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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)

Captain Tsubasa

★ 7.9
9K 161 1983–1995
Sports · Anime · Hopeful

Sledge Hammer!

★ 8.1
9K 41 1986–1988
Parody · Campy · Slapstick

Thomas & Friends

★ 6.5
8K 694 1983–2026
Kids & family · Family-safe

Designing Women

★ 7.3
8K 163 1986–1993
Witty banter · Sitcom

Mama's Family

★ 7.3
8K 130 1983–1990
Sitcom · Episodic · Easy watching

Tales from the Darkside

★ 7.4
8K 90 1983–1988
Anthology · Episodic · Unsettling

The Greatest American Hero

★ 7.3
7K 44 1981–1983
Campy · Episodic · Whimsical

Charles in Charge

★ 6.1
7K 126 1984–1990
Sitcom · Family-safe · Wholesome

Amazing Stories

★ 7.4
7K 45 1985–1987
Anthology · Episodic

Punky Brewster

★ 6.6
7K 88 1984–1988
Kids & family · Family-safe

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

★ 6.8
7K 27 1988–1991
Kids & family · Family-safe

Ranma ½

★ 7.9
7K 18 1989–1990
Anime · Slapstick · Episodic

Dennis the Menace

★ 6.2
6K 79 1986–1988
Kids & family · Family-safe

America's Funniest Home Videos

★ 6.2
6K 948 1989–present
Long-runner · Family-safe

Pee-wee's Playhouse

★ 8.2
6K 45 1986–1991
Whimsical · Campy · Kids & family

Muppet Babies

★ 7.5
6K 109 1984–1991
Kids & family · Whimsical

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

★ 8.2
6K 137 1988–2011
Sketch & variety · Episodic

Babar

★ 6.5
6K 78 1989–2002
Kids & family · Family-safe

St. Elsewhere

★ 8.0
6K 137 1982–1988
Medical · Ensemble cast

Small Wonder

★ 7.0
6K 96 1985–1989
Sitcom · Family-safe · Campy

Reading Rainbow

★ 8.4
6K 161 1983–2006
Kids & family · Family-safe

Lucky Luke

★ 7.2
6K 26 1983–1984
Episodic · Kids & family

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

★ 7.6
6K 50 1988–1991
Wholesome · Kids & family

Silver Spoons

★ 6.2
5K 116 1982–1987
Sitcom · Wholesome · Kids & family
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