Beanies, I need help! Does anyone know of American TV shows that were either from the 1980s, or set in the 1980s? And any ads (posters/ video is fine)?

Links or simple name-dropping will be great (: I need it for research I’m doing at work.

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    Off the top of my head:
    Cheers
    Family Ties
    The Golden Girls
    Hill Street Blues
    St Elsewhere
    Night Court
    Married With Children
    MacGyver
    ALF
    PeeWee’s Playhouse

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    Stranger Things takes place in the 1980s.

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    My favorite 80s show: Magnum P.I

    Murder, She Wrote
    Miami Vice
    Moonlighting
    Remmington Steele
    The Wonder Years
    Murphy Brown
    Who’s the Boss
    Dallas
    Dynasty
    It’s a bit anathema now, but The Cosby Show – I loved it growing up.

    Ads:

    https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/10-memorable-tv-commercials/

    https://thedecoratedcookie.com/famous-80s-commercials/

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      I love Moonlighting!
      I remember I had a huge crush on the boy the Wonder Years. What’s his name, Fred Savage, no?

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      Cartoons:
      Jem – best show ever! ^^
      Inspector Gadget
      DuckTales
      The Smurfs
      Transformers
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
      GI Joe
      The Real Ghostbusters
      Thundercats
      He-man

      California Raisins: Their many commercials and their eventual show would always play during Saturday morning cartoons: http://mentalfloss.com/article/92643/california-raisins-how-bunch-dried-grapes-became-hit-band
      Who doesn’t love awesome singing raisins??

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        He-man! I watched it again when I was already in primary school, I didn’t understand why my toddler self loooooved him so much 😂
        oMG, Inspector Gadget, I love the theme song.
        I don’t know there’s Smurf cartoon, I only read the comics.

        May I add,
        Plastic man
        Saint Seiya
        Silverhawk
        Magical Princess Gigi (I was obsessed with her ribbon stick 😂)

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          You were missing out if you never watched Smurfs! Hahaha. It was hugely popular growing up (child of the 80s here)

          I had to google those cartoons. Plastic Man?!? Pfft. I have never even heard of this show. How do people come up with these ideas?

          Magical Princess Gigi- I can see why you would be obsessed! Super cute! (But this and Saint Seiya aren’t American made)

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    Growing Pains
    Full House
    The American Greatest Heroes
    C.H.I.P
    The A team
    Airwolf
    Knight Rider
    Tour of Duty
    21 Jump street
    Startrek Enterprise

    Asian Series
    Legend of The Condor Heroes (I just have to put this here. I hope everyone watch this masterpiece)
    Oshin (this one too is a masterpiece)

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    *having flashbacks!*
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    *having flashbacks!*

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      I kind of wish I grew up during that time to see it! Although the 90s was pretty cool, too ^^

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    @umbrellaman @manohira @eden-figgo @egads Thanks everyone! Sorry for replying 10 days late /o\

    In case you were wondering, I’m trying to find out what marketing language (in terms of words and visuals) were used in the 80s, because the artist we are featuring in our upcoming programme is interested in that time period. It’s one of the more fun research topics I’ve been given, heh.

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