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My mom and I used to watch this show when I was a kid - a show about the students' and faculty's life stories at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts.

From the catchy and rhythmic theme to the classic 80s atmosphere, it's definitely a nostalgic show that brings you nice TV entertainment and an interesting plot to follow.

Grade B+

Nothing sells on television like seeing talented people do their thing. So a show based on New York City's High School for the Performing Arts was the basis for a classic film and a TV series that had a respectable run of five years in the 80s.

The nice thing was that in a show like Fame it was never a star vehicle as such. Some of the faces from the motion picture are in the cast, but they were added and subtracted quite a bit over the run. Some sang, some dance, some played musical instruments. They all took the usual academic subjects.

The faculty came and went as well. Debbie Allen was the constant, the dance teacher. Broadway composer Albert Hague was the music teacher. One of the best story lines was when a regular science teacher played by Ken Swofford got to be principal. At first he was quite baffled by the dynamics of the place, but over several episodes he got into it.

Whether its Ted Mack's Amateur Hour or America's Got Talent, talent like they had in Fame always sells.

* Actress Nia Peeples was terrific on FAME but was even greater as a lady Texas Ranger on WALKER, TEXAS RANGER. She had some fantastic martial arts moved and was probably coached by Chuck Norris. We loved her as Nicole Chapman on FAME yet was truly fantastic as Texas Ranger Sydney Cooke, an incredibly lovely yet courageously tough lady Texas Ranger! Nia Peeples was truly an asset to Chuck Norris's TV series! She has always been a fantastic actress. By the way Nia Pepples has also been a terrific singer although she indeed vearned greater fame through her acting roles. But for sure do give Nia Peeples - Street of Dreams song a listen.

This is a TV series that raised the dreams and hopes of a whole generation. Everything was so well arranged, and the story was well written that you just had to watch the next episode. The soundtrack included excellent songs performed by the cast and on occasions the series hosted famous guest stars. Maybe the actors were not Brando Dean and Monroe but they all gave that little bit of pure artistic glamour. The show was really taken Europe by storm and for a long time it was a must to know what was going on. Something like the '90201' of the nineties. The School of Arts in New York was set to make stars and stars it made. The '80s would have never been complete without this. If you do have a chance to see the early years of the show don't miss it. 10/10

Great show! I just love it. I own the first season & watch it over & over....also watch it with my grandchildren. It lights up ones dreams, and gives you the feeling to "Go For It"; and it just makes you want to sing & dance! Release all seasons, please! More kids need to be introduced to the arts, and this show does that and more. This show allows one to see feelings expressed through a song, and moved through dance. It shows personalities and emotions, and allows the students to grow, as their talent grows and as they work with their fellow students. It also teaches them to appreciate the talents of others, and what the other students go through to explore their talent. The students learn to work hard at their craft, feel excited to perform, and also to accept the fact that they must compete, and that sometimes, someone else is better in that particular situation. The kids in the show also learn to learn, about themselves, about their teachers, their teachers ambitions, about why they must learn other subjects, and grow with education, as well as their talent. The show has heart, it has a way of touching the viewers, especially ones who dream of being a performer. It isn't one of those shows where you have to send the kids out of the room during certain scenes, which is cool. The show offers us enlightenment about so many things, and I believe that is important too. You have a show with some very talented people..... young & old. The guests on the show are some of the greatest entertainers we have. The actors are young kids, doing a television show, but they are also real people with real talent that have gone on in life and been a successful performer in the real world. The story plots are good, they are believable to the viewers, and they reach our kids. The talent in this show is fantastic and you find yourself connecting to the students and to the teachers. Kids of today should be able to see this show! I want to see this show!

I am a forty year old man and have just finished watching the first season of Fame - i did not even know it was available on DVD as i was just browsing in HMV. What a brilliant - brilliant show - i re - lived my early 80's watching - i remember how massive it was (Even though they wanted to can it in the States) but u can see why this show won it's Emmy's and golden globes - I still play the soundtrack today - i was lucky enough even to see the tour at the Playhouse in Edinburgh (although Coco was missing (My fave!!). Only disappointment was no extra's on the DVD - they could have showed the re-union show that was on TV last year - are they releasing the other seasons. I wanna break out all my Vinyl (If someone will sell me a record player LOL) and and just lap it all up - Debbie Allen was a Star and Leroy was an amazing dancer (Is there a Biography about him?? So sad he died so young). Fame - i want it to last forever - again!!!! I'll pay in sweat anytime!!!!

I was watching Nia Peeples on Perry mason and remembered her from Fame.

ah, Fame.

Based on the movie (which was better), I recalled the TV show. It began Thursday night, followed by Cheers, Night Court and Hill Street Blues.

This was supposed to be a ratings block, which bombed incredibly. Fame was cancelled and went into syndication, which made it even worse.

Gimme A Break and Family Ties replaced Fame in the thursday night lineup, with Cosby eventually replacing Gimme A Break, giving NBC its true Thursday night block (possibly eventually replacing Hill Street with LA Law).

But Fame. What Fame. Changing the world with dance and music, I guess.

From Mr. Shorofsky trying to equate pop music with Mozart and Beethoven (a better comparison for our fickle tastes in music would be comparing them to the minstrel musicians of old, Alan-a-dale types) to Danny, Leroy, Chris and Jesse having attitude in tight pants, this show was a horrendous nightmare.

One of the worst moments was truly when Nia Peeples left the show so her character, Nicole, was killed off by a kid drinking and driving. Danny would also be in the car.

The entire episode then gave way to Jesse, without a doubt one of the worst characters ever to appear on the show, saying and doing what he pleased and no one would say anything to him as he was grieving. Let him set the school on fire (oh, if only), we mustn't stop him, he's in mourning.

Now Jesse is permitted to even beat up the kid in his grief, but then enter Danny. What about me, Jesse? I was in the car too! What about me? Jesse and Danny grieve, leaving the poor kid who drove the car, standing all alone in the snow. Truly horrible message.

Then there was its nauseating soap opera approach with the characters.

Miss Sherwood had to romantically be paired up with Ken Swofford, the principal, but when he left and was replaced with Graham jarvis, now she had to be infatuated with him?? The show had a difficult time thinking the characters had to have a life outside of the school! But I could also never forget an episode with Nicole (again!). She got a two-bit walk-on part on a Broadway show, in which she comes in at the end, says "where did everybody go?" and the play was over. This was said to be the scene-stealer line in the play, followed by thunderous laughter and applause.

Unfortunately, the deal with the school was, if you got a job on Broadway, then you had to leave the school.

What I kept pondering was how a character, not seen for the entire play, could enter with the audience not knowing who she was, having not seen her, and she could say 'where did everybody go?' and it be so hilariously funny? Ironically enough, at this time, I was studying how bit characters would appear on WKRP, Gimme A Break, Family Ties, Mary Tyler Moore, Frnak's Place and the like, and how they could get all the laughs. There was no way an unseen character, unattached and with a detached line, could get the laughs and notice, wasn't happening.

I would watch this oddball show just to see how odd it was, how closed off and isolated it's outlook on life was.

"Fame" had some of the most talented young people of the 1980s. Gene Anthony Ray and Debbie Allen are two of the most gifted dancers I have ever seen. The show, while not totally realistic, was always entertaining, heartwarming, and just fun to watch. I recently watched the movie "Fame" which inspired the TV show, and I wonder where those talented actors are today. "Fame" was one of the best shows on TV and I wish that there were more like it today.

Fame was must watch TV in the early 80s. The energy, the dancing, the music and the characters struck a chord in the hearts of a generation. Hit albums and tours followed. Sadly on Seasons 1 and 2 are on DVD and only The Kids from Fame album is out on CD. 2022 is the 40th anniversary year and the cast are performing 3 Concerts in the U. K.. There will also be a fan convention to meet the cast. Is Fame gonna live for ever? It certainly is. Check out Fame U. K. Reunion and Kids from Fame Media for all the details.

I had been waiting anxiously for Fame to be released on DVD because it was one of my favorite shows growing up.

My 15 yr old daughter & I just finished watching the last episode, and now she too is hooked. Every episode is full of great dancing, fun music and a moral or two thrown in. The characters are so engaging. My daughter loves Leroy as much as I used too.

I hope they'll release the remaining seasons so that I can have the full set to watch again. I would love to have the music from the show on CD as well.

This was as terrific as I'd remembered! :)

I watched Fame as a 13 yr old and I absolutely loved it!. I would tape it each week and and my friend and I would watch it again. I especially loved Lee Curreri aka Bruno Martelli. I dreamed of playing the piano like him. I loved each dance number also. One of my favorite episodes was the live show from London. I have a recoding of that show and I would listen to it every night as I would go to sleep. I still have every song memorized. I was so excited to see the first season released this Christmas that I bought it for myself and put it into my own stocking. I was surprised that most of the numbers of their London performance were from the first season. I have since bought a second copy and sent it to my friend and I am sending my copy to my niece to borrow. I know she will love it as much as I did. I hope that they release the rest of the seasons soon. I have more fond memories of this show than any other show I have ever watched. I wish there were more shows like it today.

OK, fame is such a good show, its the best actually, I love all the characters, but of course my favorite is.... BRUNO! How can u not like bruno? He is the best character and you have to love his hair! Another good character is Leroy, the stubborn dancer. Leroy is a great character because that man can DANCE like no one else. The rest of the characters i like too, but my favorites are Bruno and Leroy.

Who can for get the music in FAME, there was tonnes of good songs that i personally like, such as: Starmaker, Sho sho Shorfsky, High Fidelity, Desdamona, The show must go on, Murphy's Blues and Friday night.

FAME 10/10

Good TV show some episodes are good. Some are OK some are slow but the dancing is good based on the 1980 movie by Alan Parker RIP great dancing great stars Debbie Allen in the show Debbie Allen Carrie Hamilton. Daughter of Carol Burnett was also on the show Gwen Verdon. The show had good stars from the golden age. I give this a minus.

There has never been, nor will there ever be an awesome production like, "FAME". Many shows have tried to duplicate it's success, with story lines that feature a spectacular production number but they could never really capture the magic that "Fame" brought to me each week.

I loved the characters and their struggle to be famous and I especially loved "Dusty Tyler". She replaced Janet Jackson (who played Cleo) and what a wonderful gift God gave her. All she wants is a place to belong and when she sings about it, your heart reaches out to her. Your eyes fill with tears and your arms long to comfort her. She's so beautiful and sweet and deserves her chance to shine. They all do. And thanks to the wonderful production company, you get to see the cast do just that! I really miss the show and wish they would re-run it more often. I'd even like to see a "cable station" devoted to productions like "Fame". If great singing and dances lifts your spirits the way it lifts mine, then "Fame" is what you want to reach for... each and every day!

When I was a kind I started watching Fame with my mother. She used to watch that show all the time. She loved it. I bought the first season at Wal Mart for $20. It was cheap. I watched all 16 episodes in the season, and 1 thing I like about the show was at the end of the introduction, 2 women on the dance floor studio jumped and splitted their legs WIDE OPEN. That's what reminds me of having to watch that show. Even I was having to get up for school the morning after, YEARS ago. I felt pretty good about watching that show. And another part of the introduction was the quote that says "You got big dreams. You want Fame, well Fame costs. And right here is where you start paying with sweat. The title theme was great. I didn't like the end credits much, but the introduction was great, and the whole show too.

The show deserves a 10 IMO, mostly for bringing back so many memories from the time I watched in the Netherlands in the 80s.

It was such a big hit in the Netherlands and the show was really something special. Erica Gimpel was my favorite, although I can see why some fans found her character annoying. She did a great job in playing a character which was big character in the movie played by Irene Cara. IMO both Irene and Erica did a great job in playing Coco Hernandez, but the Coco's were different, looking back I see the Coco in the film as the older sister of the Coco in the series.

I only liked the original cast, up until the 3rd season, then it became a show which little connection to the movie.

I learned to appreciate the movie later on, for its rawness and great storyline and acting. Hard to imagine that the Montgomery from the film is the nasty Dr Romano from ER.

Kids from Fame I love you and I always will. Anyone who loves the show should see the documentary the BBC did on Fame: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Valerie Landsburg and Gene Anthony Ray.

...I can officially say it doesn't disappoint.

Purchasing FAME ends a 23-year mystery for me. I watched the original show back in 1982, and was always blown away by the first season (the only season of the 5-year show on network television) more than any of the subsequent seasons. But when the show went into local syndication, Season 1 seemed to disappear into a vault. And I've been scratching my head since the 80's, wondering if it was really the magical thing I remembered in the first place.

FAME was an improvement on television because it was able to develop its ensemble of characters more fully (over a season at a time), and not denigrate them into stereotypes (the overachiever, the plain-Jane ingénue, the angry hood with a heart of gold, etc.), and do so without resorting to the 'R' factor of swearing dialog and partial nudity. I suspect that the people complaining about the series are missing all the dirty stuff that was in the film, but for a prime-time TV show broadcast in the family hour, the controversial stuff was highly unnecessary. The series wasn't perfect; some of the casting choices were less than inspiring, but once in a while there would be a fine song or an even finer dance sequence. Now I must admit that my bias is showing here because I was an actual art school student- though not in New York (and I was not a performer). I am, however, a fan of musicals from way back, and I think FAME appealed to me because it was something of a ground breaker in network television- the first ever musical series. There were musical variety shows on TV, and musical films done over the last 30 years- but FAME successfully integrated both genres, applying music to a dramatic series whose stars are student performers. Quite a brilliant idea. And some of FAME's individual episodes- a teacher's strike (how do unemployed art teachers make a living?), a promising dancer living with MS, a pianist living with stage fright, a competition for a role ruined by backstage politics- were some of the smartest and most imaginative scripts ever created for television.

Finally, FAME introduced some top-notch young performers. It's easy to mock and tease them and the concept 20 years later (we're an entire race of cynics nowadays), but the fact is many of these kids were not much older than the teens they were supposed to be playing, and they had boundless energy. I was especially pleased to see that the show allowed them to craft their individual strengths over time. Though the show was more than a bit biased towards the dance students (and dancing was probably FAME's most visually appealing art), I was always glad to see emerging dramatists (P.R. Paul, Valerie Landsburg), and especially glad to see Lori Singer- at the beginning of her acting career- as the beautiful cellist from the Midwest. My main reason for watching the series though will always be Debbie Allen. Allen- a relatively tiny thing- proved to be a contradiction in terms with her drill sergeant-like dance instructor, but when she was allowed to dance herself, she was a gorgeous force of nature. If you've any doubt of this, check out the very last scene in 'Passing Grade' (where Allen and fellow dancer Erica Gimpel both lose out on an audition) and watch an improvisation between teacher and student emerge into a stunning pas-de-deux that you would only see in a movie musical. It's still one of the series' most impressive moments.

In addition to the original movie, "Fame," the TV series is still vibrant and compelling. The music is for the most part still fresh, and the choreography and dance performances are ageless. The characters as well as the dancing and singing give the show an energy that is contagious and leaves you smiling. Of course the series is not for the literal-minded--what musical is?--so if you are bothered by people "spontaneously" bursting into fully-scored singing and fully- choreographed dancing, skip it. If you like music and dance and would enjoy explorations of the dreams and problems of young people by them and the equally-interesting adult faculty of the "Fame" school, you'll love this series. It's particularly good viewing for kids, too.

I believe that Fame the series was a great show for it's time. IT WAS the 80's. There is no denying that. Of course the movie was better...when is that not expected. We all know that in real life no one breaks into song and dance. I think what the series did, was take the movie to a level that the "true" movie fans wanted to see where it could go. In the later seasons it did get boring, repetitive and almost down right embarrassing. This is one of the tv series I wish were still on in syndication...I would watch. Fame the TV series was NOT lame!!!!!

Of course, Fame the TV show is not patch on the classic Fame movie, but this show is still really good. With the same plot as the movie, the show follows the stories of the students and faculty at New York City's High School for the Performing Arts. If you enjoyed the brilliant movie and the just as brilliant West-End musical production of Fame, then I'm sure you'll enjoy the TV show of Fame It's great.

With plenty of time at its disposal, the series could give us a better-developed Sharofsky/Martelli relationship, a less frantic and exaggerated Doris, and in general a better look at the characters. The movie scarcely had time to give us a quick glimpse of each of the kids before forcing them one by one into crisis.

One of my favorite tv shows of all time!!!! I liked it a lot better than the movie. I really liked that a lot of the characters crossed over to the tv show. This show gave me an appreciation for Ballet. The music from many of the shows could have easily been on the radio. There will never be another like Fame*

I never saw the movie, but have since seen a wonderful stage production of this show, and the TV series was an absolute favorite of mine. In reading the comments and seeing the info, I had forgotten that it was an 80's show! It was certainly one of those I never missed.

It had a great cast, I loved the characters and the music. It was one of those shows that did a great job of having all sorts of characters, and that let the regulars grow and change. I still remember one or two in particular (no I won't give away plots) that were particularly moving because the story was beautiful if sad, and the featured character learned a LOT about humanity in the process.

An excellent series, one I wouldn't mind owning on DVD.