The Worst TV Shows from 1983


Here is our list of the ten worst TV shows which first aired in 1983. Let us know what you think in the comments!

10. Kyaputen Tsubasa


Kyaputen%20TsubasaFirst Aired: 13 October, 1983

Kyaputen Tsubasa is a TV series starring Arihiro Hase, Kôichi Hashimoto, and Akari Hibino. Tsubasa Oozora is an 11-year-old elementary school student who is deeply in love with football and dreams of one day winning the FIFA World…


9. Fraggle Rock


Fraggle%20RockFirst Aired: 10 January, 1983

Fraggle Rock is a TV series starring Karen Prell, Gerard Parkes, and Kathryn Mullen. The adventures of the various inhabitants of an underground civilization.


8. The Thorn Birds


The%20Thorn%20BirdsFirst Aired: 27 March, 1983

The Thorn Birds is a TV mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, and Christopher Plummer. In the arid 1920s Australian Outback, a Catholic priest and the beautiful granddaughter of a vast sheep station owner stand…


7. Tales from the Darkside


Tales%20from%20the%20DarksideFirst Aired: 29 October, 1983

Tales from the Darkside is a TV series starring Paul Sparer, Catherine Battistone, and John Marzilli. A horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained…


6. Lucky Luke


Lucky%20LukeFirst Aired: 15 October, 1984

Lucky Luke is a TV series starring Jacques Thébault, Robert Ridgely, and William Callaway. An animated series based on the European comic book about an American cowboy described as “The man who shoots faster than his shadow.” Lucky…


5. Mama’s Family


Mama%27s%20FamilyFirst Aired: 22 January, 1983

Mama’s Family is a TV series starring Vicki Lawrence, Beverly Archer, and Ken Berry. Mama’s Family originated with Thelma “Mama” Harper, and her younger sister Fran living together in Mama’s House.



4. V


VFirst Aired: 01 May, 1983

V is a TV mini-series starring Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, and Faye Grant. When aliens come to Earth to ask for our help, a few suspicious humans discover their horrific true intentions and prepare to resist.


3. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe


He-Man%20and%20the%20Masters%20of%20the%20UniverseFirst Aired: 05 September, 1983

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is a TV series starring John Erwin, Alan Oppenheimer, and Linda Gary. The most powerful man in the universe, He-Man, goes against the evil forces of Skeletor to save the planet Eternia and to…


2. Inspector Gadget


Inspector%20GadgetFirst Aired: 12 September, 1983

Inspector Gadget is a TV series starring Don Adams, Holly Berger, and Frank Welker. A bumbling bionic police inspector stumbles about on his cases, while his niece and dog secretly do the real investigative work.


1. The A-Team


The%20A-TeamFirst Aired: 23 January, 1983

The A-Team is a TV series starring George Peppard, Mr. T, and Dwight Schultz. Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn’t commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.