While network TV ruled the airwaves, the rise of cable in the 1980s quietly changed the game. Channels like MTV and Nickelodeon didn’t just air shows — they created identities.

Of course, 1980s-set TV is nothing new: Recent Emmy-winning FX dramas "Pose" and "The Americans" were set in that period, while networks and streamers have revived classic '80s sitcoms such as ...

Peacock is set to explore the 1980s satanic panic with its latest series pickup. The NBCUniversal-owned streamer has given a straight to series order to Hysteria!, a coming-of-age thriller set in ...

Click here to read more about the most popular TV episodes of the 1980s The British cult sci-fi series “Red Dwarf” likewise offered some of the decade’s highest-rated TV episodes.

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