A look back at the all time favorite drama and comedy biggest television hits of the 1980s. 80's TV Show openings is a tribute to the best tv show intros and tv show theme songs of the 80s. Enjoy.
I second that motion to be a kid In the 80s was just great I can't stop put it in to words the best cartoons TV shows ,toys, even the commercials was great the culture was different yeah we need a time machine!!
+Denver Potts At least in the USA you had three channels to choose from. All we had in Pakistan was PTV. Our only choice was to turn the TV on or else off!
Born in 1972 & wow watching this really makes me realize how much I loved & miss my childhood! The kids of today have no idea how much fun we had back then!
The 80's was great when it came to entertainment. The movies, music, and television shows were all at their peak imo. The hair and fashion, not so much. I grew up in the 80'a and it was awesome.
Such wonderful TV memories and when TV was worth watching so glad that me and my brother were 80's kids cause most of these shows we did watch together or most times I watched by myself.
It brings back nostalgia ... TV nowadays has a lot of sinister/evil/negative ... connotations attached . Back then TV shows ... came across as good , clean , humor . Even their intros were great ... never thought I'll say this . But I miss commercials from the 80's as well ... growing up I hated them .
Few tears here - Since no father growing up - Grandfather and I would watch these shows together - So many great memories of great television and a great man... Miss you GRAND-DAD R.I.P - And thanks for the upload :)
Also we should definitely have the following shows added. Growing Pains, Full House, Mr. Belvedere, Family Matters, Night Court, Step by Step, Golden Girls, and one of my personal favorites, The Wonder Years. Anyways, thanks for bringing back these wonderful memories again.
Family Matters was more of a 90s show. I agree with the rest of this though. They should have added A-Team, McGuyver, and Archie Bunker's Place to the list too.
The 80's were definitely the best for prime time shows. They weren't afraid of "political correctness". A lot of these shows would not fly in this oversensitive era. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back. Takes me back.
I was born in '77, and so by the time '83 rolled around and I was 6. Because of that, I can remember a lot of the 80's music and t.v. shows. Watching this reminds me of just how long ago that time period was.
The show Knots Landing was a spin off from Dallas. The main character of the show was Gary Ewing, Bobby & J.R.'s brother who decided to leave South Fork and start a new life in California because he didn't want to be a part of the ongoing feud between his family and the Barnes family. Also Gary got sick and tired of being deceived, manipulated, extorted, and blackmailed by J.R.
it'll be awesome if you added what's happening, Mel's Diner, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork and Mindy, Cheers, Three's Company, One Day at a Time, WKRP in Cincinnati,Cagney & Lacey, Little House on the Prairie, Stairway to Heaven, Hill Street Blues, Bonanza, The Waltons, Eight is Enough, and The Gold Girls...Sorry I miss these shows...compared to now, Those were the best TV show ever
Bonanza ended in 1973 though! I'd also add You Can't Do That On Television, Solid Gold, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Come Fly With Me). the 1978-1983 and 1983-1989 CBS Movie themes, the various NBC movie themes (especially the 1984-1987 version). Newhart, Growing Pains, and Hunter.
WOW, thanks for all the memories! I do second adding Mama's Family and Golden Girls. And how about Full House, Too Close For Comfort, Three's Company, Mr. Belvedere, Cheers...
Wow Who's the Boss! lol I used to act like i was sick so i dont have to go to school. Once my parents left to work, Id get right up, make some Fruit Loops and tun on the TV for some fun shows.
Praise Be to God!!! I thank Him I was a child in the 80's and was blessed with vision and hearing to see all these amazing shows from the best decade ever!
I was born in 1980 and I think the only show I regularly watched was Punky Brewster. I mostly avoided television and instead played in the neighborhood
audieme nice I like Tom Hanks movies so the series must be good too.It was a wow moment for me to see Tom in a sitcom.^^ Now Im even more curious maybe I get the season on dvd.:)
Great show! I had the hugest crush on the stunning blonde Donna Dixon who if I'm not mistaken went on to marry Dan Akroyd.Love Billy Joel's song to this.
To those who are saying it's nostalgia... I was born in '99 and grew up watching "my" generation's shows... Up until about 3 or 4 years ago, when I received a season of Bonanza from my father for Christmas.. Then about 1 year later Walmart started carrying old (or as I call them, timeless) 80's tv shows (MacGyver, A-Team, Magnum, P.I, Simon &Simon, etc.) and he bought a few for my 3 siblings and I. I, of course, rolled my eyes and refused to watch them at first, but ended up watching them out of boredom... By the time I was 17 I had completely abandoned all shows that were on TV at the time. Now, after being exposed to TV from a time with better humor (and less PC crap) like Rawhide, Leave It To Beaver, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Gunsmoke, Have Gun-Will Travel, Maverick, the Andy Griffith Show,The Rifleman, Hogan's Heroes, Bonanza, Gentle Ben, Starsky & Hutch, The Rockford Files, Simon & Simon, The A-Team, The Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, The Greatest American Hero (that one was a little cringey, but entertaining, like Knight Rider😄), MacGyver, and Magnum, P.I I could never go back! There was just something about pre-90's television humor that was more mature and intelligent. I mean, even the children's shows had a mature (but not inappropriate) sense of humor. Versus today's programming where it's just a bunch of annoying voices and fart jokes... And today's adult programming is just boring. I mean really... Crappy plot lines with unnecessary blood and nudity..(And the A-Team was "too violent"!😂😂) I didn't mean to ramble.. all I'm saying is, it isn't nostalgia,(okay, part of it MAY be), it's just better writing with better humor! (Now I await the old "You're 19 and you watch old shows, you're SO important!" comment.)
I wish there were a TV channel where all of these shows come on. TV is so awful now that even reality shows are better than most sitcoms that come out today.
Danielle Simon OMG you are so right..... my TV hasnt even been on in weeks... except for the occassional shows that i record, other than that i have been youtub'n & netflik'n
Yeah, I wish the video quality of old shows was better on RU-vid and that Netflix had more of the good old shows available for streaming. I find myself watching nothing new that comes out. Honestly, the entire entertainment industry is garbage now. I can't listen to the radio, or watch TV or movies.
So does ME-TV. In fact, I'm watching Alf on that network as we speak. I was old enough to remember Alf, but not old enough to retain any memories other than him always trying to eat Lucky so every episode is new to me.
i agree the last decade for tv was the early 90s i dont even watch it no more because it not the same i agree 100 percent with janna watson i want the 80s back.
Wow, I’m amazed at how much TV I’ve watched over the years…this is but a drop in the bucket of all the shows over all the decades..wow…thanks for this awesome compilation!
Oh, the beautiful memories of my happy childhood. They will always be in my heart. I missed the good old days...Don't forget Saturday morning cartoons! I used to wake-up early in the morning with my cereal. I was glue to the tv.
It was so beautiful to hear all of these theme songs to all these wonderful shows back in the day. OMG! it brings back so many memories of being a little girl with my mom. Miss u Betty. U will be truly missed... Thanks everyone for these special moments and memories....
Feel so nice to hear these theme songs. It brings back so many memories. It's just so soothing to the soul. Just the rememberance of watching these episodes when I was just a child. Thank you for the upload..!
Oh, gosh, we would go to dinner on Friday nights at Ponderosa and be home by 7pm for T.G.I.F. Nobody mentioned Thunder Cats, HBO's Brain Games, lol. I loved all the Revenge of the Nerds and Weekend at Bernies movies too. Remember Book-It at school and the personal pan pizza you got at Pizza Hut. Jeez. Oh, the Hitchhiker and Gilbert Godfried!! Friday the 13th: Series, Ghost of Fathner Hall!!! Pippy Longstocking, Babysitters Club and that movie TEEN WITCH, with Brad, and that ratchet rap song "Top That", lol. I know its not cartoons. Oh shit how bout Blockbuster and West Coast Video. Vamp, Trilogy, Leonard Part 6!!!! Lemme stop
Point being... His reflection made me reminiscent of my own upbringing. Stop being a stickler for the specific and go to sleep knowing in your heart that EVERYONE has their own nostalgic memories.
Not sure about Brain Games (to be honest I'm only familiar with the modern incarnation on Nat Geo), but I think the reason Thunder Cats was left out is because it was a Saturday morning (possibly weekday afternoon, I don't remember when I use to watch it) cartoon. Everything in the list was a prime-time live action show.