Can We Guess Your Job Based on Your ’80s TV Preferences?
By: Ian Fortey
5 min
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About This Quiz
The television landscape has changed a lot since the early days of black and white TV and only three channels to choose from. Back then, shows were broadcast live and commercials were an actual part of the show, with actors just turning to the camera and holding up the latest innovation in toothpaste or tobacco. Now you can watch TV on your phone while you take the bus to work and binge an entire season of a show like "Game of Thrones," which has a multi-million dollar budget. That's a heck of an evolution.
Nestled right in the middle of modern super TV and old school TV was the '80s. This was the decade that produced some of the most memorable sitcoms and dramas in TV history. Writers and actors were slowly starting to introduce some riskier plotlines and ideas that expanded the post-'70s TV landscape. It also created some of TV's most memorable characters, such as ALF, the A-team or Norm on "Cheers." What you liked and didn't like about TV in the '80s says a lot about who you are in life, believe it or not. We'll prove it: Tell us about your '80s TV preferences, we'll guess what you do for a living. Don't believe us? Take the quiz and see!
If you needed a good laugh, what '80s TV show was never going to let you down?
In the '80s, it was normal for sitcoms to do episodes with seriously heavy topics once in a while. Which show had the weirdest "very special" episodes?