The 80's-90's tv series thread.

[Red_Wolf]

Times gone by....those were the days...

Here are some of the shows I loved watching and remember (the first three were on ABS every Friday night during 1987-89):

The Highwayman-The semi-trailer truck had a built in chopper.

Hard Time on Planet Earth- the main character was very familiar; I saw him on Rambo II. He was an alien who crashlanded in the Mojave Desert and had a small hoverpod thingybob as an alalay.

Doogie Howser MD-a teen doctor? You're kidding, right?

Parker Lewis Can't Lose- High School Life, baby! I remember Miss Musso and her black-shirted pony-tailed bodyguard, plus Larry Kubiak and his Science Fair Award-winning Potato Light. Synchronize watches!

21 JumpStreet-Johnny Depp made it big here.

LA Law, Perry Mason and Matlock-Channel 9 had a gold mine waiting in these shows years ago, with LA Law on Thursdays 9 pm (dang, my dad used to record them-he had at least three VHS tapes full of these!), Perry Mason at 10-30 pm, and Matlock was on Ch9's wee-hour programming. They set the stage for the local success Ally McBeal and The Practice are enjoying now.

MacGuyver- creativity at it's best. From an alleged carnapper (according to Deo Macalma)? Even better!

Seaquest DSV and Seaquest 2032 (correction, yorimoto)-I loved the underwater scenes and CGI. I like some of the episodes, such as the one in SQ 2032 where they test a new fusion reactor, something happens and they find themselves warped back to the Cuban Missile Crisis, but with a twist: World War III had begun, and they must warp back two days more to find out what happened!

Another Nam show aside from NAM: ToD was China Beach, starring Kim Delaney as one of the USO artists entertaining the soldiers in Vietnam.

CHIPS-starring Erik Estrada, this show used to be on Ch7 evry weekday afternoons after Lunch Date during 1990-91. The CHIP in CHIPS stands for California HIghway Patrol.

BH 90210-America's kinda version of TGIS years before TGIS existed.

Knight Rider- what's so mysterious about a 'future lifeguard' and his black talking TransAm?

Captain Power-Hooked talaga ako sa show na 'to as a kid. Broadcast on Channel 7, and aired again on Solar years ago. Sven-Ole Thorsen (the big guy who played Tigris of Gaul in Gladiator and Killian's 'steroid-scoring' bodyguard in The Running Man) played the role of Tank Ellis, the heavy-weapons man with Very Bulky Armor.

Airwolf- years ago, pinalabas to Ctv 31. It's one mean mutha of a chopper!

A-Team- great mercenary show. may ringtone ng theme nito sa Smart ZED! When I read a Wizard article about casting calls for a modern-day remake, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey were among the suggestions pointed out there.

V- hindi ko masyadong naalala, pero i remember enough to make me wanna find a DVD of it.

Beauty and the Beast-future Sarah Connor Linda Hamilton was there. Nakakaiyak yung theme song, anybody know what it is?

American Gladiators-on Ch9 every Sunday nights@6 pm.

Space Above and Beyond-This was one sci-fi show that took me by surprise.

Amazing Stories- whenever we used to record Simpsons and War Of The Worlds every Friday night on Ch9, some parts of AS gets caught on tape. I remember the episode with Kevin Costner and Kiefer Sutherland on it: KC is a B17 bomber captain, his plane is shot to hell with no landing gear left, and his ball-turret gunner draws a B17 with colorful landing gear. Even though they have no more landing gear, the guy asks KC to activate them, while a priest on the ground prays for their safe landing. KS meanwhile couldn't get himself to kill the BTG. KC and the priest say 'when the former world has passed away' at the same time (tama ba?), KC activates the landing gear, and the crew is amazed that there are indeed landing gear going out of the wheel wells-even though they have been gone before! So, miracles do happen...

War Of The Worlds-This was a direct tie-in to the original 1938 radio broadcast and the 1950s movie. The series' plotline pays homage to them by passing them off as 'real'-the 1938 broadcast was passed off as an alien recon mission, while 'the main force arrived in 1953.'

SpellbindMedia, MSI was cool, starring the pre-Quinn Mallory (Sliders) Jerry O'Connell with super speed and flight abilities! 'You'll never guess My Secret Identity..."

Yan na muna. Isip pa ako....

[Snoogans]

Wang nanood ng FULL HOUSE dati?! u missed a lot!

[sugarplumfairy]

Ako rin I remember Twin Peaks and yun promo niya na WHO KILLED LAURA PALMER? And who could forget the cross-dressing David Duchovny here!

90210 was the coolest zip then and we all wanted to be one of the cast and had our personal favorites! Una nga irita tayo kay Kelly pero she became the bida later on.

Napanood ko rin Parker Lewis Can't lose and thought he was the coolest person ever!

Miss ko na rin yun Wonder Years and My So-Called Life! Shows that had so much character and really defined my childhood!

[Kyo Kusanagi]

Originally posted by Snoogans
Wang nanood ng FULL HOUSE dati?! u missed a lot!

...i did... pero di masyadong nakakatawa si Bob Sagat dito eh... mas nakakatawa mga hirit nya sa America's Funniest Home Videos para sa kin...

...dyan unang nakilala ang Olsen Twins right?

...parang alang nagme-mention ng ALF?

...meron din akong nagustuhang show dati sa ABS-CBN 2 kaso nakalimutan ko na yung title... yung may blonde na sexy na parang genie na parang Okay Ka Fairy Ko ang dating ng show... ah, ewan...

...nagustuhan ko rin yung Columbo movies na pinapalabas sa ABC 5... sana ipalabas nila uli...

[Maven]

ako din, i loved parker lewis cant lose! "synchronize watches!" (teka, tama ba?)

buddy en sol, kahit international thread to.

[SoliduS_AlphA]

Review nyo yung first post ko pero may nakalimutan ako na ibang program but atleast my memory is still at its peak.Hey its obvious that all of us here are in the 20's right?

[chowie]

I remember watching:

FAMILY TIES - good Lord, I used to sneak in the living room just to watch this when my mom wasn't looking. I had an early bedtime kasi. But this was a lovely LOVELY show and I missed it terriby when channel 9 scrapped it.

My So-Called Life - this was too good. Too bad it was cancelled. Loved the Brian Krakow character

Superfriends - Justice League is nothing compared to this TV series.

McGyver - miss ko na si Murdoch

Growing Pains - channel 4 aired this, I think. Loved this one, too.

Perfect Strangers - Grabe, I miss the Dance of Joy!

Cosby Show
My Two Dads
Golden Girls
Empty Nest
Full House
My Secret Identity
Dance Fever
TJ Hooker
Remington Steele
Falcon Crest
Knot's Landing
Cagney and Lacey
Charlie's Angels (umabot naman ng 80s ito)
21 Jumpstreet (especially Johnny Depp's time; when Richard Grieco took over, I lost interest)
CHiPs
Greatest American Hero
Sledgehammer
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Jake and the Fatman
Riptide
The Munsters
Wonder Woman
Alf
Benson
Blossom
Charles in Charge (I know... cheesy...)
The Bob Newhart Show
Different Strokes
The Facts of Life
Mork and Mindy
Married... With Children
Murphy Brown
Mr. Belvedere
Who's the Boss
Wings

... oh my goodness, andami pala!

Been collecting also the themes of these shows. Brings back lovely memories

[chowie]

Nga pala, I forgot two more that I used to watch. Whiz Kids (hahaha, Matthew Laborteaux!) and... well, forgot the title of the second one. This was the show na pinapakita dati sa Channel 7 na family sila ng science nerds. The kuya was the eldest, then there was a girl I think, tapos yung youngest ay little boy lang. They live in this quaint white house. The name that keeps coming to my mind was the Einsteins, pero parang mali.

anyway, if anyone's got a good memory, help me out here.

[tattooedred]

Parker Lewis Can't Lose ( Up to now Corin Nemec's still my fave)

But my all time 80's movie is 'THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN"

[tattooedred]

And of course FRIENDS & SEX & THE CITY (90'S)

[Lucca Yamazaki]

There's this show........ WISEGUY!!! That's cool.

And those cartoons:

Mr. Bogus
Eek! the Cat
The Terrible Thunder Lizards (tie in with Eek!)
that WWF cartoon show with Hulk Hogan
The Real Ghostbusters
The Original Ghostbusters (they never really forgave each other on that one, eh)
Widget
Denver
Conan
Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (they told me one of the Monty Python guys was involved on this... please confirm)
Smogies
Duckula
Arthur!
Around the World in 80 Days
something about Kasai the African Hero (this one's cool)
Hyperman
Danger Mouse
Super Mario Brothers Supershow (with live action Brothers and Legend of Zelda)
Inspector Gadget (Penny still turns me on... that little bondage-girl)

No Thundercats/Turtles here... everybody knows them

[Econ_major]

damnit... ano nga ba ending ng twin peaks???

atsaka, who's the guy who played MCgyver. dba richard harisson *** name niya

[Red_Wolf]

Originally posted by Econ_major
atsaka, who's the guy who played MCgyver. dba richard harisson *** name niya

richard dean anderson ang name. nowadays, you'd see him sa Stargate Sg1 sa solar.

[tattooedred]

add ko lang Amazing Stories & Tales from The Crypt (even the movie version)

If you have the Solar Channel me pinapalabas dun na suspense series, late 60's yung NIGHT GALLERY, ang ganda ng episodes.

[SoliduS_AlphA]

Whizkids ito yung sinaunang palabas ng mga computer geek pero they help solve crime.

[paenggoy]

"Why Every '80s Sitcom Decided to Kill Off the Mom"

http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-ever...-kill-off-mom/

[OPN]

Doggoneit! How come I just saw this thread? LOL!

Feel free to reminisce and discuss your old time favorite tv shows from the past era.
The A-Team
Manimal
Automan
Highway Man
Hawaii five-o
Streethawk
The Flash
Incredible Hulk
Spiderman
Knots landing
Falcon Crest
Dallas
LA Law
Murder she wrote
Misfits of science
Twighlight Zone(80's season)
Mission Impossible( 80's season)
Miami Vice
Knight Rider
Forever Knight
Kindred
Moonilighting
ALF
Perfect Strangers
The Cosby show
21 Jump Street
TJ Hooker
Love Boat
Week End thriller
Mac Gyver
The Wonder Years
227
The Golden Girls
Dark Justice
Hardtime on planet earth
Beverlyhills 90210
Sidekicks
The Equalizer
Alfred Hitchcock's Tales from the dark side
The Hitchiker
Friday the 13th series
Amazing Stories
Nowhere man
Charlie's Angels
The Hardy Boys
CHIPS
The Munsters
Punky Brewster
etc etc tec

Blasphemy! You had Knots Landing, Dallas, Falcon Crest but you didn't include Dynasty? Alexis Carrington is going to *****slap you to hell! They also had the spin-off with The Colby's.

I recall some daytime TV series in the US which was shown here at night was The Bold and Beautiful. And IIRC Santa Barbara was shown as a daytime soap also (channel 7 ata yon). SB for me is one of the best written day time soaps ever. Too bad it was cancelled. Cruz and Eden will forever be engraved in my TV watching history.


I think you forgot to mention the following cop shows:

Hill Street Blues
Cagney and Lacey

and the other detective series

Magnum PI - where Tom Selleck became a household name

the medical drama
St. Elsewhere
General Hospital - I don't know if I'm just dreaming it but I seem to recall this was also show on Phil TV.

Other dramas:
Hotel
China Beach
Highway to Heaven
Fantasy Island - Who can forget Ricardo Montalban on this one huh?


and you'll get the ire of Murphy Brown for forgetting her.

other comedy series
Roseanne - this series showed that at one time Roseanne used to be funny but with all her drama now she's somehow lost her mojo


IDK if you guys have seen this but probably not your demographic but I also followed the following in the 90s:

Models Inc. - this show follows the modelling world and I think it was shown in IBC 13 o channel 21 dati.

and of course the cult classics of the 90s:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - one the best series in the 90s and brought some unforgettable characters and sympathetic villain/anti-hero in Spike. James Marsters played the character so well that Spike went on until the finale and its spin-off in Angel.

La Femme Nikita - to this day I still think Peta Wilson is the best Nikita. No disrespect to Maggie Q.

Wings - whoever did the casting on this one, hit it perfectly. Its hard to pick favorites because they all portrayed their characters well.

My So Called Life - I think this is the TV series that started and incorporated the "voice over" concept so successfully. Jared Leto will always be Jordan Catalano and Claire Danes can be such a biatch in RL but her portrayal of Angela shows how talented she is and its now wonder she went it to become one of the respected actresses in television and in movies and earning respect and getting raves for her performances.

And who can forget these dramas who inspired the current crop of TV series:

Melrose Place - this like the 20 to 30 something version of 90210
Felicity - launched the career of Kelli Russel
West Wing - This is not just because Rob Lowe is here.
Twin Peaks - Before Sex in the City, Kyle MacLachlan made his mark here IMHO.
Charmed - The Halliwell sisters. After Shannen Daugherty left, the show seemed to have lost its spark.
Party of Five - Before Lost, Matthew Fox was already known in this show portraying the eldest sibling.


and the funny antics in -

Veronica's Closet - Just like Murphy Brown and Moonlighting, I used to watch this pretty late at night. I had to keep hold my laughter so I wouldn't disturb the peeps at home who are mostly asleep.

The Nanny - I simply adore Fran and Sheffield's. And Niles and Ms. Babcock are as equally hilarious.

The Golden Girls - the golden standard. I remembered thinking back then watching this as a child, I want to to be like them when I grow old. Great and funny characters. Great comedic timing and just funny and witty dialogues and witty one liners.

There's this show........ WISEGUY!!! That's cool.

And those cartoons:



No Thundercats/Turtles here... everybody knows them

OMG! Glad to meet another Wiseguy fan. Its not often that someone remembers this series nowadays. Along with Pierce Brosnan's Remington Steel, Ken Wahl's Vinnie Terranova was like one of my TV favorites. Ken Wahl at that time IMO was TV's stud-muffin du jour. Wiseguy was both a hit to the audience and critical hit too. Too bad, the injury allegedly caused by the unsafe measures used by the director and the dispute that ensued was like the beginning of the end. Then, Ken Wahl had the creative differences with Cannel and coupled with him battling his demons, the show got canned.

ThunderCats - Ohhh memories....ThunderCats are on the move! ThunderCats are loose! Feel the magic, hear the roar! ThunderCats are loose! Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder.......CATS!.......... thunder, thunder, thunder - Ho!!!


LA Law was like my fix even during school days. I think it was shown at RPN 9. McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak. This was like the peak of my obsession with legal dramas. Then I went on to follow The Practice in the late 90s.

Speaking of legal dramas.....

JAG - another legal drama with the military (Navy) as the backdrop.
The Practice - this series replaced my cravings of legal dramas after the LA Law run.

[OPN]

Remington Steele

+1

...meron din akong nagustuhang show dati sa ABS-CBN 2 kaso nakalimutan ko na yung title... yung may blonde na sexy na parang genie na parang Okay Ka Fairy Ko ang dating ng show... ah, ewan...

Bewitched?

[James Ty III]

The Bewitched movie starring Nicole Kidman flopped at the box office. The A-Team movie version with Liam Neeson as Hannibal Smith and Bradley Cooper as Face did so-so.

[James Ty III]

Times gone by....those were the days...

Here are some of the shows I loved watching and remember (the first three were on ABS every Friday night during 1987-89):

The Highwayman-The semi-trailer truck had a built in chopper.

Hard Time on Planet Earth- the main character was very familiar; I saw him on Rambo II. He was an alien who crashlanded in the Mojave Desert and had a small hoverpod thingybob as an alalay.

Doogie Howser MD-a teen doctor? You're kidding, right?

Parker Lewis Can't Lose- High School Life, baby! I remember Miss Musso and her black-shirted pony-tailed bodyguard, plus Larry Kubiak and his Science Fair Award-winning Potato Light. Synchronize watches!

21 JumpStreet-Johnny Depp made it big here.

LA Law, Perry Mason and Matlock-Channel 9 had a gold mine waiting in these shows years ago, with LA Law on Thursdays 9 pm (dang, my dad used to record them-he had at least three VHS tapes full of these!), Perry Mason at 10-30 pm, and Matlock was on Ch9's wee-hour programming. They set the stage for the local success Ally McBeal and The Practice are enjoying now.

MacGuyver- creativity at it's best. From an alleged carnapper (according to Deo Macalma)? Even better!

Seaquest DSV and Seaquest 2032 (correction, yorimoto)-I loved the underwater scenes and CGI. I like some of the episodes, such as the one in SQ 2032 where they test a new fusion reactor, something happens and they find themselves warped back to the Cuban Missile Crisis, but with a twist: World War III had begun, and they must warp back two days more to find out what happened!

Another Nam show aside from NAM: ToD was China Beach, starring Kim Delaney as one of the USO artists entertaining the soldiers in Vietnam.

CHIPS-starring Erik Estrada, this show used to be on Ch7 evry weekday afternoons after Lunch Date during 1990-91. The CHIP in CHIPS stands for California HIghway Patrol.

BH 90210-America's kinda version of TGIS years before TGIS existed.

Knight Rider- what's so mysterious about a 'future lifeguard' and his black talking TransAm?

Captain Power-Hooked talaga ako sa show na 'to as a kid. Broadcast on Channel 7, and aired again on Solar years ago. Sven-Ole Thorsen (the big guy who played Tigris of Gaul in Gladiator and Killian's 'steroid-scoring' bodyguard in The Running Man) played the role of Tank Ellis, the heavy-weapons man with Very Bulky Armor.

Airwolf- years ago, pinalabas to Ctv 31. It's one mean mutha of a chopper!

A-Team- great mercenary show. may ringtone ng theme nito sa Smart ZED! When I read a Wizard article about casting calls for a modern-day remake, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey were among the suggestions pointed out there.

V- hindi ko masyadong naalala, pero i remember enough to make me wanna find a DVD of it.

Beauty and the Beast-future Sarah Connor Linda Hamilton was there. Nakakaiyak yung theme song, anybody know what it is?

American Gladiators-on Ch9 every Sunday nights@6 pm.

Space Above and Beyond-This was one sci-fi show that took me by surprise.

Amazing Stories- whenever we used to record Simpsons and War Of The Worlds every Friday night on Ch9, some parts of AS gets caught on tape. I remember the episode with Kevin Costner and Kiefer Sutherland on it: KC is a B17 bomber captain, his plane is shot to hell with no landing gear left, and his ball-turret gunner draws a B17 with colorful landing gear. Even though they have no more landing gear, the guy asks KC to activate them, while a priest on the ground prays for their safe landing. KS meanwhile couldn't get himself to kill the BTG. KC and the priest say 'when the former world has passed away' at the same time (tama ba?), KC activates the landing gear, and the crew is amazed that there are indeed landing gear going out of the wheel wells-even though they have been gone before! So, miracles do happen...

War Of The Worlds-This was a direct tie-in to the original 1938 radio broadcast and the 1950s movie. The series' plotline pays homage to them by passing them off as 'real'-the 1938 broadcast was passed off as an alien recon mission, while 'the main force arrived in 1953.'

SpellbindMedia, MSI was cool, starring the pre-Quinn Mallory (Sliders) Jerry O'Connell with super speed and flight abilities! 'You'll never guess My Secret Identity..."

Yan na muna. Isip pa ako....

21 Jump Street also hit the big screen starring Channing Tatum. Johnny Depp made a cameo.

Knight Rider was remade with Val Kilmer voicing KITT and a Ford Mustang as the new car. But it flopped on US TV.