Annual Premiere Index · 1980

1980 TV Series Premieres

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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
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
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
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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
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
TV ★ 8.2
Chespirito

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Chespirito

1980
TV ★ 7.6
Coração Alado

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Coração Alado

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
TV ★ 7.0
Heut' abend

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Heut' abend

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
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
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
TV ★ 4.7
Verstehen Sie Spaß?

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Verstehen Sie Spaß?

1980
TV ★ 7.1
Colorina

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Colorina

1980
TV ★ 6.7
Chega Mais

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Chega Mais

1980
TV ★ 7.9
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1980
TV ★ 8.2
Água Viva

Nelson, a fishing champion, and his brother Miguel, a renowned plastic surgeon, compete for the love of Lígia, an ambitious woman who seeks to climb the social ladder by any means necessary.

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Água Viva

1980
TV ★ 8.0
Um Homem Muito Especial

Vladimir, Count Dracula, leaves Transylvania and comes to Brazil to reunite with his son Rafael. Because of the turmoil in Europe during World War I, Rafael, still a boy, was entrusted to his nanny, Ana, who fled with him. Having discovered his son's whereabouts, Vladimir is determined to rescue him and make him claim his inheritance. Of seemingly humble origins, Rafael has secretly courted Mariana, granddaughter of the powerful Dona Marta, matriarch of the Matos Lacerda family, who dominate the city, since childhood. Rafael is unaware of his father's existence. In his struggle to win his son, Vladimir faces opposition from Ana, who knows all his weaknesses. Upon arriving in Brazil, in addition to his son, Vladimir finds the woman of his dreams, exactly like the one he loved and lost in the past – none other than Mariana, Rafael's beloved. Vladimir believes Mariana is the reincarnation of the great love of his past.

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Um Homem Muito Especial

1980
TV ★ 7.3
The Flintstone Comedy Show

The Flintstone Comedy Show is a 90-minute Saturday morning animated series revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired from November 22, 1980 to September 11, 1982 on NBC. Outside North America, the show was released under title of Flintstone Frolics. The show contained six segments: The Flintstone Family Adventures, Bedrock Cops, Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm, Captain Caveman, Dino and Cavemouse, and The Frankenstones.

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The Flintstone Comedy Show

1980
TV ★ 6.5
Auf Achse

The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.

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Auf Achse

1980
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