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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)

Verano azul

★ 7.9
1K 19 1981–1982
Comedy · Drama · Family

Misfits of Science

★ 7.3
1K 16 1985–1986
Adventure · Comedy · Sci-Fi

What's Happening Now!

★ 6.2
1K 66 1985–1988
Comedy

Just Good Friends

★ 7.1
1K 22 1983–1986
Comedy

Wanna Bet?

★ 6.1
1K 232 1981–2023
Comedy · Game-Show · Music

The Kickers

★ 7.4
1K 26 1986–1988
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Perihan Abla

★ 7.7
1K 74 1986–1988
Comedy · Romance

Brødrene Dal og spektralsteinene

★ 8.1
1K 13 1982–1982
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Kids Incorporated

★ 7.3
1K 148 1984–1994
Comedy · Family · Music

The Littles

★ 6.5
1K 29 1983–1985
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Smogovci

★ 8.7
1K 38 1982–1996
Adventure · Comedy · Family

Three's a Crowd

★ 5.7
1K 22 1984–1985
Comedy

Press Gang

★ 8.0
1K 43 1989–1993
Comedy · Drama · Family

Desmond's

★ 7.9
1K 71 1989–1994
Comedy

Boon

★ 6.5
1K 93 1986–1992
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Police Academy: The Animated Series

★ 5.7
1K 65 1988–1989
Animation · Comedy · Crime

The French as Seen by...

★ 6.3
1K 5 1988–1988
Comedy · Documentary · Drama

Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz

★ 8.3
1K 10 1983–present
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Investigation Held by Koloboks

★ 7.9
1K 4 1986–1987
Animation · Comedy · Family

The Kenny Everett Television Show

★ 7.2
1K 45 1981–1988
Comedy · Music

Brush Strokes

★ 6.6
1K 40 1986–1991
Comedy

The Arsenio Hall Show

★ 6.5
1K 1366 1989–1994
Comedy · Music · Talk-Show

Adventures of the Piglet Foontic

★ 7.1
1K 4 1986–1988
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Patlabor: Early Days

★ 7.3
1K 7 1988–1988
Action · Animation · Comedy
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