TMC
08-24-2018, 10:00 PM
It was when several shows that were big in the 1970s ended their respective runs:
Happy Days
One Day at a Time
Three's Company
Archie Bunker's Place (which can be considered a reformatted All in the Family), Laverne & Shirley, Little House on the Prairie, M*A*S*H, and Taxi ended their runs a year prior (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_American_television) and Alice and The Jeffersons would end their runs a year later (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_in_American_television).
1984 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_in_American_television) was the year that The Cosby Show, which many credit for saving the sitcom format (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=146509) premiered. It was also the year that Miami Vice, which arguably the defined the general aesthetic of the '80s debuted.
Happy Days
One Day at a Time
Three's Company
Archie Bunker's Place (which can be considered a reformatted All in the Family), Laverne & Shirley, Little House on the Prairie, M*A*S*H, and Taxi ended their runs a year prior (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_American_television) and Alice and The Jeffersons would end their runs a year later (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_in_American_television).
1984 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_in_American_television) was the year that The Cosby Show, which many credit for saving the sitcom format (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=146509) premiered. It was also the year that Miami Vice, which arguably the defined the general aesthetic of the '80s debuted.