☰
Genres
DramaComedyAnimationActionCrimeAdventureRomanceReality-TV More genres →
Decades
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s1900s
Tags Search Sign in

Best Comedy TV Series of the 1980s

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

All Comedy series All series from the 1980s
Filter & sort
Genres

Genres as assigned by IMDb. Selecting several means a show must match all of them.

Decades

By first-air year. Several selections widen the range; a specific year narrows within its decade.

Specific year
Tags

Rating patterns, computed from IMDb episode-rating trajectories. Deliberately strict: only shows with an unmistakable pattern carry one, so expect small numbers.

Rating patterns

Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Tone & mood
Pacing & structure
Humor style
Themes & subject matter
Characters & perspective
Emotional payoff
Craft & style
Format & audience
Viewing-culture clusters
Intensity & content character
500 series (top 500 shown)

Hello! Spank

★ 6.7
194 63 1981–1982
Animation · Comedy · Family

Que Rei Sou Eu?

★ 8.6
194 187 1989–present
Adventure · Comedy

We Got It Made

★ 5.6
192 46 1983–1988
Comedy

Rembo & Rembo

★ 8.7
191 45 1987–1997
Comedy

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

★ 7.7
191 18 1988–1991
Comedy

Executive Stress

★ 7.3
191 19 1986–1988
Comedy

Softly from Paris

★ 6.9
190 26 1986–1991
Comedy

Free Spirit

★ 6.4
190 14 1989–1990
Comedy · Fantasy

Making Out

★ 8.0
190 24 1989–1991
Comedy · Drama

Going Live!

★ 7.3
190 179 1987–1993
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

Pryor's Place

★ 7.0
190 13 1984–1985
Comedy · Family

Fjærsynet

★ 7.6
189 7 1982–present
Comedy · Family

The Duke of Mount Deer

★ 8.0
188 1984–present
Action · Comedy · Drama

The Alan Thicke Show

★ 4.3
188 151 1980–present
Comedy · Talk-Show

An Evening at the Improv

★ 7.2
188 389 1981–1996
Comedy

D.C. Follies

★ 7.2
184 46 1987–1989
Comedy

Scully

★ 7.8
184 7 1984–1984
Comedy · Drama · Sport

The California Raisin Show

★ 6.2
184 13 1989–1990
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Q.E.D.

★ 7.8
182 6 1982–1982
Adventure · Comedy · Mystery

TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

★ 6.5
181 88 1984–present
Comedy · Reality-TV
Browse by decade
1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Browse by year
1989198819871986198519841983198219811980
Browse by genre
Action Adult Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy Game-Show History Horror Music Musical Mystery News Reality-TV Romance Sci-Fi Short Sport Talk-Show Thriller War Western