'The A-Team' (1983)

<b>The plot:</b> In the two-hour pilot episode, the crew ¿ Vietnam vets escape from prison to the Los Angeles underground. They dedicate themselves to help the good people of the world ¿ in this case protecting them from Mexican drug dealers ¿ while on the run.<br> <br> <b>How many watched:</b> 21.9 million<br> <br> <b>Touchdown or fumble?</b> Touchdown. The popular action-adventure series had premiered just a week before, and it quickly proved to be a ton of fun and built a fan base that's still thriving today, although it remained in production only through 1986. A film based on "The A-Team" was released in 2010. Dirk Benedict, left, George Peppard and Mr. T epitomized the show's true 1980s style.<br> <br> --<i>Leslie Anne Wiggins, LATimes.com</i>
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( NBC / February 4, 2013 )

The plot: In the two-hour pilot episode, the crew ¿ Vietnam vets escape from prison to the Los Angeles underground. They dedicate themselves to help the good people of the world ¿ in this case protecting them from Mexican drug dealers ¿ while on the run.

How many watched: 21.9 million

Touchdown or fumble? Touchdown. The popular action-adventure series had premiered just a week before, and it quickly proved to be a ton of fun and built a fan base that's still thriving today, although it remained in production only through 1986. A film based on "The A-Team" was released in 2010. Dirk Benedict, left, George Peppard and Mr. T epitomized the show's true 1980s style.

--Leslie Anne Wiggins, LATimes.com

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