The TV Zone

Today, here in the Zone, we are debuting a new feature -- The Institute of ''80s TV Studies (TIOETS) -- which will strive to recall the tube wonders of that decade, the very last time Network TV really dominated our viewing habits.

To kick things off, lets return to the golden year of 1982.

Check out this amazing montage of opening sequences from shows that aired that year. There are a few well remembered ("Fame," " Flamingo Road") but most are long forgotten -- and deservedly so ("Open All Night," "Making a Living."). But, man, check out the soaring musical themes, the elaborate opening sequences, and cast credits (and weep when you realize that about 80 percent of the actors mentioned in them haven't been seen since the Reagan Administration.)