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The TV Shows of 1986
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TV Show: Matlock ( 1986 )
Matlock is a legal drama series starring Andy Griffith as defense attorney Ben Matlock - a Harvard-educated, fiery southerner who charges $100,000 a case to brilliantly defend his clients by finding the real killer.
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TV Show: Designing Women ( 1986 )
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield, and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner of and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced single-parent who is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is a naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne Sugarbaker is a self-centered ex-beauty queen who has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.
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TV Show: ALF ( 1986 )
One starry night in 1986, the Tanner family get an unexpected houseguest - a furry, four-foot-high Alien Life Form they call ALF, who quickly becomes part of the family.
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TV Show: The Hogan Family ( 1986 )
The Hogan Family was originally titled Valerie, and was about Valerie Hogan and her husband Michael, an airline pilot. His job took him away from home quite regularly so Valerie was left to raise their three sons, David, and the fraternal twins, Mark and Willie. David was the oldest and girl crazy, Mark was the brain and a perfectionist and Willie was the carefree clown who seemed to always be in trouble.At the beginning of the third season, the Valerie Hogan character was written out of the show and replaced by the boys' aunt, Sandy Hogan, acting as the surrogate mom. The show's title was changed to Valerie's Family, then The Hogans, and finally The Hogan Family.
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TV Show: Head of the Class ( 1986 )
Head of the Class follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program (IHP) at the fictional Monroe High School (later Millard Fillmore High School) in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore (Howard Hesseman).
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TV Show: L.A. Law ( 1986 )
L.A. Law takes us inside the law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak. There, a team of ambitious and competitive attorneys must face the conflicts between their personal desires, their obligations as lawyers, and their principles as human beings. A portrayal of the law and its litigators that was both realistic and irreverent, L.A. Law became a favorite of critics and audiences alike.
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TV Show: Perfect Strangers ( 1986 )
Perfect Strangers follows Balki Bartokomous, a humble sheep herder from a generic Mediterranean country called Mypos, who moves to Chicago to live with his American cousin, Larry Appleton.
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TV Show: Dragon Ball ( 1986 )
This is where it all begins. The story starts with Goku at 12 when he first meets Bulma and is introduced to the legend of the Dragonballs: who ever gets all seven Dragonballs will have their wish granted by Shenron, the Dragon who resides within the balls. As Goku goes along his adventure he meets other characters such as Master Roshi, Krillin and others.
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TV Show: Pee-Wee's Playhouse ( 1986 )
Scream along to the SECRET WORD with Pee-wee Herman and his pals — Jambi the Genie, Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Reba the mail lady, Captain Carl, Magic Screen, Conky, Globey, Chairry, Pterri, Randy and many more! Aaaaarrrrrrrrr!!! I know you are, but what am I!?! Mecka-lecka hi... Mecka-hiney ho!
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TV Show: Crime Story ( 1986 )
The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.
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TV Show: The Real Ghostbusters ( 1986 )
The Real Ghostbusters continues where the first movie left off, with the four Ghostbusters facing forces of the supernatural. Helping out the Ghostbusters would be their secretary, Janine Melnitz, and (eventually) Louis Tully. Also joining in would be the green ghost busted at the Sedgewick Hotel in the first movie, which was given the name Slimer.
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TV Show: Our House ( 1986 )
Our House is an American television drama series that aired on NBC for two seasons from September 11, 1986 to May 8, 1988. The series centers on the Witherspoon family and the challenges they face adjusting to life with three generations living in the same house. After his son John dies, retired widower Gus Witherspoon (played by Wilford Brimley) invites his daughter-in-law Jessica 'Jessie' Witherspoon (played by Deidre Hall) and her three children to move to California to live with him until they can get back on their feet financially.Despite protests from her children, Jessie, along with 15-year-old daughter Kris (played by Shannen Doherty), 12-year-old son David (played by Chad Allen), eight-year-old daughter Molly (played by Keri Houlihan), and their basset hound named Arthur leave Fort Wayne, Indiana, to start their new lives in California. As they settle into life with Gus, they realize that he can be difficult to live with. A major part of the plot each week was centered on the conflict that can arise when extended family tries to live together in the same house. As the man of the house, Gus imposed rules on the three grandchildren the same way he raised his own children but later learned ways to convey his lessons to the kids without being gruff. Jessie and the kids learn that beneath Gus' stern facade is a man who is wise about the ways of the world and cares about them very much.In a feature reminiscent of the 1960s T.V. series The Wild Wild West, each of the five acts of the episode before commercial ended with a freeze-frame shot, which then occupied one of the rooms in an abstract rendering of a house figure. As the episode unfolded, more rooms were filled until finally, when the dilemma had been resolved, the final piece was put in place, completing the house.John Witherspoon (played by Patrick Duffy) was seen in one episode and in the occasional flashback.
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TV Show: Amazing Stories ( 1985 )
As one experience ends, another adventure begins… in the extraordinary worlds of Amazing Stories! From acclaimed director-producer Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment comes the Emmy Award-winning TV series. Join a roster of cinema's most illustrious stars, including Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Tim Robbins, John Lithgow, Kevin Costner and more, as well as some of Hollywood's greatest directorial talents. Relive all the mesmerizing magic, mystery and suspense in these unique episodes from some of filmmaking's finest storytellers!
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TV Show: Pingu ( 1986 )
Preschool stop-frame animation about Pingu, a charming and cheeky young penguin who is always up to mischief, finding himself in comical situations in his snowy world.
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TV Show: The Oprah Winfrey Show ( 1986 )
The Oprah Winfrey Show has featured many celebrities over the years, but that's only one side of it. There's also Oprah's eternal quest to better herself, and to make the viewers change themselves. Oprah has started several organizations: Oprah's angel network, Oprah's book club, and O Magazine. For a couple of years now, the show frequently ends with a "Remember your spirit" segment. The show is produced by Oprah's own company, Harpo (which spells Oprah backwards). The Oprah Winfrey Show is now entering its 17th year of production as a syndicated show.
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TV Show: Life with Lucy ( 1986 )
Lucy Barker was a widowed grandmother who had inherited her husband's half-interest in a hardware store in South Pasadena, California, the other half being owned by his partner, widower Curtis McGibbon. Lucy insisted on "helping" in the store, even though when her husband was alive she had taken no part in the business and hence knew nothing about it. The unlikely partners were also in-laws, her daughter being married to his son, and all of them, along with their young grandchildren, lived together.
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TV Show: Centurions ( 1986 )
In the near future, Doc Terror, and his cyborg companion Hacker, unleash their forces to conquer Earth! Only one force can stop this evil...a handful of brave men. Ace McCloud, (Air Operations Specialist), Max Ray (Sea Operations Specialist), and Jake Rockwell, (Land Operations Specialist), must try and stop Terror, using their highly advanced and versatile exoframes (Which transforms them into a one-man fighting army) they strive to beat back the deadly cyborg threat to the civilized world... Whatever the Challenge...they stand ready!
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TV Show: It's Garry Shandling's Show ( 1986 )
A unique comedy series which began on Showtime cable channel, and then was moved to FOX where the next two seasons continued. The series revolved around Garry Shandling and his friends, who all are a part of his imaginary TV series which takes place in his home. Garry's platonic friend, Nancy, lives in the same building complex, as well as his friend Pete Schumaker and his family, wife Jackie and son Grant. Garry's mom also makes occasional appearances and refers to him as Bubba. The final season saw Garry marry Phoebe, who has to get used to being in front of the cameras.
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TV Show: Starman ( 1986 )
The alien returns to find and assist the child he fathered 14 years before on his visit to Earth. When he arrives, he takes on the identity of Paul Forrester, a prize-winning free-lance photographer with a rather wild reputation killed in a helicopter accident. He finds the child and his mother have been separated. Paul convinces Scott to help him to locate Jenny, his friend from his first visit to Earth. Unfortunately, their search is plagued by George Fox, a paranoid government agent who feels Paul and Scott are dangerous and wants to capture, examine, and probably kill them.
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TV Show: Dennis the Menace ( 1986 )
Animated series based on the classic comic strip by Hank Ketcham. America's most well-known little terror, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with his dog Ruff and his friends Joey and Margaret. This typically involves some means of tormenting Dennis's hapless next-door neighbor, Mr. Wilson.
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TV Show: Jonny Quest ( 1986 )
Dr. Benton Quest and his long-time friend and aide "Race" Bannon, along with Quest's son Jonny and his friend Hadji Singh, investigate the upper threshold of science and the world of the paranormal, travelling the world and solving puzzles, locating hidden artifacts, battling evildoers such as the evil Dr. Zin, and escaping danger at every turn.
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TV Show: Double Dare ( 1986 )
Double Dare is a children's game show, originally hosted by Marc Summers, that aired on Nickelodeon. Two teams compete to win cash and prizes by answering trivia questions and completing messy stunts known as "physical challenges". Each team consisted of two children. Originally, both teams wore red uniforms, but after Double Dare entered syndication in 1988, one team wore blue uniforms while the other wore red (Finders Keepers, a Nickelodeon game show that premiered one year after Double Dare, played a role in this change). Each team received their own name (except for on the original Fox version of Family Double Dare, in which the teams were simply designated by the families' respective last names). Even though this was the case, the host usually called both teams "The Red Team" and "The Blue Team".
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TV Show: My Little Pony 'n Friends ( 1986 )
The story of a human named Megan in a world of magical ponies and their adventures together in Pony Land.My Little Pony is an American animated television series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions based on the My Little Pony toys released by Hasbro. The series featured as the first segment of a program called My Little Pony 'n Friends. The second segment would be an unrelated cartoon based on another Hasbro franchise. It first aired 09/01/1986. It ran for two seasons for a total of 61 episodes.