The Eighties Online

While there are several wholesome, entertaining TV show from the 80s, many of which I’ve shared on this website, Fame from 1982 is one of the standout TV series from the 80s that you can share with you kids.

In the 90s, the entertainment industry was largely deregulated, allowing for networks to beginning owning the TV shows that they showed. In my opinion this has not been a good thing, allowing the big corporate networks to basically call the shots, effectively stifling creativity. It’s too bad, really!

Thankfully, though, we can still watch these great family TV shows, like Cheers, Family Ties, Growing Pains and, of course, Fame.

Fame is a wonderful show to share with your kids. It’s inspirational and hopeful. Please enjoythese episodes of this hit 80s TV drama courtesy of Hulu.Com.

Here is the first episode:

The New York City High School for the Performing Arts was their dream. They wanted to dance, to sing, to play music, and to act… but above all they want to live their lives while they are still young and full of energy.

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Reality television had not hit the seen in the 80s. Therefore, almost every show on television was a sitcom variety. The 80s boasts some amazingly entertaining family sitcoms including those listed below.

The Cosby Show

Bill Cosby led 80s TV shows into an entirely different level with the emergence of The Cosby Show in 1984. The view of the show as a normal family life representation appealed to many television watchers. The adorable family, paired with amazing comedy by Cosby and other cast members will be remembered for years to come!

MacGyver

Those who loved a good adventure show could tell you the only person on television that could ever disable a bomb with a shoe string and a piece of bubblegum. MacGyver started in 1985 and continued into the early 90s. It was an exciting way for watchers to see action, without the gore and danger. Today’s television action shows are much darker, while MacGyver was family-friendly all the way!

Punky Brewster

Although the show only lasted two years, Punky Brewster was among the most popular shows of the 80s. Re-runs still appear on television today and the character of Punky Brewster is still widely recognized. The show appealed mostly to younger girls and teens, making Punky not only an entertaining character but also a fashionista of the 80s.

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If you ask a Generation X adult what they remember about the 80s, chances are they will spit out a handful of cartoons from that time.

Cartoons were a huge hit in the 80s, with their following continuing on today. Cartoons of that time were more specifically targeted by gender, separating boys’ choices from girls’ choices.

Boys 80s Cartoons

Boys of the 80s loved their Saturday morning cartoons. Transformers, GI Joe and He-Man were among the most popular. Cartoons in the 80s were less violent and widely accepted as positive forms of entertainment for children.

Today, the products inspired by these 80s cartoons are still being sold and modified. There are new movies coming to the big screen featuring remakes of these 80s storylines and characters.

Girls 80s Cartoons

Rainbow Bright, Jem and Care Bears were three of the most popular cartoons of the 80s. While some can still be caught on television randomly, they are most often only captured on video. These fun cartoons yielded a great deal of merchandise throughout the 80s.

Today, stores are beginning to sell their merchandise again! New Care Bears are seen on the shelves at every toy stores, beside Cabbage Patch Kids.

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Back in the 1980s there were a great many really good situation comedies and other types of television shows to choose from. Many of these wonderful television shows created mega child stars and several of these shows are true television classics. Take “Cheers”, for example. Cheers is hard to beat for classic TV in any decade.

There were many other entertaining sitcoms and drams on the tube in the 1980s, like Family Ties and Growing Pains. Relive the 80s TV shows you knew and loved. Here are some of the top-rated episodes of your favorite 80s TV shows. There are hundreds more full episodes of these and many more classic TV shows at Hulu.Com. Pick and choose which episode(s) you want to watch.

Enjoy these classic 80s sitcoms and dramas. The 80s decade was a time when the networks and writers had to actually write great shows, in large part, because there was no reality TV, which takes up so much airtime nowadays.

Premiere
Who’s the Boss?
Season 1 : Episode 1 |25:05 |
A female executive hires a male housekeeper.

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