Answer: David Soul
David Soul attempted (and failed) to channel Humphrey Bogart in the very short lived "Casablanca" (1983). The show was on the air for only three episodes before getting canceled in April 1983. Soul was considerably more successful as Detective Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson in "Starsky and Hutch" (1975-1979). "Casablanca" also features a young Ray Liotta just two years into his acting career. Scatman Crothers played Sam, the piano player. The show was ranked number 17 on the TV Guide list of "Worst Shows of All Time."
Remarkably, "Casablanca" did win an Emmy Award. Cinematographer Joseph Biroc won for "The Masterbuilder's Woman," the show's second episode.
Robert Blake played Tony Barretta in the show of the same name from 1975 to 1978. Telly Savalas was NYPD Lieutenant Theo Kojak in the eponymous series which ran from 1973 to 1978. And Michael Douglas was Steve Keller in "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972-77).
From Quiz: Don't Blink Television: 1980s Edition
Answer: Growing Pains
"Growing Pains" debuted in 1985 and ran for seven seasons. The show followed eldest son Mike Seaver as he navigated growing up, in later years the focus shifted to his younger siblings.
From Quiz: 1980's TV Characters
Answer: 60 Minutes
Andy Rooney began his segment "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney" in 1978. It replaced Shana Alexander's and James Kilpatrick's "Point/Counterpoint" which was the basis for a famous Saturday Night Live spoof in which Dan Aykroyd yelled at Jane Curtain, "Jane, you ignorant slut."
From Quiz: They Said It In The 80s
Answer: Steampipe Alley
The show aired on WWOR, a network based in Secaucus, New Jersey. "Steampipe Alley" ran from 1987 to 1993 and has become a cult classic. Cantone went on to star in several television shows, and continued a successful stand-up comedy career.
From Quiz: 1980s TV Potpourri
Answer: Head of The Class
Charlie Moore was the teacher in "Head of the Class", played by Howard Hesseman. The show focused on a group of over achieving honour students at Manhattan's Milliard Fillmore High school. The show ran from 1986 to 1991.
From Quiz: Can You Name These TV Actors From The 80s?
Answer: We'll follow Mr Spoon
The main characters in 'Button Moon' were made out of old kitchen equipment. There was Mr and Mrs Spoon and their daughter Tina, who all had wooden spoons for arms and little Egbert who was made out of an egg cup.
From Quiz: Back to the 80s!
Answer: 'The Facts of Life'
George Clooney was a semi-regular on this show.
From Quiz: Those 80's Shows
Answer: 1987
'A Different World' starred Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison from 1987 to 1993. The year 1987 was a milestone in that over 50 million American families had cable TV. Other popular shows: 'Married...with Children' and 'Thirtysomething'.
From Quiz: Name the Television Year: 1980s
Answer: 8
When the show started she had 4. She had the fifth baby in the second season, the sixth in the third season and then twins in the seventh season.
From Quiz: 1980s Television
Answer: Waitress
Played by Linda Lavin
From Quiz: 1980s What's Their Line?
Answer: Michael Crichton
Crichton attempted to create a "Westworld" television show, and it failed after only three episodes. It is probably most notable as an early acting credit of Connie Selleca of "Greatest American Hero" (1981-86) fame. The basic storyline was about a corporate security chief trying to stop a mad scientist from taking over the world with killer robots.
Crichton was one of the more successful screenwriters of the 1970s, with "Westworld" (1973), "The Andromeda Strain" (1971) and "Coma" (1978) among his credits. He also created the "Jurassic Park" universe and "ER" (1994-2009), one of the most successful medical dramas in television history.
From Quiz: Don't Blink Television: 1980s Edition
Answer: Knight Rider
Starring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, the show ran from 1982-86 in the U.S.
The show put Knight inside a specially built Trans Am that had more gadgets than a typical "James Bond" car. Knight and the car solved various crimes in each episode.
From Quiz: 1980's TV Characters
Answer: Walter Cronkite
"Uncle Walter" has been called "America's most trusted man." After he left the CBS News in 1981 he later said he may have retired too soon. He was replaced by Dan Rather, who himself was replaced in 2006 by Katie Couric.
From Quiz: They Said It In The 80s
Answer: Uncle Floyd
"The Uncle Floyd Show" was legendary for its weird atmosphere and many technical difficulties. The credits would sometimes roll while Floyd was still talking to a guest, and Floyd might leave during filming if he felt like it. The host's full name is Floyd Vivino. He was born in 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey. After the television show ended its run, Vivino continued to perform as a comedian. In 2008, he began a radio show based in New Rochelle, New York.
From Quiz: 1980s TV Potpourri
Answer: Silver Spoons
Ricky Schroder played Ricky Stratton. He was a serious twelve year old boy who went to live with his father, a wealthy man who acted like an over grown kid. Ricky teaches his father how to be a parent and his father teaches him how to have fun. The show ran from 1982 to 1987.
From Quiz: Can You Name These TV Actors From The 80s?
Answer: Penfold
She-ra is He-man's twin sister, Raphael is one of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' and Denver is the star of 'Denver the Last Dinosaur.'
From Quiz: Back to the 80s!
Answer: Courteney Cox
'Family Ties' aired from 1982 to 1989. Meredith Baxter (Elise), Michael Gross (Steven), Justine Bateman (Mallory) and Tina Youthers (Jennifer) were the other regulars.
From Quiz: Those 80's Shows
Answer: 1984
'The Cosby Show' had an 8 year run from 1984 to 1992. 'Murder, She Wrote' also premiere this year. Other popular shows: 'Miami Vice' and 'Highway to Heaven'.
From Quiz: Name the Television Year: 1980s
Answer: A plastics factory
"The Cosby Show's" executive producers, Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner, were also responsible for "Roseanne", and the two shows couldn't have been more opposite. Unlike Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad), who raked in big bucks as an attorney, Roseanne Conner worked a number of blue-collar jobs during the show's run.
From Quiz: TV Decade - The 1980s
Answer: Doctor and Lawyer
Cliff was an OBGYN. Clair was a terrific lawyer.
From Quiz: 1980s Television
Answer: Innkeeper
Played by Bob Newhart
From Quiz: 1980s What's Their Line?
Answer: Courtney Cox
"Misfits of Science" managed to last 16 episodes before NBC effectively pulled the plug on it in February 1986. Cox starred as Gloria Dinallo, a young woman with telekinesis. The show is about a team of wannabe superheroes who fight crime for a scientific institute. The producers did have some legal wrangles with Marvel over similarities with "X-Men."
Cox played Alex Keaton's girlfriend Lauren on "Family Ties" (1987-1989). She had a second bomb with "The Trouble with Larry", a sitcom starring Bronson Pinchot in 1993.
Jennifer Aniston was on the short-lived series "Molloy" (1990), "Ferris Bueller" (1990-91) and "Muddling Through" (1994) before getting "Friends" (1994-2004).
Matt LeBlanc starred in the short-lived shows "Top of the Heap" (1991) and "Vinnie and Bobby" (1992) before getting "Friends."
Lisa Kudrow gained fame as ditzy waitress Ursula on "Mad About You" (1992-1999).
From Quiz: Don't Blink Television: 1980s Edition
Answer: Who's the Boss?
Starring Tony Danza and the break out role for Alyssa Milano, "Who's the Boss" was an instant hit from its debut in 1984 until it went off the air in 1992.
The premise had Tony and his daughter Sam (Milano) move in with a highly successful female advertising executive, Angela, to be her housekeeper. Of course having a male housekeeper led to interesting story lines throughout the show.
From Quiz: 1980's TV Characters
Answer: Buckwheat
During the 1981-82 season of 'SNL' Murphy's character Buckwheat premiered in a sketch promoting his first album "Buh-Weet Sings." He opened the skit with "Hi, Ah'm Buh-Weet. Amembah me?"
From Quiz: They Said It In The 80s
Answer: U68
The station could be seen in the New York and New Jersey areas. U68's stock of songs tended to be much more varied than larger networks like MTV. It featured many guest spots by local and national artists.
From Quiz: 1980s TV Potpourri
Answer: Cheers
"Cheers" (1982) won the Emmy Award three times (1984, 1985, and 1989).
"Taxi" (1978) won the Emmy Award twice, in 1980 and in 1981.
"The Golden Girls" (1985) won the Emmy Award twice, in 1986, and then again in 1987.
"The Cosby Show" (1984) won the Emmy Award in 1985.
From Quiz: Television in the 1980s ... Remember?
Answer: Cheers
George Wendt played the character of Norm Peterson. The show Cheers was about a Boston bar where everyone came to drink and share their stories with each other. The show ran from 1982 to 1993.
From Quiz: Can You Name These TV Actors From The 80s?
Answer: He turns into a super hero
Eric is the star of the show 'Bananaman.' Bananaman's allies were a crow and a policeman called Chief O'Reilly.
From Quiz: Back to the 80s!
Answer: 1986
'Pee Wee's Playhouse' lasted four years until 1990. Another one of the year's most popular shows was 'ALF'.
From Quiz: Name the Television Year: 1980s
Answer: "This is America, Charlie Brown"
The Peanuts gang--Charlie Brown, Snoopy, et al--had been featured in a number of prime-time specials through the years. But it wasn't until the 80s that they had their own prime-time series. "This is America, Charlie Brown" featured the Peanuts re-enacting various events in American history.
From Quiz: TV Decade - The 1980s
Answer: Courteney Cox
She played Alex's girlfriend.
From Quiz: 1980s Television
Answer: Atlanta
From Quiz: 1980s TV Cities
Answer: Public defender
Played by Veronica Hamel
From Quiz: 1980s What's Their Line?
Answer: Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer played Samantha "Sunshine" Jensen, an LAPD detective who was part of the Burglary Auto Detail (hence BAD). The show lasted six episodes in January and February of 1980.
It was not Pfeiffer's first role in television; that would be "Delta House" (1979), a short-lived spinoff of "Animal House" in which Pfeiffer was known as "The Bombshell."
Pfeiffer got her big break in "Grease 2" (1983) and since then has starred in many Hollywood films, including "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987), "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989) and "White Oleander" (2002).
From Quiz: Don't Blink Television: 1980s Edition
Answer: Crime Story
The show struggled for ratings with the more popular "Miami Vice" airing at the same time in the United States. Due to the struggle for ratings, the critically successful show was short lived.
The show followed Dennis Farina's Torello, a Chicago cop as he worked to best local mob boss Ray Luca, played by Anthony Denison.
From Quiz: 1980's TV Characters
Answer: Newhart
The "Newhart" finale was one of television's most watched episodes. In it, Bob Newhart's character, Dick Louden, was hit in the head with a golf ball and when he came to he was in bed with Suzanne Pleshette, his wife on his previous hit sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show." His seven years running an inn in rural Vermont had all been a bad dream.
From Quiz: They Said It In The 80s
Answer: Real People
Hosts also included Byron Allen and Mark Russell, among others. In syndication, it was sometimes known as "More Real People."
From Quiz: 1980s TV Potpourri
Answer: Perfect Strangers
Mark-Linn Baker plays Larry Appleton whose cousin, Balki, has just arrived in America from the Island of Mypos. The show was a slapstick type of comedy and centered around Balki's discoveries of America. It ran from 1986 to 1993.
From Quiz: Can You Name These TV Actors From The 80s?
Answer: Superted
'Superted' is the story of an ordinary bear who got thrown away when they found something wrong with him at the factory. Spottyman is Superted's friend. He's the one that brought him to life right at the very beginning of the series, while Texas Pete and Bulk are two of the bad guys.
From Quiz: Back to the 80s!
Answer: Jay Thomas
Eddy Lebec was the hockey goaltender who married Carla on 'Cheers'. Tom Poston starred on 'Mork and Mindy' and he later was a regular on 'Newhart'. James Noble was Governor James Gatling on 'Benson' (1979-1986). Fred Dryer starred as Detective Sargeant Rick Hunter on 'Hunter' (1984-1991).
From Quiz: Those 80's Shows
