Annual Premiere Index · 1980

1980 Movie & TV Premieres

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Movie ★ 6.4
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Friday the 13th

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

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Friday the 13th

1980
TV ★ 7.3
Magnum, P.I.

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.

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Magnum, P.I.

1980
Movie ★ 8.2
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The Shining

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

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The Shining

1980
TV ★ 6.0
Newsnight

A daily BBC Television current affairs programme which specialises in analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians.

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Newsnight

1980
Movie ★ 8.4
The Empire Strikes Back

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

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The Empire Strikes Back

1980
TV ★ 4.8
Sale of the Century

$ale of the Century was an Australian game show that aired on the Nine Network from 14 July 1980 – 29 November 2001. Tony Barber hosted a game show with essentially the same format under the title Temptation from 1970 to 1976, and was also the initial host of Sale for over a decade before being replaced by Glenn Ridge in 1991. Hostesses over the years have included Victoria Nicholls, Delvene Delaney, Alyce Platt, Jo Bailey, Nicky Buckley and Karina Brown. Pete Smith was Sale's announcer for the majority of its run. Ron Neate was announcer for only the first ten episodes in 1980 before Smith took over. From 30 May 2005 – 23 January 2009, the series was revived under its original Australian title, Temptation. The Sale of the Century format has been used internationally.

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Sale of the Century

1980
Movie ★ 7.3
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Airplane!

An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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Airplane!

1980
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WWF Championship Wrestling

The first nationally syndicated WWE television series, Championship Wrestling features numerous WWE Hall of Famers and Legends in action.

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WWF Championship Wrestling

1980
Movie ★ 7.3
The Gods Must Be Crazy

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.

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The Gods Must Be Crazy

1980
TV ★ 6.2
Masterpiece Mystery

Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large number of detective series and television movies—most of them British productions from the BBC or the ITV companies and usually adapted from mystery fiction literary sources—to air on American television. In 2002, they added an American-produced series based on the novels of Tony Hillerman to their roster.

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Masterpiece Mystery

1980
Movie ★ 6.9
Dressed to Kill

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

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Dressed to Kill

1980
TV ★ 8.2
Chespirito

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Chespirito

1980
Movie ★ 7.8
Kagemusha

A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among nobility, but his responsibilities to his station grow more demanding the longer he occupies it.

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Kagemusha

1980
TV ★ 7.6
Coração Alado

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Coração Alado

1980
Movie ★ 6.3
Cannibal Holocaust

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

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Cannibal Holocaust

1980
TV ★ 7.0
Plumas & Paetês

After an accident, Marcela arrives in São Paulo and decides to assume a new identity. Torn between love, she plunges into a world that is not her own.

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Plumas & Paetês

1980
Movie ★ 6.7
Superman II

Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.

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Superman II

1980
TV ★ 7.0
Heut' abend

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Heut' abend

1980
Movie ★ 6.7
The Fog

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

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The Fog

1980
TV ★ 6.4
Texas

Texas is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. It was sponsored and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios in Brooklyn, New York City. Texas is a spinoff of Another World. It was co-created by head writers John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, and executive producer Paul Rauch of Another World. Rauch would hold the title of executive producer for the parent series and its spin-off until 1981.

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Texas

1980
Movie ★ 7.9
Raging Bull

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

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Raging Bull

1980
TV ★ 6.8
Solid Gold

Solid Gold was an American syndicated music television series that debuted on September 13, 1980. Like many other shows of its genre, such as American Bandstand, Solid Gold featured musical performances and various other elements such as music videos. What set Solid Gold apart was a group of dancers in revealing costumes who at various points in the program performed various dances to the top ten hits of the week. Many other specials aired in which the dancers would dance to older pop hits as well. Reviews of the show were not always positive, with The New York Times referring to it as "the pop music show that is its own parody...[enacting] mini-dramas...of covetousness, lust and aerobic toning--routines that typically have a minimal connection with the songs that back them up." The series ran until July 23, 1988, and it was usually transmitted on Saturdays in the early evening. In 1986, Solid Gold added the current year to its title, so in the seventh season the show was known as Solid Gold '86/'87. For the eighth and last season the program became known as Solid Gold In Concert, reflecting the addition of more live performances than had previously been featured on the program in the past.

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Solid Gold

1980
Movie ★ 7.7
The Blues Brothers

Just released from prison, Jake Blues puts his old band back together with his brother Elwood to save the Catholic home where they were raised.

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The Blues Brothers

1980
TV ★ 7.0
As Três Marias

Maria Augusta, Maria José, and Maria da Glória reunite in Rio after studying together in Switzerland and prove their friendship despite many twists and turns, crimes, and romances.

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As Três Marias

1980
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