In Memory of Cleo – our Golden Retriever.Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo flexed America’s muscles and represented the nation’s renewed patriotic fervor in First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood, Part II (1985) and Rambo III (1988). Lethal Weapon(1987) and Die Hard (1988) defined the action flick, and both spawned hit sequels.
Comic Eddie Murphy became a big star of the big screen with Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones became an American icon in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). The Eighties was the decade of the sequel, and in some cases the sequel was as good as (or even better than) - and as commercially successful - as the original. There were others - Molly Ringwald, Matt Dillon, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Michael Hall, Sean Penn and Robert Downey, Jr. Elmo’s Fire (1985) they included Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore and Judd Nelson. Many of them joined the ensemble cast of St. TV talk shows hosted by the likes of Geraldo Rivera and David Letterman became more provocative and occasionally outrageous.Ī group of young stars who became known as The Brat Pack dominated the youth-oriented films of the decade. Programs like thirtysomething and Moonlighting appealed to the yuppie crowd. and Hill Street Blues enjoyed long runs in the 80s, while the innovative Miami Vice had a significant impact on television imagery. New life was breathed into the sitcom, with hit series like The Cosby Show, Cheers, Family Ties and the irreverent Married.With Children.The animated sitcom The Simpsons debuted in 1989, though Bart Simpson had previously made appearances on Fox’s The Tracey Ullman Show. The decade was the golden age for primetime soap operas - Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, and Knots Landing all had their legions of faithful viewers. Media baron Rupert Murdoch paid a billion dollars for Twentieth Century Fox and, with Barry Diller, created TV’s fourth network, Fox. In 1980, Ted Turner unveiled the Cable News Network (CNN). In the late Seventies, Time Inc.’s Home Box Office became available. With the advent of cable, the three major networks - ABC, CBS and NBC - lost their monopoly on what Americans viewed in their living rooms. Prime Time Television Schedules for the 1980s.Play our ‘Guess the 80’s TV Sound Clips’ Game.
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