1980s
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Riptide (1984)
Byte-Sized Overview Riptide is a glossy, slightly off-kilter 1980s detective adventure built around three ex-military men running a private investigation…
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Miami Vice (1984)
Byte-Sized Overview Miami Vice is the glossy, neon-splashed crime drama that turned undercover policing into a fashion statement and a…
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Byte-Sized Overview Scarecrow and Mrs. King is a briskly polished 1980s spy-romance built around an unlikely partnership: Amanda King, a…
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Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
Byte-Sized Overview Hardcastle and McCormick is a glossy, high-rolling odd couple drama built around a retired judge and a young…
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Remington Steele (1982)
Byte-Sized Overview Remington Steele is a glossy, lightly sideways detective series with a very neat trick at its core: Laura…
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T. J. Hooker (1982)
Byte-Sized Overview T. J. Hooker is a straight-down-the-line American police drama built around a bruised, veteran street cop who has…
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St. Elsewhere (1982)
Byte-Sized Overview St. Elsewhere is a Boston hospital drama with a difference: the patients are often tragic, the staff are…
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Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Byte-Sized Overview Cagney & Lacey is the CBS police drama that put two working women at the centre of a…
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Simon & Simon (1981)
Byte-Sized Overview Simon & Simon is a classic American private-eye series with a very specific 1980s fragrance: sunlit California, bruised…
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Bergerac (1981)
Byte-Sized Overview Bergerac is a Jersey-set detective drama built around Jim Bergerac, a wounded, stubbornly decent investigator with a taste…
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Midnight Caller (1988)
Byte-Sized Overview Midnight Caller is a late-night network drama with a premise that sounds like it was scribbled on a…
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China Beach (1988)
Byte-Sized Overview China Beach is a Vietnam War drama that takes a sideways approach to combat storytelling. Rather than living…
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