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Best Music TV Series of the 1980s

283 Music series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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283 series

Late Night with David Letterman

★ 7.5
5K 3173 1982–1993
Talk & panel · Dry humor

Fame

★ 7.1
5K 136 1982–1987
Music scene · School & campus

The Tracey Ullman Show

★ 7.2
2K 80 1987–1990
Comedy · Music

Wanna Bet?

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

Kids Incorporated

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

The Kenny Everett Television Show

★ 7.2
1K 45 1981–1988
Comedy · Music

The Arsenio Hall Show

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

Fridays

★ 7.5
835 59 1980–1982
Comedy · Music

Square One Television

★ 8.4
764 231 1987–1992
Comedy · Family · Music

Joanie Loves Chachi

★ 3.9
761 17 1982–1983
Comedy · Music · Romance

Mirza Ghalib

★ 9.2
735 1 1988–present
Biography · Drama · Music

The Beiderbecke Affair

★ 8.6
693 6 1985–1985
Comedy · Drama · Music

En himla många program

★ 7.5
631 10 1989–1996
Comedy · Music

MTV Unplugged

★ 8.2
617 142 1989–present
Documentary · Music

The All New Mickey Mouse Club

★ 7.4
542 322 1989–1996
Family · Music

Tutti Frutti

★ 7.9
499 6 1987–1987
Comedy · Drama · Music

The Max Headroom Show

★ 7.0
450 30 1985–1986
Animation · Comedy · Music

The Beiderbecke Tapes

★ 8.4
415 2 1987–1987
Drama · Music · Mystery

Solid Gold

★ 6.8
396 247 1980–1988
Music

Verdi

★ 8.1
349 9 1982–1983
Biography · Drama · Music

Headbangers Ball

★ 8.2
341 446 1987–present
Music

Pavlova: A Woman for All Time

★ 6.9
283 5 1983–1983
Biography · Drama · Music

Pugwall

★ 7.9
263 42 1989–1991
Family · Music

Fred Penner's Place

★ 7.4
263 899 1987–1999
Family · Music
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