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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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Breakfast Time

★ 6.6
31 408 1983–1989
News

Channel 4 News

★ 6.9
30 37 1982–present
News

Un giorno in pretura

★ 8.6
29 512 1988–present
Crime · News

CNBC Business News

★ 5.4
28 35 1989–present
News

Le j.T.N.

★ 8.3
28 1 1987–1988
Comedy · News

Saturday Night with Connie Chung

★ 7.0
27 8 1989–present
News

Star Haber

★ 2.6
27 3 1989–present
News

ProSieben :newstime

★ 4.0
27 13 1988–present
News · Sport

CNN Prime News

★ 4.3
26 2 1980–1998
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13 heures le journal

★ 6.5
26 740 1981–present
News

ARD-Mittagsmagazin

★ 5.1
25 754 1989–present
News

This Week with David Brinkley

★ 7.1
25 8 1981–2002
News · Talk-Show

CBS Early Morning News

★ 5.2
24 23 1982–1984
News

Network 7

★ 7.4
24 3 1987–1988
News

Wiadomosci

★ 2.3
24 1989–present
News

The Wilton North Report

★ 4.2
23 1987–1988
Comedy · News

Album... - Bilder eines Jahres

★ 8.7
22 5 1981–present
Documentary · News

Riverside

★ 8.3
21 41 1982–1983
News

After Hours

★ 6.0
20 24 1989–1990
News

KARE 11 News

★ 6.0
19 6 1983–present
News

Jornal da Tarde

★ 6.2
19 43 1987–present
News

3 News

★ 5.4
18 10 1989–2016
News

Fox 5 Morning News

★ 7.1
18 31 1985–present
News

Eye on L.A.

★ 7.6
18 127 1980–2019
Action · Adventure · News
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