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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)

Velipuolikuu

★ 7.8
298 16 1983–1984
Comedy

Night Flight

★ 8.6
294 31 1981–2018
Animation · Comedy · Horror

Madame's Place

★ 6.7
293 75 1982–1983
Comedy

Metal Mickey

★ 6.1
292 39 1980–1983
Comedy · Family · Sci-Fi

Ala Al-Donia Al-Salam

★ 8.9
291 16 1987–1987
Comedy · Drama

Yogi's Treasure Hunt

★ 7.1
289 27 1985–1988
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Tall Tales & Legends

★ 7.2
288 9 1985–1988
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Balkan ekspres 2

★ 7.6
288 10 1989–1989
Comedy · War

Nukkad

★ 8.4
287 42 1986–present
Comedy · Drama

Popples

★ 6.3
287 47 1986–1988
Animation · Comedy · Family

Los trotamúsicos

★ 6.1
287 26 1989–present
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Kingswood Country

★ 7.4
287 89 1980–1984
Comedy

Little Baldy Hagemaru

★ 7.5
287 1 1985–present
Animation · Comedy · Family

Palace

★ 7.4
283 6 1988–1989
Comedy

You've got the Joke?

★ 5.3
281 184 1980–present
Comedy · Reality-TV

Siedem zyczen

★ 7.6
278 7 1986–1986
Adventure · Comedy · Family

A Bit of a Do

★ 7.2
276 13 1989–1989
Comedy · Drama

Victoria Wood

★ 7.7
276 6 1989–1989
Comedy

TV Pirata

★ 8.7
273 101 1988–1992
Comedy

Diese Drombuschs

★ 7.0
270 39 1983–1994
Comedy · Drama · Romance

One Night Stand

★ 7.4
270 55 1989–1992
Comedy · Documentary

Trest, kotoryy lopnul

★ 7.2
269 3 1983–1983
Comedy · Musical

Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater

★ 6.8
268 13 1987–1987
Animation · Comedy · Family

Amanda's

★ 5.1
267 13 1983–1983
Comedy
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