Television in the Awesome80s

When the 1980s began, there were televisions in 76 million households. By the end of the decade, they were in more than 90 million. It is also the decade when cable television exploded: Cable TV subscriptions more than tripled from 15 million in 1980 to 47 million in 1989.

We've got schedules for the entire prime time lineup of the Awesome80s, so click on a year on the left or choose from a select few shows below (or our complete list) to begin your journey!

Sitcoms:
Amen, Cheers, Coach, The Cosby Show, Designing Women, A Different World, Doogie Howser, M.D., Family Ties, Gimme a Break, Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, Kate & Allie, Married With Children, Murphy Brown, Newhart, Punky Brewster, Roseanne, Simpsons, Who's The Boss?, Wonder Years

Dramas:
Beauty and the Beast, Cagney & Lacey, Crazy Like A Fox, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Hardcastle & McCormick, Highway to Heaven, Hill Street Blues, In the Heat of the Night, L.A. Law, Magnum P.I., Matlock, Matt Houston, Miami Vice, Moonlighting, Murder, She Wrote, Remington Steele, Riptide, Simon & Simon, St. Elsewhere, Thirtysomething

Misc:
A-Team, Baywatch, Bret Maverick, Fall Guy, Battlestar Galactica, Greatest American Hero, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Max Headroom, Quantum Leap, V