#8859, aired 2023-04-27 | 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Look--they took a plastic for making pipes & built a device to record TV shows in the 1980s PVCR |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $600: In the 1980s TV shows began to promote this person who stays sober & gets you home, of course including "Cheers" a DD (designated driver) |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | SUBTITLED NONFICTION $200: "An Oral History of" this cable TV channel's "Golden Age" in the 1980s & '90s is shared in "Slimed!" Nickelodeon |
#8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $400: (I'm Louis Aguirre.) The 1980s TV show "Miami Vice" changed the reputation of the city to one of chicness & glitz & made Florida a more desired film & TV location; these two actors, playing Crockett & Tubbs, added to the scenery Don Johnson & Philip Michael Thomas |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | 1980s TV $200: Tom Selleck privately investigated as this character in more than 150 episodes from 1980 to 1988 Magnum (P.I.) |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | 1980s TV $400: We met Hannibal, B.A., Face & Murdock in 1983 on this show; I love it when a plan comes together The A-Team |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | 1980s TV $600: On "Star Trek: The Next Generation", this son of Mogh was the only Klingon in Starfleet Worf |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | 1980s TV $800: Krystle Carrington & her rival Alexis brawled in a koi pond, as one does, on this nighttime soap Dynasty |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | 1980s TV $1000: Little "Cheers" ditty / 'Bout Sam & Diane / Diane, played by this actress / Doing the best she can Shelley Long |
#8588, aired 2022-03-02 | "WISE" WORDS $600: A gangster, or a 1980s TV show about agent gone deep undercover Vinnie Terranova wiseguy |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | TV ROLES $2000: Lee Majors played a stuntman who had a side hustle as a bounty hunter on this 1980s series The Fall Guy |
#8325, aired 2021-01-29 | 1980s TIME CAPSULE $1200: Not your typical sitcom, this TV show featuring a shoe salesman's less-than-perfect family life premiered in 1987 Married... with Children |
#8293, aired 2020-12-02 | ALLITERATIVE TV SHOWS $2000: Tom Hanks & Peter Scolari starred in this 1980s show whose title punningly refers to close friends Bosom Buddies |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | PLAYING THE PART ON TV $1200: Sarah Palin (in a TV movie); Frannie Hughes (on "As the World Turns" in the 1980s) Julianne Moore |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | TV INSPIRATIONS $1000: Women's wrestling director Matt Cimber is an inspiration for Marc Maron's character on this show set in the 1980s GLOW |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ENTERTAINMENT $800: In the 1980s Cyndi Lauper & Wham! were among the artists who made their early U.S. TV appearances on this Dick Clark series American Bandstand |
#8086, aired 2019-11-04 | THE HARVARD LAMPOON $200: Now a fixture as a late-night TV talk show host, in the 1980s, this very tall redhead was a two-year president of the "Harvard Lampoon" Conan O'Brien |
#8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE POWERS THAT BE $600: Here's Stefanie Powers showing a lot of heart with this actor in a 1980s TV series Robert Wagner |
#7952, aired 2019-03-19 | TV's MIDDLE CHILD $800: Brother to Erica & Adam & occasionally trying to rap, Barry is the middle kid on this 1980s-set sitcom The Goldbergs |
#7952, aired 2019-03-19 | TV's MIDDLE CHILD $1000: Mallory Keaton was older sister to Jennifer & younger sister to Alex on this 1980s sitcom Family Ties |
#7935, aired 2019-02-22 | TV BY THE NUMBERS $400: 1980s Fox series about youthful-looking undercover officers 21 Jump Street |
#7929, aired 2019-02-14 | TV REBOOTED $2000: Richard Dean Anderson was this problem-solving hero in the 1980s; Lucas Till plays him in the reboot MacGyver |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | TV MOVIES $1000: Farrah Fawcett starred in this 1980s TV movie as a woman who ends years of abuse by incinerating her ex-husband The Burning Bed |
#7596, aired 2017-09-25 | THE CITY'S TV SHOW $800: Lee Iacocca, G.Gordon Liddy & the Fat Boys guested on this 1980s Don Johnson superhip cop show Miami Vice |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | TV FUNNY GUYS $800: In a "Community" episode, Abed concludes that the answer to this 1980s sitcom title question is Angela Bower Who's the Boss? |
#7346, aired 2016-07-18 | FASHION $600: This 1980s TV cop show started a men's fashion trend for pastel colors & suit jackets over T-shirts Miami Vice |
#7346, aired 2016-07-18 | 4-LETTER ENTERTAINMENT $1600: You're gonna live forever after naming this 1980s TV show about performing arts students in New York City Fame |
#7288, aired 2016-04-27 | THE POLITICS OF TV $800: This 1980s "Soap" spin-off had its main character go from running the governor's household to being lt. gov. himself Benson |
#6866, aired 2014-06-23 | I AM FROM ROMANIA $2000: 1980s TV ads told us he was "master of the pan flute", & who are we to say he was not? Zamfir |
#6835, aired 2014-05-09 | ____ THE ____ $1200: It's what Clara Peller wanted to know in TV commercials of the 1980s "Where's the beef?" |
#6775, aired 2014-02-14 | GETTING SCHOOLED ON TV $2000: Pre-"Sex And The City", young(er) Ms. Bradshaw went to 1980s Castlebury High on this show The Carrie Diaries |
#6748, aired 2014-01-08 | PLAYING LINCOLN $1000: This tall "Moby Dick" actor played Lincoln in the 1980s TV miniseries "The Blue & the Gray" Gregory Peck |
#6655, aired 2013-07-19 | AS THEMSELVES ON TV $1000: "Garry called me up & asked if I would write his theme song" was an actual theme song lyric to his 1980s "show" Garry Shandling |
#6470, aired 2012-11-02 | CROSBY $1,000 (Daily Double): The answer to this TV question of the 1980s was Kristin Shepard, played by Bing's daughter Mary "Who shot J.R. Ewing?" |
#6436, aired 2012-09-17 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $400: In the 1980s he & his daughter Holly hosted "Ripley's Believe It or Not", though we don't remember any one-armed push-ups Jack Palance |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | CHILDREN OF PRESIDENTS $800: In the 1980s this son of Gerald Ford was a regular on TV's "The Young and the Restless" Steve Ford |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | TV MEDICAL SHOWS BY HOSPITAL $2000: In the 1980s:
San Francisco Memorial Hospital Trapper John, M.D. |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $200: In a variation of a theme, the 1983-84 season of this series ended with J.R.'s brother Bobby getting shot Dallas |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $400: Tanya Roberts looked "heavenly" when she joined the cast of this series in November 1980 Charlie's Angels |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $600: Chad Lowe was the star of the sitcom "Spencer"; this man starred as detective "Spenser: For Hire" Robert Urich |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $800: Jonathan Winters showed up in the cornfield as a regular on the 1983-84 season of this countrified laugh-fest Hee Haw |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $1000: He was actually 12 when he began playing the 7-year-old "Webster" in 1983 Emmanuel Lewis |
#5059, aired 2006-09-14 | TV THEMES THAT HIT THE CHARTS $400: Everybody knew this show in the 1980s Cheers |
#5046, aired 2006-07-17 | MOVIE TWINS $1200: In the 1980s Hayley Mills starred in 3 TV sequels to this 1961 Disney film in which she played twins Sharon & Susan The Parent Trap |
#4990, aired 2006-04-28 | 1980s TV $200: When Linda Evans decided to leave this series, her character Krystle Carrington slipped into a coma Dynasty |
#4990, aired 2006-04-28 | 1980s TV $400: In 1982 Carol Kane won an Emmy for the "Simka Returns" episode of this sitcom Taxi |
#4990, aired 2006-04-28 | 1980s TV $600: We salute you if you know the Dukes of Hazzard raced about in a souped-up Dodge Charger called this the General Lee |
#4990, aired 2006-04-28 | 1980s TV $800: We saw Murphy Brown go on the air in 1988 as the star reporter for this fictitious TV newsmagazine FYI |
#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 |
#4905, aired 2005-12-30 | MICHAEL J. FOX $800: Michael hit the big time in the 1980s as Alex Keaton on this TV series Family Ties |
#4890, aired 2005-12-09 | ENTERTAINING JOHNS $400: A one-time gag writer for Red Skelton, he was reportedly the highest-paid TV star at his peak in the 1980s Johnny Carson |
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 | CHARADES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew.) 1980s TV show, 2 words: Dance Fever |
#4057, aired 2002-04-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Movie star of gangster film like "The Public Enemy" who was partnered with Tyne Daly on a 1980s TV cop drama James Cagney & Lacey |
#3862, aired 2001-05-22 | THE ONE & ONLY $400: It was the only prime-time TV series to be No. 1 in the ratings in the 1970s, 1980s & 1990s 60 Minutes |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | HANNIBAL-ISM $600: In the 1980s George Peppard played Hannibal Smith, leader of this TV title team The A-Team |
#3116, aired 1998-03-02 | FASHIONABLE NAMES $500: In 1980s TV ads nothing got between Brooke Shields & this designer's jeans Calvin Klein |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: Now an "ER" doctor, he played Helen Hunt's teenage brother on the 1980s sitcom "It Takes Two" Anthony Edwards |
#2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $300: This 1980s Gil Gerard character originated in a comic strip dating from 1929 Buck Rogers |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | TV PAIRS $100: More properly, this 1980s CBS sitcom would have been titled "Katherine & Allison" Kate & Allie |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | 1980s TV $100: In a 1987 episode of this series, waitress Diane Chambers left her job to write a novel Cheers |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | 1980s TV $200: On Nov. 21, 1980 the world discovered that Kristin Shepard shot this businessman J.R. Ewing |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | 1980s TV $300: Tyne Daly & Sharon Gless won multiple Emmys for playing the title roles in this series Cagney & Lacey |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | 1980s TV $400: This group consisted of Hannibal, B.A., Face & Howling Mad The A-Team |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | 1980s TV $500: About 6 months after this series premiered in 1980, it spawned a spinoff called "Those Amazing Animals" That's Incredible! |
#2089, aired 1993-10-07 | TV PRIVATE EYES $200: This private eye was played by Darren McGavin in the 1950s & Stacy Keach in the 1980s Mike Hammer |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | TV TRIVIA $300: For 3 years in the 1980s he played Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Stacy Keach |
#1402, aired 1990-10-09 | TV TRIVIA $100: This NBC sitcom was ranked the No. 1 program of the year 4 times in the 1980s, the most of any series The Cosby Show |
#1162, aired 1989-09-26 | NURSERY RHYMES $100: Since she had a bare cupboard, hers certainly wasn't a lucky dog, lucky dog Old Mother Hubbard |