10 Bad 80s TV Show Flops That Gave Us Big Stars!

[@leet7489]

you can tell its an 80s show if the theme has a saxaphone in it

[@ispoilers9535]

Lol

[@HardRockMiner]

😂!! Night Court comes to mind right away.

[@edwinross8168]

I'm shocked you didn't mention it was Ted Danson that she punches in the clip of tuckers witch, also the show apparently went by another name, the good witch of laurel canyon

[@melanie7769]

I thought the same thing! I guess Cheers was a better bet for him in 1982.

[@ZavaXavier]

@@melanie7769 Don't forget Body Heat and Creepshow.

[@g.p.ryecroft]

Ted Danson began playing Sam Malone when CHEERS debuted on September 30, 1982, then that TUCKER'S WITCH episode aired on October 6, 1982. Wow, what a jarring show for fans of CHEERS! "The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon" was the title of that pilot episode. Danson was really scary in it. A great actor in both comedy and drama!

[@RoseorRosieHWeinstein]

How bout John Waite guest starred on 3 episodes played himself singing tears and the chart topper missing you on the ABC guilty pleasure Paper Dolls

[@paulallen8495]

Matthew Perry also played the memorable role of Carol's boyfriend Sandy, who died because he was a drunk driver.

[@Entolyfik]

Growing Pains!! I remember that episode...when I was younger this episode hit deep!

[@Spikesjade]

Carol

[@Entolyfik]

@@SpikesjadeCAROL!! Yeah, you are right! (it's been a LONG time; it's a little fuzzy, lol!) Thank you for that... Hnn...Cindy...maybe I was thinking of the Brady Bunch, heh.

[@tech9803]

Ironically both Tracey Gold and Perry would have problems with alcoholism

[@theorderofthebees7308]

Yes 🙌

[@JBowman-ps2ri]

Never heard of a single one of those & I grew up 👀 80s tv

[@ZavaXavier]

I grew up in the 80s too and I heard them all and watched them.

[@Gonner453]

I think that a lot of these shows were in syndication during their run. And it could come down to local programmers. I was young during the 80’s but I never heard of some of those shows

[@maryellenyarusso7029]

I only heard Seven Brides for Seven Brother never heard of the others

[@ZavaXavier]

@@Gonner453 None of them was in syndication during their run all network shows only they be syndicated if they had another season or some more seasons.

[@actthree7810]

@@ZavaXavier it must have been frustrating to watch so many shows with short runs

[@Ohionortheast]

22 episodes in one season now a days it’s 8 or 10 episodes times have changed a lot

[@Grazimoto1]

Actually, most regular scripted television shows still get 22 episodes per season. You're conflating regularly scheduled tv shows with streaming shows on Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Hulu, etc... those shows can get anywhere from 8 to 12 episodes per year.

[@jerzeyguy71]

I do think someone needs to specify what a season can mean. there should be a minimum to say you had a season!

[@g.p.ryecroft]

Yeah, back in the 1950s a season was typically 39 episodes (see GUNSMOKE, PERRY MASON, etc.), then dipped to 30 in the early/mid '60s and settled at 24 for a long time.

[@melanie7769]

Strange you didn’t mention some key members of the cast in The Renegades besides Patrick Swayze. Kurtwood Smith has been in a ton of movies and played Red on That 70s Show and That 90s Show. Randy Brooks was on many soap operas and TV shows and starred in the movies Colors and Reservoir Dogs. Most importantly, you forgot Brian Tochi who played Takashi in the Revenge of the Nerds franchise. He was also in 2 Police Academy movies and was the voice of Leonardo in all 3 live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies (the only ones that count, in my humble opinion).

[@The.Riss77]

Also, Tracey Scoggins

[@gregwilliams3120]

How could Dana Carvey walk around with that haircut??? 😂😂

[@JLvatron]

22:30 At least he never looked Taller!

[@marilyncunningham3216]

Catherine Hicks is probably best known for 7th Heaven rather than Star Trek🤷‍♀️

[@ZavaXavier]

Nah she's better known for alot of things like Ryan's Hope, Death Valley, Tucker's Witch, Child's Play and others but as a Gen Xer I know her for more than one thing.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@ZavaXavier Don't ForgetShe's Out Of Control with Tony Danza 1989 and she portrayed Marilyn Monroe in a tv movie around 1980-81.

[@markelijio6012]

Ryan’s Hope, 7th Heaven and several television movies/miniseries & features which Catherine Hicks has appeared since 1978.

[@nikkihoskin]

I'm a TV hound, and I've never heard of any of those shows.

[@ZavaXavier]

I definitely remember all of them.

[@actthree7810]

i thought I would recognize one, but no

[@charles-y2z6c]

I remember all of them being promoted watched a time or two and asked my parents if we could get cable

[@raymondproulx1095]

I never heard about any of them. I was in my late 20s and early 30s then. Must have been having more fun than I remember during those years.

[@theraven6843]

@@raymondproulx1095DITO ❤

[@stingrey1571]

ER gave us George Clooney. And no, not that ER. He also starred in a show called E/R.

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

George Clooney was also in the first one or two seasons of _Roseanne_ in the mid/late 80s, but I don't remember if that was before or after E/R. His character's name was Booker, and he was a supervisor where Roseanne, Jackie (I think), and a few semi-regular characters on the show worked.

[@mamacindyrogofsky495]

I remember that. With Elliot Gould and Mary Mc something. Can't spell her last name. 😂😂

[@musicloverme3993]

@@mamacindyrogofsky495 Mary McDonnell, Wikipedia or IMDb is your friend.

[@bethshadid2087]

He was also a young chap in Facts of Life

[@davej.meister5421]

@@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 E/R was a one season wonder on CBS during the 1984-85 season.

[@Entolyfik]

Yeppp...memories! Well, kinda. I've never actually seen any of these shows, but I am familiar with all of the talent that came from these shows, major and cameo! Bonus: at 16:24 (in Boys Will Be Boys), you can see a young man in a red shirt, gawking while listening to who's speaking... This young man is: Alphonso Ribeiro, aka "Carlton Banks" [Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]!

[@thevisionary2007]

I thought for sure you would have mentioned "I Married Dora" (1987?), where an executive married his Mexican maid so she could get a green card. The air-headed, Kelly Bundyesque daughter was played by Juliette Lewis who would be big in movies through the 90s like Natural Born Killers, From Dusk Till Dawn, and The Basketball Diaries. Some clips are on KZbin.

[@mcbane89]

Elizabeth Pena went on to do some major stuff too

[@sneggleblech]

How are you gonna talk about The Renegades and ignore Kurtwood Smith?

[@Irish381]

Michael Keaton ( Michael Kelly Douglas) picked his stage name from the lead Actress in Annie Hall .

[@saiberunato]

For me, it was Sable that gave us Rene Russo. Anyone remember Sable based on the Mike Grell comic? Or howabout Square Pegs that gave us Sarah Jessica Parker?

[@tammylynnbeatricedoyle4500]

Square Pegs also gave us Jami Gertz!

[@mikescott8903]

You're all liars...no one watched any of that

[@ZavaXavier]

​@@mikescott8903I did so hush troll.

[@mikescott8903]

@@ZavaXavier you didn't hush .....and you lied

[@ZavaXavier]

@@mikescott8903 I watched them so I don't care what a immature Gen Zer say.

[@MelissaThompson432]

Everything's Relative is 2 & a Half Men with no half. And George Costanza with hair.

[@shawnuel]

Wendy Malick also in One of the Boys.

[@pancdca]

The Matthew Perry one, where they show him in Silver Spoons, the first to give up their keys was none other than BUD BUNDY David Faustino.

[@theramplocal]

You mean grand Master B lol

[@abepaulx]

I remember One of the Boys. I remember Nathan Lane in a scene had to belt out that difficult, "I am the model Major General..." from the Pirates of Penzence. He did it flawlessly. Of course, at the time I had no idea who Nathan Lane was.

[@SweptAway529]

The Secrets of Midland Heights was NOT a spin-off of Dallas (Knots Landing was, although technically that show was conceived before Dallas). The show was produced by the same company as Dallas, Knots Landing, and Falcon Crest - Lorimar. Speaking of Falcon Crest, Midland Heights' Lorenzo Lamas certainly made a name for himself after a nine-year run in Falcon Crest, as well as his action series Renegade.

[@ZavaXavier]

Yeah where did he get it was a spin-off of Dallas like didn't do anything research on the series like Stefanie Powers never was on the series.

[@pipermccool]

I remember first seeing him on California Fever (?) in ‘79.

[@SweptAway529]

I didn't watch that one, but my first memory of Lorenzo was in 1978's blockbuster "Grease" playing Tom Chisum@@pipermccool

[@ZavaXavier]

@@pipermccool I remember that series I like it my big sister had a crush on him and Jimmy McNichol she had magazines posters of them on the wall.

[@ZavaXavier]

@@SweptAway529 Mine too.

[@davidh1970]

A couple of notes...first how did you not acknowledge Ted Danson in "Tucker's Witch" and Kurtwood Smith in Renegades? Dana Carvey tells a pretty funny story about "One of the Boys". Apparently Micky thought Dana was gay and would make jokes about it to, ironically, Nathan Lane about it. Dana would go on to do a not so flattering impersonation of Micky.

[@jseelig4330]

Ted Danson didn't star in the show though. He was only a guest appearance in that episode, so it isn't fair to say he was a part of that show as a regular. I agree with you about Kurtwood Smith though in The Renegades.

[@mramisuzuki6962]

Ted Danson was likely fulfilling a CBS contract request for the pilot as he has moved to NBCs Cheers. Disregarding that he was already modestly famous for being a procedural soap star in the 70s.

[@MelissaThompson432]

In 1976, I moved deep into the country; no tv reception and no cable. I remember _Seven Brides_ and that's it.

[@JLvatron]

Me too. ...Not that I watched it.

[@EqualOpportunityDestoroya]

Michael Keaton was also on Working Stiffs with James Belushi.

[@charlessalzman4377]

And 11 episodes of the Mary Tyler Moore show.

[@theraven6843]

Hate him😮 Look what he always does with his mouth😂

[@Craigbaby246]

General Hospital gave us a young Richard Dean Anderson.

[@christineobrien7707]

The hunky Dr. Jeff Webber!❤

[@stingrey1571]

Living dolls, who’s the boss spinoff, starred Halle berry.

[@Panwere36]

The irony that so many stars of "one season wonders" of the 1980s, even when they didn't become "big stars" still made a lot of bank. Jack Scalia, not in the video but for example, not only did well financially, he got to do many projects across just about every genre and sub-genre of TV and Television films..as well as work with some legendary talents like the late Rock Hudson.

[@pablosilva6988]

The renegades seems like a pre - 21 jump street. Agreed?

[@ZavaXavier]

Yes it was.

[@cindeed4422]

I was just thinking that!

[@johnnychipello919]

Jason Alexander with hair!!..he looks good all young!!..he is an awesome actor!!!

[@staceybossert1408]

I loved the tv show Seven Brides for Seven Brothers!!

[@MackyFermion]

Ahhh always happy to see some more Retro Renaissance content to brighten our days.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

Strangely you missed an irony of trivia with *Tucker's Witch.* Catherine Hicks, who replaced Kim Cattrall, was indeed in *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* film. But Kim Cattrall also appeared in the Star Trek before her role in Sex and the City. Cattrall portrayed Vulcan helmsman Valeris (spot where Lt. Sulu (now Captain of his own ship) normally sits in. Film was *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.* That role got her some name recognition in Hollywood.

[@melanie7769]

And Catherine Hicks played the mom on 7th Heaven

[@Ribelin2000]

Except that Cattrall had already established herself with roles in hit movies like Porky's, Police Academy and Mannequin, not to mention the female lead in Big Trouble in Little China, which bombed in its initial box office run but was a hit on home video. She also played Tom Hanks' wife in the notorious financial dud The Bonfire of the Vanities, before bouncing back with her role in Star Trek VI. Afterwards, her career pretty much stalled until the late 90s, when she was cast in the role she's best known for, on Sex and the City.

[@Ribelin2000]

​@@melanie7769Not to mention the mom in the original Child's Play, as well as a supporting role in Peggy Sue Got Married with Kathleen Turner, where a young Jim Carrey played her boyfriend.

[@kennethweser]

We're all these shows on CBS?

[@donaldstone540]

How about TV 101...gave us Matt LeBlonc.

[@jcodol3334]

One thing all of these shows have in common: an actor from all of these shows was in some form of Star Trek.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

I must have been watching the competition because I watched a lot of TV in the 80s and don’t remember a single one of these shows, lol. I did love Misfits of Science and was upset when that was cancelled. A few of these looked like they had potential especially the one with Patrick Swayze. It seemed to have a more ethnically diverse cast for the time. Great video!

[@nicktaylor2657]

Kim Cantrell was also in Police Academy and Mannequin to name a few other 80s movie and shows She was so gorgeous and was my favorite on Sex in the City🥰

[@manchesterunitedno7]

and Ted Danson guest starred as the bad guy in Tucker's Witch (shown in the clip above).

[@pika23]

Catrell

[@Entolyfik]

You know, I remember all of those movies, and I knew she was in Mannequin, but I also had no idea, that she starred in Big Trouble in Little China, which was a favorite of mine as a boy...NEVER knew that was her until now!

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

Catrall

[@SnackyHey]

Cattrall. There's no "n" in her last name.

[@ButtersCCookie]

Eww Michael Keaton. I didn't have much for him. It's really gone now.

[@Ironturbine]

'The show was set in the 1950's in the Oregon territory'??

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

The _1850s_ makes more sense (despite the 80s haircuts 🤔), though, despite the US quarters, I don't know when Oregon became a state; possibly after the end of The Civil War in 1865? If so, I know that West Virginia separated from Confederate Virginia to become a Union state in 1963, making the song _Country Roads_ a historic impossibility in the 1850s. Unless they're singing the song as talking about western Virginia (as opposed to eastern Virginia, or northern Virginia).

[@chrispaterson5524]

The song County Road is about western Virginia, not W. Virginia. Listen to the lyrics about the land marks. That's what gives it away.

[@GloriaGraceRand]

​@chrispaterson5524 the song is take me home, country roads by John Denver it absolutely is about West Virginia.

[@davej.meister5421]

No Misfits Of Science - which first gave us Courteney Cox?

[@ZavaXavier]

Yeah her first series after got famous doing modeling and being in a Bruce Springsteen video.

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

I loved that show. And I remember people mistakenly thinking Courtney was just a concert goer picked out of the audience for the Bruce Springsteen video for Dancing in the Dark. A lot of people didn't realize she was an actress cast to be in the video.

[@davej.meister5421]

@@jacquelinecallejas1390 A lot of people thought it was Mary Lou Retton. I was one of them.

[@heartofjesusdj]

Something about Michael Keaton. I don’t know what it is but I always thought that he’s very attractive.

[@amanda1500]

It was mentioned

[@RockyMtn5280]

I feel or think that some of these shows that didn't make is cause no one really watched TV back then like we do now.. now we just plop in front of TV and watch whatever we want when ever we want instant TV back then we all went outside and didn't come home till the lights came on "Its 10 o clock do u know where ur kids are" 🤪🤪🤪

[@julznixon6478]

If this show took place in the 50s than why were they singing countey roads which was a 70s song,lol. Unless it was an underated cover that we didn't know about.

[@g.p.ryecroft]

I thought the same thing, but figured it was like Radar reading 1960's comic books during the Korean War on M*A*S*H. Continuity director asleep at the switch.

[@mamacindyrogofsky495]

Hard to imagine Jason with hair. 😂😂😂

[@IceManLikeGervin]

Charlie & Co gave us Jaleel White who went on to become Urkel in Family Matters.

[@vickidemarco2076]

I never knew that😮

[@phife1878]

You didn't mention Kurtwood Smith in Renegades.

[@ZavaXavier]

Yeah he should've but these KZbinrs who these Retro channels don't really do some research.

[@FIREFIELD87]

Considering that Kurtwood Smith would go on to play Red Forman in That '70's show that was a big oversight

[@michaelward5370]

He also played one of the main villains in Robocop, Clarence Bodiger!!

[@ZavaXavier]

Before RoboCop and That 70s Show he was in one of my favorite TV-Movies The Midnight Hour as Sheriff Warren Jensen.

[@irina1296]

Meg Ryan was so cute and charming in the 80's.

[@gwenny3080]

Loved second chance/Boys will be boys

[@tammylewis2408]

You missed George Clooney, who was on an early E/R show, and then played George the handyman on The Facts of Life, before he hit it big on ER and then the movies.

[@charlessalzman4377]

I love that Elliot Gould was also in E/R and then they would work together again in the Ocean's franchise.

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

I remember watching all of Tucker's Witch except for the Kim Catrail one.

[@g.p.ryecroft]

IThe Cattrall episode is listed as "unaired pilot" on IMDb, so it may not be officially available. I'd love to see a DVD release of the series that includes it (unlikely, alas...)

[@nbmike65]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice! 7:35

[@jimeagle1155]

I named my daughter Melora. I got the name from a character in a book I read long ago. I never knew that the actress who played Jan on the office had the same name. It's very uncommon and I never seen any other actual person have it. Cool

[@m0t0b33]

I know Melora from the movies Lambada ( with J Eddie Peck) and The Hot Chick, with Rob Schneider and Rachel McAdams, just to name a couple...

[@musicloverme3993]

Jimmy Carr would say to your daughter, "Now that's a name you don't hear everyday...Well actually YOU do!"

[@doclewis8927]

LOL...did that lady ask if Michael Keaton was related to Diane Keaton? That's hilarious. It shows you that people were just as ignorant back then as they are now. I mean...I can understand WHY she'd ask because a lot of families do help each other break into acting. However, it shouldn't be something that you ask on air. You should ask it BEFORE you start so you don't make a fool of yourself.

[@joshuamountz6891]

Patrick Swayze also starred in Red Dawn and Ghost. In the future you should do a best 80s cartoon voice actor list

[@molinalong3468]

He voice in sequel of the fox and the hound

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

I would love to see a video on cartoon voices of the 1980s!!!

[@g.p.ryecroft]

Don't forget one of my favorite Swayze roles: The 1985 NORTH AND SOUTH miniseries that boasted a ton of stars old, new, and up n' coming. James Read from first season REMINGTON STEELE co-starred with Swayze, and Kirstie Alley was excellent in it a few years before she joined CHEERS.

[@annlambrakos2949]

I loved Boys Will Be Boys! Of course, I was a Freshman in high school and mainly watched for the guys and that's where I first knew Matthew Perry from

[@Jetman41]

Mickey Rooney made jokes about Dana Carvey thinking he was gay but not Nathan Lane who he thought was straight

[@alanguages]

In Tucker's Witch. Catherine Hicks starred in Star Trek IV. Kim Cattrall starred in Star Trek VI. Alfre Woodard starred in Star Trek VIII. (Although she was not mentioned on this video)

[@jonstreng7850]

WOW I don't remember any of these shows. Just the actors. Gina Hecht had a brief stint in the series Mork and Mindy as Mindys friend.

[@COMPFUNK2]

Ironically, Michael Keaton hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time in 1982.

[@daviddarkstonedtv9775]

Funny no one remembers boys will be boys or his dance the Chaz he used to do or Ferris Buellers Day Off tv show, boys will be boys was one of the first shows on fox when it began! Great video dude keep em comn. 👌

[@ZavaXavier]

I remember it and bet alot of people do too.

[@charlotte-m5d]

Who was in that show, I seem to remember it.

[@robertfalcon6083]

Always wondered what happened to second chance!!!! I really liked that show!! Love me some time travel!! Even though it was a ghost! Never realized it got renamed!!

[@dimitriberozny3729]

Report to Murphy was a counterfeit watered down version of Barney Miller! That’s why it didn’t last.

[@SirKnight1096]

Actually, Renegades had a TV Movie before the series.

[@ZavaXavier]

Yup I remember the TV Movie.

[@jamesfalato4305]

This just let me know how many "Stinkers" there are in ANY year/season that even talented actors do...

[@ianlove1215]

The shows mentioned also featured these other stars in early appearances Tucker's Witch: Ted Danson - (2 episodes); Barry Corbin; Nancy Cartwright; Noble Willingham; Tracy Scoggins; Boys Will Be Boys: Erika Eleniak; Cathy Podewell; The Renegades: Xander Berkeley

[@g.p.ryecroft]

Good additions all. Ted Danson was really only in one episode, however, the original pilot with Cattrall and the reshot pilot with Hicks. What I find fascinating is that the pilot aired a week after CHEERS debuted and featured a startlingly different side of Danson than Sam Malone! Barry Corbin had been around since the '70s. I know him best as the sheriff on DALLAS.

[@bluebyyou7504]

WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS and TEN SPEED AND BROWNSHOE ended too soon aswell.

[@g.p.ryecroft]

I don't know WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS but with Dolph Sweet and Sue Ane Langdon in it I'm sure I would have enjoyed it. A definite YES to TENSPEED AND BROWNSHOE ending too soon. I loved that show as a kid. Goldblum and Vereen really clicked. That was the show that made me a Goldblum fan.

[@maevependragon]

"Freebie and the Bean"??? 😂😂😂😂

[@kamenanew9867]

I caught that too I was like what could that even Possibly be about lol, let's come up with the premise 🤔🤣

[@GloriaGraceRand]

​@@kamenanew9867it was based on a movie from the 70s that starred James Caan and Alan Arkin.

[@kamenanew9867]

@@GloriaGraceRand that's already an awesome cast holy cow I love both those guys lol. Dang thanks I might have to find this.

[@Lady.Luthien]

I used to watch Second Chance/Boys Will be Boys when I was a kid! I always heard the show was based on the film The Heavenly Kid, but I have no way to confirm that. RiP Matthew Perry. 😢

[@craigstanton2376]

That show was kickass

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

We had some fascination in the mid-80s with movies and shows where somebody was brought back to life--Heavenly Kid and the tv show "Down to Earth" both had a heavy rotation in our house.

[@eshim3961]

I still watch the Heavenly Kid every once in awhile, but until recently, I thought I dreamed that the show Down to Earth existed.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

@@eshim3961 It was the theme song that reminded me it wasn't a fever dream!

[@eshim3961]

@@ingridfong-daley5899 same here! I just remembered the lyric " back in the days of Valentino", and googled it from there to make sure I wasn't crazy. 😁

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

@@eshim3961 "Said goodbye in nineteen twenty and nine" "toodle-oo, toodle-oo!"

[@Suki-Tawdry]

Everything’s Relative gives me Two and a Half Men vibes.

[@bredagner4632]

Is the apartment from Everything's relative the one used for My Two Dad's? I swear it is

[@poppyreads736]

The fact these shows lasted no more than a season, it’s unnecessary to say “struggled to find a consistent audience and faced competition from other shows airing at the same time” for every show. 🙄

[@MetalMama-Mimi523]

I used to think I was full of worthless knowledge but I don't remember any of these tv shows. Also, what was ITV? I don't recall that station.

[@krystalsmith849]

ITV is a British station.

[@loboblanco4426]

I pride myself on knowing about most obscure tv/B movies, but so far into the video I've missed most of these... Thank you! Edit - OK, I actually remember Renegades...

[@kimberlywiederhold627]

Raising Miranda. Her mother had not passed away. She left her family. Loved Bryan's character in this. But I absolutely had a crush on James Naughton. Had one for years. Still do

[@missstargazer79]

So that lady interviewing Michael Keaton asks him if he's related to some senator instead of, oh, I don't know, Michael Douglas? Funny enough, at that time, Michael Keaton may have actually had the better career. Michael Douglas hadn't done anything since 1980. They ended pretty evenly though.

[@g.p.ryecroft]

Sad but true. Keaton in BIRDMAN and Douglas in ANT MAN. But Douglas did well in the '80s with ROMANCING THE STONE and JEWEL OF THE NILE (though DeVito stole both shows) and then WALL STREET in '87 and he was up and away. I still think of him as Insp. Steve Keller on STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO. He really shined on that series and held his own against Karl Malden.

[@missstargazer79]

@@g.p.ryecroft I love SOSF!

[@311superfly]

River phoenix dead star.

[@TonysMusic1974]

During "The Renegades," I'm surprised you didn't speak about Brian Tochi who went on to be in an 80's classic movie and Kurtwood Smith who went on to "That 70's Show."

[@johnsimon2988]

Still gave you the benefit of the doubt and a thumbs up.

[@guyfaux3978]

Raising Miranda, as a name, sounded like Shakespeare's play The Tempest and I tuned in to see if it was "loosely based" on the play. VERY loosely, MAYBE...

[@Notturnoir]

No Cop Rock?

[@g.p.ryecroft]

Or HAT SQUAD? Oops, that was the '90s.

[@g.p.ryecroft]

Great video! I'm likely the only fan who best remembers Caterine Hicks as the principal on THE BAD NEWS BEARS series with Jack Warden, Corey Feldman, and Meeno Peluce (of later VOYAGERS fame). RENEGADES looks like MOD SQUAD rebooted for the '80s. Brian Tochi was in there who did great stuff in the '70s and '80s (yes, SPACE ACADEMY among them). CASABLANCA ran only five episodes in the spring of '83. David Soul's 1983-84 series was THE YELLOW ROSE with Soul, Sam Elliott, and Cybill Shepherd plus TV vets Noah "Rocky" Beery and Ken "Festus" Curtis. An underappreciated prime-time soap.

[@KarenSeward-k5y]

Seven Brides: the tv characters did not have the same names as the play or movie. In the tv series, Adam was played by Richard Dean Anderson, Brian was played by Drake Hogestyn (Days of Our Lives). Crane by Peter Horton (30 something) Guthrie by River Phoenix. Hannah by Terri Treas (Alien Nation). The series is on you tube.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

I watched Tucker’s Witch though I didn’t remember the title or magic but only the crime fighting. I remember the Seven Brides show being on but never watched it. Apparently no one else did either.

[@ferociousgumby]

Jason Alexander looks so weird with hair.

[@GVike]

I remember FOX's beginnings, including "Boys Will Be Boys" and "21 Jump Street" (Johnny Depp)

[@kh0034]

Hold on. It looks like you forgot the guy pictured with Linda Hamilton. He looks like Lorenzo Lamas🤔

[@ChristopherNennig]

@pancdca, I believe that it's actually Eight is Enough star Adam Rich

[@JulieS261]

As far as I know, only "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Tucker's Witch" made it here to Australia. If "Seven Brides" had suceeded we might not have seen Richard Dean Anderson become MacGyver.

[@jerzeyguy71]

80's was my time of preteen to teen years, and i do not recognize any of these shows! WOW! CATCHY channel should use these for there weekend lineups when they just binge one or a few shows all weekend. OK, what was ITV??? was advertised during the Midlands show?

[@susan-7865]

Shows they had to do ,leading up to the roles that would make them worldly famous!

[@MetroPlexGamer]

I watched Whiz Kids thinking that was the first computer tv series that was ever created before D A.R.Y..L., War Games, Tron, and Weird Science. Turns out it was Electric Dream that started it all.

[@chipcook5346]

We were very sappy back in those days. Even with that, these really were terrible shows. Most people had their night when they watched television. Eventually, that became NBC Thursdays, but it wasn't always or for everybody. Later, there was Fox Sundays. You just left it on that channel. So, if these were on other channels on those nights, it was a slog no matter how good the show was. And if it was on Friday or Saturday, it died there.

[@joannadelbuono6132]

this one led to my two dads on disney

[@ZavaXavier]

On NBC not Disney.

[@Notturnoir]

Blossom actually copied it exactly. My 2 Dads I enjoyed

[@ronnewlin-ml6lu]

Granted, I was born in the very early 70's. Which makes me Gen X, an 80's adolescent. I do not remember the first 5 or 6 shows of this post. Why don't I remember them? Because the streetlights hadn't dimmed yet and it wasn't time for me to come home to be able to watch tv. I ate a cold dinner/supper. Then, took a bath and went to bed. Why was my evening meal cold? Because I wasn't supposed to home until the streetlights were dark. The parents/grandparents of Gen X are the Greatest Generation, because the fruits of their greatest generations are the most resilient, which are the grandchildren of Baby Boomers. Why? Because they raised their children, to raise their children as survivors. To be strong in their weaknesses and not to be weak in their worries. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create weak times. Weak times, create strong men, as the cycle continues. There's is nothing new under the sun! If you do not know where in the Bible it says this? Google it.

[@HardRockMiner]

I think I was raised in an alternate universe.. I was raised on tv, but I don't recognize any of these 🤔

[@LizilleLiz]

I had a huge crush on Richard Dean Anderson and River Phoenix. I'm sure if River didn't died and got rehab he would have been had a great career and be remembered for his work and not how he died and how Juaquin (his brother back then known as Leaf) tried to safe him.

[@kimberlywiederhold627]

Raising Miranda the mother didn't pass away. She left her husband and daughter. James Naughton went on to win Tony's for Chicago and City of Angels.

[@ninamc6116]

Wow these shows were bad. I think I saw Tracy Scoggins in Renegades. Midland Heights looked good though

[@kristentaylor5359]

So weird, I was in my teens into my 20's in the 80's and I never even heard of any of these shows and I LOVE watching tv

[@wesleydesot4904]

All 3 male actors in the thumbnail are now dead unfortunately.

[@susan-7865]

Interesting we get to see our favorite actors before they became famous!