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Best Comedy TV Series of the 1980s

Top 500 most popular Comedy series that started in the 1980s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Serendipity the Pink Dragon

★ 7.0
493 26 1983–1983
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Boes

★ 7.7
492 101 1987–1991
Animation · Comedy

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

★ 6.2
489 26 1985–1986
Action · Animation · Comedy

Beverly Hills Teens

★ 6.6
486 65 1987–1987
Animation · Comedy · Family

Life with Lucy

★ 5.7
485 13 1986–1986
Comedy

Remote Control

★ 7.6
485 20 1987–1990
Comedy · Game-Show

Linda

★ 6.9
484 22 1984–2002
Comedy · Crime

ABC TGIF

★ 8.5
479 172 1989–2018
Comedy

Doctor Doctor

★ 8.6
476 40 1989–1991
Comedy

Broom Without Handle

★ 8.3
471 40 1989–2002
Adventure · Comedy · Family

Ich heirate eine Familie...

★ 7.7
471 14 1983–1986
Comedy · Drama

Hard Time on Planet Earth

★ 7.3
468 13 1989–1989
Action · Adventure · Comedy

Private Schulz

★ 8.0
466 6 1981–1981
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Fresno

★ 7.9
463 5 1986–1986
Comedy

Ittadi

★ 9.1
455 90 1989–present
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

Hooperman

★ 7.0
454 42 1987–1989
Comedy · Drama

Star Search

★ 5.7
454 150 1983–2004
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

The Flying Cestmír

★ 7.7
453 6 1983–1983
Adventure · Comedy · Family

The Max Headroom Show

★ 7.0
450 30 1985–1986
Animation · Comedy · Music

Rá-Tim-Bum

★ 8.3
449 193 1989–1994
Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Brothers

★ 8.0
448 115 1984–1989
Comedy

May to December

★ 7.1
445 39 1989–1994
Comedy

Touch

★ 7.9
443 101 1985–1987
Animation · Comedy · Romance

Bohubrihi

★ 9.3
443 26 1988–1988
Comedy · Drama · Family
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