Yes, not all of it sucked -- you had Mash, Columbo, Monty Python and Star Trek -- but overall it was as arid creatively as they come.
shareI get nostalgic about 70s and early-to-mid 80s family and children's TV. Whether it's the most creative period or not, I still feel lucky to have grown up with shows like The Goodies, Monkey, The Incredible Hulk, The Six Million Dollar Man, Greatest American Hero, Battle of The Planets, The Muppet Show, Degrassi, Worzel Gummidge, Knight Rider, Inspector Gadget, The Famous Five, Wonder Woman, Doctor Who... such great variety. It's nice to remember a time when fun and positivity were favoured over darkness and irony. Kids today don't know what they're missing.
shareIt's hard to let go of nostalgia. And these shows are certainly full of that.
shareI don't think it was that bad.
shareFound the millennial/Gen Y. Know this because they're not too familiar with cultural history before their time and OP suspiciously points to Twin Peaks--a 1980s show--as when TV suddenly got creative.
shareActually, TV got quite creative with Twilight Zone, which existed long before my time. Unfortunately, after CBS cancelled TZ that creativity largely disappeared and wouldn't resurface again until nearly 30 thirty years later with TP.
shareBatman
The A-Team
Diff'rent Strokes
Greatest American Hero
Battlestar Galactica
LOL. I could go on for days but I won't. Too lazy. Sorry.
Fun shows that hold a lot of nostalgia value for a lot of people.. but I wouldn't say any of them have stood the test of time.
shareMy kids were big fans of the A-Team a few years back. I loved it during the original run but can barely stomach it now. Surprisingly the kids loved it, lots of action. We also watched some of The Greatest American Hero and MacGyver, the pilots are still quality but the series aren't as great as I remember. Culture has changed so much since those shows that kids today can't relate to most of it. It's a much wider gap than when I was a kid in the 70's watching tv series from the 50's.
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