Top TV Series 1980-1990

When an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.

Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.

Recently-divorced news photographer Kevin Keegan quits his job and returns to Roosevelt High School to teach kids how to make a TV show.

"Ray", a man of mystery, gets people out of trouble, asking for favors in return.

This series documents the adventures of Curtis Newton, a brilliant scientist, who, under the name "Captain Future", chases interstellar criminals together with his crew (a robot, an android, and a human brain separated from its body).

The goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.

Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.

Australia's longest-running comedy series follows the hilarious adventures of top architect Martin Kelly, who gives up his business to raise his three children--and the kid next door, Nudge.

The adventures of a superpowered teen and his scientist friend.

The adventures of a deranged police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.

In the distant future, a team of four high-tech Star Sheriffs defends frontier space colony Yuma from outlaws, as well as Outriders, an army of humanoid alien beings called Vapors, led by mysterious Nemesis, who need Yuma's resources.

Genial sitcom about a young record company exec and his attempts to discover new talent, while scouting his own "talent".

V.H. Adderly, a former James Bond style operative for I.S.I., is given a desk job in the Department of Miscellaneous Affairs after losing function in his left hand- the result of torture by enemy agents. He hates the mundane assignments he is given, thumbs his nose at protocol, and somehow manages to dig up a threat to national security or a spy at every turn. Melville Greenspan, his boss, is an insecure life long pencil pushing bureaucrat, who seems concerned only with not making waves and making sure that the proper forms are filled out. He is afraid that Adderly's snooping will result in his being fired. Mona is the efficient department clerk/secretary, almost bored with her work and longing for excitement (and a date with V.H.). She often covered for Adderly, and would occasionally help him on assignments, sometimes with Greenspan's permission.

The professional and private lives of a group of aggressive young attorneys in partnership in Toronto.

In the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles.

The cases of an undercover police unit composed of young-looking officers specializing in youth crime.

Film stuntman Colt Seavers moonlights as a bounty hunter.

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.

During an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.

The adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.

Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.

Werner, a successful single without family, meets Angelika (Angie), a divorced mother with three children, of whom especially the eldest daughter, teenager Tanja, is very difficult. Very soon, Werner marries Angie and she and her children move in his house, to the horror of the housekeeper, Frau Rabe. And the problems move in with them - Tanja becomes even more difficult, son Markus wants to go to his father and son Tom is afraid, that Werner's dog Lulu might eat his guinea pig. But Werner and Angie manage every problem, that a typical West German couple has.

America's First Family of Fright awaken after an accidental 22-year nap and must adjust to life in the 1980s.

Former TV co-stars Mike and Christina reunite years later as private investigators. Despite their divorce, they maintain a professional relationship and care for one another.

The globe-trotting adventures of amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart.