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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)

Shine on Harvey Moon

★ 7.5
266 41 1982–1995
Comedy · Drama

Rölli

★ 7.9
259 55 1986–2001
Adventure · Comedy · Family

Big Deal

★ 8.1
258 30 1984–1986
Comedy · Drama

Alfresco

★ 6.5
257 13 1983–1984
Comedy

Probe

★ 7.8
257 7 1988–1988
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

They Are Arbitrary

★ 7.7
257 66 1989–1991
Comedy

Ferdy

★ 6.7
257 52 1984–1988
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Wowser

★ 7.5
256 104 1989–1989
Animation · Comedy

Kimagure Orange Road OVA

★ 7.9
254 8 1989–1991
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Harper Valley P.T.A.

★ 6.6
254 30 1981–1982
Comedy

Me and My Girl

★ 6.4
253 52 1984–1988
Comedy

Grim Tales

★ 8.8
251 22 1989–1991
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

French Fields

★ 6.4
251 19 1989–1991
Comedy

Liebling Kreuzberg

★ 7.2
249 58 1986–1998
Comedy · Drama · Thriller

Lottery!

★ 6.9
249 17 1983–1984
Comedy · Drama

Bertha

★ 7.4
249 13 1985–1986
Animation · Comedy · Family

Madam Sousou

★ 8.0
248 26 1986–1986
Comedy · Drama

Clarence

★ 7.4
248 6 1988–1988
Comedy

After Henry

★ 7.0
247 38 1988–1992
Comedy

Varljivo leto '68

★ 8.6
246 3 1984–1985
Comedy

Spuk im Hochhaus

★ 7.9
246 7 1982–1983
Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Gloria

★ 4.7
244 22 1982–1983
Comedy

Foofur

★ 5.9
244 26 1986–1987
Animation · Comedy · Family

Fast Times

★ 5.7
241 7 1986–1986
Comedy
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