# Dopers, Help me find the name of this TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152 "2012-02-17T16:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kylede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kylede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kylede)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/1 "2012-02-17T16:51:55Z")
When I was in High school (1985-1990) There was a periood when there was this show on every afternoon. It was a first-run syndication serial drama (soap Opera) that was very Teen centric. It ran on either channel 11 (WPIX) or Channel 5 (WNYW). The Plot I remember the best was there were these 2 brothers, and the younger one was an artist and when he was painting this friends mother she seduced him. I think the mothers daughter might have been dating the older brother too, and peopel began to find out . There was also a plot with a white girl being abused (maybe) at home and her and her black male best friend ran away to the big city I know many of you will answer it was “SWANS CROSSING” and I will tell you right off it was not. This show ran a year or 2 before that. I would really like the help to find this show…It has been almost 25 years , so please forgive me if some minor plot details may be wrong. Thanks Doppers!! ---
**Author:** ![Kylede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kylede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kylede)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/2 "2012-02-17T18:14:34Z")
Almost an hour and no reply? Uh-oh, did I stump them? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/3 "2012-02-17T18:46:44Z")
Possibly [Tribes](http://www.tv.com/shows/tribes/)? That was one that ran on Fox & affiliates, like WNYW ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/4 "2012-02-17T18:52:25Z")
No, you offended us by calling us Doppers. Sorry, I have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![Kylede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kylede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kylede)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/5 "2012-02-18T16:27:29Z")
Thank you that must be it I didn’t mean to offend, i thought “dopers” was the term for the people who knew everything here. I am truly sorry if I offended…I love this site ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/6 "2012-02-18T16:29:58Z")
> [@Kylede](#): > > Thank you that must be it > I didn’t mean to offend, i thought “dopers” was the term for the people who knew everything here. I am truly sorry if I offended…I love this site He was joking… We are “dopers”. You wrote “doppers”. It was amusing. No one was offended, I promise. No clue about the show, though… Here’s a [wikipedia link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_soap_operas#United_States) of all American Soap Operas and the dates they ran- do any ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/7 "2012-02-19T10:27:06Z")
Kylede, there are a couple episodes of Tribes up on youtube, if you want to check. They look very …1990. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-help-me-find-the-name-of-this-tv-show/613152/8 "2012-02-19T17:15:46Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Possibly [Tribes](http://www.tv.com/shows/tribes/)? That was one that ran on Fox & affiliates, like WNYW That show was famous in my town because a girl who graduated my high school the year before me stared in it.