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Best Sport TV Series of the 1980s

149 Sport series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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149 series

BodyShaping

★ 8.6
51 1988–present
Sport

Dash! Yonkuro

★ 6.8
50 1 1989–1990
Action · Animation · Sport

Moscow 1980: Games of the XXII Olympiad

★ 7.2
48 17 1980–1980
Sport

Sky News: Sunrise

★ 4.1
46 905 1989–2019
News · Sport

Mid South Wrestling

★ 6.9
44 209 1981–1986
Sport

Saint and Greavsie

★ 7.1
43 3 1985–1992
Sport · Talk-Show

A Question of Sport

★ 5.7
42 1 1989–present
Game-Show · Sport

Dobrá voda

★ 6.1
42 7 1982–present
Drama · Family · Sport

Bundesliga

★ 6.4
36 131 1984–2023
Sport

The Sunday Game

★ 8.5
36 1981–present
Sport

NBA Hardwood Classics

★ 8.7
35 54 1984–present
Sport

Efu

★ 7.2
35 31 1988–1988
Action · Animation · Sport

Wide World of Sports

★ 6.3
34 12 1981–present
Sport

1984 World Series

★ 8.0
34 5 1984–1984
Sport

1985 World Series

★ 6.7
34 5 1985–present
Sport

Twin Hawks

★ 6.2
33 36 1984–1985
Animation · Sport

Ashita tenki ni naare

★ 6.8
33 47 1984–1985
Animation · Sport

PGA Tour Golf

★ 7.4
32 103 1984–2026
Sport

Sky Sports World Championship Boxing

★ 7.6
32 109 1989–present
Sport

1982 World Series

★ 7.1
32 7 1982–present
Sport

Middletown

★ 8.6
31 6 1982–present
Documentary · Sport

Friday Night Football

★ 7.5
31 489 1983–2026
Sport

Football in Action

★ 6.7
30 26 1981–1982
Animation · Sport

WWF All American Wrestling

★ 7.8
30 575 1983–1994
Sport
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