When did these TV shows take place? Guess the decade!
When did shows like Happy Days, Star Trek, M*A*S*H and The Jetsons take place?

Nostalgia and science-fiction are two driving forces of television. Writers love to nostalgically look back in time… or envision the future.
MeTV series like M*A*S*H, Happy Days, Star Trek and The Waltons all take place in the past or future. But can you put them into the correct decade?
Try to guess when these TV shows took place! (Not when they aired.)

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Happy Days was first set in which decade. Hint: A second-season episode take place around the Ike vs. Adlai presidential election.
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What about the Happy Days spinoff Laverne & Shirley? What decade was it in the early seasons?
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Mork & Mindy was another Happy Days spinoff. When it began, it was set in which decade?
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Hogan's Heroes takes place in which decade?
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M*A*S*H is set during the Korean War. Which decade was that?
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Star Trek obviously takes place in the future — but what decade is it?
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The Wonder Years was a nostalgic coming of age tale that was initially set in the…?
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The first season of Wonder Woman took place in the past in the…?
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The Waltons began its family epic set in which decade?
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China Beach was an acclaimed war drama set in the…?
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The Jetsons was a vision of the future set in the…?
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The Rifleman is a Western, of course, but can you place it into the correct decade?
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The Untouchables was based on Eliot Ness working Chicago crime in the…?
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After Happy Days, Marion Ross starred in another nostalgic sitcom, Brooklyn Bridge. When was it set?
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The wacky comedy F Troop took place in the…?
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The Wild Wild West centered around two agents working for President Grant largely in the…?
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was set in the then-future of the…?

When did these TV shows take place? Guess the decade!
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Jean Shepherd. Shep wrote the great movie The Christmas Story.
If you never read his books or heard his radio show, the Christmas Story alone should tell
you how The Wonder Years stole from him.
Read his classic In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash, which the Christmas Story is based on.
Great read for these times when we are stuck at home. Trust me.
Fun fact: in the Star Trek episode "The Squire of Gothos," the dialogue suggests that the series is set in the 28th century, a timeline later contradicted by... well pretty much everything else in the Star Trek universe.
I am surprised that Wonder Years started in the 1960s. I thought it was a solid 1970s show.
I would have remembered F-Troop as it was in the opening song. My bad.