Discover the most iconic TV characters of the '80s who defined the decade, from Dallas' J.R. Ewing to Cheers' Sam Malone.

Brad LaCour is a Senior List Writer for Collider. Based out of Los Angeles, California, Brad lives close enough to the stars but is too busy to find out where exactly they live. Brad is fairly certain ...

In the 1980s, horror TV delivered crypt ghouls and cursed antiques that invaded our living rooms each week. The decade, when VHS ruled home video, also saw a rise in the number of television programs ...

Ten ’80s shows quietly taught us how to be people: stay curious, fix what you can, argue without cruelty, build a third place, and repair fast ...

Television in the ’80s has always had a tinge of nostalgia around it; a lot of people grew up with ’80s TV, whether they watched it live or they watched endless reruns later on. Luckily, despite these ...

Ah, the Eighties! A harrowing decade of rockin' hair metal bands, Reaganomics, aerobicizing, Walkmans, Cabbage Patch Kids, and video arcades. It was also an era when science fiction on television was ...

Back before streaming, on-demand, and remote controls with enough buttons to land a ship on the moon, TV was a slower, simpler distraction. We even nicknamed it the “idiot box,” because staring at it ...

Veteran sitcom writer Larry Charles says cocaine was rampant in Hollywood during the ’80s. “That’s how the work got done,” he tells Page Six exclusively in a recent interview. Charles got his start ...