What is Your Favorite Top Rated TV Show of the 1980's that ran for multiple seasons and aired more than 25 episodes (aka, 1 to 3 more episodes than a single American 22 to 24 episode TV season at the time)?4 of 14
The Dragon Ball (1986) series of shows. (1986 - 2015). This includes Dragon Ball (1986), Dragon Ball Z (1989), Dragon Ball GT (1996), Dragon Ball Z (1989), Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009), and Dragon Ball Super (2015)
Qualifiers:
17 seasons (not all seasons are continuous year after year)
1059 episodes