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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)

CBS Schoolbreak Special

★ 6.9
388 65 1984–1996
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Dead Souls

★ 7.6
387 5 1984–1984
Comedy · Drama · History

Peter Pan: The Animated Series

★ 7.7
385 41 1989–1989
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Girls on Top

★ 6.6
382 13 1985–1986
Comedy

Duty Free

★ 6.4
380 22 1984–1986
Comedy

Rock 'n Roll Kids

★ 6.4
380 42 1983–1984
Animation · Comedy · Family

Home to Roost

★ 6.7
379 29 1985–1990
Comedy

The Beiderbecke Connection

★ 8.4
378 4 1988–1988
Comedy · Drama

Chelmsford 123

★ 7.7
378 13 1988–1990
Comedy

O Tal Canal

★ 8.6
373 12 1983–1984
Comedy

ALF Tales

★ 6.3
373 21 1988–1990
Animation · Comedy · Family

Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour

★ 6.2
373 26 1982–1982
Animation · Comedy · Family

Seeing Things

★ 7.8
372 43 1981–1987
Comedy · Fantasy · Mystery

Les Guignols de l'info

★ 8.1
372 71 1988–2018
Comedy

Whoops Apocalypse

★ 7.3
372 6 1982–1982
Comedy · Sci-Fi

Varsayalim Ismail

★ 8.2
372 1986–1987
Comedy

The Duck Factory

★ 6.4
369 13 1984–1984
Comedy

The Flintstone Comedy Show

★ 6.7
368 108 1980–1981
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Edison Twins

★ 7.0
367 78 1982–1986
Comedy · Family

The Charmings

★ 6.9
360 21 1987–1988
Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Day by Day

★ 6.9
358 33 1988–1989
Comedy

The Simpsons: Tracey Ullman Shorts

★ 7.3
357 48 1987–1989
Animation · Comedy · Short

Lorry

★ 7.1
350 29 1989–1995
Comedy

Frankenstein's Aunt

★ 7.7
349 7 1987–1987
Comedy · Family · Fantasy
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