... don't seem to exist anymore.

I've been thinking about the male lead characters we had when I was growing up in the 80's, and they were numerous. Some shows off the top of my head with male main characters who kids could look up to for masculine roles shown in a positive light:

  • Magnum PI
  • Buck Rogers
  • Night Rider
  • Airwolf
  • Star Trek TNG (later on in the decade)
  • Dr Who
  • Dukes of Hazzard
  • The A Team
  • Miami Vice
  • even freaking Wonder Years
  • and many more...

And that's been steadily dwindling... Today: - The Witcher -... Uhh - Good Eats?

But hey there's Tiger King! /s And look what happened to Dr who.