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1988 gave us a Writers Guild strike, a scramble for good TV, and one of the strangest batches of 80s TV show misfires ever aired. What other year has Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Parker Stevenson, and Superman all flop massively? Guess if it wasn't Rosanne, Cosby Show, or Cheers then no one cared or you just simply forgot about these TV sitcoms.

So let's hop into the pop culture vault to see if you remember Raising Miranda? What about The Thorns? Or Tattingers (NBC’s fine-dining drama turned awkward sitcom)? Yeah… we didn’t think so.

Whether you watched these shows live (we're looking at you, Gen X) or are discovering these disasters for the first time, this video’s got the nostalgia, the cringe, and a few “how did this get made?” moments you won’t believe were real.

💬 Which of these 1988 TV flops do YOU remember? Drop a comment and tell us your favorite forgotten show or the one you can't believe was real.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:09.00 - Knightwatch
02:50.66 - The Van Dyke Show
04:13.25 - Probe (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125348/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/probe.htm)
05:59.52 - Annie McGuire
07:30.55 - Trial & Error
09:09.26 - Superboy (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/superboy.htm)
10:50.50 - Almost Grown
11:52.98 - Raising Miranda
13:09.10 - The Thorns
14:35.36 - Tattingers / Nick & Hillary (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125202/http://www.jumptheshark.com/t/tattingers.htm)