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80s TV Shows

Best 80s TV Shows

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25contenders high-voltage

334votes

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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 09:00 PM

The A-Team1299

The worldwide ranking generated by 334 votes

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The A-Team1299

Knight Rider1297

Star Trek: The Next Generation1287

Magnum, P.I.1279

The Twilight Zone1258

Tales from the Crypt1237

The Fall Guy1230

Quantum Leap1229

MacGyver1228

#10

Baywatch1224

#11

Wiseguy1220

#12

V1218

#13

Thunder in Paradise1207

#14

ALF1195

#15

Mission: Impossible1194

#16

Married... with Children1189

#17

T.J. Hooker1184

#18

21 Jump Street1176

#19

Miami Vice1165

#20

Tour of Duty1157

#21

Alfred Hitchcock Presents1129

#22

Airwolf1120

#23

Manimal1089

#24

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer1068

#25

The Cosby Show1059

What the community says

Rank the best 80s TV shows: Knight Rider, MacGyver, The A-Team, Magnum, and other iconic classics from the decade.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.