Most Popular 1980s TV Shows
The most popular 1980s tv shows, ranked by what CrossBingers actually watch, play, read, and listen to, blended with critical standing. Refreshed every day.
Updated 2026-08-12
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Star Trek: The Next Generation– - 2
The Simpsons– - 3
Dragon Ball Z– - 4
Seinfeld– - 5
Quantum Leap– - 6
Jeopardy!▲7 - 7
Married... with Children▼1 - 8
Knight Rider▼1 - 9
Full House▲1 - 10
Ranma ½▼1 - 11
Agatha Christie's Poirot▼3 - 12
The A-Team– - 13
Murder, She Wrote▼2 - 14
MacGyver– - 15
The Smurfs– - 16
The Wonder Years– - 17
Cheers– - 18
Saint Seiya– - 19
ALF– - 20
Miami Vice– - 21
Red Dwarf▲2 - 22
Tales from the Crypt– - 23
Magnum, P.I.▼2 - 24
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe– - 25
ThunderCats– - 26
Hill Street Blues– - 27
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles▲1 - 28
Airwolf▲1 - 29
Baywatch▼2 - 30
DuckTales– - 31
Saved by the Bell– - 32
Garfield and Friends– - 33
The Cosby Show– - 34
V▲1 - 35
EastEnders▼1 - 36
Blackadder– - 37
The Golden Girls– - 38
Moonlighting– - 39
Sherlock Holmes– - 40
Captain Tsubasa– - 41
Family Matters– - 42
The Transformers– - 43
Shōgun▲1 - 44
Who's the Boss?▼1 - 45
The Twilight Zone– - 46
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers▲1 - 47
21 Jump Street▼1 - 48
Night Court– - 49
Family Ties– - 50
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh– - 51
Amazing Stories▲1 - 52
Only Fools and Horses▲1 - 53
Home and Away▼2 - 54
Highway to Heaven– - 55
Dynasty▲1 - 56
Mystery Science Theater 3000▲2 - 57
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears▲3 - 58
L.A. Law▼1 - 59
Casualty▼4 - 60
Cops▲1 - 61
American Experience▼2 - 62
St. Elsewhere▲1 - 63
Matlock▼1 - 64
Thomas & Friends▲1 - 65
Inspector Morse▲1 - 66
Beetlejuice▲1 - 67
The Equalizer▼3 - 68
The Real Ghostbusters– - 69
'Allo 'Allo!▲1 - 70
Remington Steele▼1 - 71
V– - 72
Tour of Duty▲2 - 73
Fist of the North Star▼1 - 74
T. J. Hooker▲2 - 75
Journey to the West▲2 - 76
Hunter▲2 - 77
North and South▲4 - 78
The Fall Guy▲5 - 79
Coach▲3 - 80
Inspector Gadget▲4 - 81
Friday the 13th: The Series▲4 - 82
Falcon Crest▼2 - 83
LIVE with Kelly and Mark▼4 - 84
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics▲3 - 85
Simon & Simon▲1 - 86
Sledge Hammer!▲2 - 87
Newsnight▼12 - 88
Unsolved Mysteries▲1 - 89
The Greatest American Hero▲1 - 90
The Bold and the Beautiful▲1 - 91
A Different World▲2 - 92
Frontline– - 93
Chespirito▲1 - 94
Sale of the Century▼21 - 95
Dr. Slump– - 96
The Young Ones– - 97
Neighbours– - 98
Doogie Howser, M.D.– - 99
The Mysterious Cities of Gold– - 100
Late Night with David Letterman–