Favorite 'short-lived" 80's Tv show

[Green Lantern]

What was your favorite short-lived tv show from the 1980's? A show that ran a few episodes and cancelled or ran a up to 3 tv seasons or 2 regular years.

My favorite was
Voyagers!
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/t-v/voyagers-cov.jpg
Time travel Fantasy show Starring Meeno Peluce and Jon-Erik Hexum. I liked to pocket size time machine.

The Greatest American Hero
http://gattaca.com.ar/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/greatestamericanhero.jpg
High school teacher is turned in a bumbling super-hero. I would love to see the movie version.

Automan
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/9348/automan2.jpg

Police officer and computer programmer who had created an artificially intelligent crime fighting program that generated a hologram able to leave the computer world and enter reality to help fight crime. He had a cool car better the knight rider. http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/sti10.jpg

The New Odd Couple
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/13536newcouple2.jpg/250px-13536newcouple2.jpg

An updated version of the 1970-75 television series The Odd Couple. The New Odd Couple was the second attempt to remake a series of one of Neil Simon's plays with a primarily African-American cast. I like the hip version of the theme song.

My sister Sam
http://timstvshowcase.com/mysistersam1.jpg
This show did great on Monday nights, but went moved it the Saturday night the ratings when down and then later cancelled. My Sister Sam was not cancelled due to Schaeffer's murder, as this happened a year after the show's end.:sad:

[MacVittie]

After M*A*S*H*

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Aftermash.jpg

[PD]

not on during the 80's, but about the 80's

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193676/

[Contra]

What was that show with the robot girl that everyone though was just acting like a robot? That show was weird.

Wait what was that show with that girl that could freeze time? I only remember the episode where she freezes time kissing a boy for the first time so she remembers to tilt her head the right way and to close her eyes.

Maybe that one was early 90s I'm not sure.

[Aggie]

What was that show with the robot girl that everyone though was just acting like a robot? That show was weird.

Wait what was that show with that girl that could freeze time? I only remember the episode where she freezes time kissing a boy for the first time so she remembers to tilt her head the right way and to close her eyes.

Maybe that one was early 90s I'm not sure.

OMG, I loved both of those shows. I think they were on back to back. Small Wonder was the robot one. I forget the other.

http://hollywoodroaster.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/small_wonder.jpg

[IMSlacker]

Davis Rules

http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw/~movies/new/DavisRules.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

Wait what was that show with that girl that could freeze time? I only remember the episode where she freezes time kissing a boy for the first time so she remembers to tilt her head the right way and to close her eyes.

Maybe that one was early 90s I'm not sure.

I think you're thinking of Zack Morris and Saved by the Bell. He had godlike powers to stop time and he was pretty like a girl.

[epo]

Frank's Place.

http://www.timandtomcomedy.com/Detroit_News_blog_files/Franks%2520Place.jpg

[KEITHJAY]

I loved police squad 6 episodes but brought back in the movies :thumbup:

[Badinia]

What was your favorite short-lived tv show from the 1980's? A show that ran a few episodes and cancelled or ran a up to 3 tv seasons or 2 regular years.


The Greatest American Hero
http://gattaca.com.ar/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/greatestamericanhero.jpg
High school teacher is turned in a bumbling super-hero. I would love to see the movie version.


And is also secretly the killer known as the Tooth Fairy in Red Dragon!

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:LDkQ_jP1NO863M:http://www.camillepicott.com/images/red_dragon_character_50.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Red_Dragon_movie.jpg

[Devo37]

The Charmings:
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Sledge Hammer:
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and the show with the girl who could stop time was Out of this World:
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i loved Maureen Flannigan during my youth!

[Gvac]

Mike Hammer was the shit, yo

http://www.serienoldies.de/images7/mike_hammer_2.jpg

[epo]

Mike Hammer was the shit, yo

http://www.serienoldies.de/images7/mike_hammer_2.jpg

Vinnie Terranova made Mike Hammer look like a pussy.

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080618/wiseguy_l.jpg

[Gvac]

Vinnie Terranova made Mike Hammer look like a pussy.

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080618/wiseguy_l.jpg

How DARE you!

Mike Hammer would've kicked that guido faggot's ass!

[epo]

How DARE you!

Mike Hammer would've kicked that guido faggot's ass!

That's rich! Wasn't Mike Hammer on social security in the 80's?

[Gvac]

That's rich! Wasn't Mike Hammer on social security in the 80's?

No.

Cocaine. (http://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/05/arts/stacy-keach-arrested-on-london-drug-count.html)

[Hottub]

You guys are such pussies.

The only choice is Crime Story.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Crime_Story_Cast.jpg

http://videodetective.com/photos/838/035198_22.jpg

[drusilla]

my boyfriend always talks about misfits of science.

i think i liked the original e/r which oddly enough had george clooney too.

[Green Lantern]

my boyfriend always talks about misfits of science.

i think i liked the original e/r which oddly enough had george clooney too.

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x153/olechristian/Misfitsintro-1.jpg

Courtney Cox is cute on that show

[Green Lantern]

My favorite was
Voyagers!
http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Voyagers_DVD/voyagers__tv_show_image.jpg
Time travel Fantasy show Starring Meeno Peluce and Jon-Erik Hexum.

I liked to pocket size time machine.
http://www.omniversal.com/props/prop_001.jpg

[IMSlacker]

Davis Rules

Shit. I totally missed the 80's part. I think Davis Rules was 91 or 92.

[Green Lantern]

Sidekicks was other good show. With Buck Rogers and the pizza boy from the Ninja Turtles movie.

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[Hottub]

Let me be the first to say It's great to have G.L. posting again.

[Freakshow]

Nearly Departed starring Eric Idle. 6 episodes, I believe...

[TripleSkeet]

Ive seen so many shows I loved on this list. Sledge Hammer, Misfits of Science and Greatest American Hero are a few.

I also liked
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5592/24915089.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=24915089.jpg)

[Death Metal Moe]

Sledge Hammer:
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Mother Fuckin' SLEDGE HAMMER! I loved this stupid show. It was one of the biggest TV letdowns of my childhood when it wasn't renewed.

[Devo37]

Mother Fuckin' SLEDGE HAMMER! I loved this stupid show. It was one of the biggest TV letdowns of my childhood when it wasn't renewed.

nowadays, it probably would've been cancelled after 2 episodes, and Sledge wouldn't even have had the chance to set off a nuclear bomb, like in the season finale (can't find the video on youtube).

[Death Metal Moe]

nowadays, it probably would've been cancelled after 2 episodes, and Sledge wouldn't even have had the chance to set off a nuclear bomb, like in the season finale (can't find the video on youtube).



I can't remember anything about the show other than that ending, someone screaming as the bomb went off and then the crushing truth that some TV shows just don't come back.

As a child I couldn't believe they would leave me hanging on the story. I'm still a little pissed about it to this day.

[PapaBear]

What qualifies as "short lived"? Some of these shows I remember being on for at least a couple of years.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.net/graphics/news3/SquarePegs_tradead.jpg

I didn't realize until a few months ago that James T Kirk's son died 20 years ago.

[SP1!]

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6696/manimal3.jpg

Manimal was cool when I was a kid

[Devo37]

I can't remember anything about the show other than that ending, someone screaming as the bomb went off and then the crushing truth that some TV shows just don't come back.

As a child I couldn't believe they would leave me hanging on the story. I'm still a little pissed about it to this day.

yeah, i don't remember any specifics other than that he was a shoot-first-ask-questions-later bungling detective. and apparently, there was a second season, which i totally don't remember. now i'm gonna have to get the dvd's!

[Death Metal Moe]

Just found a website about Sledge Hammer and both seasons on DVD on Amazon.

I got a Christmas List already!

[SP1!]

I can't remember anything about the show other than that ending, someone screaming as the bomb went off and then the crushing truth that some TV shows just don't come back.

As a child I couldn't believe they would leave me hanging on the story. I'm still a little pissed about it to this day.

I remember that show and it did have a second season
Because ABC intended to cancel the series, the last episode of the first season ends with Hammer accidentally destroying the city when he attempts to disarm a stolen nuclear warhead; just before the explosion Hammer remarks on his infamous phrase "Trust Me....." . The last scene shows the "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"-style ruins of the city with Trunk's voice screaming "HAMMMMMMMER!", and a graphic flashed:

"To Be Continued... Next Season?"

However, this episode got much better than expected ratings, in large part because the network had moved the show to a better time slot. ABC changed its mind and renewed the show for a second season.
Cosby killed it though, damn him and his sweaters.

[SP1!]

I also remember a show called Mr Merlin about a modern day merlin and some dork but hey I was a kid so I liked it too

[Coach]

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6696/manimal3.jpg

Manimal was cool when I was a kidHell Yeah!
What about ...
The Master?
Sidekicks (although I thought it was titled Little Dragon)?
Just the 10 of Us? ( lits o' lil swimmers died over the girls on that)
There was one about a kid who was an alien with 2 hearts and had powers..I think it was reworked recently into Kyle XY?
Max Headroom? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092402/

[Death Metal Moe]

What was the show were the kid had some sort of weird super powers and flew by spraying aerosol cans? Sorry, that's all I remember.

[Devo37]

What was the show were the kid had some sort of weird super powers and flew by spraying aerosol cans? Sorry, that's all I remember.

My Secret Identity
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i think that was on Saturday mornings, right brfore Out of this World!

[Coach]

What was the show were the kid had some sort of weird super powers and flew by spraying aerosol cans? Sorry, that's all I remember.
My Secret Identity?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094516/

[Death Metal Moe]

My Secret Identity?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094516/

That has to be it, I remember that Jerry guy being the star.

[PapaBear]

That has to be it, I remember that Jerry guy being the star.
He must have lost all that weight pretty quick after Stand By Me. I always assumed he lost it when he grew up.

[Coach]

He must have lost all that weight pretty quick after Stand By Me. I always assumed he lost it when he grew up.
First season he was chubby..then he hit puberty.

[hedges]

Q.E.D.

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[hammersavage]

Parker Lewis apparently CAN lose

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[Contra]

Out of this world! Thanks Devo, that's been annoying me for years.

[Coach]

Out of this world! Thanks Devo, that's been annoying me for years.I jerked off to her too...
The Duck Factory
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086702/

[Contra]

If I wasn't like 7, maybe I would have

[Coach]

Regional Show, I know.....Steampipe Alley...starring Mario Cantone...wow did the title make a load of sense years later.
Oh I'll add Morton Downey Jr and Uncle Floyd as regional shows...Floyd was before the 80's I know, But from where I was..he disappeared after about 2 years.

[hedges]

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[CruelCircus]

"Spenser For Hire"

http://www.iamspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/spencer_for_hire.jpg

"Cover Up"

http://www.pinglewood.com/2008/February/images/2419.jpg

[Melk]

Sidekicks (although I thought it was titled Little Dragon)?

There was a made for TV movie that was the pilot for the series called "The Last Electric Knight" That show irritated me. All I wanted to watch, at that time, was non-stop martial arts action. Instead, I got the occasional kicks and other stunts.

If we can include "Parker Lewis," I am also going to stretch the 1980s to 1990 and say, "Get a Life!" Chris Elliot is a 30 year old paperboy. Many famous comic writers like Bob Odenkirk and the great Charlie Kaufman wrote for the show.

Loved it.

[CountryBob]

There was a show called "We got it maid" it had a smokin hot chick that was a maid for 2 guys. Sorry no pics - posting at work.

[Hottub]

There was a show called "We got it maid" it had a smokin hot chick that was a maid for 2 guys. Sorry no pics - posting at work.


http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/699/3wegotitmade-81283.jpg


http://i2.iofferphoto.com/img/1108800000/_i/5699149/1.jpg

[TripleSkeet]

Get a Life was phenominal.

I remember one episode when an alien showed up and Chris killed it and him and his dad couldnt stop eating it. It was so random but soooo funny.

[TripleSkeet]

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/699/3wegotitmade-81283.jpg


http://i2.iofferphoto.com/img/1108800000/_i/5699149/1.jpg

Too funny. The guy on the left was Bobcat Goldwaiths brother in Better Off Dead, and the guy on the right was Commandant Lasards nephew in Police Academy 5 (I think? The one where they went to Florida) God Im a geek.

[Coach]

Too funny. The guy on the left was Bobcat Goldwaiths brother in Better Off Dead, and the guy on the right was Commandant Lasards nephew in Police Academy 5 (I think? The one where they went to Florida) God Im a geek.And the husband in that Nanny movie Matt McCoy..He used to have a house where I guarded..his wife was freaking hot..his entire family looked like those families you see in the picture frames before you buy them
.

[OGC]

Max Headroom? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092402/

I recently came across a collection of Max Headroom from a "shady" source. I loved that show back then. I'll let you know how it is to watch again .

[debit]

There was this action show that took place in Australia and had a really cool tractor trailer that the truck part was very low to the ground, almost like a car.

I was so young and it was only on for a couple of episodes that I can't remember any more than that.

I think it was A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf rip off.


Please can someone help.

[TjM]

Dr. Dr.

[Crash]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Miami_Vice.jpg

[Crash]

Sorry, first link didn't work. Trying again...

http://www.tutorialbeach.com/tutorials/images/miami_vice_text_7.jpg

[Green Lantern]

Sanford without Son

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b75/Jbeezy757/SanfordSon.jpg

In 1980-81, Redd Foxx attempted to revive the show with the short-lived Sanford (so named because Demond Wilson declined to reprise the role of Lamont for the new series).


The New Gidget
http://www.tvparty.com/vgifs6/newgidget.gif
Sydney Penny was cute.

That's Incredible

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[PapaBear]

Miami Vice and That's Incredible, definately weren't short lived.

[fezident]

Parker Lewis apparently CAN lose

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YES.

[Coach]

I always liked the Battle of the Network Stars and Circus of The Stars.. Both were late 70's-early 80's so I dunno if they qualify. Never forget seeing Lynda Carter's cans through her suit.

[DiabloSammich]

http://21.media.tumblr.com/zTKMyk88qkwfmiunlztdp1Joo1_400.jpg



...and....



http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bM4j8y8kL._SS500_.jpg

[A.J.]

I always liked the Battle of the Network Stars and Circus of The Stars.. Both were late 70's-early 80's so I dunno if they qualify. Never forget seeing Lynda Carter's cans through her suit.

Then you would have loved her in the short-lived 80s show Partners in Crime.

http://www.wonderland-site.com/pix/series/pic/pic01.gif

http://www.wonderland-site.com/pix/series/pic/pic02.gif

[MagillaGorillaz]

Double Trouble

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Anyone remember the show with Chainsaw from Summer School, They came From Outer Space.

There are two that I can't remember the titles of. One was some syndicated show with a family and some old lady puppett. The other one I have tried to look up online but with no avail was a children's show. In New York it was on NBC before all the real cartoons came on. It had these squirels in a tree house and some bad guy who I think was called Buzz Buzzsaw.

[Green Lantern]

Punky Brewster

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http://images.wikia.com/openserving/entertainment/images/thumb/5/5d/SoleilMoonFrye.JPG/400px-SoleilMoonFrye.JPG


After she got those massive hooters reduces :sad:

[Furtherman]

What a great thread... although some of you can't read.... "short-lived" please. Miami Vice, Riptide, and Spencer For Hire don't apply.

My favorite was Voyagers!

Loved it and recently bought the DVDs. It holds up!


Manimal was cool when I was a kid

Trivia question: Do you know the 90's TV show that Manimal returned, wrapping up the character's story?

I remember watching this episode being blown away that I was watching Manimal again.

So you don't have to look it up:

It was a series called Night Man which ran from 1997 to 1999. Manimal dies saving Night Man.


My Secret Identity?

Out of this world!

Wow... I totally forgot about those shows, but watched them all. Seeing the youtube opening credits takes me back like it was yesterday.

Here are two I remember liking:

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What an awful concept, intro and song. How did they expect it to last more than one season? No matter, I had a crush on Ann Jillian!

And this one is cheating a bit - it aired only in 1990 for 6 episodes. I thought it was the funniest show I had ever seen at the time. Anyone else remember The Marshall Chronicles?

http://epguides.com/MarshallChronicles/logo.jpg

[Coach]

too lazy to look....and I don't remember..did anyone say
Small Wonder?
and it was an early Nick show..The Tomorrow People....they redid it later.
And it was a One and done spinoff of Chips..Ninja Force..about a Force of Ninja Cops.

[JimBeam]

I was a huge fan of The Master w/ Lee Van Cleef and Timothy Van Patten.

There was a show w/ Jason Bateman and the guy who played Steve Rhodes on Married With Children that I enjoyed.

The one dude was dating Bateman's mom and they were always pulling scams on each other to try and get the upper hand.

I'm sure I could find it on IMDB or TV.com but I'm too lazy.

[Coach]

I was a huge fan of The Master w/ Lee Van Cleef and Timothy Van Patten.
Ever notice that although he was supposed to be learning from the master..Tim never really learned how to be a ninja..until the last few episodes before it was cancelled?

[JimBeam]

I gotta be honest and say I forgot how it ended.

I think it only lasted like 2 seasons. I may actually have them on taoe somewhere at my parents.

I know they did jam 2 episodes together and showed them as a movie on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Demi Moore was in it.

[JimBeam]

I also like a gang show called Renegades.

It was a take on the old tough gang kids working w/ the police to fight crimes bit.

Patrick Swaze was in it.

I also rememeber liking Tales Of The Golden Monkey w/ Ernest Borgnine and I think the father from 7th Heaven.

The Powers Of Matthew Star and Misfits Of Science were entertaining.

[mikeyboy]

There was a show w/ Jason Bateman and the guy who played Steve Rhodes on Married With Children that I enjoyed.

The one dude was dating Bateman's mom and they were always pulling scams on each other to try and get the upper hand.

I'm sure I could find it on IMDB or TV.com but I'm too lazy.

I think that was "It's Your Move".

[Furtherman]

I
I also rememeber liking Tales Of The Golden Monkey w/ Ernest Borgnine and I think the father from 7th Heaven.

GREAT call! The original Indiana Jones rip-off. But no Borgnine! I loved it!

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Yikes. Epic fail on that theme song. That wasn't very "adventurous" sounding at all.

[JimBeam]

But no Borgnine!

I must've been mashing it up w/ Airwolf, another great show which I believe I also have on tape.

The original Airwolf on CBS. Not the one that somehow ended up on USA.

There was a Blue Thunder show for a while w/ awful casting including Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith ( or maybe just Butkus ).

Spencer For Hire might not count but Hawk should.

I don't think BJ & The Bear had a long run huh ?

Sheriff Lobo had a spinoff that was OK.

[Green Lantern]

I think that was "It's Your Move".


Yep it was It's your Move.

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[Knowledged_one]

Ferris bueller, shes the sheriff, monopoly the game show, dungeons and dragons cartoon

[Green Lantern]

How can anyone forget "Bosom Buddies"


http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Bosom_Buddies/bosom_buddies_season_two_dvd__large_.jpg

[Knowledged_one]

Not sure if it was in the 80s and think it was planned to be short but twin peaks

[TripleSkeet]

That's Incredible

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I remember Thats Incredible had Tiger Woods on it golfing when he was like 3 years old.


Oh and I dont remember if it was short lived or not, but I loved Silver Spoons.

[Coach]

I think that was "It's Your Move".yup, a spin off of Silver Spoons

[drusilla]

Too funny. The guy on the left was Bobcat Goldwaiths brother in Better Off Dead, and the guy on the right was Commandant Lasards nephew in Police Academy 5 (I think? The one where they went to Florida) God Im a geek.

one crazy summer


i forgot all about double trouble!! i loved that show for some odd reason. & parker lewis was one of my favorites. i'm getting old if i'm forgetting all the good stuff from my childhood.

[Coach]

one crazy summer


i forgot all about double trouble!! i loved that show for some odd reason. & parker lewis was one of my favorites. i'm getting old if i'm forgetting all the good stuff from my childhood.Yeah, Better Off Dead had Booger, Tina from Nightmare on Elm Street, and the fat guy from Head Of the Class with Robin Givens.

[JimBeam]

i forgot all about double trouble!!

Was that the one w/ the 2 twin sisters that lived w/ their aunt ?

Yeah, Better Off Dead had Booger, Tina from Nightmare on Elm Street, and the fat guy from Head Of the Class with Robin Givens.

Wasn't the French chick also in " The Last American Virgin " ?

She was a fake looking Emma Samms although a bit younger.

[Green Lantern]

Was that the one w/ the 2 twin sisters that lived w/ their aunt ?
That was the second season when the twins moved to New York.

[realmenhatelife]

These are both from the 90s but I remember really liking Herman's Head and They Came From Outer Space

[JimBeam]

I think Herman's Head started in the late 80's.

21 Jump Street was great but I guess that wasn't really short lived.

They did have a pretty cool Outsiders show, based on the book/movie, which only lasted a few episodes.

[drusilla]

They Came From Outer Space

:clap:

[KEITHJAY]

Mother Fuckin' SLEDGE HAMMER! I loved this stupid show. It was one of the biggest TV letdowns of my childhood when it wasn't renewed.

you found it!! I was trying to think of it the other day :clap:

[Sinestro]

http://www.jkrweb.com/entertainment/images/FlashTV-sm.jpg
and
http://www.nndb.com/people/663/000103354/amanda-pays-1-sized.jpg

Forgot who she played on the Flash tv show.

[Contra]

Yeah I didn't say 21 jump street cause I didn't consider it "short lived"

[kdubya]

Devo already mentioned it on the first page but,
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f390/kristianebell/sledgehammer0.jpg

Lock it up

[tanless1]

There was this action show that took place in Australia and had a really cool tractor trailer that the truck part was very low to the ground, almost like a car.

I was so young and it was only on for a couple of episodes that I can't remember any more than that.

I think it was A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf rip off.


Please can someone help.

i believe it was the "highway man" and that
bus is for sale, depending on how big a fan you are.

[furie]

Misfits of Science

----------------
Now playing: Rush - Earthshine (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/rush/track/earthshine)
via FoxyTunes (http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/)

[meanmrbill]

Best of the West. A show I used to watch in the early 80's when I was 11 or 12. I used to do a mean impersonation of the character "Frog".

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g174/meanmrbill/2955088-m.jpg

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Hotel. Mostly because my cousin was on that show.

[Silent Jesus]

http://www.tvcrazy.net/images/leemajors/fallguy/wallpaper/car_stunts.jpg

Lee Majors in his short lived role as The Fall Guy

And
You Can't do that on Television

http://www.popserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/a-youcan-maint.jpg

[JimBeam]

Dempsey & Makepeace

War Of The Worlds was pretty good.

[MagillaGorillaz]

You Can't do that on Television

http://www.popserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/a-youcan-maint.jpg

You Can't do that on Television was not short lived. It was on for a while. And think about the ramifications of that show. Nickelodeon continues to use green slime in game shows and stuff. Granted a kid now a day's would have no clue who Barf and Moose are, but they would know all about green slime.

Now that I think about it, I don't think Fall Guy was short lived.

[sailor]

The Charmings:
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loved the charmings. never knew of anyone else to ever watch it.

http://www.thecharmings.sarahcutter.com/homepg1.jpg

[Silent Jesus]

You Can't do that on Television was not short lived. It was on for a while. And think about the ramifications of that show. Nickelodeon continues to use green slime in game shows and stuff. Granted a kid now a day's would have no clue who Barf and Moose are, but they would know all about green slime.

Now that I think about it, I don't think Fall Guy was short lived.

I guess it depends on what your definition of "short lived" is... and how your memory makes you perceive that time...

Fall Guy was on for 5 years - 1981-1986
don't remember much about YCDTOTV... just remember the kids poppin outta lockers telling jokes, the slime, and the water gag.

Other then that, I don't know?
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/dickpickle1/GIF/gdpit_com_55377760_96.gif

[Dude!]

i remember maybe just
the last season of this

i checked wikipedia and it ran for 5 years
but only 45 episodes

pee wee's playhouse!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Pee_wee%27s_Playhouse.png

[aceofspades7]

http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/roboz1.jpg

[Mullenax]

Air Wolf- probably on too long to count, but what a weird/great show. Super helicopters and heartfelt cello playing.
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[Coach]

Shatner's other role: Tj Hooker

[Green Lantern]

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[Sinestro]

http://www.pazsaz.com/pix/spgalg.gif

[TjM]

Doctor Doctor

[AKA]

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/daybydaycast.jpg

1988 series, lasted about a season and a half - had a great cast (including Julie Louis Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch as the baby) - I think they tried to tie it into Family Dies at one point.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/daybyday-1988.jpg

Actually, not really a good show, but I was a fan of one particular episode where they had members of The Brady Bunch show up to parody themselves - some very, very funny jokes - I think all of the Brady boys were there, as well as a real life pregnant Marcia, and even Alice, Mom and Dad (no Cindy or Jan).

In the episode, the son on the show falls asleep watching a Bunch marathon on tv and dreams he is part of the Brady Family. This kid was played by Christopher Daniel Barnes, who would later play Greg in the movies 7 years later.

The episode came out right after the Brady Christmas special and the overly serious Brady's dramatic series, but it really is what is responsible for showing people how to make fun of this show - from the movies, to SNL, to the stage show owe something to this episode.

[Sinestro]

Double Trouble- The twins went from Iowa to NYC during the reboot.

The Powers of Matthew Star- I think he was an alien and the Feds were after him.

We got it Maid- I don't know if it was the 80's but Terri Copley was smoking hot.

I don't remember the title of this show (I think it was based on a movie) but it was about a rich bachelor dude that takes in orphan girls (of different nationalities) relunctantly due to part of a will or something and ends up loving them like the family/children he never had.

[Sinestro]

I don't remember the title of this show (I think it was based on a movie) but it was about a rich bachelor dude that takes in orphan girls (of different nationalities) relunctantly due to part of a will or something and ends up loving them like the family/children he never had.

Rags to Riches was the show. Like the movie Annie but with more kids.

[furie]

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[JimBeam]

Double Trouble- The twins went from Iowa to NYC during the reboot.

The Powers of Matthew Star- I think he was an alien and the Feds were after him.

We got it Maid- I don't know if it was the 80's but Terri Copley was smoking hot.

I don't remember the title of this show (I think it was based on a movie) but it was about a rich bachelor dude that takes in orphan girls (of different nationalities) relunctantly due to part of a will or something and ends up loving them like the family/children he never had.

Powers Of Matthew Star was good. I always remembered it because it had 2 people that were in Friday The 13th films ( Amy Steele and I forget the name of the guy who actually played Matthew Star ).

Double Trouble was always mislabeled. I remembered reading an ad for it and they reffered to 1 sister as being " devilsih ". One might've been straight laced but the other wasn't all that crazy from what I can remember.

Not sure if I mentioned this earlier in the thread and I can't recall the name of the show but it had Justin Bateman and Steve Rhodes from Married With Children. Bateman was always running scams and the Steve Rhodes character was dating his mom.

[A.J.]

Not sure if I mentioned this earlier in the thread and I can't recall the name of the show but it had Justin Bateman and Steve Rhodes from Married With Children. Bateman was always running scams and the Steve Rhodes character was dating his mom.

It's Your Move.

[newport king]

synchronize swatches.
http://chud.com/articles/content_images/117/PARKERLEWIStitle.JPG

[jonyrotn]

Square Pegs and Joanie loves Chachie..

Edit: Family.

[mdr55]

I think these were in the 80's:

Hey Dude!, Kids Incorporated, Swans Crossing, The Colbys (spin-off from Dynasty)

[Dude!]

I think these were in the 80's:

Hey Dude!, Kids Incorporated, Swans Crossing, The Colbys (spin-off from Dynasty)

Hey mdr55!

[mdr55]

Enos (spin-off of Dukes of Hazzard), It's a Living

[mdr55]

Hey mdr55!

:laugh:

[mdr55]

Fox had alot of shows when they first started trying to be the 4th network. They just threw them out there.

Some show with Chad Lewis, don't remember the name.

Boyz will be Boys with a young Matt Perry (he worked in a hamburger shop) and they had a Fonzie cool person as his friend.

A show with 2 couples, not sure if they we're ex's living together or something or what their connection was.

[furie]

synchronize swatches.
http://chud.com/articles/content_images/117/PARKERLEWIStitle.JPG

three seasons, and all of them in the 90's

[hanso]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! And The Legend of Zelda.

It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989.

The Zelda cartoons were first shown every Friday as part of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! in 1989. The Super Show introduction and live action sequences were kept intact, as they were the base format for the series, but Zelda was shown in place of the animated Super Mario Bros. series which ran during the rest of the week. Each episode ran for around fifteen minutes.

[cougarjake13]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! And The Legend of Zelda.

It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989.

The Zelda cartoons were first shown every Friday as part of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! in 1989. The Super Show introduction and live action sequences were kept intact, as they were the base format for the series, but Zelda was shown in place of the animated Super Mario Bros. series which ran during the rest of the week. Each episode ran for around fifteen minutes.

i remember those

[IamFogHat]

i remember those

Of course we remember

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[Dudeman]

Each week Patrick Sean Flaherty tracks down the different lucky winners of the Intersweep lottery. Eric Rush of the IRS tags along to make sure that Uncle Sam gets his share. The stories center around the ordinary people who have all of a sudden become millionaires and how it changes their life.

http://images.tvrage.com/shows/5/4287.gif

[jennysmurf]

Doctor Doctor

Oh yeah! With the "Max Headroom" guy--loved that show!

[CurseoftheBambi]

The actor who played Sledge Hammer lives somewhere on my train line (Q or B) in Brooklyn. I see him off and on...haven;'t seen him recently though...but i so wanna ask him for an autograph..

Does anyone remember the tv show The Quest...this defines short lived 80s show..

http://spockvideo.com/images/quest%20[1400x1309].jpg

[Judge Smails]

Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Specifically, the first season before Jack Palance forced the producers and ABC to hire his daughter as a co-host (and certainly not the bastardized Dean Cain version).

As a kid, I loved the way Jack said "Believe it . . . or not" and constantly did an impression of it. He was so creepy and funny at the same time. He was like everyone's favorite coked up, kid touching uncle.

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