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1. This science fiction spoof chronicled the adventures of a United Galactic Sanitation Patrol ship.
2. This 1975 show was a spoof of Robin Hood movies.
3. This 1984 show was Jim Carrey's first TV show. He played an animator at a small cartoon studio.
4. This 1990 show features a female city manager (mayor) and her quirky staff.
5. This sequel to another 1-year show had a lost space-faring race finally finding Earth, only to be disappointed that Earth wasn't ready to help them fight their enemies.
6. This Saturday-morning live-action show was about a junior high school teacher who drank from the Fountain of Youth when he was on vacation in Florida. Back home, he keeps changing from his adult self to his 12-year-old self.
7. This first TV show for Matthew Perry had him playing the younger self of Kiel Martin. Martin had died in the future, but couldn't get into Heaven (or Hell), so he was sent back in time to guide his younger self to the correct path
8. Three female friends are stuck in their east coast fishing village, never seeming to be able to get their break to the big city.
9. Two women support each other while their two husbands are in jail.
10. This show, based on a movie of the same name, was the continuing story of the professional women's baseball league formed during WWII.
11. A horror story novelist is having some writers' block. His publisher assigns a nebbish young editor to help him along. But the author would rather play macabre jokes on the editor than listen to his advice.
12. This 1982 spin-off was the least successful of its parent show's 3 spin-offs. It was the story of the daughter from the original show, now divorced, and her son.
13. This 1998 remake of a 1978 series had a mysterious host on a tropical island who could make his guests' wishes come true. But be careful what you wish for...
14. This 1975 show was about a family from Switzerland who are marooned on an island in the South Pacific.
15. Another movie-based show, this 1990 show was about a too-hip high schooler and his friends, and how they fooled their principal, Mr. Rooney.
16. This spin-off followed some Army collegues after the Korean War as they work in a VA hospital.
17. Neil, a shy repressed guy, meets the girl of his dreams, Alicia, who is gorgeous and wild. Amazingly, they begin to date and the striking contrast between their personalities provides the basis for ongoing slapstick comedy. Neil's embarrassing family and Alicia's crazy roommates and friends play supporting roles.
18. 1979: A middle-class Italian girl marries a wealthy doctor, much to her family's joy and his family's chagrin.
19. 1981: A Civil War vet moves his family out west, where he inexplicable becomes the town marshall.
20. A teenaged boy, Benjamin, finds out his missing father wasn't a mailman, but a secret agent. He gets recruited to be an agent too, ultimately trying to find his father.
21. 1990: Based on movie of the same name, about a young female executive and her adventures in the world of business.
22. Sarah Jessica Parker's first TV series, about a group of nerdy high school girls and their strange friends.
23. A spin-off of 'Spenser: For Hire', starring Avery Brooks continuing his role from SFH as the title character.
24. 1992: Animated prime-time show about law-enforcing marine creatures.
25. This series put the 'botch' in Bochco - Steven Bochco, that is. A police show where the cast would break into song a la a Broadway musical.
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