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.

On the other hand, it has become increasingly common to set films and shows in the 1980s. These are the most memorable movies and TV shows that are set in the ‘80s in a throwback sense.

Sian Barbara Allen, a veteran actress with a long list of credits including a stint on “The Waltons,” has died. She was 78. The Hollywood Reporter said that Allen died in Chapel Hill, North ...

A 1980s soap opera star who then played the mother of one of the most iconic sitcom characters of the 1990s was unrecognizable in Los Angeles this week.. Born in 1950, she began her career as a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took ...

NEW YORK — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to ...

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy "Cheers," has died. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.