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Neither correct, although you've picked two shows that started roughly at the same times as the correct shows. Both of the correct shows ran for longer than the same-time-period ones that you guessed.
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Years ago, I gave in to temptation and bought an issue of the "Epi-Log" from the comic shop. This was a magazine that featured episode guides of TV shows. This issue featured two long-running police shows from the 1970's and 1980's that I used to watch (including a full page color photo of each on one of the covers).
What were the two shows?
(actually, as I double check, turns out one of the shows was also on in the 1960's)
Dragnet & Cagney & Lacey
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The Older Show (that started in the 1960's) has been guessed correctly.
The newer show has not. It is definitely a police show, not a private investigator one (like Charlie's Angels). It debuted the same year as Cagney & Lacey and was part of, I think, the overall same trend in TV.
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What do you think about the new Hawaii 5-0 series, Xben?
Pugad Baboy is a comic strip about a community of obese people in Manila. Its popularity comes not from that, though - it's a pretty incisive and hilarious commentary on life in the Philippines (pop culture, the government, social issues, and a sprinkling of adventure and action).
Oh, and their mascot is an intelligent talking dog who drinks beer.
Which of these storylines have I not read?
1) 2078 - the Pugad Baboy residents are mysteriously transported to 2078, and see a Philippines that is quite different from the present day 2) The Malunggay Conflict - two neighbors go to war over a malunggay tree on the border of their properties. Somewhat of a satire on the Gulf War. 3) Ang Hiwaga ng Duenas - The Pugad Baboy residents visit the province of Iloilo, where they are attacked by various mystical creatures who want to eat them 4) Maidnappers - the Pugad Baboy residents must deal with the kidnapping of two of their maids - and one of them has a terribly sarcastic wit which can drive the most peaceful of men to violence! 5) Pirata - the talking dog Polgas befriends a Muslim pirate and breaks up a pirate ring 6) Oplan Paglalanse - a gang of vigilantes foils the money-making plans of the corrupt local police district 7) Col. Manyakis - a philandering soldier has the tables turned on him when his immediate superior turns out to have the hots for him! 8) James Bab - the local good-for-nothing finds himself in a world of trouble when he signs up to train as a secret agent 9) The Olongapo Caper - a fun vacation in Subic turns into a mission to rescue the captives of a human trafficking ring 10) Benigno Ramos: Bounty Hunter - what is an ex-con bounty hunter to do when his employers turn out to be hunting him too?
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3) Ang Hiwaga ng Duenas - The Pugad Baboy residents visit the province of Iloilo, where they are attacked by various mystical creatures who want to eat them.
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Nope, I read that one. It's pretty hilarious - they take out the monsters with garlic pizza, and the true mastermind is revealed to be Lucifer, who is a screaming queen and prefers to be addressed as Lady Lucy.
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8) James Bab - the local good-for-nothing finds himself in a world of trouble when he signs up to train as a secret agent
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5) Pirata - the talking dog Polgas befriends a Muslim pirate and breaks up a pirate ring
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4) Maidnappers - the Pugad Baboy residents must deal with the kidnapping of two of their maids - and one of them has a terribly sarcastic wit which can drive the most peaceful of men to violence!
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Maidnappers is hilarious - the Sungcal family maid and the maid of their relative Gwen from the States are kidnapped, after they use Gwen's credit card at a gay bar.
The kidnappers almost off them both because the Sungcal family maid keeps insulting them with her biting wit.
Novel Ty has it - Pirata is not in one of the regular compilations, and I haven't been able to snag a copy of it yet.
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