1980 on TV
600 curated clips across 6 categories.
Pac-Man fever hits arcades, Mount St. Helens erupts, and The Empire Strikes Back arrives.
The 1980 channel is built around music videos, movies and TV, and sports moments. Everything on it is something that aired, released, or got broadcast in 1980, then got hand-checked against the year before it went in. The shuffle does not learn. It just flips. That is the entire pitch.
Quick context
- Top movie: The Empire Strikes Back
- Top TV show: Dallas
- Billboard #1 song: Call Me - Blondie
- Major event: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington
- Cultural debut: CNN launches 24-hour cable news network
- Total clips on this channel: 600
What's on the 1980 channel
- Movies and TV136
- Commercials35
- Video games34
- News17
- Sports59
- Music videos319
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About the curation
Every clip on the 1980 channel is a single live broadcast, performance, movie scene, commercial, news segment, or game moment that actually aired or released in 1980. No retrospective montages. No "best of the 1980s" countdowns. No reaction videos. If you'd like a clip added or removed, email hello@timesurf.tv. The full curation rules are on the About page.