I remembered most of these. I loved superhero shows. Even the old Spider-Man and Hulk weekly shows. I also remember Wonder Woman, Shazam, and The Mighty Isis. Loved them all.

I can remember taping the pilot episode of The Greatest American Hero the night it premiered on ABC. My father had gotten the family our very first VCR three months eariler for Christmas and me and my siblings each got our very own blank tape (they were 15 dollars each back then). I was eight years old and Hero quickly became my favorite show. From Robert Culp's fantastic performance as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell to creator Stephen J. Cannell's witty and wonderful scripts, The Greatest American Hero continues to entertain me even as an adult.

@robsmoviecollection3715

5 ай бұрын

Lol, I did the same thing. I used to record all kinds of shows with our first VCR but The Greatest American hero was one of my favorites!

What about " the Man from Atlantis staring Patrick Duffy I loved that show ❤

@jimnowlin8094

6 ай бұрын

70's show!

@wcassady

6 ай бұрын

I kept waiting for that one

I would have loved to have seen a second season of Voyagers, Street Hawk, Misfits of Science and a full season of The Phoenix.

@villaincorp7728

5 ай бұрын

The Phoenix!!!!!!

Misfits of science was a good show I miss it The greatest American hero was another good one that I missed from the 1980s

@luizlac

6 ай бұрын

For some reason, they remind me of Marvel's New Universe teams like DP7 and Psi-Force.

@richardellis2919

6 ай бұрын

Greatest American hero

@richardellis2919

6 ай бұрын

Superboy

@eugenelau3927

5 ай бұрын

Courtney Cox was part of the cast of Misfits of Science before her role in Friends and other mediums!!!

That Greatest American Hero show has one of the best intros.

@jamesstutz6907

5 ай бұрын

The guy still flies like an amateur even after a few seasons.

I would remember that Superboy would air right after WWF Wrestling on Saturday afternoons. Ahh, memories!😌

@glennwelsh9784

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I remember that too. I was a huge fan of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies as a kid, so I was eager for any Super content I could get. I distinctly remember the late Gilbert Gottfried played a villain named Knick Knack, who seemed like some kind of version of the comic book villain Toyman.

@Reborn8303

6 ай бұрын

It sure did back in the early '90s

@ratedtriplex

5 ай бұрын

You guys remember when Lex Luger cameoed back in his WCW days?

Does anybody remember Misfits of Science? I remember enjoying it as a kid

@hgwiechie

6 ай бұрын

Can remember that,too. Johnny B was our favorite back then.

@susanking9033

6 ай бұрын

Loved it

@thesadistor-hl7lw

6 ай бұрын

@@hgwiechie hi dude how are you

@donaldjohnson384

6 ай бұрын

Yes m.o.s. was good Stared paul Martin Dean Martin's son. He was also a singer in the 60ds.

@thesadistor-hl7lw

6 ай бұрын

@@donaldjohnson384 hi dude how are you

Another one that could be on the list is The Master. Lee Van Cleef was a WWII vet who had become a master of Ninjitsu while in Japan and traveled around the country fighting crime with some punk kid he was training to be a ninja. Super campy. A young Demi Moore was in the pilot.

@thedarksideoftheforce6658

6 ай бұрын

Good choice!

@WaldoBagelTopper

6 ай бұрын

Wow- I never even knew about that. I have to look that up!

@jimnowlin8094

6 ай бұрын

Great series!

@wcassady

6 ай бұрын

Loved that show! Ninjas were big in the 80's

@videojeff01

5 ай бұрын

Yup! Awesome!

I miss the 80's.

@jimmyboydonald6578

5 ай бұрын

Doesn't it make you both annoyed and wistful to realise you had it great after the fact?

@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780

5 ай бұрын

yes 80s were the best @@jimmyboydonald6578

@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780

5 ай бұрын

same here no phones

Before even clicking the video I can say I remember every single one in the thumbnail. I remember on Automan where special guest was Laura Brannigan. She sang Gloria. Automan turned cursor into a guitar, and played in the band.

@SynthMusicWorld

6 ай бұрын

I have the Automan DVD set and watched all of them recently.

I liked Misfits of Science. Kevin Peter Hall also gave a memorable appearance on an episode of Night Court. Sadly, he passed away while only in his 30s.

@kevinstull8552

6 ай бұрын

I think he also played Harry in the movie Harry and the Hendersons and I think in the TV show too

I loved Voyagers and still do to this day.

I Saw Automan and Street Hawk In The Superhero Land block on the Sci Fi Channel during the early 2000's

@richardellis2919

6 ай бұрын

Cool shows

My Secret Identity- Loved this series and inspired me to keep my comic collection on my wall. Manimal- I remember being so fascinated by the repeats on Sci-Fi, that I legit got myself suspended for a week so I could watch it as it came on at noon. Street Hawk- I used to get it confused with Superforce. The Greatest American Hero- The reruns I could never pin down as it was on syndication by the time I learned about it. Superboy was a must watch after WWF's Saturday show.

This reminded me of The Sentinel, starring Richard Burgi in the late 1990s.

My Secret Identity and Superboy ruled my Saturday afternoons. I can understand the legal issues that prevented Superboy from being repeated but I never understood why My Secret Identity fell into obscurity.

I can still remember the theme song to "The Greatest American Hero." Here's just the chorus: "Believe it or not, I'm walking on air. I never thought I could feel so free. Flying away on a wing and a prayer, who could it be? Believe it or not, it's just me."

@ferd617

4 ай бұрын

For the melody, consult George's answering-machine greeting on Seinfeld.

@ferd617

4 ай бұрын

You know, it's weird. Whenever I try to remember the _verses_ of that theme, I end up at the Reading Rainbow theme song instead. Even though I'm pretty sure they're nothing alike.

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, The Visitors or Max Headroom could have also been added to this list.

@HighSierra1500

6 ай бұрын

Captain Power and the Soldiers Of The Future! It's been a good 25 years since I watched that show. "Power on!"

@madamesproete

6 ай бұрын

Loved Max Headroom!!!

@mrfixit7433

6 ай бұрын

Do you mean the original V series, with the reptile aliens that looked human in their red space suits.

@alexmilne5444

5 ай бұрын

​@@madamesproeteMax Headroom was one I would've liked on this list too. I loved that show as a young teen at the time.

@DchanZockt

5 ай бұрын

@@mrfixit7433 No, I meant this Czech science fiction TV series from 1983, which is about a utopia in the year 2484.

Great video! As you can tell, I love Voyagers! I discovered it on the Sci-Fi Channel in the early 90s. The Adventures of Superboy was also my favorite Childhood TV series, and I am a big part of that fandom. It got better with every season.

Manimal - The character, played by the same actor, made a guest appearance in one episode of the show Night Man, which was also a live action superhero show. It's weird though, because Manimal had been off the air for years and was never a big a big hit.

@TJ52359

6 ай бұрын

IIRC Nightman was another Glen Larsen show...

@gavinkaylhem8038

6 ай бұрын

The Larsenverse😎

I used to watch The Greatest American Hero, Manimal, Automan, Misfits of Science and Voyagers. I vaguely remember Street Hawk.

voyagers is the closest thing to an american Dr. Who. it had some minor similarities to the classic BBC series. the MC was a time traveler, had a time device, a companion, and in a later episode there was a renegade Voyager that had some small similarities to the master.

@wcassady

6 ай бұрын

Loved that show

@chrisstory563

5 ай бұрын

@monroefisher1288 it is sad, the guy had a good thing going but sadly, any kind of accident revolving fireamrs is a major blow to not only the show but to everyone in hollywood. unfortunately,, Hollywood hardly learn anything after a decade or two. he wasn't only person that died by gun related accidents or incidents on set. Brandon Lee, and that recent tragic mess on set of Rust with Alex Bauldwin.

🎉 retro TV greetings from coastal Mississippi. These shows are only forgotten, if never watched. I remember Automan, Voyagers, Powers of Matthew Star and Superboy❤

I remember Lightning Force, that played in a power block w/Streethawk and Superboy.

Call me old, but I loved Automan, the Greatest American Hero and The Powers of Matthew Star. I don't think the other shows got a run here in Australia, where at the time there were a whole three TV stations. I was hoping the list would include a show called Merlin which, while maybe not exactly a superhero show, basically had all the same elements, the twist being the main character was King Arthur's magician.

@angelag669

6 ай бұрын

I remember a show called Merlin that was about a young Merlin, Arthur, Guinevere etc. However, I don't know if it is the same one b/c it was on in the late 2000's. I love that show. It is on several streaming platforms.

@gestaltdude

6 ай бұрын

@@angelag669 Not the same one. The one I was thinking of was made in the 80's and was called Mr Merlin. (Just remembered the Mr part. :P Sorry about that). It only ran for one season, and saw the everlasting Merlin living in San Fransisco as a mechanic. He took on a young apprentice after he pulls a crowbar out of a bucket of cement, revealing itself to be Excalibur. The series you are thinking about was made by the BBC, featuring a young Merling coming to terms with his powers in a land where magic is forbidden, and trying to shape a young, arrogant Arthur to be the King he is destined to be. If you watch the new series of Doctor Who, you'll see some familiar faces.

@angelag669

6 ай бұрын

@@gestaltdude Yes I found it. Mr. Merlin from '81-'82. Bernard Hughes was Merlin. The BBC show was enjoyable and yes I did used to watch Doctor Who. They lost me with this last one. After I watched the first of the 3 new episodes w/Tenant I didn' t bother with the other 2.

@gestaltdude

6 ай бұрын

@@angelag669 Having watched both Merlin and Dr Who, you may recognize Merlin as Jethro from the episode Midnight. Guinivere was a friend of Madam de Pompadour in Girl in the Firplace. And Gaius, Merlin's tutor, was Dr Constatine in The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. And of course the voice of the dragon was provided by the War Doctor himself, John Hurt who, just to muddy the waters a little, also provided the voice of Aragorn in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings. I also found out just now that the same movie featured Legolas as voice by Anthony "C3PO" Daniels. :D

@richardellis2919

5 ай бұрын

Me too

All 80s gems. Courtney Cox's first acting job before Springsteen video.

@johnmock7128

6 ай бұрын

Actually, she did the Springsteen video first in 1984. Misfits was in 1985.

@billybarnett2846

6 ай бұрын

@@johnmock7128 They filmed the video in 84, but it came after the show premiered in 85.

I was always a superhero nerd. I have seen every one of these shows. Manimal and Automan could have been great. I watched the Greatest American Hero with my family. Voyagers was good for the history lessons but could have really delved deep into how history affects the present. Superboy was just fun. Thanks for the trot down memory lane.

I used to watch all these shows! My favorite were Auto Man, Misfits of Science, Street Hawk, and Greatest American Hero! On Greatest American Hero, one of the later episodes, I believe the alien he got his suit from brought him another manual. He finally figured out how the suit worked, but of course he ended up losing it again. 80’s tv was the best! I even remember the words to the theme!

It wasn’t the time slot that killed Voyagers. Unfortunately the lead actor died in 1984. I remember when it happened. I was 12 years old. He had just started another show too called “Cover Up.”

@shakes268

6 ай бұрын

I was a kid but I remember the story that he was playing russian roulette with a revolver and shot himself.

@StoneColdMagic

6 ай бұрын

@@shakes268 - yep. My recollection was that the gun was loaded with blanks, but there was some paper, or something in the gun / blank that hit him and killed him. So sad. :(

@bartellender6782

5 ай бұрын

Me too. I was so sad, it was one of my favorite shows ever.

This brings back so many great memories. I loooove cheese! Thanks 80's! ❤️🤣📺

"The Phoenix" had the potential of a sleeper hit with Judson Scott who made it into "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)". It deserves a reboot with possibly Cillian Murphy in the lead.

Auto Man and Street Hawk were 2 of my favorites as a kid.

While we need to revel in the amount of superhero/comic content we get these days, we can't forget what we had back then. I remember all of these shows and watched them religiously--while they were on, at least.

I was in my mid teens in the 80's and collected Marvel comics, so I am definitely familiar with some of these shows. I used to love The Greatest American Hero, Streethawk, Voyagers and The Phoenix. To this day I still regularly catch myself singing the theme song from Greatest American Hero.

Another 80's short lived series that was ahead of it's time. IMO was Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future.

Oh man, I loved Voyagers (Jon Erik-Hexum was SO hot!) The Phoenix (although the pilot definitely had a better story), and The Powers of Matthew Star (unfortunately, when they went away from the High School setting I thought it lost a lot of its heart). Misfits of Science was awesome too and ended way too soon. The Greatest American Hero really doesn't belong on this list, though. It's hardly a "forgotten" series. But my favorite of all of them was Superboy. I was a HUGE Superboy fan when I was younger. I was lucky enough to meet both actors from the show on separate occasions (John and Gerard) and they were both absolutely the sweetest guys you could ever meet. John said that if he had the chance to go back he would have done things differently but didn't elaborate. Really nice collection of shows on here!

During the 80's in France à network bought many if these show, with one every day. We discovered Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Riptide, Airwolf... can't remember the 5th one What a great time to be a kid...

I wonder if the idea of "Manimal" gave birth to the book series, "Animorphs"?

@HighSierra1500

6 ай бұрын

Very possible.

I remember seeing some of these when I was a kid, and I thank you for exposing me to some "new" things to look up.😄

All Superhero Shows from the 90s!

@billybarnett2846

6 ай бұрын

Not 90s shows.

@eddierascalhaskell4954

6 ай бұрын

There were very few in the 90s. Most of em were cheapo syndicated series.

@alliex51

6 ай бұрын

It's just the power of reruns... I watched I love Lucy in the 90s .. it was clearly before my time.

I knew about or watched most of these. I think The Greatest American Hero was remembered as much for its theme song as for the show itself. We had the single on a 45 record. I remember catching the premier of Once a Hero, only to wonder where it disappeared to, later. I was invited to my first ever sleepover on the same night Misfits of Science premiered, but I made sure to watch it, even though I was at someone else's house. Airing opposite Dallas was a fate no show wanted to suffer. Voyagers drove me crazy for years, because I couldn't remember the show's name and, when I would describe it to people, they had no clue what I was talking about. The episode that I always remembered, was the one where they were on the Titanic. In fact, given the age of the show, I might not have seen the regular series, but the TV movie they cobbled together out of the Titanic episode and some others, after the lead actor accidentally committed self-deletion on the set of another TV series. The main reason my "tween-age" self watched Superboy? Stacy Haiduk.

rightly said. streethawk was a talk here in India. we were in school and didnt understand the story but sure remembered the theme song and wow factor. some tyre/bike companies even copied the catch phrase for their advertisements. knight rider came around half a decade later after the boom of cable tv, but streethawk remained the original nice memory of the man, the machine,...

@VirtualBabe29

6 ай бұрын

The theme song is truly one of the most memorable. It is basically a reworking of Tangerine Dream's Le Parc. The original piece was also used during the pilot and episodes, particularly during hyper-thrust scenes.

@dearboris6583

6 ай бұрын

@@VirtualBabe29 thank you ☺️🤘🏽 i watched them both (theme and the original) just after your reply-comment. i didn't knew about the original piece. the music was same as you had said. apologies for late reply & thank you for the info. cheers 🍹☺️ 🤜💕🤛

I was a teenager in the 80's and the only shows I remember from this are Superboy and Greatest American Hero.

Gosh, I remember ALL OF THESE!!!

I binge watched all of the episodes of My Secret Identity on KZread. Great show.

I loved Misfits of Science and wish it had gone longer.

The PHOENIX was the best on this list! I really think they could do a remake on this!

I watched Superboy during its run from 1988-92. Not bad. I rewatched it in 2023 in Tubi( for a few episodes).

Misfits of Science was a huge success; it just didn't have the viewers. I loved that show.

Never saw Sable, but I have watched and liked all the rest.

AUTOMAN WAS MY JAM , BUT HONESTLY I WATCHED ALL OF THESE

Loved "My Secret Identity" and Superboy. I remember that the last season or 2 of Superboy were kinda dark. There was an episode where he went to an alternate reality in which that Superboy had killed Lex Luthor by cutting him right down the middle with his heat vision.

Voyagers! Thank you, I have been dying to remember what the title of that show was called for months.

My Secret Identity & Superboy were my shows

Yeah Superboy was the best series at those time It was pretty good. Still i believe the mistake of those other tv shows. Is the reason why there's alot of tv series got better. Like Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is a great show and it also another reason why the series of Smallville was also so good😊. If producer can't figure out the wrongdoing of other's tv series & movies features . Than it's pointless to make another new shows & movies. 🤔🙄😏. So yeah it's better to learn from the past Tv series & Movies mistakes. Than you repeat that same mistakes again. Just like wise people keep saying if we seem to forget or don't know about ours history . Than We are going to repeat it again (A.k.A History repeat itself. )

@eddierascalhaskell4954

6 ай бұрын

🤨

Did he say “Ralph Hinkey” ? I thought The Greatest American Hero was Ralph Hinkley ?

@eddierascalhaskell4954

6 ай бұрын

His name was Hinkley. They also briefly changed it to "Handley" on the show because of an assasination attempt on president Reagan.

Would like to see an updated Greatest American Hero was the best and Matthew Star now..anything Super was great back then!!

Misfits of science and my secret identity were my childhood. Loved them together with Captain power

Andrew Clements did have a supersuit in one episode of My Secret Identity, but it was a dream sequence. Once A Hero actually had 7 episodes, but the last 4 were never aired. The 4th unaired episode featured Adam West as an actor who played Captain Justice on TV. As someone else said, Manimal guest starred in an episode of Night Man and teams up with him to save his daughter who also has his powers.

Street hawh was amazing

I remember Automan, Manimal and Streethawk! And I had almost forgotten about Misfits of Science. As a kid I loved those shows. I thought Automan was so cool and futuristic. And I always remembered that shot from Manimal where you see his hand turning into a panther's paw!

I loved Street Hawk, Voyagers, The Greatest American Hero and Misfits of Science. I wish they had shows like that now

My Secret Identity was the only show that gave Saved by the Bell a run for its money back in the ‘80s. Well, Out of This World, too…but not with such a dedicated fandom.

Just imagine a cross-over TV movie between Streethawk and Knightrider! I would have so been there!

I did indeed see Automan when I was young, but my heart goes out with both "My Secret Identity" (( that by itself should have been a heck of a lot of comic loving kid / teens' DREAM is that show! )) as well as "The Greatest American Hero.. both situations were positively a bit of " OH IF THAT WAS **ME** Manimal had ( in my eyes) a lot of potential but was indeed limited by when it came out.. had it been done with todays tech, even if that was say, in the early 2000, it could have been even better; I, for one, would have hoped it'd have gotten a fair chance, or at least all of these shows getting a possible, updated, second chance perhaps? Street Hawk, I "thought" was supposed to be a direct competitor against Knight Rider.. at least that's how I saw it in my eyes.

One of my favorites that didn't last long in the 80s was TUCKER'S WITCH.

Remember beauty and the beast, with hell boys Ron pearlman, and Linda Hamilton, those where the days, good memories ✌️🇮🇪✌️

I agree... someone should pick up your idea about that subplot

I love this because I rarely speak with anyone who remembers even 1 of these shows. Usually Greatest American Hero, but the others…they have no clue. The 80’s were great.

The ONLY reason why Misfits of Science went off the air was because the actor that played Dr Billy Hayes, Dean Paul Martin, DIED in a Helicopter accident.

Automan was way way ahead of its time a true AI show

If "Once a Hero" had stuck around, I'd have loved to have seen a twist in the finale that after Captain Justice returns and the comic is once again a success, that we see that while "Captain Justice" is a comic in our world, that our world is also a comic in Captain Justice's world. If played right, leaving us with the uncertainty of which one is the actual real world within the television series.

The Greatest American Hero I used to imitate that by crashing on a the sofa 🤣 Good thing I didn't jump off a building

Manimal and Voyagers were my addiction lol

I see Automan in the thumbnail, I wonder if The Phoenix is in here too??? oh! i remember Manimal too!!!!

I Live in England. I Remember Watching Automan, Manimal ,KnightRider The A Team and Streethawk

loved Misfits. never realised Manimal had so few episodes. watched Streethawk on UK Forces TV

Street Hawk was part of the reason why I bought a motorcycle when I was old enough.

Voyagers was just too good to be cancelled and forgotten. It could have been huge and deserves another look for a reboot today.

@claytonjacobs4098

6 ай бұрын

Wasn't that the show where the main actor shot himself in the head playing with a so-called prop gun???

The Great American Hero and Superboy were superfun to watch.

@claytonjacobs4098

6 ай бұрын

Liked Superboy. Greatest American Hero was just annoying. He was just so incompetent that it wasnt even funny. I never understood how we are supposed to identify with some loser. I guess that is why i have a problem with Spider man comics in the 70s. Peter was such a whiney smuck. Who wants to be that?

Saw most of these when they aired. And Ralph "Hinky"? C'mon man!

That Captain Justice concept actually sounds cool.

@claytonjacobs4098

6 ай бұрын

It was actually pretty well done and kind of sad at the same time.

Loved Street Hawk!

Street Hawk was great, Misfits of Science super fun, and My Secret Identity a fun, family friendly show. All worth a watch. Pretty sure I watched all the episode of Manimal and Auto-Man as well. It bothered me that Manimal had these powers but pretty much only transformed into the same animals all the time, obviously for budget and logistical reasons but as young audience at the time this was frustrating. 😁

I remmber all of these shows. Loved them. However small correction. Manimal, he had two sidekicks. Ty, played by ty henderson and brooke mackenzie played by Melody anderson. All of these shows were nice. A lot of nice memories.

Automan is among my favs

Wow, I remember most of these, I grew up in this era.. I remember the guy that could turn into animals animals.. flipping it I forgot all about these. Was great to see again

Another very short-lived series that I enjoyed was Blue Thunder, from the movie of the same name.

I remember Automan and My secret identity. Loved both shows. I also enjoyed the Greatest American Hero.

Misfits of science had all the 80s were. Loved from France

Captain Power. Way way way ahead of its time. They also put way more effort into it that they needed to.

I remembered My Secret Identity, Street Hawk and Manimal in the 80's and 90's here in the Philippines during my elementary years.

I’d say more missed than forgotten 80’s was the decade of creativity taking a comic book approach. who cares if it’s realistic as long as it’s entertaining. had hoped for a new secret identity series or at least reunion with an adult O’Connell. Making Clark the wimpy nerd in supper boy killed that series

I remember SUPERBOY ( he was about 30 so how can he be called SUPERBOY ? ) ( FUN FACT originally it was going to be set in elementary school and then high school , it would've been what SMALLVILLE could've been about a kid getting superpowers ) MY SECRET IDENTITY MISFITS OF SCIENCE STREET HAWK VOYAGERS

Loved Automan, Manimal and Street Hawk as a kid in UK

I love Misfits of Science, Whiz kids, Street Hawk and Superboy( John Haymes)

Great shows

I loved Voyagers! I wish it had gone for more than one season.

All shows I enjoyed.