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Best Family TV Series of the 1980s

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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Dumbo's Circus

★ 7.5
353 113 1985–1986
Family

Frankenstein's Aunt

★ 7.7
349 7 1987–1987
Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Mr. Merlin

★ 6.9
347 22 1981–1982
Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Jul på slottet

★ 7.2
346 24 1986–1986
Family

The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang

★ 5.6
341 24 1980–1981
Adventure · Animation · Family

Care Bears

★ 7.0
335 11 1985–1985
Adventure · Animation · Family

Taotao ehonkan sekai doubutsu-banashi

★ 7.5
328 52 1983–1985
Adventure · Animation · Family

Tugs

★ 8.5
324 13 1989–1990
Adventure · Animation · Family

Moondial

★ 7.4
323 6 1988–1988
Drama · Family · Fantasy

School of Love

★ 7.4
323 26 1981–1981
Animation · Drama · Family

My Aunt Qumasha

★ 9.1
320 13 1983–1983
Comedy · Drama · Family

Inspector Black Cat

★ 7.6
320 5 1984–1987
Animation · Family · Horror

Woof!

★ 7.1
318 69 1989–1997
Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Transformers: Super-God Masterforce

★ 7.1
315 42 1988–1989
Adventure · Animation · Family

The Great Space Coaster

★ 7.9
312 2 1981–1986
Animation · Comedy · Family

Garbage Pail Kids

★ 3.9
311 13 1988–present
Animation · Comedy · Family

Ovide and the Gang

★ 7.1
306 65 1987–1989
Animation · Family

Albert & Herberts julkalender

★ 8.1
304 24 1982–1982
Family

The New Yogi Bear Show

★ 6.5
302 45 1988–1990
Animation · Comedy · Family

Seabert

★ 6.6
298 52 1984–1988
Adventure · Animation · Family

Wildfire

★ 7.5
297 13 1986–1986
Animation · Family · Fantasy

Siebenstein

★ 6.1
295 330 1988–2019
Family

The Adventure Game

★ 8.5
293 22 1980–1986
Adventure · Family · Fantasy

Metal Mickey

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