We kick off 1985 with a future Oscar winner, a long running butler,  a short running sitcom vet, and the daughter of a TV legend. 

1984 wraps up with a teenage show (and a creepy backstory), along with two shows that crashed and burned.

A major hit for ABC, followed by a spinout flop and a show ahead of it's time.

NBC's milestone series of 1984--now tarred by scandal.

Two future movie stars are wasted in flops, while we take a shot of insulin for a treacly quasi-hit of 1984.

Three stinkers and one hit from 1984--the latter starring two showbiz vets but sitcom newbies.

A satire, a movie knockoff, a returning star, and an ethnic comedy all premiere in 1984--and end the same year.

We move from 1983 to 1984, but the flops keep coming.

A throwback gimmick, a sequel failure, and a Lucy  quasi-remake, all from 1983.

Three more sitcoms of 1983--a flop, a second flop that somehow made it to syndication, and a  knockoff of Diff'rent Strokes that somehow became a hit.