What was the name of this television show?

[rocketdodger]

I remember seeing a show as a kid during the '80s or '90s. It was mostly set on spacecraft, although it started out on a very polluted (and rainy) Earth.

I can't clearly remember much about the show except for an episode where a guy made a mass driver out of spare parts that shot like a cannon and saved them from the bad guy, but the hero had to hold a broken circuit board together with his bare hands and got a shock from it.

I also remember some episode where the main ship of the series was somehow merely a piece of a much larger ship that the bad guy had created for some master plan.

The series had a very juvenille feeling to it with mostly younger characters (like SeaQuest) that leads me to suspect it was either Disney, ABC, or possibly CBS.

Does anyone have any idea wtf I am talking about?

[Matthew Ellard]

I remember seeing a show as a kid during the '80s or '90s. It was mostly set on spacecraft, although it started out on a very polluted (and rainy) Earth.

I can't clearly remember much about the show except for an episode where a guy made a mass driver out of spare parts that shot like a cannon and saved them from the bad guy, but the hero had to hold a broken circuit board together with his bare hands and got a shock from it.

I also remember some episode where the main ship of the series was somehow merely a piece of a much larger ship that the bad guy had created for some master plan.

The series had a very juvenille feeling to it with mostly younger characters (like SeaQuest) that leads me to suspect it was either Disney, ABC, or possibly CBS.

Does anyone have any idea wtf I am talking about?

I think you may mean the English show "Red Dwarf" ( Did they have English accents?)

There was a flop late 1970's "space garbage collection" comedy series called "Quark". This might be it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(TV_series)

Was it a comedy or was it serious?
Was there a laugh track?

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I remember seeing a show as a kid during the '80s or '90s. It was mostly set on spacecraft, although it started out on a very polluted (and rainy) Earth.

I can't clearly remember much about the show except for an episode where a guy made a mass driver out of spare parts that shot like a cannon and saved them from the bad guy, but the hero had to hold a broken circuit board together with his bare hands and got a shock from it.

I also remember some episode where the main ship of the series was somehow merely a piece of a much larger ship that the bad guy had created for some master plan.

The series had a very juvenille feeling to it with mostly younger characters (like SeaQuest) that leads me to suspect it was either Disney, ABC, or possibly CBS.

Does anyone have any idea wtf I am talking about?

It sounds like either Bozo The Clown or Happy Days.

[LibraryLady]

Galactica 1980? Did it have Lorne Greene in it?

[CyberCecil]

I think you are thinking of "Earth Star Voyager" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095077/)

[AJM8125]

Well this should narrow it down at least.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_television_programs

[shandyjan]

Well this should narrow it down at least.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_television_programs

Oh I found one on the list that bugged me for ages, could never remember its name, (Tomorrow people) but due to that I just relived my youth in signature tunes on youtube. Was fun!

[rocketdodger]

I think you are thinking of "Earth Star Voyager" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095077/)

Yep, that is it!

Thanks a ton Cecil!!

[XLDS03]

I seem to vaguely recall this, too.

[joobz]

The circuit board gag reminded me of "spies like us".

[fuelair]

I think you may mean the English show "Red Dwarf" ( Did they have English accents?)

There was a flop late 1970's "space garbage collection" comedy series called "Quark". This might be it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(TV_series)

Was it a comedy or was it serious?
Was there a laugh track?Definitely not Quark or Red Dwarf unless what was quoted is all wrong.

[joobz]

FArscape?