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Poll: Emmy Nominees for Outstanding Drama Series from the '80s

The following series all won or were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series during the 1980s. Which of them would you be most likely to watch again now or watch for the first time?

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Results of 812 votes:

  1. 1.

    Miami Vice (1984)

     
    Nominated in 1985
  2. 2.

    Hill Street Blues (1981)

     
    Won in 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984. Nominated in 1985 and 1986
  3. 3.

    Magnum, P.I. (1980)

     
    Nominated in 1982, 1983 and 1984

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