37 years ago today (April 19) in 1987, the first Simpsons short "Good Night" aired on The Tracey Ullman show. I wasn't watching (I was 7), but I was watching when the Simpsons aired as its own series a couple years later.
The A-Team from the 1980s is my favorite TV show, and they had these big hardcover 'Annual' books they'd put out for it. I just discovered the one from 1984 is at the Internet Archive, and if you log in, you can 'borrow' it for an hour (and every hour it resets) and flip through all the scanned pages. It's totally wild.
On this date in 1983 the 3-time Emmy Award winning series “The Joy of Painting” featuring Bob Ross debuted on tv. The program ran for 31 seasons and aired a total of 403 episodes. #80s#80stv#1980s
On this date in 1987 Partnership for a Drug Free America launched "This is Your Brain on Drugs" campaign featuring the "Frying Pan" P.S.A. #80s#80stv#1980s
The CBS hit sitcom "Murphy Brown" starring Candice Bergen debuted today in 1988. The series ran for a total of 11 seasons and aired 260 episodes. #80s#80stv#1980s
The Mouse and the Motorcycle debuted on ABC Weekend Specials today in 1986. The film is based on the children’s novel written by Beverly Cleary. #80s#80stv#1980s
31 Days of 80s Halloween continues. The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991) is the animated series which continues the adventures of the paranormal investigators from Ghostbusters (1984). #80s#80sTV#31DaysofHalloween
The t.v. show that featured the man who could do it all (with some bubble gum & a paper clip) debuted today in 1985 - "MacGyver". Starring Richard Dean Anderson, the series ran for seven seasons and aired 139 episodes. #80s#80stv#1980s
Actress Linda Hamilton celebrates her birthday today. In the ‘80s Hamilton starred in the film Terminator and in the hit tv series Beauty and the Beast. #80s#80stv#80smovies#1980s