Best TV Shows of 1988
The 14 highest rated TV shows released in 1988, ranked by viewer ratings on TMDB. Only titles with enough votes to count are included, so one-off five-star ratings can't skew the list.
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The Wonder Years (1988)
The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his…
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2
Choujuu Sentai Liveman (1988)
Yusuke, Jo, Megumi, Kenji, Gou and Rui are students at Academia but the latter three decide to turn bad and join forces with the evil army Volt. When the defectors return, their three friends are forced to combat them as Choujuu Sentai…
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3
The Storyteller (1988)
The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
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4
Red Dwarf (1988)
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
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5
Count Duckula (1988)
Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident. Unlike his family and ancestors, he has no bloodlust, as when he was reincarnated, blood was omitted and replaced with ketchup.
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The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988)
An American animated children's television series inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
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7
Unsolved Mysteries (1988)
Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.
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Mission: Impossible (1988)
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name. The only…
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9
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988)
The world's favorite chicken-hearted canine, as a puppy? That's right! And the old gang is back with him. Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Freddy are all here as gangly kids — goofing off, solving kid-size mysteries, and having run-ins with…
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10
Garfield and Friends (1988)
The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.
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11
Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.
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Jack the Ripper (1988)
Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the…
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Roseanne (1988)
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
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14
The Bourne Identity (1988)
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want…