The Must See TV Era

It's pretty much of a given that in the mid to late 1980's, NBC dominated the prime time television schedule with classic ground breaking shows like The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, Highway to Heaven, Night Court, L.A. Law and Miami Vice. Indeed, such dominance by one network was not only unprecedented, it's probably something that will never be seen again, what with the subsequent expansion over the years of cable and satellite television, as well as the internet. To this extent, the mid to late 1980's can rightly be regarded as a golden age for network television, with NBC at the head of the pack.