They once entertained viewers, but are now largely forgotten ... 80s was the decade of the family and workplace-centric sitcom and some of those shows are among the best to ever air on TV.

Starting a new network isn't easy and as such, the executives were looking anywhere and everywhere for talent and content. Comedian Robert Townsend had made a few semi-successful movies and landed his ...

or Fargo (FX’s anthology), there is also a Ferris Bueller or My Big Fat Greek Life. Did you not realize those existed? Well, there are plenty more forgotten TV shows based on movies.

Many people look at the '80s as superficial, which many of its movies certainly are. But there are some wonderful gems out there worth watching. Here are 20 you should check out.

Still, there was a plethora of shows out there that kids who grew up in the ‘80s loved. Here are some of our favorite shows that children tuned into – when they aired! – in the 1980s.

The shows themselves are so of-their-time that it can be painfully awkward. But most of them fall right in the sweet spot of being so-bad-they're-good, or so-80s-they're-essentially-just-animated ...