New TV Shows Starting
September 1989


Returning TV Shows in September 1989

'Allo 'Allo!

Returns 2nd Sep 8:00pm On BBC One
In this spoof of World War II, Renandeacute; Artois runs a cafandeacute; in German-occupied France. He always seems to have his hands full: He's having affairs with most of his waitresses, he's keeping his wife happy, he's trying to please the German soldiers who frequent... Selected by 0 Users

Married... with Children

Returns 3rd Sep 8:00pm On FOX
The Bundys are a stereotypical 'white trash' American family. Al is a shoe salesman who is fond of frequently reliving his doubtful 15 seconds of fame on the football field. Al is terrified of the all-to-frequent amorous advances his ditsy wife Peggy, a woman who must spend... Selected by 0 Users

Doctor Who (1963)

Returns 6th Sep 6:00pm On BBC One
Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction TV series in history, airing initially from 1963 to 1989. Doctor Who is about ideas. It pioneered sophisticated mixed-level storytelling. Its format was the key to its longevity: the Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space... Selected by 0 Users

Casualty

Returns 8th Sep 8:50pm On BBC One
Casualty is the world's longest running and most successful medical drama series on television. It depicts the private and working lives of the patients, doctors, nurses and all others attending a small but frantically busy accident and emergency department of the large... Selected by 663 Users

Roseanne

Returns 12th Sep 8:00pm On ABC
The show portrayed a working-class family struggling to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. Many critics considered the show notable as one of the first sitcoms to portray an American family in which economics necessitated two parents... Selected by 0 Users

DuckTales (1987)

Returns 18th Sep 8:00pm On Disney Channel
When Donald Duck decides to join the Navy, he leaves his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, in the care of his cantankerous Uncle Scrooge. He is an eccentric and miserly billionare who loves to literally swim in his money that is held in his corporate headquarters/vault known... Selected by 0 Users

MacGyver (1985)

Returns 18th Sep 8:00pm On ABC
MacGyver follows the adventures of the laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver. He prefers non-violent conflict resolution whenever possible and refuses to carry or use a gun. MacGyver works as a problem solver for the Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles.... Selected by 0 Users

ALF

Returns 18th Sep 8:00pm On NBC
The Tanner family is an average American family. One day, they discover that they have a visitor. He's small, he's furry, he's arrogant, and he's an alien from the planet Melmac. Unsure what to do, they name him ALF: Alien Life Form. Alf soon decides that as much as he... Selected by 0 Users

21 Jump Street (1987)

Returns 18th Sep 9:00pm On FOX
The series focuses on a group of police officers headquartered at the eponymous address. These officers are all young and have especially youthful appearances, which allows them to pass for teenagers. Their assignments generally consist of undercover work in high schools... Selected by 0 Users

Murphy Brown

Returns 18th Sep 9:30pm On CBS
Murphy is the star reporter on a news magazine show called FYI. The show is based in Washington DC, which gives the FYI team more than enough material to work with. Murphy lives in a townhouse that she has been having repainted for the duration of the series, Eldin the... Selected by 0 Users

Quantum Leap

Returns 20th Sep 8:00pm On NBC
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history... Selected by 0 Users

Cheers

Returns 21st Sep 9:00pm On NBC
It's the cozy little bar in Boston where everybody knows your name; welcome to Cheers! The series was set in the Cheers Bar, and revolved around the life of bar owner Sam, and his employee's. Seasons 1-5 introduced Diane, the snobby, intelligent waitress who is forced... Selected by 0 Users

Full House (1987)

Returns 22nd Sep 8:00pm On ABC
After his wife is killed in a car accident, news anchorman Danny Tanner recruits his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis (a rock musician) and best friend Joey Gladstone (who works as a stand-up comedian) to help raise his three young daughters: D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle... Selected by 0 Users

Cops

Returns 23rd Sep 8:00pm On SPIKE
Called the original reality show, Cops is a gritty and unfiltered look at the seamier parts of our society as seen through the eyes of the men and women who struggle to keep the peace. Since 1989, camera crews have traveled across the nation and into other countries... Selected by 1085 Users

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Returns 25th Sep 8:00pm On CBS
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no one has gone before". In this highly successful spin-off to the original... Selected by 0 Users

Blackadder

Returns 28th Sep 8:00pm On BBC One
Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund tries to take advantage of desperate times. These situation tragedies had obvious parallels from the Dark Ages to Elizabethan times, the rule of mad... Selected by 0 Users

Saturday Night Live

Returns 30th Sep 11:30pm On NBC
Since 1975, SNL has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of a generation and as "The New York Times" noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999. In defiance of both time and show business convention, "SNL" is... Selected by 9863 Users
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