TV Shows from 1981

A Case For Two

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, ha...

A Country Practice

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in 1979, coming third and winning a me...

Bergerac

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it....

Das Traumschiff

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Dr. Slump

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Senbei Norimaki, known by his nickname Dr. Slump, a genius yet under-respected inventor and roboticist, creates an android by the name of Arale, and poses her as his little sister. What starts as an experiment in robotics turns into an adventure every day for the residents of Pen...

Entertainment Tonight

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

🎭 Genre: News

📺 Network: Syndication

📖 Synopsis:

For over four decades, this iconic newsmagazine has served as the definitive chronicle of Hollywood glamour, breaking stories, and exclusive behind-the-scenes access. Each episode delivers a fast-paced mix of red carpet premieres, in-depth interviews with the industry’s big...

Falcon Crest

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in t...

Hill Street Blues

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

HK 80's

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: This sitcom series premiered in 1981 and changed its name every year, from "Hong Kong 81" to "Hong Kong 86." It was eventually replaced by a new sitcom called "City Stories." A total of 1330 episodes were produced, making it the second-longest-running series in Hong Kong, after...

MotorWeek

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

🎭 Genre: News

📺 Network: MotorTrend

🎬 Starring: John Davis, Pat Goss

📖 Synopsis:

In the fast-paced world of automotive news, "MotorWeek" revs up excitement and knowledge for car enthusiasts and casual viewers alike. Hosted by the charismatic John Davis, this long-running program delivers the latest updates, reviews, and insights into the ever-evolving...

Ninja Hattori-kun

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: 11-year-old Kenichi Mitsuba is an average kid who goes to secondary school and struggles with his studies, he is very stubborn and is very lazy and therefore always ends up frustrating his parents and teacher. He loves to find an easy way of things. He befriends Hattori Kanzo, a...

Only Fools And Horses

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market t...

Simon & Simon

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective...

The Fall Guy

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.

The Greatest American Hero

📅 Years: 1981 - 1983

🎭 Genre: Action & Adventure

📺 Network: ABC

📖 Synopsis: The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by tri...

The Smurfs

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: Classic Saturday-morning cartoon series featuring magical blue elf-like creatures called Smurfs. The Smurfs, named for their personalities, inhabit a village of mushroom houses in an enchanted forest. These loveable creatures are led by Papa Smurf and live carefree... except for...

Wetten, Dass..?

📅 Years: 1981 - Present

📖 Synopsis: A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.