old talented college
  College
  
  File:Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan.JPGCollege is a term most often used today to denote an education institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of collegialitys, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals....
   student, whom the Jenkins' have as a houseguest for a year.
• Future Grammy Award
  Grammy Award
  
  The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
  -winning recording artist Lauryn Hill
  Lauryn Hill
  
  Lauryn Noel Hill is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, record producer, and film actress. Early in her career, she established her reputation in the hip-hop world as the lone female member of The Fugees....
   (The Fugees
  The Fugees
  
  The Fugees were a critically-acclaimed New Jersey hip hop music group that rose to fame in the mid-1990s, whose repertoire included elements of soul music and Caribbean music, particularly reggae....
   frontwoman) makes her television debut on Showtime at the Apollo
  Showtime at the Apollo
  
  Showtime at the Apollo is a Broadcast syndication music television show, first broadcast in September 12, 1987, and is produced by the Apollo Theater....
   as a contestant on Amateur Night, where a 13-year-old Hill sung "Who's Lovin' You
  Who's Lovin' You
  
  "Who's Lovin' You" is a Motown soul music song, written in 1960 by William "Smokey" Robinson. The song has been recorded by many different artists including The Miracles 1960 original version, The Temptations, The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Terence Trent-D'arby, Brenda and The Tabulations, John Farnham, Human Nature and En Vogue....
  " by Motown star
  Motown Records
  
  Motown Records is a record label originally based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. on January 12, 1959 as Tamla Records, the company was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960....
   Smokey Robinson
  Smokey Robinson
  
  William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an USA R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with Motown Records, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy....
  , and gets booed by the audience.

Debuts

• January 16 - Home and Away
  Home and Away
  
  Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
   airs its pilot episode and begins the series proper the following night
• January 19- 48 Hours (1988— ).
• January 31 - The Wonder Years
  The Wonder Years
  
  The Wonder Years is an United States television Comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on American Broadcasting Company, from 1988 in television through 1993 in television....
   premieres (1988–1993).
• February 7 - America's Most Wanted
  America's Most Wanted
  
  America's Most Wanted is an United States television program produced by 20th Century Fox, and is the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Broadcasting Company....
   debuts (1988— ).
• February 15 - Red Dwarf
  Red Dwarf
  
  Red Dwarf is a United Kingdom science fiction television situation comedy Media franchise, primarily comprising eight series of a television sitcom that ran on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and gained a cult following....
   debuts in the UK (1988–1999).
• February 20 - You Bet!
  You Bet!
  
  You Bet! was a United Kingdom game show based around the format of the Germany show Wetten, dass..? developed by Frank Elstner. You Bet! ran from 20 February, 1988 to 12 April 1997, initially hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1988 to 1990, then by Matthew Kelly from 1991 to 1995 and finally by Darren Day from 1996 to 1997....
   premieres on ITV
  ITV
  
  ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
   (1988-1997).
• February 27 - Choujuu Sentai Liveman
  Choujuu Sentai Liveman
  
  , translated into English language as Super Beast Squadron Liveman, is the twelfth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai television series. It aired on TV Asahi from February 26, 1988 to February 17, 1989....
   premieres on TV-Asahi (1988-1989)
• March 6 - In the Heat of the Night
  In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
  
  'In the Heat of the Night' is a television series based on the Film In the Heat of the Night . The series debuted as a midseason replacement for the short-lived NBC series J.J....
  , based on the 1967 movie, premieres on NBC (1988-1994).
• April 26- China Beach
  China Beach
  
  | show_name = China Beach | image = | caption = China Beach cast | format = Drama | runtime = 42 minutes | creator = William Broyles, Jr....
   premieres on ABC (1988-1991)
• July 4 - Family Feud
  Family Feud
  
  Family Feud is a U.S. television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people....
   makes a comeback on CBS
  CBS
  
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
   at 10:00 am EDT with host Ray Combs
  Ray Combs
  
  Raymond Neil "Ray" Combs, Jr. was an United States comedy and host of the game show Family Feud on CBS and in Broadcast syndication from 1988 to 1994....
   and announcer Gene Wood
  Gene Wood
  
  Eugene Edward Wood was an United States television personality, known primarily for his work as an announcer on various game shows. From the 1960s to the 1990s, he announced many game shows, primarily Mark Goodson?Bill Todman productions such as Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password , and Beat the Clock....
   following its cancellation from ABC daytime 3 years earlier (1988-1993). A syndicated version (1988-1995) premieres in the fall.
• August 6 - Yo! MTV Raps
  Yo! MTV Raps
  
  Yo! MTV Raps was a two-hour United States television music video program, which ran from August 1988 to August 1995. The program was the first hip hop music show on the network, based on the original MTV Europe show, aired one year earlier....
   premieres on MTV
  MTV
  
  MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
   (1988-1995).
• August 31 – Les Arènes de l'info, later to be known as Les Guignols de l'info
  Les Guignols de l'info
  
  Les Guignols de l'info is a satire latex puppet show broadcast on Canal Plus, a France subscription-based television channel. Hosted by a puppet facsimile of TF1 news anchor Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Les Guignols is similar to the 1984?1996 British show Spitting Image....
  , premieres on Canal+ (1988–present).
• September 6 - Count Duckula
  Count Duckula
  
  Count Duckula is a British animated television series created by United Kingdom studio Cosgrove Hall, and a spin-off from DangerMouse, a show in which the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain....
   premieres on ITV
  ITV
  
  ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
   in the UK (1988-1993).
• September 10 - A Pup Named Scooby Doo premieres on ABC (1988-1991)
• September 10 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  
  The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an United Statesn animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by A. A....
   premieres on ABC (1988-1991)
• September 16 - The popular Canadian dance music
  Dance music
  
  Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
   series Electric Circus
  Electric Circus
  
  Electric Circus, aka EC, was a Canada live television dance music television program aired on MuchMusic and Citytv. It aired from September 16 1988 until December 12 2003....
   debuts on MuchMusic
  MuchMusic
  
  MuchMusic is a Canada English language cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia. MuchMusic is dedicated to music, music-related programs, pop and youth culture....
   (1988–2003).
• September 17 - Garfield and Friends
  Garfield and Friends
  
  Garfield and Friends is an United States animated television series based on comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis . This show was produced by Film Roman, and ran on CBS Saturday mornings from 1988 to 1994 and Nickelodeon from 1997 to 2000....
  , a Saturday morning cartoon
  Saturday morning cartoon
  
  A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television series programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major United States television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s....
   series based on the popular comic strip character, debuts on CBS (1988–1995).
• October 8 - Empty Nest, a spinoff of The Golden Girls
  The Golden Girls
  
  The Golden Girls is an United States situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a Miami, Florida home....
  , premieres on NBC (1988–1995).
• October 16 - The Kids in the Hall
  The Kids in the Hall
  
  The Kids in the Hall is a Television in Canada sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson....
   premieres on CBC Television
  CBC Television
  
  CBC Television is a Canadian English language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This channel can be also seen on some United States cable systems....
  .
• October 17 - Playbus
  Playdays
  
  Playdays is a children's television programme from the United Kingdom. The series ran from 17 October 1988 to 28 March 1997 on Children's BBC , and was aired in reruns until 2003....
   premieres on BBC (1988-1997)
• October 18 - Roseanne
  Roseanne (TV series)
  
  Roseanne is an United States situation comedy broadcast on American Broadcasting Company from 1988 in television to 1997 in television starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr....
   premieres (1988–1997).
• October 27 - Paradise
  Paradise (TV series)
  
  Paradise , was an United States Western family television series, broadcast by CBS from 1988 to 1991. It was also broadcast in Television syndication by Television networks preceding ABC Family for a couple years following its cancellation....
   premieres on CBS (1988-1991).
• November 14 - Murphy Brown
  Murphy Brown
  
  Murphy Brown is an United States situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown , an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine....
   premieres (1988–1998).
• November 24 - Mystery Science Theater 3000
  Mystery Science Theater 3000
  
  Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an United States cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains that ran from 1988 in television to 1999 in television....
   has its TV premiere on KTMA TV 23 (1988–1999). The show moved to the Comedy Channel
  Comedy Central
  
  Comedy Central is an United States cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and broadcast syndication....
   in 1989.
• Children's Ward
  Children's Ward
  
  Children's Ward was a United Kingdom children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its CiTV strand on weekday afternoons....
  , a popular children's series produced by Granada Television
  Granada Television
  
  Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It previously held the "North of England" weekday franchise, which also covered most of Yorkshire, from 1954 until 1968 when its broadcast area was divided into two franchises....
  , begins its long run on the ITV network in the UK (1988–2000).
• The Comedy Company
  The Comedy Company
  
  The Comedy Company was an Australian comedy television series first aired from February 16, 1988 until about November 11, 1990 on Network Ten, Sunday night and was created and directed by Ian McFadyen, and co directed and produced by Jo Lane....
   debuts on 0-10 Network
  Network Ten
  
  Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
   in Australia (1988–1990).
• December 18 - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  
  Whose Line Is It Anyway? was a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a United Kingdom radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for Britain's Channel 4....
   pilots on BBC 2. (This episode was used in season 1, episode 13.)
• The American Experience (1988— ).
• COPS
  COPS (TV series)
  
  COPS is an United States documentary television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities....
   (1988— ).
• This Morning debuts (1988— ).
• The Adventures of Superboy
  The Adventures of Superboy
  
  The Adventures of Superboy was a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961. It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman , which was cancelled years earlier....
   (1988–1992).
• T. and T.
  T. and T.
  
  T. and T. is a Canadian-produced television series, in production from 1987 to 1990. The series premiered in first-run syndication in January 1988, later moving to new episodes on the Family Channel in 1990....
   (1988–1990).
• The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988).

Miniseries

• Dadah is Death
  Dadah is Death
  
  Dadah Is Death is a 1988 in film Australian film based on the executions of Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers in Malaysia in 1986....
  
• War and Remembrance
  War and Remembrance
  
  War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in 1978, which is the sequel to The Winds of War. It continues the story of the extended Henry family and the Jastrow family starting on 15 December 1941 and ending on 6 August 1945....
  

Television shows

1940s

• Meet the Press
  Meet the Press
  
  Meet the Press is a weekly Television in the United States news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the List of longest running U.S. television series television show in worldwide broadcasting history, having made its television debut on November 6, 1947....
   (1947— )
• Candid Camera
  Candid Camera
  
  Candid Camera was a hidden camera television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947....
   (1948— )
• Come Dancing
  Come Dancing
  
  Come Dancing was a BBC TV ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off from 1949 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows....
   (UK) (1949–1995)

1950s

• Hallmark Hall of Fame
  Hallmark Hall of Fame
  
  Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on United States television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today....
   (1951–present)
• American Bandstand
  American Bandstand
  
  American Bandstand is a television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989, hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark , who also served as producer....
   (1952–1989)
• Guiding Light
  Guiding Light
  
  Guiding Light is an United States television program credited by the Guinness World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history....
   (1952–present)
• Hockey Night in Canada
  Hockey Night in Canada
  
  Hockey Night in Canada is a Broadcasting of National Hockey League games in Canada, produced by CBC Sports. Hockey Night consistently remains one of the highest-Bureau of Broadcast Measurement programs on Canadian television....
   (1952–present)
• The Today Show (1952–present)
• Panorama
  Panorama (TV series)
  
  Panorama is the longest-running current affairs documentary film series in the world. Launched on 11 November 1953 on BBC One, it focuses on investigative journalism....
  , UK (1953–present)
• Face the Nation
  Face the Nation
  
  Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an United States Sunday-morning interview shows which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954....
   (1954–present)
• The Tonight Show
  The Tonight Show
  
  The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show and variety show airing on NBC whose The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has been hosted by Jay Leno since 1992....
   (1954–present, with the host's name typically added at the end of the title)
• This Is Your Life
  This Is Your Life
  
  This Is Your Life was a Documentary film series hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards. It originally aired in the United States from 1952 to 1961, and again in 1972 on NBC....
  , UK (1955–2003)
• As the World Turns
  As the World Turns
  
  As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm Eastern Time Zone....
   (1956–present)
• What the Papers Say
  What the Papers Say
  
  What The Papers Say is the second longest-running programme on United Kingdom television after the sky at night,bbc_series)]]. It is a review programme of stories published in British newspapers....
  , UK (1956–present)
• The Sky at Night
  The Sky at Night
  
  The Sky at Night is a monthly television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show has had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first airing on 24 April 1957, making it the longest-running programmes with the same presenter in television history....
  , UK (1957–present)
• Blue Peter
  Blue Peter
  
  Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
  , UK (1958–present)
• Grandstand
  Grandstand (BBC)
  
  Grandstand was a United Kingdom television sport programme, and was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year....
  , UK (1958–2007)

1960s

• Coronation Street
  Coronation Street
  
  Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
   (UK) (1960–present)
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961–present)
• It's Academic
  It's Academic
  
  For the Australian version, see It's Academic .It's Academic is a Television academic Quizbowl for high school students, currently airing on three NBC affiliates in Washington, D.C....
   (1961–present)
• Wide World of Sports (1961–1997)
• The Late Late Show
  The Late Late Show
  
  The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running Talk show and officially the flagship television programme of Republic of Ireland broadcasting company Radio Telef?s ?ireann....
   (Ireland
  Republic of Ireland
  
  Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
  ) (1962–present)
• Doctor Who
  Doctor Who
  
  Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
   (UK) (1963–1989, 1996, 2005— )
• General Hospital
  General Hospital
  
  General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
   (1963–present)
• Another World
  Another World
  
  Another World may refer to:* Another World , a soap opera which aired on NBC from 1964 to 1999* " Another World", the theme song to the aforementioned TV series, sung by Gary Morris and Crystal Gayle...
   (1964–1999)
• Crossroads
  Crossroads (TV series)
  
  Crossroads was a United Kingdom television soap opera set in a fictional motel near Birmingham, England. Originally broadcast on the commercial television ITV television network between 1964 and 1988, it was produced by Associated TeleVision until the end of 1981 and then by Central Independent Television....
   (UK) (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
• Top of the Pops
  Top of the Pops
  
  Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
   (UK) (1964-2006)
• Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives
  
  Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
   (1965–present)
• Play School
  Play School
  
  Play School is an educational television programme for Preschool aged children that is produced in many countries.*Play School - the original BBC production...
   (1966–present)
• The Money Programme
  The Money Programme
  
  The Money Programme is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC2.It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" William Davis , Erskine Childers and Joe Roeber....
   (UK) (1966–present)
• 60 Minutes
  60 Minutes
  
  or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
   (1968–present)
• One Life to Live
  One Life to Live
  
  One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network since July 15, 1968....
   (1968–present)
• Hee Haw
  Hee Haw
  
  Hee Haw was a television variety show, initially co-hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with fictional, rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop....
   (1969–1993)
• Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  
  Sesame Street is an Television in the United States educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both edutainment....
   (1969–present)
• The Benny Hill Show
  The Benny Hill Show
  
  The Benny Hill Show is a British Comedy television show starring Benny Hill and various comedy character actors. It was produced by Thames Television from 1969 to 1989 and was broadcast in over 140 countries....
   (UK) (1969–1989)

1970s

• All My Children
  All My Children
  
  All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
   (1970— )
• Monday Night Football
  Monday Night Football
  
  Monday Night Football is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. Originally airing on the American Broadcasting Company network from 1970 NFL season to 2005 NFL season, Monday Night Football was the second longest running prime time show on United States of America broadcast network television and one of the hig...
   (1970— )
• Masterpiece Theatre
  Masterpiece Theatre
  
  Masterpiece is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH-TV. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service on January 10, 1971, making it America's longest-running weekly primetime drama series....
   (1971— )
• Soul Train
  Soul Train
  
  Soul Train was a syndicated, music-related television program. In its 35-year history, the show primarily featured performances by rhythm and blues, soul music, and Hip hop music artists, although jazz musicians and gospel music singers have also appeared....
   (1971— )
• Emmerdale Farm
  Emmerdale
  
  Emmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, is a United Kingdom soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972. It is set in the fictional village of Emmerdale in West Yorkshire, England, and was created by Kevin Laffan, with Keith Richardson serving as Executive Producer since 1986 and Anita Turner as Series Producer from Janu...
   (UK) (1972— )
• John Craven's Newsround
  Newsround
  
  Newsround is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children....
   (UK) (1972— )
• The Price Is Right
  The Price Is Right
  
  The Price Is Right is an United States television game show that is currently owned by the FremantleMedia subsidiary of the RTL Group. It was originally created by Bob Stewart for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions in the United States in 1956, and was significantly revamped by them in 1972....
   (1972— )
• Last of the Summer Wine
  Last of the Summer Wine
  
  Last of the Summer Wine is a United Kingdom situation comedy written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973....
   (UK) (1973— )
• The Young and the Restless (1973— )
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  
  Derrick is a Germany TV series produced by Telenova Film- und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG SSR id?e suisse between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings ....
   (1974–1998)
• Wish You Were Here...?
  Wish You Were Here...?
  
  Wish You Were Here...? was a United Kingdom television show that was first broadcast in 1974 on ITV. It was a series of 30 minute shows about travel and holidays....
   (UK) (1974— )
• Arena (UK) (1975— )
• Good Morning America
  Good Morning America
  
  Good Morning America is an Daytime Emmy Awards breakfast television talk show that is broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network, debuting on November 3, 1975....
   (1975— )
• Jim'll Fix It
  Jim'll Fix It
  
  Jim'll Fix It was a long-running British television show, broadcast by the BBC....
   (UK) (1975–1994)
• Ryan's Hope
  Ryan's Hope
  
  Ryan's Hope is an United States soap opera, revolving around the trials and tribulations of a large Irish American family in New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on American Broadcasting Company....
   (1975–1989)
• Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live
  
  Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
   (1975— )
• the fifth estate
  The fifth estate
  
  the fifth estate is a Canada television newsmagazine, which airs on the English language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
   (Canada) (1975— )
• Wheel of Fortune (1975— )
• This Week in Baseball
  This Week in Baseball
  
  This Week in Baseball is a weekly television program, originally designed to show highlights of the previous week's Major League Baseball action....
   (1977–1998, 2000–present)
• 20/20
  20/20
  
  20/20 is an United States television newsmagazine broadcast on American Broadcasting Company since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects....
   (1978— )
• Dallas
  Dallas (TV series)
  
  Dallas is a long-running United States prime-time television program soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries....
   (1978–1991)
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978— )
• Knots Landing
  Knots Landing
  
  Knots Landing is an United States primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27 1979 to May 13 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle....
   (1979–1993)
• You Can't Do That on Television
  You Can't Do That on Television
  
  You Can't Do That on Television was a Canada television program. It first aired as a local program in early 1979 in television before turning national later that same year and, subsequently, international in 1981 in television....
   (Canada) (1979–1990)
• Antiques Roadshow
  Antiques Roadshow
  
  Antiques Roadshow is a United Kingdom human interest television show in which antiques appraisals travel to various regions of the United Kingdom and appraise antiques brought in by local residents....
   (UK) (1979–present)
• Nightline (1979–present)
• SportsCenter
  SportsCenter
  
  SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of United States cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979....
   (1979–present)
• This Old House
  This Old House
  
  This Old House is an United States home improvement magazine and television series which is aired on the United States public broadcast network Public Broadcasting Service that follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks....
   (1979–present)

1980s

• Moneyline
  Lou Dobbs Tonight
  
  Lou Dobbs Tonight is an editorial commentary and discussion program on CNN, anchored by Lou Dobbs, who is also its Editor In Chief. The hour-long show is aired live on evenings every weekday, and repeated later at night on Headline News and in the very early morning hours on the mother network....
   (1980–present; known as Lou Dobbs Moneyline 2001–2003 and Lou Dobbs Tonight since 2003)
• Dynasty
  Dynasty (TV series)
  
  Dynasty is an United States prime time television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989....
   (1981–1989)
• Entertainment Tonight
  Entertainment Tonight
  
  Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is Television syndication by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world....
   (1981— )
• Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
• What Now
  What Now
  
  What Now is a long running New Zealand children's television program.It premiered in 1981 in television. It is filmed before two live audiences, one in a studio in Christchurch, New Zealand and another from a different location each week....
   (1982— )
• Timewatch
  Timewatch
  
  Timewatch is a long-running United Kingdom television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. Produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on USA cable channels without the branding....
   (UK) (1982— )
• Cheers
  Cheers
  
  Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC, having been created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles....
   (1982–1993)
• Family Ties
  Family Ties
  
  Family Ties is a television sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s....
   (1982–1989)
• Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993)
• Newhart
  Newhart
  
  Newhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and his wife who owned and operated a historic inn located in a small Vermont rural town that was populated by eccentric characters....
   (1982–1990)
• The Journal] (Canada) (1982–1992)
• Loving
  Loving (TV series)
  
  Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on American Broadcasting Company's ABC Daytime lineup from June 27, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes....
   (1983–1995)
• Webster (1983–1989)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK) (1984–1988, 1991–1994)
• Highway to Heaven
  Highway to Heaven
  
  Highway to Heaven is an United States television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 in television to 1989 in television.It starred Michael Landon as Jonathan Smith, an angel sent down to earth, and his human companion Mark Gordon, played by Victor French....
   (1984–1989)
• Jeopardy!
  Jeopardy!
  
  Jeopardy! is a game show featuring trivia in topics such as history, literature, pop culture and science. The show has a decades-long Jeopardy! broadcast history in the United States since its creation by Merv Griffin in the early 1960s....
   (1964–1975, 1984— )
• Kate and Allie (1984–1989)
• Miami Vice
  Miami Vice
  
  Miami Vice is an United States of America television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The show became noted for its heavy integration and use of music and visual effects to tell a story....
   (1984–1989)
• Mother and Son
  Mother and Son
  
  Mother and Son was an Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1984 until 1994. The show starred Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris....
   (Australia) (1984–1994)
• Murder, She Wrote
  Murder, She Wrote
  
  Murder, She Wrote is an award-winning television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher....
   (1984–1996)
• Night Court
  Night Court
  
  Night Court was an United States television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. The setting was the graveyard shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T....
   (1984–1992)
• Santa Barbara
  Santa Barbara (TV series)
  
  Santa Barbara is an United States decade long and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993....
   (1984–1993)
• SportsDesk
  SportsCentre
  
  SportsCentre is a sports news program airing on the Canada television network The Sports Network. TSN's flagship program, it airs several times daily and was known as SportsDesk until 2001 in television....
  , Canada (1984–present; known as SportsCentre since 2001)
• The Bill
  The Bill
  
  The Bill is a long-running United Kingdom television police procedural, named after a List of slang terms for police officers. It was first broadcast on 16 August, 1983 as a pilot episode, and as a regular series from 16 October, 1984 and transmitted on ITV, at 20:00 on Thursdays and most Wednesdays....
   (UK) (1984— )
• The Cosby Show
  The Cosby Show
  
  The Cosby Show is an United States television program situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 and running for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992....
   (1984–1992)
• Who's the Boss?
  Who's the Boss?
  
  Who's the Boss? is an United States television Situation comedy starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond....
   (1984–1992)
• 227 (1985–1990)
• EastEnders
  EastEnders
  
  EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
   (UK) (1985— )
• Growing Pains
  Growing Pains
  
  Growing Pains is an United States television Situation comedy that ran on the American Broadcasting Company network from 1985 to 1992.The show's premise is based around the fictional Seaver family, who reside on Long Island, New York....
   (1985–1992)
• It's a Living
  It's a Living
  
  *It's a Living was an American sitcom which ran from 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1989.*It's a Living is a a Canada reality television series....
   (1980–1982, 1985–1989)
• MacGyver
  MacGyver
  
  MacGyver is an United States adventure television series, produced in the United States and Canada, about the wiktionary:laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson....
   (1985–1992)
• Moonlighting
  Moonlighting (TV series)
  
  Moonlighting is an United States television series that first aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1985 to 1989 with a total of 67 episodes....
   (1985–1989)
• Mr. Belvedere
  Mr. Belvedere
  
  Mr. Belvedere was an United States sitcom based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty ....
   (1985–1990)
• Neighbours
  Neighbours
  
  Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
   (Australia) (1985— )
• Only Fools and Horses
  Only Fools and Horses
  
  Only Fools and Horses is a United Kingdom television situation comedy, created and written by John Sullivan , and made and broadcast by the BBC....
   (UK) (1981–1983, 1985–1993, 1996–1997, 2001–2003) (the only episode aired this year was the Christmas special Dates)
• Sally
  Sally Jessy Raphaël
  
  Sally Jessy Raphael is an United States talk show Host , known for the eponymous Sally talk show she hosted for two decades....
   (1985–2002)
• Turn on to T-Bag and T-Bag's Christmas Cracker
  T-Bag
  
  T-Bag is a witch-like character who appears in a number of television programmes which ran from the mid-80s to early 90s on CITV. Written by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman , each series has a different title and features a single story told over several episodes....
   (There were various T-Bag
  T-Bag
  
  T-Bag is a witch-like character who appears in a number of television programmes which ran from the mid-80s to early 90s on CITV. Written by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman , each series has a different title and features a single story told over several episodes....
   series between 1985 and 1992)
• The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
• The Twilight Zone
  The Twilight Zone
  
  The Twilight Zone is an United States television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror fiction, often concluding with a macabre or Twist ending....
   (1959–1964, 1985–1988, 2002)
• ALF
  ALF (TV series)
  
  ALF is a half-hour American television sitcom that originally ran on NBC from 1986 to 1990 and was created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly Extraterrestrials in fiction nicknamed ALF who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle class Tanner family....
   (1986–1990)
• Amen (1986–1991)
• Designing Women
  Designing Women
  
  Designing Women is an United States television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia....
   (1986–1993)
• Double Dare
  Double Dare
  
  Double Dare was a children's game show, originally hosted by Marc Summers, that aired on Nickelodeon . The show combined trivia questions with often messy "physical challenges." It is often credited with putting the then-fledgling network on the map....
   (1986–1993)
• Hey Dad...! (1986–1994)
• L.A. Law
  L.A. Law
  
  L.A. Law is an United States television legal drama that ran from 1986 in television to 1994 in television. It was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s....
   (1986–1994)
• Mama's Family
  Mama's Family
  
  Mama's Family is an American television Situation comedy that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It ended its run on that network in May 1984 when it was cancelled, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985....
   (1983–1984, 1986–1990)
• Matlock (1986–1996)
• Pee-wee's Playhouse
  Pee-wee's Playhouse
  
  Pee-wee's Playhouse is a children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the child-like Pee-wee Herman. The show was developed from Reubens' popular stage show and the one-off TV special The Pee-wee Herman Show, produced for HBO, which was similar in style but featured much more "adult" humor....
   (1986–1991)
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)
• The Disney Sunday Movie (1986–1988) ends on September 11 to resume as The Magical World of Disney (1988–1990) on October 9
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986— )
• Comic Relief (UK) (1986— )
• Casualty (UK) (1986— )
• Beadle's About
  Beadle's About
  
  Beadle's About also called The Best of Beadle's About was a United Kingdom television programme hosted by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes behind hidden cameras....
   (UK) (1987–1996)
• ChuckleVision
  ChuckleVision
  
  ChuckleVision is a popular United Kingdom children's television series, shown on CBBC, first shown in 1987. It follows the adventures of the two Chuckle Brothers, who find themselves in all sorts of situations that they must cope with....
   (UK) (1987— )
• A Different World (1987–1993)
• Full House
  Full House
  
  Full House is an Television in the United States television sitcom that ran from September 22, 1987 in television to May 23, 1995 in television on American Broadcasting Company....
   (1987–1995)
• Going Live!
  Going Live!
  
  Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC One between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene....
   (1987–1993)
• Inspector Morse
  Inspector Morse
  
  Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a fictional character in a series of thirteen detective novels by United Kingdom author Colin Dexter, as well as the Inspector Morse produced by Central Independent Television from 1987?2000, in which he was portrayed by John Thaw....
   (1987–2000)
• Knightmare
  Knightmare
  
  Knightmare was an innovative and popular United Kingdom television programme for children, produced by Broadsword Productions for Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994....
   (UK) (1987–1994)
• Married... with Children
  Married... with Children
  
  Married...with Children or Married with Children is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American situation comedy about a dysfunctional family living in a Chicagoland suburb that lasted 11 seasons....
   (1987–1997)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation
  
  Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about 70 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, the program features a new crew and a new Starship Enterprise....
   (1987–1994)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
  
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an United States animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Inc. It premiered December 14, 1987, first as a five-part mini-series....
   (1987–1996)
• The Bold and the Beautiful
  The Bold and the Beautiful
  
  The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
   (1987— )
• The Tracey Ullman Show
  The Tracey Ullman Show
  
  The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly United States television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime Pop music singer Tracey Ullman....
   (1987–1990)
• thirtysomething (1987–1991)
• Unsolved Mysteries
  Unsolved Mysteries
  
  Unsolved Mysteries is an United States television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until his death in 2003, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008....
   (1987-1998, 2001-2002, 2008-present).
• Family Feud
  Family Feud
  
  Family Feud is a U.S. television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people....
   (1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999— )

Ending this year

• Button Moon
  Button Moon
  
  Button Moon was a quirky popular children's television series broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1980s#Television on the ITV Network. Thames Television produced each episode which lasted ten minutes and featured the adventures of Mr....
   (1980–1988)
• February 12 - Sledge Hammer!
  Sledge Hammer!
  
  Sledge Hammer! was a satire police situation comedy produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1986 to 1988....
   (1986–1988)
• May 1 - Magnum, P.I.
  Magnum, P.I.
  
  Magnum, P.I. is an United States television show starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a fictional private investigator living in Oahu, Hawaii....
   (1980–1988)
• May 3 - Hotel
  Hotel (TV series)
  
  Hotel is an United States prime time drama series which aired on American Broadcasting Company from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty ....
   (1983-1988)
• May 7 - The Facts of Life
  The Facts of Life (TV series)
  
  The Facts of Life is an United States sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to September 13, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' original premise focused on the character, Edna Garrett , as she becomes housemother to seven girls at the fictional Eastland School, a pres...
   (1979–1988)
• May 13 - Tales of the Unexpected
  Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
  
  Tales Of The Unexpected is a United Kingdom television series that originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV....
   (UK) (1979–1985, 1987–1988)
• May 16 - Cagney & Lacey
  Cagney & Lacey
  
  Cagney & Lacey is an United States television series that first aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982 to May 16, 1988....
  (1982–1988)
• May 25 - St. Elsewhere
  St. Elsewhere
  
  St. Elsewhere is a U.S. drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End, Boston, Massachusetts....
  (1982–1988)
• May 27 - Punky Brewster
  Punky Brewster
  
  Punky Brewster is an United States sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent Henry Warnimont . The show ran on NBC from September 16, 1984 to September 7, 1986 and again in first-run Television syndication from September 26, 1986 to May 27, 1988....
  (1984–1988)
• July 23 - Tales from the Darkside
  Tales from the Darkside
  
  Tales from the Darkside is an anthology series TV series from the 1980s produced by George A. Romero. Similar to The Twilight Zone , Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales from the Crypt , each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist....
  (1984–1988)

• Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
  Wild Kingdom
  
  Wild Kingdom, sometimes known as Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, is an United States television show that features wildlife and nature....
  (1963–1988, 2002–present)
• Solid Gold (1980–1988)
• Truth or Consequences
  Truth or Consequences
  
  Truth or Consequences was an American Game show, originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards and later on television by Edwards , Jack Bailey , Bob Barker , Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson ....
  (1950–1988)
• What's Happening Now!!
  What's Happening Now!!
  
  What's Happening Now!! is an United States sitcom which ran in Television syndication from 1985 in television to 1988 in television. It was the sequel to the sitcom What's Happening!!, which ran from 1976 in television to 1979 in television....
  (1985–1988)

• February 1 - Heather O'Rourke
  Heather O'Rourke
  
  Heather O'Rourke was an American child actress who played Carol Anne Freeling in the Poltergeist , as well as several television guest appearances....
  , actress from Poltergeist and Happy Days
  Happy Days
  
  Happy Days is an Television in the United States television sitcom that originally aired from 1974 in television to 1984 in television on American Broadcasting Company....
  , age 12
• March 10 - Andy Gibb
  Andy Gibb
  
  Andy Gibb was an England singer and teen idol, and the youngest brother of Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb, also known as the Bee Gees....
  , 30, actor/songwriter of the Bee-Gees
  Bee Gees
  
  The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers ? Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb. They were born on the Isle of Man to England parents, lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, United Kingdom and during their childhood years moved to Brisbane, Australia, where they began their musical careers....
  
• April 5 - Alf Kjellin
  Alf Kjellin
  
  Alf Kjellin , was a Swedish film actor and director.He was born in Lund, Sweden and died in Los Angeles, California of a myocardial infarction....
  , 68, actor, director.
• May 15 - Andrew Duggan
  Andrew Duggan
  
  Andrew Duggan was a tall and authoritative character actor who appeared in 70 movies including The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Harlock with Don Knotts , and over 140 television shows between 1949 and 1987....
  , 64, character actor.
• May 18 - Daws Butler
  Daws Butler
  
  Daws Butler was a voice actor born in Toledo, Ohio, Ohio. He originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, and Huckleberry Hound....
  , prolific voice actor whose work included The Jetsons
  The Jetsons
  
  The Jetsons is a prime-time animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The original incarnation of the series aired on Sunday nights on American Broadcasting Company from September 23, 1962 to March 3, 1963....
  and several animated TV commercials.
• May 27 - Florida Friebus
  Florida Friebus
  
  Florida Friebus was an United States writer and actor of stage and television.She was most famous for playing Winifred "Winnie" Gillis, the sympathetic mother of Dobie Gillis on the Columbia Broadcasting System situation comedy The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and Mrs....
  , 78, actress (The Bob Newhart Show
  The Bob Newhart Show
  
  The Bob Newhart Show is the name of two different television series, both starring comedian Bob Newhart. The better-known is a situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired on CBS from September 16, to April 1, ....
  ).
• July 9 - Barbara Woodhouse
  Barbara Woodhouse
  
  Barbara Kathleen Vera Woodhouse , was a well known British dog trainer, author and celebrity. Her 1980 television series Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way made her into a household name in the UK....
  , 78, dog trainer (Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way)
• July 21 - Jack Clark
  Jack Clark (television)
  
  Jack Clark was an United States game show emcee and announcer. He is most noted for his hosting duties on The Cross-Wits, which ran from December 15, 1975 to September 12, 1980....
  , 67, game show announcer.
• July 25 - Judith Barsi
  Judith Barsi
  
  Judith Eva Barsi was an United States Child actor. She was small in stature and often played characters younger than her actual age.On July 25, 1988, at the age of 10, she was murdered, along with her mother Maria Barsi, by her father, Jozsef Barsi....
  , 10, American child actress
• July 31 - Trinidad Silva
  Trinidad Silva
  
  Trinidad Silva, Jr. was an American actor who played small supporting roles in a number of films of the 1980s. He is best remembered for playing troublesome Jesus Martinez on the television series Hill Street Blues....
  , 38, actor (Jesus Martinez on Hill Street Blues
  Hill Street Blues
  
  Hill Street Blues is a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. It is currently being aired on AmericanLife TV Network on Sunday nights in the United States, and on weekday afternoons on digital network More 4 in the United Kingdom....
  ), in a car accident
• September 11 - John Sylvester White
  John Sylvester White
  
  John Sylvester White was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-born United States actor.He was best known for his starring role as "Keith Barron" on the television soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1951 to 1952, and many years later, to a different generation as the crabby, diminutive high school Vice-Principal "Mr....
  , 78, actor (Welcome Back, Kotter
  Welcome Back, Kotter
  
  Welcome Back, Kotter is an Television in the United States sitcom that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979....
  ).
• September 20 - Roy Kinnear
  Roy Kinnear
  
  Roy Mitchell Kinnear was an English people character actor....
  , 54, actor/comedian.
• September 29 - Charles Addams
  Charles Addams
  
  Charles Samuel Addams was an United States cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. Some of the recurring characters, who became known as The Addams Family, became the basis for two live-action television series, two cartoon series, and many motion pictures....
  , 76, cartoonist whose macabre drawings inspired The Addams Family
  The Addams Family (TV series)
  
  The Addams Family is an United States television series based on the characters in Charles Addams' The Addams Family. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 installments on American Broadcasting Company from September 18, 1964 to April 8, 1966....
  .
• October 11 - Wayland Flowers
  Wayland Flowers
  
  Wayland Flowers , in Dawson, Georgia) was an United States puppeteer.Flowers was best known for his puppet Madame, who was a huge hit with audiences in the 1970s and 1980s....
  , 58, puppeteer (Madame's Place
  Madame's Place
  
  Madame's Place is an United States situation comedy that featured the misadventures of Madame, a puppet in the form of a bawdy old movie star with a naughty sense of humor....
  ), from AIDS
  AIDS
  
  Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
  .
• October 31 - John Houseman
  John Houseman
  
  John Houseman was an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor-winning United States actor and film producer....
  , 86, actor (The Paper Chase
  The Paper Chase
  
  The Paper Chase is a 1971 in literature novel, as well as a The Paper Chase based on the novel and a The Paper Chase based on the movie....
  , Silver Spoons
  Silver Spoons
  
  Silver Spoons is an United States 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....
  )
• December 6 - Timothy Patrick Murphy
  Timothy Patrick Murphy
  
  Timothy Patrick Murphy was born on November 3, 1959 in Hartford, Connecticut and was an American Film and Television actor who was best known for his role on the popular CBS prime time soap opera Dallas during the 1982 ? 1983 season....
  , 29, actor (Dallas), from AIDS
• December 12 - Dick Clair
  Dick Clair
  
  Dick Clair was an United States television producer, actor and television and film writer, best known the television sitcoms It's a Living , The Facts of Life , and Mama's Family....
  , television comedy writer, who asked to be cryogenically frozen
• December 20 - Max Robinson
  Max Robinson
  
  Max Robinson was an American broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor. He was the first African American broadcast network news anchor in the United States and one of the first television journalists to die of AIDS....
  , ABC News correspondent, from AIDS
• December 27 - Jess Oppenheimer
  Jess Oppenheimer
  
  Jess Oppenheimer a radio and television writer, Television producer, and Television director, was producer and head writer of the landmark Columbia Broadcasting System sitcom I Love Lucy....
  , comedy writer who created I Love Lucy
  I Love Lucy
  
  I Love Lucy is an United States situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15 1951 to April 1 1960 on CBS....