| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $600: Setting up this '80s title, "Do you know what people call this place? not St. Eligius..." St. Elsewhere |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CLASSIC TV $1600: In the '80s Angela Lansbury was on the case, solving crimes as Jessica Fletcher on this series Murder, She Wrote |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TV SHOW? $1000: Adrian Zmed was the rookie partner of the title character on this '80s police drama T.J. Hooker |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $800: On an '80s sitcom: "Women, you can't live with 'em. Pass the beer nuts" Norm |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | CLASSIC CAR TV $400: Hats hoff to this '80s show, "a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man... who does not exist" Knight Rider |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $400: Holy K.I.T.T.! The ex-wife of this '80s TV star wound up marrying a man named Michael (E.) Knight Hasselhoff |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $2000: Audra Barkley on "The Big Valley" & in the '80s, Krystle Carrington Linda Evans |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | THAT '70s OR '80s SHOW $1000: This TV legend kind of got busted from captain down to sgt. as T.J. Hooker, but he did get to jump on the hoods of moving cars! Shatner |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | TV SHOWS BY SETTING $1600: In the '70s & '80s,
Ewing Oil Dallas |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | YOUR TV HOST WITH THE MOST $1000: She went "Live!" as a title daytime TV co-host in 2001 but in the '80s, got to show off her moves on "Dance Party USA" (Kelly) Ripa |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $400: In 1980 fans of this series had to wait 8 long months before they would learn "Who shot J.R." Dallas |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $800: In 1981, some 30 million viewers tuned in to see Luke & Laura tie the knot on this daytime soap General Hospital |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $1200: "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have" this sitcom The Facts of Life |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $1600: Sharon Gless & Tyne Daly hit the streets as this title pair of detectives Cagney & Lacey |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $2000: All through the '80s kids "counted" on this PBS science series that featured the Bloodhound Gang 3-2-1 Contact |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | IN THE TV KITCHEN $800: After taking things "One Day at a Time" in the '80s, she started doing her "Home Cooking" on the Food Network Bertinelli |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | TV ROLES $1200: In 2021 Soleil Moon Frye reprised this '80s role, now all grown up with children of her own Punky Brewster |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | PLAYING THE PART $400: He was Dan Conner on TV in the '80s & '90s & again since 2018 Goodman |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS BY WOMEN $600: In the 1970s & '80s Melissa Gilbert & Melissa Sue Anderson starred in "Little House on the Prairie", based on books by this author Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | TOTALLY AWESOME '80s TV $400: In 1980-81 the eyes of Texas--& apparently, everyone else--were on this CBS nighttime soap, No. 1 for the season Dallas |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | TOTALLY AWESOME '80s TV $800: Ken Levine & David Isaacs penned "The Boys in the Bar" & "The Last Angry Mailman" episodes of this sitcom Cheers |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | TOTALLY AWESOME '80s TV $1200: The song "Kiss" says, "You don't have to watch" this ABC drama "to have an attitude" but many did watch those Carringtons Dynasty |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | TOTALLY AWESOME '80s TV $1600: Not Hawkeye but this "M*A*S*H" tentmate became the title character of an '80s drama Trapper John |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | TOTALLY AWESOME '80s TV $2000: She played a dazzling array of characters on her show that earned the FOX network its first Emmy nomination Tracey Ullman |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | NOT-SO-EASY KIDS' TV $2000: This German shepherd was a kids' favorite in the '50s & returned as a "K-9 cop" in an '80s & '90s show Rin Tin Tin |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | WHEN TV WAS FREE $2000: In the '80s Joan Collins was this schemer on "Dynasty"; Nicollette Sheridan took over in 2018 Alexis Carrington |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | TEENS ON TV $400: Sean Giambrone goes back to a time before he was born--the '80s--as Adam, a member of this title sitcom family on ABC the Goldbergs |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | RICK ROLES $1000: Back on '80s TV, Larry Manetti was Rick Wright, a sidekick of this P.I. played by Tom Selleck Magnum |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | "M" TV SHOWS $800: '80s show about the Blue Moon Detective Agency Moonlighting |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME $600: (Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight present the clue.)
(Kevin) It's November 21, 1980, with an actors' strike pushing the TV season back, it's been 8 months since we saw this character get shot
(Nancy) Tonight, 80 million viewers around the country will finally find out who done it--
(Kevin) My money's on the sister-in-law J.R. |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TV THEMES $600: (Hi, I'm Al Roker.) I pity the fool who doesn't remember the theme to this '80s series; it still gets me jazzed, sucka The A-Team |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SCI-FI TV $1200: Winona Ryder hit the small screen in this '80s-set Netflix series Stranger Things |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $1200: He's seen here in a current photo, but he remembers the '80s when he was a TV & music heartthrob Rick Springfield |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | TV MOMS & DADS $2000: In the '80s Vicki Lawrence was the matriarch on "Mama's Family", based on a skit from this variety show The Carol Burnett Show |
| #7060, aired 2015-05-01 | TV "NIGHT" $1200: Harry Anderson played the presiding judge on this '80s comedy Night Court |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | TV $400: The answer to this '80s sitcom title was Angela Bower (played by Judith Light) Who's the Boss? |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | THE TV "A" $800: I pity da fool who doesn't know that in the pilot for this '80s show, Tim Dunigan, not Dirk Benedict, played Face The A-Team |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | TV SHOWS BY FAMILY $1200: Set back in the '80s:
Murray,
Beverly,
Adam,
Barry &
Erica The Goldbergs |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | TV IQ TEST $1000: Jameson Parker & Gerald McRaney were brothers in side arms as this title '80s duo Simon & Simon |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | THE TV CHESSBOARD $600: KITT was the talking car on this '80s adventure show Knight Rider |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | TV ADJECTIVES $1000: Multiracial '80s comedy:
"____ Strokes" Diff'rent |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TV TITLE GUYS & GALS $1600: Tom Selleck, toolin' around paradise in the '80s Magnum, P.I. |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | COLOR TV $800: This sitcom detailed the lives of 4 older ladies living together in Miami in the mid-'80s The Golden Girls |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | COPPING OUT ON TV $1200: Sheena Easton played Caitlin, Don Johnson's girlfriend on this '80s cop show Miami Vice |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | BACK TO '80s TV $400: When this '80s action series was brought to the big screen in 2010, Rampage Jackson got the role of B.A. Baracus The A-Team |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | BACK TO '80s TV $800: Once a regular on "A Different World" he had a 2010 comedy special subtitled "Where U Been?" Sinbad |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | BACK TO '80s TV $1200: Colin Farrell & Jamie Foxx hit the streets as Crockett & Tubbs in the movie based on this '80s fave Miami Vice |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | BACK TO '80s TV $1600: Even with Val Kilmer as the voice of K.I.T.T., a remake of this '80s show failed to gain traction with viewers Knight Rider |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | BACK TO '80s TV $2000: In the '80s he was a staple of "Wrestlemania"; he "Knows Best", according to the 2005 reality show about him Hulk Hogan |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | '80s TV $200: Before Frasier got his own show, he was one of the patrons at the Boston bar on this show Cheers |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | '80s TV $400: Rue McClanahan played Aunt Fran & Vicki Lawrence was the title character on this '80s sitcom Mama's Family |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | '80s TV $600: John Goodman played the husband of the title character on this sitcom that debuted in 1988 Roseanne |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | '80s TV $800: Bruce Willis & Cybill Shepherd were an unlikely pair of detectives on this show Moonlighting |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | '80s TV $1,400 (Daily Double): This '80s detective show used the same production facilities in Hawaii that were used for the old "Hawaii Five-O" Magnum, P.I. |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | REALLY BIG SHOW $400: Nearly 80% of all viewers watching TV on Nov. 21, 1980 were tuned in to this show to learn that Kristin had shot J.R. Dallas |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | TV SHOWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED $1600: Jean & Liz Sagal played (arguably) humorless twins in this rhyming sitcom from the '80s Double Trouble |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | TV JUDGES $800: From 1997 to 1999 this '80s NYC mayor ruled over "The People's Court" (Ed) Koch |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | AS "IF"! $400: Bull Shannon was this type of officer on '80s TV's "Night Court" a bailiff |
| #5564, aired 2008-11-13 | AN HOUR OF TV $1200: This '80s teen actress plays a mom on "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" Molly Ringwald |
| #5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BIRD-BRAINED TELEVISION $2000: Morgan Fairchild was tickled "pink" to star in this '80s TV series based on a Joan Crawford film Flamingo Road |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | WOMEN ON TV $1200: In the '70s she played Maude Findlay; in the 80s, Dorothy Zbornak Bea Arthur |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $1600: William Dean Howells wrote "The Rise of Silas Lapham"; this actor was "MacGyver" on '80s TV Richard Dean Anderson |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1200: In the '80s, he starred in movies like "Can't Buy Me Love" & "Loverboy"; now he's TV's Dr. McDreamy Patrick Dempsey |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: 2 MTV cartoon teens join Howard Heh-Heh-Hesseman's honors program on '80's TV Beavis & Butthead of the Class |
| #5174, aired 2007-02-22 | BEANTOWN TV $1600: In the '70s he played Banacek, a suave Beacon Hill P.I.; in the '80s he led "The A-Team" & blew up a lot of stuff (George) Peppard |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | FROM TV TO FILM $1200: In the '80s he was the villainous Mel Profitt on "Wiseguy"; in 2006 he was the super-villainous Lex Luthor Kevin Spacey |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | 1980s TV $1000: For much of the '80s, Julie Harris played Lilimae Clements, Valene's mom on this nighttime soap Knots Landing |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | ORDER IN THE COURTROOM TV $1600: Bailiff Bull Shannon's real first name on this '80s NBC sitcom was Nostradamus Night Court |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | I NEED AN M.D.! $2000: On an '80s TV series, Blair Brown showed us "The Days and Nights of" this character Molly Dodd |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | STREET-WISE TV $800: Det. Mick Belker took a bite out of crime (& a few perps) on this '80s show Hill Street Blues |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | '80s TV $400: 1 of the 2 shows that debuted in the fall of 1988 with a Murphy in the title Murphy Brown (or Murphy's Law) |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | '80s TV $800: 20 years after its debut, this quirky show came out on DVD in 2005 with commentary from Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis Moonlighting |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | '80s TV $1200: "Three's a Crowd" picked up where this sitcom left off Three's Company |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | '80s TV $1600: Joe Penny played Jake; he played the Fatman (William) Conrad |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | '80s TV $2000: Doc Severinson performed its theme during the '80s; Ray Charles did it during the '90s Designing Women |
| #4824, aired 2005-07-21 | TV CHARACTERS $800: In the '80s William Shatner was back in uniform as this title police sergeant T.J. Hooker |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | "LOVE" ON TELEVISION $1000: This '80s sitcom was based on a TV movie in which Tony Randall played a gay man Love, Sidney |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | "KING" ME $800: Bruce Boxleitner & Kate Jackson were the title duo on this '80s TV show Scarecrow and Mrs. King |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | DENZEL WASHINGTON $400: Back in the '80s Denzel was Dr. Philip Chandler on this TV medical drama St. Elsewhere |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | PART: CHARLES $1600: In the '80s, he played Charles Ryder, a central character in TV's "Brideshead Revisited" Jeremy Irons |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | TV $600: Richard Moll was a regular as Bull the bald bailiff on this '80s show Night Court |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | '80s TV $200: The answer to this cliffhanger question of 1980:
Kristin Shepard (played by Mary Crosby) "Who Shot J.R.?" |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | '80s TV $400: Harry Anderson played Judge Harry T. Stone, who presided over this title place Night Court |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | '80s TV $800: Peter Scolari & Tom Hanks passed themselves off as Hildegarde & Buffy to live in a hotel for women on this sitcom Bosom Buddies |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | '80s TV $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Chicago.) We're at Buckingham Fountain, seen in the opening of this Fox sitcom Married... with Children |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | '80s TV $1000: At first, Hope Murdoch & Michael Steadman seemed like the ideal couple on this yuppie dramedy thirtysomething |
| #4162, aired 2002-10-08 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $1200: Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne infection; this was the '80s TV show hosted by Deney Terrio Dance Fever |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "K.C." $1000: On '80s TV he had "Growing Pains" as Mike Seaver Kirk Cameron |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | "BLUE" CHEESE $800: Dana Carvey & Dick Butkus were featured on this '80s TV show about a police helicopter Blue Thunder |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | TV DRAMA $1600: "The Carringtons" was never spun off from "Dynasty", but this '80s show was The Colbys |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | '80s TV $400: In 1983 Robert MacNeil & this man's "Report" became a "NewsHour" (Jim) Lehrer |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | '80s TV $800: Sally Field's old character was a married travel agent in "The New" her Gidget |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | '80s TV $1,000 (Daily Double): As divorced apartment-mates, black actors Ron Glass & Demond Wilson were "The New" this Odd Couple |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | '80s TV $1200: She played Michael J. Fox' girlfriend Ellen on "Family Ties" & married Fox in real life Tracy Pollan |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | '80s TV $1600: HBO's first original children's series, a still from it is seen here Fraggle Rock |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BEACH BOYS $100: Crockett & Tubbs were always cruising trendy beach hotspots on this influential '80s TV series Miami Vice |
| #3878, aired 2001-06-13 | EDIBLE TV $400: A short-lived '80s cartoon featured a fat husband named Meatballs & his thin wife named this Spaghetti |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | DIONNE WARWICK $1000: From 1980 to '81 & again in the mid-'80s, Dionne hosted this TV pop show Solid Gold |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | FLORIDUDS $200: Pastel jackets worn over T-shirts were all the rage in the '80s because of this Florida-set TV show Miami Vice |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | TV COMMERCIALS $600: In the '80s a sleazy salesman named Joe boasted that this car make had "more seats than the Astrodome" Isuzu |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | 5 DECADES OF TV $600: In the '80s this captain played by Daniel J. Travanti ran the Hill Street police station (Frank) Furillo |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | '80s TV $200: To George Jefferson she was "Weesie", but his wife's actual first name was this Louise |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | '80s TV $400: The Carrington Mansion on "Dynasty" was in this city, where most of the action took place Denver |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | '80s TV $600: He was Hooperman for 2 seasons, but he's still best remembered as Jack Tripper John Ritter |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | '80s TV $2,000 (Daily Double): On "In the Heat of the Night" Howard Rollins played this detective Virgil Tibbs |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | TV & MOVIE ACTORS $600: She played Craig T. Nelson's daughter on the '80s series "Call to Glory" before "Leaving Las Vegas" Elisabeth Shue |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | TV REDUX $400: Seen in an '80s sitcom, this alien from Melmac returned in a 1999 "Love Boat" ALF |
| #3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: She was seen as Eileen on the '80s sitcom "Day By Day" before she played Elaine on "Seinfeld" Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | CAR & DRIVER $200: On '80s TV:
The General Lee, a souped-up Dodge Charger The Dukes of Hazzard/Bo & Luke Duke (John Schneider & Tom Wopat) |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | CAR & DRIVER $500: On '80s TV:
KITT, a talking black Pontiac Knight Rider/Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | '80s FILM COMEDY $600: He played movie star & TV guest star Alan Swann in 1982's "My Favorite Year" Peter O'Toole |
| #3388, aired 1999-05-05 | SCHOOLS IN TV & FILM $400: Tracey Gold & Kirk Cameron attended Dewey High on this sitcom of the '80s & '90s Growing Pains |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | TV TEENS $600: On the '80s sitcom "It Takes Two!", Anthony Edwards & this "Mad About You" star played Patty Duke's teenage kids Helen Hunt |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | LATE-NIGHT TV $400: After midnight on Fridays in the '80s, you could catch an NBC rock music show devoted to these music videos |
| #2927, aired 1997-04-29 | "M"TV $300: On this '80s cop show, Det. Sonny Crockett shared his boat with a pet alligator named Elvis Miami Vice |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | ACTRESSES & TV ROLE $500: Sharon Acker played this legal secretary in the '70s; Barbara Hale played her in the '50s, '60s, '80s & '90s Della Street |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | TV COPS $100: Sonny Crockett in the '80s, he became Nash Bridges in 1996 Don Johnson |
| #2141, aired 1993-12-20 | S.F. TV DETECTIVES $400: Jack Warden was part con artist, part private eye on this mid-'80s series set in S.F. Crazy Like a Fox |
| #2002, aired 1993-04-27 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: In the '60s Abby Dalton was Joey Bishop's TV wife; in the '80s she was Lorenzo Lamas' mother on this series Falcon Crest |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Capital Cities/ABC owns 80% of this sports cable TV network ESPN |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | SONGS OF THE '80s $200: Written by Jan Hammer the them of this TV cop show hit No. 1 in 1985 Miami Vice |
| #1471, aired 1991-01-14 | TV COMEDIENNES $500: Though she had 5 CBS series bearing her name in the 1970s & 80s, only 1 was a success Mary Tyler Moore |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | '80s TV $100: Kelsey, Becker, Markowitz & Kuzak aren't a law firm but 4 characters on this show about one L.A. Law |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | '80s TV $200: Series that replaced "Hawaii Five-O" in 1980-- same setting, same time, same channel Magnum P.I. |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | '80s TV $300: A CBS newsmagazine, or the Manhattan location of its studio West 57th Street |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | '80s TV $400: Sitcom about the adventures of Larry Appleton & his cousin Balki Bartokomous Perfect Strangers |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | '80s TV $500: She dropped "The Fall Guy" to take up the bar in "Night Court" Markie Post |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Jamie Lee Curtis played this late Playboy model on TV; Mariel Hemingway played her in "Star 80" Dorothy Stratten |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | BOOKS OF THE '80s $200: Diane Duane's novel "Spock's World" was inspired by this TV series, not by a baby doctor Star Trek |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | SPORTSCASTERS $100: Set to anchor prime time TV coverage of the '80 Olympics, he finally got his chance 8 years later Bryant Gumbel |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | '80s TV $200: The CBS show "Tour of Duty", takes place during this war Vietnam War |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | '80s TV $400: In "Jake & the Fatman" he's the Fatman William Conrad |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | '80s TV $600: This cop's last words on the dramatic final episode of the '86-'87 season were, "I'm an alcoholic" Chris Cagney |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | '80s TV $800: When CBS changed "Taking the Town" to "My Sister Sam", they had to rename her character Sam Pam Dawber |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | '80s TV $1000: On "Newhart", it's the inn in which Dick & Joanna live Stratford |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | ACRONYMS $900 (Daily Double): Of the most popular TV series of the 1979-80 primetime season, 1 of the 2 with acronyms for titles M*A*S*H (or CHiPS) |
