Video: 'Who's the Boss? (Pilot) - Part 1'

(Thursday, September 20, 1984, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Who’s the Boss?, a sitcom about a retired major league baseball player who relocates to Fairfield, Connecticut, to work as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, debuted tonight as a regular television series on ABC. It starred Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond. Continue reading ‘Who’s the Boss?’ debuts on ABC 30 years ago this hour (Sep 20 1984) →

Video: '1 Theo's Economic Lessons'

(Thursday, September 20, 1984, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — The Cosby Show, a sitcom about an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC.

It starred Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Geoffrey Owens, Raven-Symoné and Erika Alexander.

Video: 'Miami Vice 1x01 Brother's Keeper (Full Episode)'

(Sunday, September 16, 1964, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Miami Vice, a crime drama about two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC as a two-hour pilot (regular one-hour episodes would commence on Sept. 28, 1984). Continue reading ‘Miami Vice’ series debuts on NBC-TV 30 years ago this hour (Sep 16 1964) →

Video: 'Jeopardy!' (Sept. 10, 1984, parts 1-2)

(Monday, September 10, 1984) — A revival of the TV game show Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek premiered today in syndication.

Video: 'Andy Kaufman- The Tragic Side of Comedy'

(Wednesday, May 16, 1984) — Comedian Andy Kaufman, who played the zany immigrant auto mechanic in the ABC-TV series, Taxi, died today in Los Angeles of an extremely rare type of lung cancer at age 35.