1980s TV

The shows we watched from the 1980s were pretty different from the shows that we watched from previous decades. The Cosby Show was fun to watch and I enjoyed it. The situation in the episode seemed realistic and I actually laughed at the jokes. Americans at the time were probably more open to seeing an all African-American family portrayed in a positive way on TV. Americans were becoming more open to this idea, and The Cosby Show played that out perfectly. Full House was the other sitcom we watched. I also enjoyed Full House, but I did not think it was as funny as The Cosby Show. The show addressed that the mother figure died, unlike in The Brady Bunch, which never addressed why both parents were remarried. People in the 80s were more open to overtly talking about a situation like that. We also watched an episode of Miami Vice. I did not really like this episode. I found it a little hard to follow and some of the stuff that happened seemed kind of random. I guess people of the 80s wanted to see cops shoot their guns and beat people up, which is different from the TV of the past. Finally, we watched The A-Team. I liked this show least of all. From the half hour we watched of it, I was not that impressed. I did not understand the plot fully and I still do not really know what the show is about, but Mr. T was cool.