Highest Rated TV Shows of the 1980s
Every tv show below is scored by averaging its rating on every platform that carries it — IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd, Google and more — into one number out of 100. Only titles rated by at least three platforms are ranked.
1
Yes Minister
A+
90
2
Police Squad!
A
87
3
Yes, Prime Minister
A
87
4
Mystery Science Theater 3000
A
87
5
The Young Ones
A
86
6
Seinfeld
A
86
7
Hill Street Blues
A
86
8
Blackadder Goes Forth
A
84
9
Only Fools and Horses
A
83
10
Magnum, P.I.
A
83
11
Sledge Hammer!
A
82
12
Blackadder II
A
82
13
Blackadder the Third
A
82
14
Star Trek: The Next Generation
A
81
15
The Golden Girls
A
81
16
The Wonder Years
A
81
17
Cheers
A
80
18
Red Dwarf
A
80
19
Miami Vice
B
79
20
Poirot
B
79
21
Murder, She Wrote
B
79
22
Moonlighting
B
78
23
Family Ties
B
78
24
Tales from the Crypt
B
77
25
Quantum Leap
B
77
26
The Twilight Zone
B
77
27
Married... with Children
B
76
28
L.A. Law
B
75
29
The A-Team
B
74
30
MacGyver
B
73
31
V
B
73
32
Alien Nation
B
72
33
Knight Rider
B
70
34
The Cosby Show
C
69
35
Tales from the Darkside
C
68
36
The Equalizer
C
68
37
Roseanne
C
68
38
Bosom Buddies
C
67
39
ALF
C
66
40
Highway to Heaven
C
66
41
Amazing Stories
C
66
42
Coach
C
65
43
Family Matters
C
64
44
Designing Women
C
64
45
Saved by the Bell
C
64
46
Murphy Brown
C
63
47
In the Heat of the Night
C
63
48
Full House
C
61
49
Airwolf
C
60
50
Matlock
D
59
51
Baywatch
D
55
52
21 Jump Street
D
55
53
Mr. Belvedere
D
54
Yes Minister
A+
90
2
Police Squad!
A
87
3
Yes, Prime Minister
A
87
4
Mystery Science Theater 3000
A
87
5
The Young Ones
A
86
6
Seinfeld
A
86
7
Hill Street Blues
A
86
8
Blackadder Goes Forth
A
84
9
Only Fools and Horses
A
83
10
Magnum, P.I.
A
83
11
Sledge Hammer!
A
82
12
Blackadder II
A
82
13
Blackadder the Third
A
82
14
Star Trek: The Next Generation
A
81
15
The Golden Girls
A
81
16
The Wonder Years
A
81
17
Cheers
A
80
18
Red Dwarf
A
80
19
Miami Vice
B
79
20
Poirot
B
79
21
Murder, She Wrote
B
79
22
Moonlighting
B
78
23
Family Ties
B
78
24
Tales from the Crypt
B
77
25
Quantum Leap
B
77
26
The Twilight Zone
B
77
27
Married... with Children
B
76
28
L.A. Law
B
75
29
The A-Team
B
74
30
MacGyver
B
73
31
V
B
73
32
Alien Nation
B
72
33
Knight Rider
B
70
34
The Cosby Show
C
69
35
Tales from the Darkside
C
68
36
The Equalizer
C
68
37
Roseanne
C
68
38
Bosom Buddies
C
67
39
ALF
C
66
40
Highway to Heaven
C
66
41
Amazing Stories
C
66
42
Coach
C
65
43
Family Matters
C
64
44
Designing Women
C
64
45
Saved by the Bell
C
64
46
Murphy Brown
C
63
47
In the Heat of the Night
C
63
48
Full House
C
61
49
Airwolf
C
60
50
Matlock
D
59
51
Baywatch
D
55
52
21 Jump Street
D
55
53
Mr. Belvedere
D
54