Editing Approved Television (section)

==Action/Adventure==
*'''Airwolf''': A good-hearted mercenary pilot, his ground crew and their stolen super-advanced attack helicopter on their weekly mission for <s>the CIA</s> the Firm, having dog-fights, infiltrating secret bases and doing a whole lot of covert operations all across the world. If you ever wanted 80s techno-thriller in a format usable for tabletops, look no further. Series ''still'' has some impressive air acrobatics, especially given it was made for pocket change and using a dolled-up civilian chopper.

*'''The Avengers''': No, not the capeshit ones - the classy British ones. It started as serious noir spy fiction, but writers and execs quickly realised that spy fiction is more fun when you make it campy and sexy. And then the late 60s happened and everyone was on LSD, making it twice as weird. Absolute classic by itself, that influenced metric shitload of stuff for TV shows and even movies, and also being source of various popular genre cliches. What it does best, however, is the outlandish premise combined with very serious and methodical execution, so each episode is effectively a Plot, Ready to Use as one-shot material. Old enough that most of the series is still in black and white, yet still perfectly watchable.

*'''MacGyver''': A wisecracking lanky guy that hates guns and solves issues at hand with his smarts and whatever random object he can get - how this can work out in the gung-ho 80s? Turns out: better than anyone expected. There is a good chance you never saw a single episode of it, yet know the character, premise, and theme music, that's how big a splash this series made. Aside from the adventures that range from pretty mundane through espionage and capers to outright crazy (dream world episodes and ghost stories included), there is also a big source of creative traps and even more creative use of random shit to overcome them. Don't be afraid of the number of seasons, since the series is done entirely in episodic format, so you can plug in any given episode and still get everything.
**'''MacGyver: Moderna''': It exists. [[skub|It's pretty contentious]], to put that very mildly. Think of it more like an action comedy spoof of the original concept, set in the modern world and focusing predominately on the wisecrack rather than the smarts part of the character. NOT to be confused with '''MacGruber''', an actual parody from SNL skids that eventually got its film and then series.

*'''Relic Hunter''': Indiana Jane and Her Male Assistant on the weekly thrill of finding some lesser artefacts. An action-adventure(-comedy) show from the tail end of the 90s starring Tia Carrere in her prime, trying to cash in the success of Tomb Raider video games and doing so on a budget. This does have its advantages: it's quick, not overly complicated, and you get a set of over 60 adventures to throw at your party, or at least an open pit to mine ideas for how to handle clues, puzzles and dungeons (and their traps). Despite claims for otherwise, this series is directly responsible for Broken Compass RPG, as the game approaches its material in a way this series did, rather than being an Indy/Uncharted rip-off, so it kinda-sorta even has its own game already.

*'''Tales of the Gold Monkey''': There was once an era when everyone tried to ride on the popularity of ''Riders of the Lost Ark''. Some made cheap copy-cats, others borrowed the pulpy, adventure formula and run with it. This is how this series came to life. Meet Jake Cutter, an American former military, and now cargo pilot who gets himself tangled in 1938 into pile-up of espionage intrigue, war preparations and random (mis)adventures around the tropical island of Bora Gora. Pulp galore, with all characters being a step away from a walking cliche, but that "one step" is what makes them distinct and fun to watch. Unlike other listed in this category, ''Tales'' has more or less continuous plot, but in turn lasts only 22 episodes of a single season.
**'''Archer: Danger Island''' is a season-long, self-contained spoof of the series, and can be watched on its own right, for far, far crazier take on the material, along with more "gamey" structure, suitable for a tabletop campaign without editing any-fucking-thing.

*'''Tropical Heat''': He's a former DEA agent. She's a tourist agent. Together, they run a detective agency - by mostly hanging in a bar or on a beach, drinking piña colada and staying cool. Cheesecastic doesn't even start to describe this show, and it's sufficiently on the nose to completely avoid being classified as a crime series. Instead, it's low-level action and amateur sleuthing in a tropical resort, as envisioned by Canadians. But what it does so well is provide self-contained, easy-to-crack, action-packed "detective" plots and do it all in gusto. All while still being the kind of a show where the lead is named Nick Slaughter and main way of fighting crime is by punching it and dropping one-liners. Your character wishes to rock Hawaiian shirts like that.

*'''Zorro''': A Disney-made late 50s series still shot in black-and-white that's responsible both for the lasting perception of the eponymous character and for setting in stone what even a "modern" swashbuckling should be like. Notable for sticking to the material from the countless novels and short stories, but also being one of the last productions to hire actual fencing champs for duel scenes, rather than doing good ol' block-block-block-lunge "fights". An endless source of episodic plots for dashing rogues and brave adventurers. Despite its age, still perfectly watchable, which speaks for itself.
**'''Zorro: The 90s Cheese''': A 1990 successful bid to revive the popularity of the character. While being constantly compared with the 50s classic, it still carries on its own right, delivering a blend of original plots and various nods to the source material. Along, of course, with early 90s cheese and gonzo. If you are thinking about the movie starring Banderas - it owes its existence to this series.