1st & Ten

5.9
198430m

1st & Ten is an American situation comedy that aired between December 1984 and January 1991 on the cable television network HBO. Featuring series regulars Delta Burke and veteran Reid Shelton, it was one of cable's first attempts to lure the lucrative sit-com audience away from the "Big Three", by taking advantage of their freedom to include occasional cursing and nudity.

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Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 1984

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1. By the Bulls

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2. The Opener

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3. All Roads Lead to Dayton

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4. The Slump

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5. Play Me or Trade Me

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6. You Are Who You Eat

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7. Uneasy Lies the Ahead

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8. The Sins of the Quarterback

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9. I Only Read Defenses

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10. Wine Time

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11. Rona's Fling

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12. Not Quite Mr. Right

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13. Super Bull Sunday

Cast

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Reid Shelton

Ernie Denardo

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O. J. Simpson

T.D. Parker

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Shannon Tweed

Kristy Fullbright

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Cliff Frazier

Jethro Snell

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Donald Gibb

Leslie 'Dr. Death' Crunchner

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Prince Hughes

Bubba Kincaid

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John Kassir

Zagreb Shkenusky

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Keith Amos

Miracle Miles Coolidge

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Jeff Hochendoner

Elvin Putts

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Jay Kerr

Mac Daniels

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Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

10/10

This is impossible to find, and, honestly, I am bitter about that, I loved this show when I was a little kid.

And shows like this need to make a comeback, it's from an era where comedy could still be sophomoric, stupid, childish, and fun. Today it seems that comedy is either a political statement that the audience is supposed to laugh at not because it's funny, but just to signal that they are in the same tribe...or references that stopped having a punchline and are only asking you to recall something from the past...

...and none of that works for me. 1st & 10 had from highbrow to Eskimo pee jokes and all the stops in between. But it was allowed to back then, it was an era where, with comedy, anything goes. And it was made in an era where HBO ruled comedy and not the dramatic series.

Unfortunately a lot of the jokes do reference the culture and politics of the day, so it comes with a bit of an aged feel to it.

Beyond that, it's one of the rare instances where football and not baseball gets the good comedic showing.

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