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What made "The 70's Show" work so well was that the cast had almost instant chemistry. They also didn't try to make the characters anything special. They were just regular kids who hung out and got into regular kid trouble. No geniuses or super-jocks or anything else. Just regular kids (like the ones I used to hang out with in the 70's).

"The 80's Show" characters just didn't have that chemistry from the start. There also wasn't a sense of direction -- like they were trying to figure out which direction to take the show as they went along. In a lot of ways, it had the same problems that "Joey" had a few years later.

I actually enjoyed the show and thought it had some promising moments. I truly wish they had given it a 2nd season to try to see if it would "gel". But I also understand why they canceled it.

The team that brought us "That '70s Show" gives us "That '80s Show". It makes poetic sense if not in the real sense. They never understood that the audience wasn't watching it for the 70s style as much as for the group's chemistry. That show had fun which this one never achieved.

Whereas the 70s group was always together hanging out, the 80s group had different story lines. It's 1984 San Diego. Corey (Glen Howerton) and Katie (Tinsley Grimes) live with their Dad RT and Corey's friend Roger (Eddie Shin). Also staring Chyler Leigh, and Brittany Daniel. The group never could bond together.

It seems that they missed the lesson of what makes a good TV show. Simply making fun of everything 80's is not enough. Strip it all away, the story and the characters underneath the nostalgia must stand on it's own. Clearly it did not.

That 80's show was yet another sitcom that catered to a specific generation. Due to lack luster ratings it was canceled after only thirteen episodes.

After watching all thirteen episodes earlier today, I have come to the conclusion that the oft made comparison to that 70's show is unfair. That 80's show has far less in common with its 70's counter part and more in common with period 80's sitcoms like family ties.

Instead of focusing on the circle of friends and their comic antics, that 80's show derives two thirds of its content from the extended family dynamic with very little success. At the same time the show neglects the most interesting characters.

I can see why the show flopped, Characters such as the bisexual gold digger, the father, the cutesy save the planet sister all do not add much to the show. The Son also presented a rather obtrusive barrier to me as well.

There were only three reasons I found to watch the show. The bizarre stories from the record shop owner, the theme song(which ironically mocks the 80's) and most importantly Tuesday.

If you are like me, you were only watching the show to see Tuesday, and let me tell you that every second of air time she got was worth it, unfortunately it wasn't very much.

I love The 70s Show, but That 80s Show tried too hard. That 70s Show is about a group of kids who happened to be coming of age in the 70s. The clothing, music, slang, vehicles, and everything else were a natural part of the script and set. That 80s Show tried to cram everything 80s into 30 minutes of television, with little or no thought to plot or character development. Every character was a simple dated stereotype. The writing was shallow and I didn't really care about anyone on the show. A shame, really, because the show centered around a record store - having grown up in the 80s, I think that the decade's music was the only decent thing to come out of that period. That would have been a great backdrop if the show had actually been about the characters, not the decade itself. Maybe enough time hasn't passed. Maybe they should try again in ten years.

Despite what the name would suggest, "That '70s Show" was a show about people that just took place in the '70s. In referenced the culture, the politics of the time, but the plots and humor all came from the characters, or at least primarily did.

"That '80s Show" on the other hand focused too much on the era it was set in. The jokes didn't come from the characters or even the situations they found themselves in.

Instead the jokes all centered on the '80s: "Look, I have an enormous cell phone that costs too much and only gives me five minutes of talk time on the battery." Let's face it, jokes like that aren't really funny to begin with and get old very, VERY fast.

Not only that, but you really can't even write a sitcom worthy plot around them.

And on top of that, the '80s kind of really sucked.

So what you have here is a sitcom about a decade that ignores its cast and banks entirely on the decade it's set in to carry the show. The result is kind of an epic fail.

Watching this show is like watching a very nasty train wreck - you want to look away yet you can't help but stare at the horror... I think I've seen four episodes, and I hated every single one of them... I TRIED to like it! I kept hoping the stupid piece of you-know-what would get better... I didn't expect it to be that 70s show rehashed, but damn! There's a REASON they have a laugh track on this show, you know - no live studio audience would stick around. What gets me the most is the way they're trying REALLY REALLY FREAKING HARD to force a love plot with the main character and his overdone-punk co-worker. You realize Corey and Tuesday are going to get together, and when they finally passionately kiss that laugh track is going to give a big "WOOOOO!" and I think I'm going to go to my basement and hang myself. And while we're on the topic of Tuesday, I'm sorry, but I remember the 80s fairly well, and while mohawks were in, whatever the hell she's attempting to do with it was not (to be honest, I think that actress refused to shave the sides of her head in the name of her part so they had to think of something else). I hate this show... I hate myself for having wasted two hours of my life watching it. The only people who could possibly like this show are the hopeless pre-teens who have nothing better to with with their time and don't really know the meaning of quality yet (we're all victims at that age; I remember Saved by the Bell all too well). I'd rather sit and watch a loogie dry than to watch that 80s show ever again.

I knew what I was getting into. Yeah, this show is forgettable and a waste of time even for research purposes. Funny thing is the actors are not to blame. Just a lot of flat and forced jokes.

Having caught this series when it came on,I thought it had potential but just like it's counterpart That 70's Show it focused too much on one part and aspect of the decade. It also had some minor character errors. If anything Tues day should have been New Wave like Johnny Slash from Square Pegs not a punk. If they wanted to make her angry girl or someone of that nature then she should have been into college rock which would eventually evolve into alternative music. Punks belonged on That 70's show which seemed to be focused only on Disco which was on it's way out by that time. The leads were okay with what they had to work with but Sophia played by Brittany Daniel who was the reason I was drawn to this show was totally useless and annoying with her always making sure everyone knew her sexuality and her constant badgering of Katie who plainly told her she doesn't swing that way. I think if it had trimmed some characters and strengthened others it might would have worked. Overall like I said it had potential but it just tried a bit too hard and needed some tweaking.

for those of u who think this show can even compare with that 70s show you are completely mistaken. This show tries way too hard to be funny with all of the unneeded laugh tracks. They never really have us a chance to even connect with the characters! Very bad show... Too rushed...

What a terrible show! In gonna repeat my reasons why this show was a disaster: •bad acting •tries too hard to be funny •unneeded laugh tracks •no character development •no story development

Just a horrible show! I can't believe these same people made that 70s show! That 70s show sets the standard for teen sitcoms and this just make teens look stupid! I, as a teen an offended by the stereotyping that this show does. Sad excuse for a show. My rating: 1/10

I'm sorry but I love this show. I loved it when it first aired, I just watched every episode again, and I love it still. It's not just funny, it's witty. Eddie Shin and Tinsley Grimes are Laugh Out Loud funny. Glenn Howerton and Chyler Leigh are adorable as the will they/won't they couple, and Brittany Daniels, Margaret Smith and Geoff Pierson are great filling out the cast. Yes, this makes fun of the 80's, I lived thru the 80's, there was a lot to make fun of. If you can watch this series without a smile on your face then you don't want to be happy.

Doesn't really have that good old feeling' like in That '70s show, but still it's kinda good. I've watched all the That '70s show episodes and thats why i tried this. At first i didn't really like it, but later it got good. If you liked That '70s show you should try it and don't just sit and say "Wow that doesn't really have all that good stuff That '70s show had" just try to forget that when you watch it.

Wow looking back on the comment i saw that i had probably talked more about That '70s show than That '80s show.

I hope you found this comment helpful. :D

Peace out :)

I haven't seen a whole lot of this show, but I've seen enough to know it never should have been aired. Fox seemed to be trying to get a quick buck from a less-than-mediocre excuse for television. After the success of That 70s Show, Fox should have had the sense to realize it wouldn't work to do it for every single decade. It tried to copy That 70s Show, but didn't have the heart or the character. It's no wonder it only lasted half a season. They tried, but it was a miserable, miserable failure. I love That 70s Show, but this doesn't even come close to living up to half of it's predecessor. The idiot who came up with this should be completely ashamed. DON'T WATCH.

I am a child of the 1980s. I was 7 years old in 1980 and 16 in 1989. This show is terrible. All it does is try to find humor in mocking every fad and fashion of the 1980s. If That 70's Show relied on this, it would have been off the air quickly.

Let me explain... That 70's Show uses the 1970s as a backdrop for a sitcom about people. The oddities of the 1970s are secondary to the story line. (Much like Happy Days was with the 1950s.)

That 80's Show uses the 1980s as it main focus of humor by making fun of everything. And unfortunately, they don't do that funny either. Seeing people sing along to Pat Benatar, talk about having a cell phone, and wearing zebra pants is funny? After the first episode, I said to my wife, "Well, it won't be long until they have a scene where the people are singing alone to Dexy's Midnight Runners." And guess what, I was proved right by week #4 where three of the main characters drive in a car and sing along to "Come On Eileen".

FOX should be ashamed of itself if it leaves this crap on the air. It is amazing that this piece of junk will probably survive, yet FOX will probably cancel a great and funny show called "Undeclared". But then again, we've learned many times that network executives don't know anything about funny and good shows.

By the way, does That 80's Show have the most loud and obnoxious laugh track you've ever heard?

It goes without saying, but I'll say it that this show was created in the wake of the success of That 70s Show and the nostalgia for that decade. Apparently there was a lot less nostalgia for the 80s because That 80s Show only lasted for 13 episodes.

Meet the Howards, brother and sister Glenn Howerton and Tinsley Grimes and their father Geoff Pierson. Howerton is 20 years behind the times, he really belongs in the 60s. He's the lead and a creative soul and not into success in financial matters being the only thing that does matter.

It was certainly a materialistic decade for those kids of parents who either really or vicariously went to Woodstock. That 80s Show never created the indelible characters that came from That 70s Show, but maybe it might have had it been given a longer run.

The one character I remember vividly is that of Eddie Shinn, Chinese American, but possibly the illegitimate son of Ronald Reagan. This was a true child of the 80s, a devote believer in any get rich quick infomercial and the messages they sold. The 80s was the decade of that as the brakes started to come off capitalism. Shinn was so funny with his totally materialistic outlook. In fact Karl Marx would have used him as a textbook example of what was wrong with capitalism.

Shinn's character Roger should have gotten his own show. Maybe we still can do that.

This is a good show. It doesn't have an excellent script, about 80% of the jokes and punchlines don't really land, it starts a bit shaky, the characters reactions are sometimes too forced; and many other bad thing can be said about it. But in the end, I found it quite likable. It didn't bore me at all. I found the love story to be sweet and volatile at times. The fights between Corey and Tuesday were so fun to watch. There's just so many funny stuff that could be written out of this. The characters where really charismatic. All of them. Sophia being bisexual and hysterically shallow, Roger so wannabe yuppie, Katie so innocently happy for no reason, Tuesday insecurely mean for no reason, R.T. with the hip attitude and harsh slogans, and Corey just pissing Tuesday off. I know it wasn't the best show out there, but quite enjoyable. Better than many shows. I also agree with one of the reviews here about the show needing more time to settle. Many good shows have a lacking first season. I believe this one had potential. Katie was awesome. I honestly think she could have become a legendary TV character. Personally, I didn't like Margaret that much. She wasn't funny to me, but didn't ruin it either. That 70's show wasn't perfect. Same problem with dialog and punchlines, but the actors made it all funny. This was heading up the same way. The only disadvantage this show had with its predecessor was exactly that. It came after. Other than that, great show. It had a lot to grow on. Too bad it was shot down so soon.

since I am a hugh fan of that 70's show, i had the feeling that this show was gonna be a step down. but it wasn't. I love it.

the chemistry between the characters just made it impossible not to like even thou I already had made up my mind before even watching it.

the relationship between corey and tuesday(so hot in this show, not as hot in movies like "not another teen movie") is presented in a manner that brings hope to us with a ... diffrent lifestyle, that the gap between normal and e.g a punker is not that significant.

acceptance is important to me, that is one of the reasons I love this show, maybe more then that 70's show + that tuesday is like the finest thing i have ever seen :)

Network: Fox; Genre: sitcom; Content Rating: TV-PG; Classification: Contemporary (Star range: 1 - 4)

Season Reviewed: series (1 season)

'That 80s Show' is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. A copy of a copy, faded slightly from the original where creators Bonnie and Terri Turner take another trip back in time in the clearly network mandated vein of roping in the young crowd that currently watches their hit 'That 70s Show'. It's an odd line of logic: do networks think just setting a show in a different time period is enough of a gimmick for people to flock to it with nostalgic interest? The show plays out like a 'SNL' skit about the 80s. The characters in this live action comic strip work in a vinyl record store, have spiked punk or 'Flock of Seagulls' hair, serve in the military against the Ruskies, watch Dynasty religiously (taking a drink every time someone gets slapped) and, in a throwback to Alex Keaton, are go-go Reaganaut business tycoons. Its a TV time capsule broadly playing off, and laughing at, only the most easily and instantly recognizable fads, attitudes and events of the decade so that the younger crowd (which this is geared toward) can watch the show and not be left in the dark by a lot of nuance and in-jokes before their time. If you want nuance and a show speaking directly to you, best stick with Paul Fieg's 'Freaks and Geeks'.

Ah, but wait, almost the exact same thing can be said about the fast and loose way the 70s are treated in 'That 70s Show'. But '70s' rises above it. With the talent preoccupied with working on '70s' everything in this show is taken down a peg. It lacks the comic timing and imaginative direction of '70s' helm David Trainer so the series is only marginally as funny. It lacks the veteran acting, instead of Kurtwood Smith we have Geoff Pierson ('Unhappily Ever After', one of the very best bad shows ever). Pierson is quite good, one of the highlights of the show actually, but it's an noticeable down step from a veteran like Smith. Most notably is that '70s' quickly transcended it's time period jokes and has become something with a genuine heart. That show, and this is rarely reported, is the semi-autobiographical story of creator Mark Brazill. '80s' lacks that feeling of experience and honesty. Do we really care if opposites attract and Corey (Glenn Howerton) and Tuesday (Chyler Leigh) get together?

What keeps the show's head above water – it is quite watchable – is once again an excellent casting department. In addition to the usually reliable Pierson (cornering the market in his dead-beat-father role, in a time when networks would TV fathers be harmless, overgrown children), the kids form a likable ensemble. While there aren't quite any Topher Graces in this lot of kids, there aren't any Ashton Kutchers either (if you know what I mean and I think you do). Tinsley Grimes (as the adorable Katie), Chyler Leigh (deserving every second of screen time she gets) and Eddie Shin (honestly, getting almost all of the show's laughs) stand out as the show's breakout stars. The banter between Roger (Shin) and R.T. (Pierson) is the highlight of the series.

Based on the potential strength of the cast is have a sneaky suspicious this show would have gotten better as it went along. But, either way, audiences flocked away from it like a swarm of bees, which probably has more to do with sending a message that we don't want this kind of franchise series than anything the show could have done - despite the best efforts of the cast. I suspect, Brazill and co. thought that the acceptance of 'The Wedding Singer' and other related products opened the door and declared it was now acceptable to treat like a cartoon this period in people's childhood. But by 2002, the 80s are still to recent and people's minds. It was a doomed concept from the start and people don't want to start down a slippery slope that will one day lead to a show, that solely stands out because it's set in "the 00s".

* * / 4

The cast is just perfect. The casting crew have done an excellent job. Roger, Tuesday, Corey, RT, Margret, Katie, Sophia even Owen are all good actors. It is 1000 time better than that 70s show. That 80s show is way more hilarious than the 70s show. The 70s show had crappy flashbacks and overall was pathetic. While the 80s show had excellent characters and the jokes were hilarious. All the crew performed above themselves. The storyline rules! I hope it is brought back because there is super potential in this show.

Full on crack up! The setting is mad the cast is cool!

10 out of 10 for a Sitcom no doubt!

It really wasn't all that different from "That 70s Show". Just about every joke was thrown in, some funny, some not. I admit I only tuned in to see the adorable Tinsley Grimes. I think this show could've become something better than it was if it had been given more of a chance, and also if the writers had taken it more slowly with things like the love/hate relationship between Corey (Howerton) and Tuesday (Leigh). I think another problem with the show was the lead character of Corey himself: the writers weren't sure what to do with him. Was he supposed to be a nice guy, was he supposed to be a jerk, they hadn't figured him out. But that's why you have to give a show like this time, so you can flesh out your characters and figure out who they really are.

I made an IMDB account just to ask that question. They certainly must not have watched the show i did. This is one of my favorite comedy shows of all time. Every character is unique in their own way and most importantly likable. How can one watch this and not walk away thinking Eddie Shin is one of the funniest people alive? I just don't get it. I've watched this lone season dozens of times and it never gets old. Anyways, rest in piece Silverpants. You will be missed...

What a poor effort. That 80's Show aired in NZ tonight and it was a new high in low for T.V. Seriously unfunny, lame characters and a poor cash in on the success of "That 70's Show". Anyone who derives enjoyment out of this probaly can't remember yesterday let alone the 80's.

Good one Fox, cancel Married... With Children and Futurama and put this on. Quality programming? Nah, who needs that?

That 80's show was so promising! That 70's show was a lot much too teenage (not that I didn't like it though) but the 80's one was soooo more adult! There was no Kelso like (the basic dumbass) they didn't play much on the "foreigner" side of "their Fez". And Tuesday guys!!! God I wish they kept going on with them! Starting with this unbelievable quote: (Tuesday):"So I'm punk. Deal with it!" (Corey): "You're not punk! You're retro! See, punk was like 6 years ago, and I know. I was at a Sex Pistols concert while you were listening to the Bay city Rollers in your Barbie jammies!" Oh! vlam! in your face !!! Seriously this show could have lasted more if Americans had my sense of humour (ahaha! Yeah I'm getting a little magelomaniacal so what?) Please someone must have really liked this show as much as I still do?