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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

Madonna

★ 4.4
18 2 1988–1989
Animation · Comedy · Sport

Monday Night Live

★ 6.4
17 1989–present
Sport · Talk-Show

NBC's NFL '80

★ 6.1
17 20 1980–present
Sport

1985 National League Championship Series

★ 6.5
17 5 1985–present
Sport

NBC's NFL '81

★ 6.6
17 1 1981–present
Sport

WWF the Main Event

★ 6.9
16 5 1988–1991
Sport

World Pro Wrestling TV

★ 5.2
16 1984–1986
Sport

NFL Primetime

★ 7.1
15 1987–2005
News · Sport · Talk-Show

Lilla Sportspegeln

★ 5.5
15 1983–2017
Family · Sport

1984 American League Championship Series

★ 6.6
15 3 1984–present
Sport

The 1984 NBA Finals

★ 7.0
15 7 1984–1984
Sport

The NBA on TBS

★ 7.7
15 1 1984–2002
Sport

Athletics: World Championships

★ 7.9
13 5 1983–present
Sport

Pro Golfer Saru

★ 6.4
13 1985–1988
Animation · Sport

Numero Uno

★ 8.0
13 6 1982–present
Biography · Documentary · Sport

Major League Baseball Magazine

★ 6.9
12 1988–1991
Sport

1989 National League Championship Series

★ 6.0
12 5 1989–present
Sport

Wimbledon '81

★ 6.7
12 1981–present
Sport

1984 NBA Eastern Conference Finals

★ 6.4
12 1984–present
Sport

NCAA on CBS

★ 8.5
12 43 1981–present
Sport

The Outdoorsman with Buck McNeely

★ 4.6
12 3 1985–present
Adventure · Reality-TV · Sport

Pro Wrestling USA

★ 6.5
12 3 1984–1985
Sport

1982 National League Championship Series

★ 5.8
12 3 1982–present
Sport

1989 American League Championship Series

★ 6.2
11 5 1989–present
Sport
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