The 1980swere a glorious decade for kids’ television. It was a time when Saturday mornings were a sacred ritual and the airwaves were overflowing with a rainbow of animated adventures. From Dungeons & ...

From the gold-standard ensemble sitcom Cheers to the groundbreaking cop show Hill Street Blues, the 1980s brought some of the greatest TV ever made.

Hit teen television shows reach far beyond their target audience, having found resonance across multiple generations. But to people of a certain age, teen TV hit its peak in the 1980s and 1990s.

Children’s TV formed the backbone of many a childhood, with much programming aimed at younger viewers intending to be informative, inspirational, or otherwise innocent in its storytelling. Most TV ...