# Need ID for 80s TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516 "2016-01-28T19:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/1 "2016-01-28T19:43:06Z")
I was talking to a friend and she was describing a television series that she remembers watching that I didn’t recognize (we’re the same age) but thought someone here might. The data, from what she recalls: - It was an hour-long series on Friday night. She doesn’t remember which network. - It was an anthology show, with 3 different and independent serial story lines on each episode (so about 20-minutes each) - One story line was about vampires. Another was about a cowboy who travels through time. She didn’t remember the third. - The three story lines didn’t have any overlapping cast members, as she recalled. - The show was canceled after only a handful of episodes, so none of the serial story lines were resolved. She estimates this was in the early to mid-80s. I figured if anyone knew about this show, it would be a Doper. Any recollections or leads? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/2 "2016-01-28T19:47:48Z")
Could be Tales from the Crypt, or Tales from the Darkside, or Amazing Stories… Late 70’s would be Night Gallery. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/3 "2016-01-28T19:50:46Z")
The show was called [_Cliffhangers_.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffhangers_(TV_series)) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/4 "2016-01-28T19:51:31Z")
[Cliffhangers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffhangers_(TV_series)); cancelled after 10 episodes aired. The show was on NBC from 27 Feb - 1 May 1979. ETA: Curse you, **Czarcasm**! [shakes fist] ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/5 "2016-01-28T19:52:19Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Could be Tales from the Crypt, or Tales from the Darkside, or Amazing Stories… Late 70’s would be Night Gallery. No, I’m familiar with all of those (including the _Twilight Zone_ reboot from that time), and those all had stories that were self-contained. In her show, these story lines had recurring characters but were otherwise independent of each other, other than sharing the same programming block and wrap-around program title. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/6 "2016-01-28T19:53:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The show was called [_Cliffhangers_.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffhangers_(TV_series)) Awesome! Thank you (and Snowboarder Bo, too!). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/7 "2016-01-28T21:53:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The show was called [_Cliffhangers_.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffhangers_(TV_series)) The name can now be used for the Cosby prosecution. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/8 "2016-01-28T22:39:56Z")
It had Susan Anton in it-how could I _not_ recall it instantly? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/9 "2016-01-28T23:36:34Z")
For once I guessed it right! Michael Nouri fan here! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/10 "2016-01-28T23:37:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Cliffhangers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffhangers_(TV_series)); cancelled after 10 episodes aired. The show was on NBC from 27 Feb - 1 May 1979. > > ETA: Curse you, **Czarcasm**! [shakes fist] C’mon now, eight minutes…that’s practically falling asleep at the switch in Cafe Society! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516/11 "2016-01-28T23:48:41Z")
I blame pleasant memories of Susan Anton for at least 7 of those minutes, and finding the actual air dates for the other one.