Short Lived TV Shows 1970's/80's
TV series from the 1970's and 80's that I have seen that only lasted one season or part of a season.
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- StarsNicholas HammondRobert F. SimonChip FieldsWith the powers given by the bite of a radioactive spider, a young man fights crime as a wall-crawling superhero.
- CreatorRon ClarkTim ConwayStarsTim ConwayJoe RegalbutoBilly BartyAce Crawford is an incompetent gumshoe whose reputation as an ace detective is maintained by a progression of wild accidents and dumb luck. He is assisted by Toomey, a CPA who truly believed his mystique. Ace's favorite hangout is a wharfside bar run by Inch, mainly because his romantic foil, Luana, is a singer there.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsGary GrahamEric PierpointMichele ScarabelliIn the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles.
- CreatorDanny ArnoldChris HaywardTony SheehanStarsGregory SierraRosanna DeSotoAllan MillerMadcap antics of the employees of an underfunded, understaffed and overworked New York City Adult Emergency Service hospital.
- CreatorAlan HopgoodStarsGraeme BlundellChris HaywoodDawn LakeA waterbed salesman who is irresistible to women gets a job as a gardener in a convent
- CreatorElliot ShoenmanStarsBea ArthurFred McCarrenSimone GriffethDry-witted Amanda Cartwright tries to manage a hotel despite mishaps involving her inexperienced son Marty, self-centered daughter-in-law Arlene, devoted cook Earl, and bumbling foreign bellhop Aldo.
- StarsYul BrynnerSamantha EggarKeye LukeA stern schoolteacher clashes with an aristocratic 19th-century king.
- CreatorDavid SaleJohnny WhyteStarsJoy MillerDanny AdcockSyd HeylenAustralian soap set in a shopping arcade.
- StarsRobert ConradCharles CioffiAnton DiffringThe adventures of rugged American spy Jake Webster.
- CreatorJohn HughesStarsRoger BowenJourdan FreminRichard JaeckelCamp Tar Creek is a backwater U.S. Army outpost, enlivened by the shenanigans of Sergeant Val Valentine, and pal Private Tony Baker. Their money-making schemes must escape detection by Major Hawkins. Baker's girlfriend is Corporal Lola Grey.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDesi Arnaz Jr.Chuck WagnerHeather McNairA computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.
- CreatorEd AdamsonStarsRobert ForsterJoan BlondellRichard JaeckelThe adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon.
- CreatorDouglas HeyesStarsWilliam ShatnerRichard KielDave TurnerThe wild wild west adventures of 19th-century agents Jeff Cable and Cash Conover.
- CreatorDouglas HeyesStarsRod TaylorDennis ColeHenry DarrowTwo honorable men-for-hire look for adventure in the pre-World War I American southwest in their fancy Stutz Bearcat.
- StarsPamela MoiseiwitschJane WymarkMartin ShawAn anthology series concerning bestial horror, created by Nigel Kneale.
- CreatorRon McLeanStarsJohn StantonTim ElstonJames CondonThe series focused on a maverick cop named Steve Bellamy and his partner Detective Mitchell. Recurring characters were the disapproving Daley and the forensics technician Clem.
- CreatorDiana GouldStarsJonelle AllenLaura AshtonClaudia ChristianSimon Berrenger is the ruthless, head of the high-class store that bore his name. His two sons are both working for him: Paul, the president of Berrenger's, who is trapped in a loveless marriage to Gloria and is having an affair with Shane Bradley, the chain's merchandise V.P. and Billy, who is in charge of P.R. and is battling addictions to both alcohol and gambling. Simon's daughter, Barbara, is a divorcee who had spent her entire life trying to win her father's love and approval. Barbara's daughter Melody is married to ambitious Todd Hughes, who ran the only Berrenger's branch store.
- CreatorMichael CrichtonLou ShawStarsJim McMullanJames WainwrightWilliam JordanThe security chief of an android manufacturing company must stop a mad scientist, who's sending the failed theme park's androids to infiltrate society for his own ends.
- CreatorTracy HotchnerChristopher KnopfStarsBrian DennehyDoug McKeonGeorge WynerArnie Sutter was the house detective at the Hotel Ansonia in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA prior to legalized gambling. After gambling was legalized, the Ansonia got a second lease on life and built a new casino which brought more "undesirable" elements into the hotel. Arnie must now chase prostitutes, con men, thieves, etc. in order to keep the casino "clean." Arnie who lives in the hotel with his 13-year-old son Max, works for George Korman. Other characters on the show include assistant manager Stephanie Marsh, desk clerk Jerry Wilson and Jingles Lodestar, an undercover security guard posing as a cocktail waitress.
- CreatorPeter S. FischerRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsHal LindenHarry MorganPaula BeyersA magician and his con-man father solve mysteries using a combination of sleight of hand and con games.
- CreatorBob BrunnerGarry MarshallArthur SilverStarsNancy WalkerCaren KayeEddie MekkaGruff but loving Nancy Blansky is busy housing, mothering, and even choreographing for a hotel's showgirls--while providing a home for her nephews, dancer Joey and 12-year-old junior-womanizer Anthony.
- StarsJames FarentinoDana CarveySandy McPeakAn advanced prototype police helicopter and their ground support crew battle crime.
- CreatorJock BlairIan JonesStarsLucky GrillsGerda NicolsonJohn DiedrichBluey was set at Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters (Victoria, Australia), with "Bluey" Hills heading his own squad ("Department B"), due to his inability to work within the existing police squads.
- CreatorLarry RosenStarsRobert UrichAnne ArcherDavid SpielbergBob and Carol Sanders are a young couple who are definitely part of the hip generation. Their slightly older friends Ted and Alice Henderson are a little stodgy and shocked by things like swimming in the buff.
- CreatorA.J. RussellS.S. SchweitzerStarsHal HolbrookMichael TolanKate HawleyHays Stowe is a new senator who comes to Washington DC with his wife Erin and daughter Norma. He arrives full of optimism that being on the side of justice can help him change things for the better.