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These days, when people think of handheld games, they probably look at their smartphone or Steam Deck. Those modern examples are impressive, but if you grew up in the 1980s, you already know that handheld gaming exploded in popularity long ago. While the Nintendo Game Boy was released during the decade, it didn’t come out…

The 1980s were a golden age for toys. Store shelves were packed with action figures, transforming robots, colorful dolls, electronic games, and strange little collectibles that children begged their parents to bring home. Most were played with hard, lost under beds, or eventually handed down without anyone imagining they might someday become valuable.

The ’80s ushered in some beloved sitcom hits, along with some serious stars, but not every new show can reach the heights of Seinfeld and Roseanne. Plenty of series don’t find the fame studio executives hoped for, but some shows had their time cut short for a particularly bizarre set of reasons. Read on to see which…

As a child of the 1980s who watched a lot of television, I feel a sentimental pleasure when I catch a rerun of Cheers or stream an episode of Who’s The Boss? that I always loved. Sometimes, though, when I watch some of the best 1980s shows now, I see them in a completely different…

First published 40 years ago in 1986, Frank Miller’s graphic novel transformed the Caped Crusader from a camp, comical figure into a brutal new kind of superhero. He tells the BBC how it became a sensation.

The TV police drama came of age with that cautionary salutation from Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (Michael Conrad), sending his squad into unpredictable urban chaos at a roll call that opened many an episode of Hill Street Blues (1981-87), widely considered to be one of the medium’s most groundbreaking series.

The 1980s marked a golden age of television, a watershed decade that fundamentally reshaped the cultural landscape. From the rise of the family sitcom to prestige police procedurals and gripping primetime soap operas, the era produced some of the most enduring shows in TV history