What One Week of Prime Time TV Looked Like in 1986
We were so blessed with broadcast TV back in the 80s. Don’t believe me? Check out what the networks were airing in just one week in the fall of 1986.
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@CJY99-g4u
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I remember my father liked watching Amazing Stories. 😊
@Sonja-c3g
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Crazy to see all the stars who are still very actively working, as well as those who have been met with such scandal.
@Rommy143-b4t
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Right in the FEELS!
@mhcarrier-rns4547
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Good Lord I remember ALL of this hahahaha
@matthewbaduria
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
1986 was a great year for television. Head Of The Class and Perfect Strangers are both great shows; the others are Who's the Boss, Growing Pains, and MacGyver.
@hbtvproduction
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Wow! I forgot about “Head of the Class”!
@darrellwilliams1083
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
this was good
@Keena5vhhddh
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Four year old me remembers just about all of these, you had a little bit of everything. We used to be a proper country
@workwilliam
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Such memories – I wish the way news programs were back then could be brought back…
@FarewellAphrodite
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Yawn 🥱…I’m so happy to have the internet and my smart phone 📱…the only thing cool about back then was the cost of living and high fashion…other than that, I was bored to tears 😭
@rapschick7688
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
oh I forgot about Hunter! He was a hottie
@patriciarusconi
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
BRAT Patrol! Or… "How I fell in love with Sean Astin"
@Jackiepapers
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Tom Skerritt just passed away and then there he is in the Sunday night movie Miles to Go
@whtxombi4955
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
When this aired, I was 15 and it was our first Fall in Georgia. We had a blizzard that winter! Quite an experience for a displaced Californian.
@weirddude6260
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Wow, what a year for TV! It's almost unbelievable there was so much good when you compare it to what's come out in recent years. Thank you!
@etishomenow
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
We loved Mr Mom
@kingkull77
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Oh wow, that brings back a lot of memories. Thanks a lot, I really enjoyed this video.
@MissterX
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I just turned 49 on October 19. I am sitting here watching this looking at a lot of these stars who were around my same age then and a lot of them are dead now. A few (Like Tom Skeritt and Susan Saint James) just died very recently. It's over half over for me. Gen X will soon replace boomers!
@craydos
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
10 yrs old I'd do anything to go back man I would go straight to my grandma's house then back home to play Nintendo
@billybarnett2846
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Some of these I never heard of and I watched a lot of TV.
@franklinhurley4665
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Sledgehammer is so underrated. funny show 😅
@Greezmunky77
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Diabeetus
@polytheneprentiss1534
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Wow, blast from the past! My family and/or I used to watch so many of these shows! I miss the days when TV shows had like 22 episodes a season; now they only have like 8!
@rwood6017
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Wow, great memories! Loved so many of these shows. What fun! Brought me a smile. Thank you!
@elysecampo9567
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
in '86 I was 14 and lived in a place where most of us had cable. I remember watching mostly MTV (good ol days of actual music television) but I do remember passing the living room tv where my parents were. Stand around watching what was on until next commercial break. Great times!
@johnliberty3647
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I am older than Wilford Brimley was when OurHouse started. I look younger and move faster. I guess GEN X is just healthier
@johnliberty3647
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
1986 might have been the last year I had time for TV. Being male GEN X I wasn’t inside enough for TV
@iplanefun
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Thank you for doing this. It really is important work. ❤❤❤❤❤
@esmith5717
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
That was amazing! I was born in 1972 and I remembered every show except Jack and Mike and Ellen Burstyn. I couldn't remember all of the cheesy nighttime movies but I recognized a ton of actors from them. This was a wonderful trip down memory lane. ❤
@courtsbooksandbodycare
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I definitely watched a lot of TV as a kid lol.
@ChairmanChico
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
3:34 RIP Susan Saint James. #uhoh
@beeggym666
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
You're totally welcome!
@ClaytonHensley
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
What a trip down memory lane? Can't remember how long it's been since networks carried first run shows on Saturdays. Forgot completely that Golden Girls was on the Saturday night lineup.
@CheshirePhrog
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Hahahahaha St. Louis Cardinals… Wonder if St. Louis would take them back
@carlswicegood4519
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Oh man, that Sledge Hammer episode (Witless) is one of the funniest things TV ever produced.
@AmyEugene
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Christina Applegate’s face at 13:36 is awesome!
@AmyEugene
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Wow! The drama! The high jinx! The pathos! The kookiness! The insert-topic-here never seen before on tv! A lot of epic shows ran that year with a lot of actors/actresses that have just recently passed. What was once an ordinary week everyone in America had in common is history. I miss the routine, if The Cosby Show is on it’s Thursday and tomorrow’s Friday, if Hill Street Blues is on next then it’s time for bed.
@Its419games
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I loved My Sister Sam. Such a shame what happened to Rebecca Shaeffer. 😢
@hazypink
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I like the videos with you talking much better.
@jamesherrington5606
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Eisner controlled Disney from 1984 to 2005.
Jewish.
Why would those two things cause any unbecoming thoughts.
@thancrus
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
listen Linda Ellerbee will always be known for Nick news… I remember seeing her coverage of the Oklahoma city bombing in 95… i was a senior at the time
@richardgadberry8398
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
0:12 YOU BETRAYED THE SHAREHOLDERS!
@bundyswifeful
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
So many memories. Thank you!❤
@leebugaboo6354
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I was in the 6th grade. ❤ I love your channel. I watch it and feel the same feelings again. A simpler time. ❤
@COMPFUNK2
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Was that Christina Applegate at 13:36?
@COMPFUNK2
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
10:12–10:19 — Talk about a storyline that wouldn’t fly today.
@COMPFUNK2
November 4, 2026 at 5:13 pm
What the heck was Jack and Mike?