The 1980s were not the best decade for sci-fi TV shows, but the cream of the crop can stand up with the best sci-fi of any other decade.

In the 1980s, TV began to transition from being undervalued as a form of popular entertainment to a platform that rivaled cinema in producing works of great substance, depth, and artistic vision.

The sci-fi genre has earned a consistently important place within the realms of pop culture, thanks to its often stark and ...

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Ah, the Eighties! A harrowing decade of rockin' hair metal bands, Reaganomics, aerobicizing, Walkmans, Cabbage Patch Kids, and video arcades. It was also an era when science fiction on television was ...

Superheroes took over pop culture in the 2000s thanks to 2002’s Spider-Man.The Dark Knight changed the genre forever, and Iron Man brought the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the world in 2008. Even ...

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The Duffer brothers’ Stranger Things on Netflix could have been one of the 1980s’ best TV shows if these fan-casts had happened. Stranger Things, one of the most critically-acclaimed TV shows ever, ...

James B. Sikking featured in two of the most popular TV shows of the 1980s has died at the age of 90. PEOPLE confirmed the news with his publicist, Cynthia Synder.