The Best TV Shows from 1987


Below is our top ten list of the best TV shows which first started broadcasting in 1987.

10. Full House


Full%20HouseFirst Aired: 10 March, 1987

Full House is a TV series starring Bob Saget, John Stamos, and Dave Coulier. A widowed broadcaster raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock’n’roll brother-in-law and his madcap best friend.


9. Married with Children


Married%20with%20ChildrenFirst Aired: 05 April, 1987

Married with Children is a TV series starring Ed O’Neill, Christina Applegate, and Katey Sagal. Al Bundy is a misanthropic women’s shoe salesman with a miserable life. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional…


8. Star Trek: The Next Generation


Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20GenerationFirst Aired: 26 September, 1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation is a TV series starring Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, and Jonathan Frakes. Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk’s five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in the U.S.S….


7. 21 Jump Street


21%20Jump%20StreetFirst Aired: 12 April, 1987

21 Jump Street is a TV series starring Johnny Depp, Dustin Nguyen, and Peter DeLuise. The cases of an undercover police unit composed of young-looking officers specializing in youth crime.


6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


Teenage%20Mutant%20Ninja%20TurtlesFirst Aired: 14 December, 1987

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a TV series starring Cam Clarke, Barry Gordon, and Rob Paulsen. The adventures of a quartet of humanoid warrior turtles and their friends.


5. DuckTales


DuckTalesFirst Aired: 07 September, 1987

DuckTales is a TV series starring Alan Young, Russi Taylor, and Terence McGovern. The globe-trotting treasure-hunting money-making adventures of billionaire Scrooge McDuck and his nephews.



4. Blackadder the Third


Blackadder%20the%20ThirdFirst Aired: 17 September, 1987

Blackadder the Third is a TV series starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, and Hugh Laurie. In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.


3. Inspector Morse


Inspector%20MorseFirst Aired: 06 January, 1987

Inspector Morse is a TV series starring John Thaw, Kevin Whately, and James Grout. Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Detective Sergeant Lewis to solve each intriguing…


2. A Bit of Fry and Laurie


A%20Bit%20of%20Fry%20and%20LaurieFirst Aired: 26 December, 1987

A Bit of Fry and Laurie is a TV series starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Deborah Norton. Comedy sketches written and performed by renowned duo Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.


1. Ramayan


RamayanFirst Aired: 25 January, 1987

Ramayan is a TV series starring Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhalia, and Sunil Lahri. An adaptation of the ancient epic, in which the exiled Prince Rama and his brother Laxman set out to save Rama’s wife, Sita, who has been kidnapped by…