♪ [ bleating ] thomas magnum? marion hammond? the private investigator? oh [ chuckles ] you're probably wondering about the goat. um, just let me drop off my friend, and then we'll talk. thomas magnum? >> marion hammond. >> private investigator? >> oh, you are wondering about the goat. just let me drop off my friend and then we will talk. >> when we entered the '80s , a lot of one-hour dramas that were lighthearted, like magnum pi were very popular >> after mash left the air, the next season the was not a single sitcom in the top 10. the first time that had ever happened in tv history. >> the prevailing feeling was that the sitcom was dead. >> brandon torticollis, nbc programming chief said reports of the sitcom's death were greatly exaggerated. >> time and again, if you