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1988 TV Series and Shows

From gripping dramas and groundbreaking comedies to beloved sitcoms, the TV series of 1988 delivered unforgettable moments and iconic characters that have endured through the years. Join us as we take a nostalgic look back at the top TV series of 1988, celebrating the shows that defined the year and continue to be cherished by fans today.

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Mission: Impossible
Starring: Richard Peel, John Rose, Edward Colmans
Country: United States of America
Outline: An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
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Murphy Brown
Starring: Peter Marc Jacobson, Laura Mooney, Dion Anderson
Country: United States of America
Outline: The personal and professional misadventures of a woman working as a TV journalist.
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Cip & Ciop agenti speciali
Country: United States of America
Outline: Cip & Ciop agenti speciali (Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers) è una serie televisiva a cartoni animati realizzata dalla Walt Disney Television Animation dal 1989 al 1990, con protagonisti i personaggi classici di Cip & Ciop, affiancati da tre nuovi personaggi: Monterey Jack, un topo forzuto molto goloso di formaggio; Scheggia, una bionda femmina di topolino nonché una geniale inventrice; e Zipper, un moscerino, nelle vesti di detective.
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Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
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Starring: Ted Hayden, Patricia Coleman, Carol Mansell
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 6
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Starring: Marilyn Rockafellow, Jason Horst, Phil Buckman
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 9
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Encyclopedia
Starring: Ethyl Eichelberger, Jim Fyfe, Alyson Palmer, Faith Prince
Country: United States of America
Outline: Encyclopedia is a television series created by the HBO Network and the for-profit branch of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), Distinguished Productions. The series premiered on the ...
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Almost Grown
Written by: David Chase, Lawrence Konner
Starring: Tim Daly, Eve Gordon, Rita Taggart, Michael Alldredge
Country: United States of America
Outline: In some ways, Norman and Suzie are a very typical American couple. After meeting in high school, dating all through school and college, getting married and having two children, they decided...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
Written by: Joel Hodgson
Starring: Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Mallon, Michael J. Nelson
Country: United States of America
Outline: In the not-too-distant future, a man and his robots are trapped aboard the Satellite of Love, where mad scientists force them to sit through the worst movies ever made.
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American Experience
Written by: Henry Hampton, Stephen Fitzmeyer
Starring: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy
Country: United States of America
Outline: A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
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USA Up All Night
Starring: Carla Ulbrich
Country: United States of America
Outline: USA Up All Night is USA Cable Network's weekend movie program that lasts into the wee hours of the night. The quality of movies range from top rate to cheesy. In the beginning, Up All Night...
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China Beach
Starring: Doug Savant, Doug Hutchison, Gary Cervantes
Country: United States of America
Outline: The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
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Dirty Dozen: The Series
Country: United States of America
Outline: This series, filmed in Yugoslavia, was based on the 1967 MGM feature film and subsequent television movies. The show followed the World War II exploits of a group of military prisoners ...
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Midnight Caller
Country: United States of America
Outline: Jack Killian is an ex-cop in San Francisco. He quit the police force after accidentally shooting his partner. He was approached by Devon King, the manager of a local radio station, and ...
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Murphy's Law
Country: United States of America
Outline: As a maverick cop with a dark past, DS Tommy Murphy fails a psychiatric assessment but is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment.
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In the Heat of the Night
Country: United States of America
Outline: The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
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Monsters
Country: United States of America
Outline: A horror anthology about a family of monsters watching a different horror story every week on their TV. Each tale is separate, often cautionary with occasional dark humor and irony and features various deadly creatures.
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Something Is Out There
Country: United States of America
Outline: Jack Breslin was a somewhat maverick police detective paired (unofficially) with a beautiful alien possessing strange powers and abilities named Ta'Ra. Posing as his cousin and keeping her ...
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Just the Ten of Us
Country: United States of America
Outline: Coach Lubbock, his wife, and their 8 kids move to Eureka, CA for a job as a coach. Little did coach know when he got there, that his 4 highly attractive teenage daughters would have to ...
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War of the Worlds
Country: United States of America
Outline: Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.
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Empty Nest
Country: United States of America
Outline: "Empty Nest" is set in Miami and tells of the day to day misadventures of a widowed pediatrician, Harry Weston, and his two adult daughters, Barbara and Carol Weston, who have come back to ...
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The Munsters Today
Country: United States of America
Outline: America's First Family of Fright awaken after an accidental 22 year nap and must adjust to life in the 1980s.
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