It was 40 years ago edition. My boss at the card shop is in her 30s and thinks the 80s -- when her parents were young -- was just the coolest decade. She loves the techno pop and the big hair. While she's never seen Dallas or Dynasty, she's aware of them and their impact on fashion.
This got me looking back to the top shows of 1984. We certainly were suds-obsessed that year! Four of the most popular shows were nighttime soaps.
Nielson's Top 13 of the 1984 season:
1. Dynasty
2. Dallas
3. The Cosby Show
4. 60 Minutes (still a Sunday night fixture)
5. Family Ties (when America first met Michael J. Fox)
6. The A Team (Mr. T.)
7. Simon and Simon (A spin-off of Magnum PI, which came in at 15)
8. Murder, She Wrote
9. Knot's Landing10. Falcon Crest
11. Crazy Like a Fox
12. Hotel
13. Cheers (where everybody knows your name)
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Oh my. Way to make a gal feel old! I barely remember some of those shows. For some reason I thought Cosby was a 90s show. It had a long run, I guess.
ReplyDeleteKnot's Landing was my soap of choice. I don't remember #11. And I vaguely remember #12.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's because I had a 3 year old in 1984, or just didn't care for the shows (I think I didn't care for the shows), but I only watched three of those. 2, 6, and 7. I didn't know Simon and Simon was a spin-off.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea Simon and Simon was a Magnum PI spin off. I never saw it. The whole NBC Thursday night lineup is there except for Night Court. I watched all those shows.
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