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Best News TV Series of the 1980s

154 News series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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154 series

GMA First Look

★ 5.0
58 625 1982–present
News

Jack Van Impe Presents

★ 5.3
57 183 1986–present
News

RTL aktuell

★ 4.9
57 26 1988–present
News

NBC News Overnight

★ 8.4
57 1982–present
News

NewsWatch

★ 8.5
56 86 1989–present
News

The Richard Bey Show

★ 7.4
56 20 1987–1996
Action · Comedy · News

Envoyé spécial

★ 7.2
56 208 1989–present
Documentary · News

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

★ 4.5
50 1605 1989–present
News · Talk-Show

BBC North West Tonight

★ 6.1
49 936 1984–present
News

Rudis Tagesshow

★ 6.1
47 12 1981–1987
Comedy · News

The CBS Morning News

★ 4.1
47 74 1987–present
News

Sky News: Sunrise

★ 4.1
46 905 1989–2019
News · Sport

Bogart

★ 8.4
45 83 1985–2002
News · Talk-Show

TV 2 Nyhederne

★ 5.3
45 71 1988–present
News

Bravo TV

★ 3.6
45 67 1985–2007
Music · News

TV Patrol

★ 7.6
44 40 1987–present
News

View

★ 7.1
44 518 1987–2001
Musical · News · Reality-TV

CBS News Roundup

★ 6.8
40 14 1982–1992
News

Bom Dia Brasil

★ 7.6
38 3 1983–present
News

Moneyline

★ 2.8
38 19 1980–2020
News

7 sur 7

★ 5.7
37 591 1981–1997
News

Good Day New York

★ 4.4
36 272 1988–2026
News

Logo!

★ 6.5
36 9 1988–present
Family · News

Carte Blanche

★ 7.9
32 237 1988–present
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