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1988 premieres

83 American shows premiered in 1988. Sorted by premiere date where the day is recorded; shows known only by year are listed at the end.

83 shows
PremiereShowNetworkSeasonsEpisodesGenre
Jan 2High Mountain RangersCBS112Drama
Jan 11T. and T.Syndication365Drama
Jan 17The New Adventures of Winnie the PoohAnimated seriesABC, Disney Channel452Children's
Jan 18HomeABC———
Jan 1948 HoursNews programCBS, Investigation Discovery29991Documentary
Jan 31The Wonder YearsABC6115Comedy
Feb 5The Main EventNBC—5Professional wrestling
Feb 7America's Most WantedNews programFox, Lifetime251,192Reality
Feb 7Windmills of the GodsMiniseriesCBS—2Espionage
Feb 12Sonny SpoonNBC215Detective
Feb 15GerbertPBS350—
Feb 15Tanner '88MiniseriesHBO—11Mockumentary
Feb 21Noble HouseMiniseriesNBC—4Action
Feb 29Day by DayNBC233Sitcom
Mar 6In the Heat of the NightNBC, CBS8146Drama
Mar 6SupercarrierABC19Drama
Mar 7ProbeABC17Science fiction
Mar 9Aaron's WayNBC114Drama
Mar 14Eisenhower and LutzCBS113Sitcom
Mar 15Coming of AgeCBS115Sitcom
Mar 15Trial and ErrorCBS13Sitcom
Mar 18Family ManABC17Comedy
Mar 27Clash of the ChampionsTBS935—
Apr 3The Fortunate PilgrimMiniseriesHBO13—
Apr 26China BeachABC462Drama
Apr 26Just the Ten of UsABC347Sitcom
Apr 30Dirty Dozen: The SeriesFox114—
May 8Something Is Out ThereMiniseriesNBC19Science fiction
Jun 13Blue SkiesCBS18Drama
Jun 21The Power of MythPBS—6Documentary
Jul 5Point of ViewPBS34224Documentary
Aug 6Yo! MTV RapsMTV—1,830Hip-hop
Aug 27First ImpressionsCBS18Sitcom
Aug 29Barney and the Backyard Gang—8Children's music
Sep 1Police AcademyAnimated seriesSyndication265Comedy
Sep 10A Pup Named Scooby-DooAnimated seriesABC430—
Sep 10ALF TalesAnimated seriesNBC221Science fiction
Sep 10Baby BoomNBC18Sitcom
Sep 10Kids CourtNickelodeon126—
Sep 10The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed GrimleyAnimated seriesNBC113—
Sep 11Fantastic MaxAnimated seriesSyndication226Science fiction
Sep 12Denver, the Last DinosaurAnimated series250Comedy
Sep 12The New Yogi Bear ShowAnimated seriesSyndication145Comedy
Sep 12WipeoutSyndication—195Game show
Sep 17Garfield and FriendsAnimated seriesCBS7121Children's
Sep 17Hey Vern, It's Ernest!CBS113Children's
Sep 17SupermanAnimated seriesCBS113Action
Sep 17The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and AndyAnimated seriesCBS—13Comedy
Sep 19C.O.P.S.Animated seriesCBS166—
Oct 1Dino-RidersAnimated seriesSyndication114Science fiction
Oct 1MonstersSyndication372Anthology
Oct 1RoboCopAnimated seriesSyndication112—
Oct 2The Sports ReportersCompass Media Networks, ESPN———
Oct 4American ExperiencePBS30313Documentary
Oct 6Dear JohnNBC490Comedy
Oct 8Empty NestNBC7170Sitcom
Oct 8Freddy's NightmaresSyndication244Horror
Oct 8SuperboySyndication4100Superhero
Oct 9The Munsters TodaySyndication372Sitcom
Oct 18RoseanneABC10222Sitcom
Oct 21This is America, Charlie BrownMiniseriesCBS18Documentary
Oct 23Mission: ImpossibleABC235Action
Oct 25Midnight CallerNBC361Drama
Oct 26Annie McGuireCBS111Sitcom
Oct 26TattingersNBC113Comedy-drama
Oct 26The Van Dyke ShowCBS110Sitcom
Oct 27ParadiseCBS356Western
Oct 29Dirty DancingCBS111Drama
Nov 2Murphy's LawABC113Detective
Nov 5Raising MirandaCBS19Sitcom
Nov 10KnightwatchABC19—
Nov 13War and RemembranceMiniseriesABC—12War
Nov 14Murphy BrownCBS11260Comedy
Nov 24Mystery Science Theater 3000Netflix14211Z movie
Nov 27Almost GrownCBS113Drama
Nov 29TV 101CBS117Drama
Nov 30Saved by the Bell: The Junior High YearsDisney Channel114Sitcom
Dec 11Roots: The GiftMiniseriesABC——Christmas
—Capital GangCNN———
—Project Mathematics!PBS19Documentary
—Sunday NightNBC—44—
—The StreetSyndication———
—Today in New YorkWNBC———
Finales

Shows that ended in 1988

ShowNetworkYearsSeasonsYears on air
Olympics on ABCESPN on ABC1964–19881025
Fat Albert and the Cosby KidsAnimated seriesPBS, CBS1972–1988817
Battle of the Network StarsABC1976–19881213
The Facts of LifeNBC1979–1988910
Magnum, P.I.CBS1980–198889
3-2-1 ContactPBS1980–198879
Solid Gold CountdownSyndication1980–198889
Cagney & LaceyCBS1982–198877
St. ElsewhereNBC1982–198867
9 to 5ABC1982–198857
Live with Kelly and MarkSyndication, WABC-TV1983–1988—6
HotelABC1983–198856
We Got It MadeNBC1983–198826
BraingamesHBO1983–198856
Punky BrewsterNBC1984–198845
Heathcliff and The Catillac CatsAnimated seriesFox Kids, France 31984–198825
Puttin' on the HitsSyndication1984–198845
Yogi's Treasure HuntAnimated seriesSyndication1985–198834
JemAnimated seriesSyndication1985–198834
Spenser: For HireABC1985–198834