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Titles that I enjoyed in the 80s (some obscure)
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- CreatorsTom PatchettJay TarsesStarsGeorge DzundzaSusan TyrrellSam WhippleGordon Feester runs a 24-hour convenience store, where something amusing is always going on.
- CreatorsPatrick CorbettSidney M. CohenWillie SteinStarsTeri AustinDoug PaulsonSandy WebbLong-running Canadian reality series in which ordinary folks were given the chance to live out their fantasies, whether it be to play hockey with Wayne Gretzky, wrestle in the WWF, or pose for Playboy.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsEd FlandersKathryn WalkerRoxanne HartA TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own if their demand isn't met.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBurt ReynoldsRoger MooreFarrah FawcettA wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.
- StarsNancy CartwrightMaurice LaMarcheAllan MelvinPopeye and long-time girlfriend, Olive Oyl, are married and now have a son named Popeye Junior.
- CreatorsAllan BlyeBob EinsteinStarsBob EinsteinJohn BynerJohn HemphillA half-hour sketch comedy show that is not politically correct. It showcased the talents of veteran performers John Byner (the host) and Bob Einstein as Super Dave Osbourne.The original home of Super Dave!
- CreatorsDavid GreenfieldEllen Levy-SarnoffStarsMarc SummersJoe AlaskeyJames MacKrellTwo teams of three players each stated themselves a sweet name in regards of a television show, past or present (e.g., "The Jeffersons," which spun-off "All In The Family"). In each round, each contestant (on a team) would answer a jump-in question. The contestant who gets the question right will win 25 points, and were given an opportunity to earn more points by answering 3 follow-up question about that very first one being answered. Host Summers would have each member of the team to only answer 1 question, and if the contestant gets it right, the teams still has control, an incorrect answer meant control goes over to their opposing team. Midway throughout the round, a popular TV show would come up on the monitor that a contestant had answered, a celebrity from that same TV series (e.g., Barbara Billingsley, of Leave it To Beaver, Gordon Jump, of WKRP in Cincinnati, Herve Villechaize, of Fantasy Island, Dick Sargent, of Bewitched, Jon Provost, of Lassie, Nicole Eggert, of Charles in Charge, Janice Pennington, of The Price is Right, Gary Coleman, of Diff'rent Strokes, Emmanuel Lewis, of Webster, etc.) would ask a question about what they did (or is doing) on the show alone. After all four (this was later changed to five) rounds of questions, especially the Visual Round, added later, each team was given a chance to catch up by answering more questions that a random amount of money was won (using the randomizer) for each question answered correctly. If a team landed on "Couch-Up," (and if they're behind) must answer this question correctly to tie the teams' score. The team with the most point when the round was over wins $1000 and goes on to the Channel Roulette bonus game, while the other team gets "Cancelled" for not getting enough points onto their score. In the Channel Roulette bonus game, 1 member of each team would pick a VHF channel on TV, from 2-13 (meaning 12 monitors). At that point, the team had to identify what show (e.g., Dallas, Knots Landing, TV 101, F Troop, etc.) was in the picture. Each channel ranged in point values and they were each given 30 seconds to reach 1000 points or more to win $5000, within the time limit given. 3 players on 1 team alternated turns by selecting a channel to describe the television series. If they were right about that series, then the contestant will win whatever points was awarded, if the contestant gets it wrong or pass, and another monitor will be selected with different point values. If a contestant finds "PAY TV," then the team will lose all of their points that they have won up until then, and had to be tried again. If they didn't reach 1000 points, then its $1 for every point they obtained.
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyWith the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
- CreatorDavid JacobsStarsLarry HagmanKen KerchevalPatrick DuffyJ.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDavid HasselhoffEdward MulhareRichard BasehartFollows the adventures of lone crime-fighter, Michael Knight, who battles the forces of evil with the help of his virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar called KITT.
- CreatorsStephen J. CannellFrank LupoStarsGeorge PeppardMr. TDwight SchultzFour Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.
- CreatorsJoshua BrandJohn FalseyJohn MasiusStarsEd Begley Jr.Howie MandelDavid MorseThe lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching hospital.
- DirectorJackie KongStarsLinda BlairPat PaulsenJaye P. MorganA hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian.