The television series Moonlighting ( 1985 – 1989 ), Married ... with Children ( 1987 – 1997 ), NewsRadio ( 1995 – 1999 ), Gilmore Girls ( 2000 – 2007 ), and Standoff ( 2006 – 2007 ) have also adapted elements of the screwball comedy genre for the small screen.

The Killingworth Centre with Amberly House in the background, Spring / Summer 1987 Taken by Dave Gilmore.

Constructed during this decade were the Ice Arena ( 1986 ), Performance Center, including Figliulo Recital Hall and Joseph Page Theatre ( 1987 ), Brother Charles Hall science addition ( 1987 ), Gilmore Creek Residence ( 1989 ), and Christian Brothers Residence ( 1989 ).

In 1987, HBC sold off its Canadian fur-auction business to Hudson's Bay Fur Sales Canada.

From 1984 to 1987, Bakker and his PTL associates sold $ 1, 000 " lifetime memberships ", which entitled buyers to a three-night stay annually at a luxury hotel at Heritage USA.

* 1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit ( fourth generation ) video game console, the PC Engine, which was later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.

** USA Networks ( also including what is now called Syfy ) – Paramount owned a stake starting in 1982, 50 % owner ( with Universal Studios ) from 1987 until 1997, when Paramount / Viacom sold their stake to Universal ( now part of NBCUniversal )

Whereas the previous five Rush albums sold platinum or better, Hold Your Fire only went gold in November 1987, although it managed to peak at number 13 on the Billboard 200.

The Spectrum was ultimately released as eight different models, ranging from the entry level model with 16 kB RAM released in 1982 to the ZX Spectrum + 3 with 128 kB RAM and built in floppy disk drive in 1987 ; together they sold in excess of 5 million units worldwide ( not counting numerous clones ).

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards was a great hit ( although it first became famous as an early example of software piracy, as Sierra sold many more hintbooks than actual copies of the game ) and won the Software Publishers Association's Best Adventure Game award of 1987.

* Massive Entertainment in Malmö, Sweden, founded in 1987, acquired by Vivendi Games in 2002, sold to Ubisoft on November 10, 2008.

Soon the whole Chrysler / Simca range was sold under the revived Talbot badge until production of Talbot-branded passenger cars was shelved in 1987 and on commercial vehicles in 1992.

* 1987: Howard Schultz leads purchase of the Starbucks brand from its founders ( who adopted the name Peet's ) and begins offering coffee drinks modeled after those sold in Italian coffee bars

As a result, in 1987 it sold its PathLab Laboratory Information System to 3M.

Red Bull is an energy drink sold by Austrian company Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987.

Sony has sold around 660, 000 DAT products since its introduction in 1987.

In South Dakota v. Dole ( 1987 ), the Supreme Court upheld the withholding of some federal highway funds to South Dakota, because beer with an alcohol content below a specified percentage could be lawfully sold to adults under the age of 21 within the state.

HWT bought The West Australian in 1969, but sold it to Robert Holmes à Court in 1987 as part of the News Limited takeover.

* Sterling ( car ), a British automobile brand, sold in the U. S. from 1987 to 1991

Jumpman became a best-seller for Epyx, who sold all versions of the game until 1987.

The video sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States and Canadian markets, and was in the top ten rankings for sales and rentals in December and January 1987.

In 1987 after a corporate putsch, the renamed UAL Corp. sold Hilton International to Ladbroke Group plc, a British leisure and gambling company, which in May 1999 adopted the name Hilton Group plc.

A large portion of the Pickman land, Huckins Farm, was sold to a developer for condominium development in 1987, and other parcels including the large Pickman house ( Stearns Farm ) were sold to private parties.

Forstmann Little then sold Piper to M. Stuart Millar in 1987.

The Great Storm of 1987 caused significant damage to Commission owned forests, though most of the downed trees were recovered and eventually sold.

Coburn sold the Spyder in 1987 after 24 years of ownership.

All subsidies terminated in 1984, and the lines were sold to CSX Transportation in 1987, which dismantled the tracks shortly thereafter.

The first non-pirate private radio station to broadcast in Greece was Athena 98. 4 FM, in 1987.

* 1987 – The American radio station WFAN in New York, New York is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.

The more sober western or " upper " end of the Kurfürstendamm is marked by the Berlin-Halensee railway station on the Ringbahn line and the junction with the Bundesautobahn 100 ( Stadtring ) at the Rathenauplatz roundabout, featuring the long disputed 1987 " Beton Cadillacs " sculpture by Wolf Vostell.

In 1987, a second standard B earth station and a domestic satellite network were installed with Rodrigues and the Outer Islands.

* 1987 – King's Cross fire: in London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

The King's Cross fire of 1987, in which 31 people died, was at King's Cross St Pancras Underground station.

The initial broadcasts of pirate radio station West and North Kent Radio ( WNKR ) took place at Norvic House, Larner Road, Erith, during the bank holiday weekend in August 1987, on a frequency of 91. 8FM.

The station consisted of two parts ( it has subsequently been expanded ), a subsurface station on the Circle and Metropolitan Lines ( in 1987, the Hammersmith & City Line was then part of the Metropolitan ) and a deep-level tube station on the Northern, Piccadilly, and Victoria Lines.

Memorial plaque to the 1987 fire in the station

Carter was the first settler in the area and established a pastoral station in 1889 The area was declared a national park in 1964, the off-shore area, Ningaloo Marine Park, was declared in 1987.

In 1987 Detroit television station WDIV ran one episode of a local sit-com called " Hamtramck " which featured former Detroit Tigers pitcher Dave Rozema and a cameo by manager Sparky Anderson.

By 1987, WLS was an adult contemporary station during the day and talk at night.

In 1987, the Iron Dragon, a suspended roller coaster, debuted on the Million Dollar Midway near the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad station.

* 1987: Iron Dragon opens ; Monster is relocated to make room for Iron Dragon ; Western Cruise station is moved and renamed Paddlehweel Excursions to make room for Iron Dragon

There was an automatic weather station on the island from December 1987 to March 1999.

This explains why station wagons were not updated for consecutive generations in a model's life in Japan: for instance, while a sedan might have a model life of four years, the wagon was expected to serve eight — the 1979 Toyota Corolla ( built until 1987 ), and the 1987 Mazda Capella ( built until 1996 ) are examples of this.

Since 1987, there has been an automated meteorological station on the island.

In 1987 the station moved to a full service oldies format and in 1988, the station became a talk radio station and had a variety of business, sports, news, and talk programming until 2003.

It also bought a TV station in New York City, WWOR-TV ( renamed from WOR-TV ), in 1987, from RKO General, which was in the midst of a licensing scandal.