1982 on TV
969 curated clips across 6 categories.
E.T. dominates the box office while CDs and the Commodore 64 arrive.
What you get on the 1982 channel is music videos, movies and TV, and commercials, in roughly that proportion. The list was assembled by hand against 1982 schedules and release dates. The player runs it as a flat shuffle. No personalization. No retention tuning. Just a 1980s year, played back the way a tuner used to play one back.
Quick context
- Top movie: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Top TV show: 60 Minutes
- Billboard #1 song: Physical - Olivia Newton-John
- Major event: CD players begin reaching consumers
- Cultural debut: USA Today national newspaper launches
- Total clips on this channel: 969
What's on the 1982 channel
- Movies and TV161
- Commercials96
- Video games68
- News16
- Sports10
- Music videos618
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About the curation
The rule for 1982 is simple: every clip has to be a single thing that happened in 1982. A live broadcast, a released movie scene, an aired commercial, a news segment, a charting performance, a game moment. No "best of the 1980s" lists. No retrospectives. No reactions. Suggestions and removals go to hello@timesurf.tv, and the full filter is documented on the About page.