what tv shows did you watch as a kid?

[noelwr]

I still watch kiddie shows as an adult. I was watching SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN TEENAGER yesterday and they had the girl from BLOSSOM as the new school counselor! and she''s still a bad actress...

so here is my list:

SAVED BY THE BELL (love this show)
CALIFORNIA DREAMS (thought the band manager Sly was cute)
BLOSSOM (her brother was stupid, but could sing well)
SWEET VALLEY HIGH (liked the naughtier twin better)
BEVERLY HILLS 90210
THE REAL WORLD
LIFE GOES ON (remember the neighbor kid who had AIDS?)

and more recently (I watch adult tv shows, too, no really I DO. but here are the kiddie ones
SMALLVILLE
THE O.C.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
HANNAH MONTANA
SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN TEENAGER
ALIEN IN AMERICA
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

so what about you guys?

 

[Bleed Burnt Orange]

Oh my, the list is long. I wasn''t really allowed to watch much tv, but...
Saved by the bell, Full House, Growing Pains, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Fresh Prince, He-man, She-ra, Ninja Turtles, Smurfs, SESAME STREET!....

Nowadays...the shows for the young''uns:
Gossip Girl. I watched The Gilmore Girls and a few other WB/CW shows in college. I used to watch Lizzie McGuire in college too! LOL.

The list is long, but...you get the idea.

 

[Prana]

I was a big fan of:

Clarissa explains it all
all the Nicktoons
Hey Dude
Salute your shorts
Pete and Pete
Are you afraid of the dark, and SNICK in general

I used to love faking sick and staying home and watching gullah gullah island and eureka's castle even though I was a little to old to be watching those shows...

ETA: Of course I watched (and still watch) Full House and Saved by the bell too! And Family Matters

 

[somethingshiny]

I was only allowed a half hour of TV a day. When I was younger it was Punky Brewster, as I got older it was Saved by the Bell.

I actually watch reruns of Full House and other classics because I never saw them!

 

[Madam Bijoux]

I'm really showing my age here:

Howdy Doody
Mickey Mouse Club/Walt Disney Presents
The Lone Ranger
Ed Sullivan
Tales of Texas Rangers
Cheyenne
Wagon Train
Gunsmoke
Bonanza
Have Gun Will Travel
Popeye Theater
I Love Lucy
Ozzie & Harriet
The Jackie Gleason Show (The Honeymooners)
The Rifleman
The Real McCoys
Lassie
Rin Tin Tin
Ramar of the Jungle

 

[vip0802]

oh wow, some of the shows mentioned just brought back a lot of memories! i wasn''t allowed to watch a lot of tv unless it was the weekend, or an educational program but i remember a lot of shows.

as far as cartoons go - Smurfs, He-Man, She-Ra, Alvin & and the Chipmunks, Robotech, Voltron, Thundercats, Silver Hawks

shows - Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, 3-2-1 Contact (which also included the segment show: The Bloodhound Gang), Square One (i loved the Mathnet segments!), Mr. Roger''s Neighborhood...can you tell i grew up on a PBS diet?

Full House (as well as the rest of the "TGIF" line-up), The Cosby Show, I Love Lucy re-runs, The Brady Bunch re-runs, Three''s Company - which i used to watch with my grandmother who lovingly called it, "The Jack Show". due to my innocence though, i didn''t realize until i was much older that the premise of the show was that he had to pretend he was gay! i also remember watching clips of Dynasty with my mom and aunt.

 

[Smurfysmiles]

All the snick shows
Sally Jesse Raphael of course!
Boy meets world
Saved by the bell
Full house
Step by Step
Home Improvement (who else had the hots for JTT, come on now!)
Wild n crazy kids
Double Dare
Legends of the hidden temple
Doug
Rugrats
Smurfs
Babar
Carebears
Curious George
Madeline
Dennis The Menace
Ducktales
Dragontales
Flintstones
Fraggle Rock
Gummi Bears
Jem
Inspector Gadget
Lady Lovely Locks and the Pixietails
My Little Pony
Muppetbabies
Popples
Rainbow Brite
TMNT
Ghostbusters
Schoolhouse rock
Strawberry Shortcake
The World of David the Gnome
Little house on the prairie
Sesame Street
Mr. Rogers
Reading Rainbow
Rocko's Modern Life
Pete & Pete
What would you do?
Weinerville
America's funniest home videos
Babysitter's Club
Ghostwriter
Wishbone
Kids Incorporated
Hey Dude
Salute your shorts
Catdog
GUTS
Hey Arnold!
Ren & Stimpy
Roundhouse
Welcome Freshman
Dawson's Creek
Beavis and Butthead
Southpark (yup it came out a while ago!)
X-Files
Conan O Brian
Friends
The Simpsons
Seinfeld

Although it may seem like I watched a lot of tv, I was actually a very active kid!!

I'm sure there's a lot more

 

[vip0802]

Date: 1/8/2010 11:14:15 AM
Author: Smurfyimproved

Dennis The Menace

Ducktales

Flintstones

Jem

Inspector Gadget

Popples

Rainbow Brite

Strawberry Shortcake

+1!!! especially Jem! a couple of years ago, one of my friends actually found me old VHS-tapes of Jem for my birthday. it''s one of all-time favorite gifts!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Younger:

Scooby Doo
Smurfs
Ninja Turtles
Sesame Street
The Muppet Show
Mr. Rodger''s Neighborhood
Transformers (I think this was mostly because it was the only thing on after between a certain time slot)

A bit older:

Beverly Hills 98210
Degrassi Jr. High
Fresh Prince (I think I was over 18 when this was on)
Family Ties
M*A*S*H and Star Trek = NOT by choice, but my dad LOVED these shows and I''ve seen ALL of them and when an episode is on, I can tell my kids what will happen. My mom loved Star Trek the Next Generation (she had a thing for Pickard!) and I''ve also seen all of those.
Home Improvement

Plus more. . .cannot recall.

I''m HORRIFIED by the shows on TV now. My kids watch Nickelodeon and the ONLY show I like out of the bunch is Spongebob. The rest, like iCarly, are WAY innappropriate for kids. We''re debated turning of cable for a month or two. I would set the TV so the kids can''t watch certain shows, but then I am taking out shows they do love that I think are okay, like Johnny Test and a few other more creative ones, so I''m kind of thinking of the all-or-nothing approach and instead upping our Netflix package.

 

[Lilac]

Full House
Family Matters
Saved by the Bell
Power Rangers
VR Troopers
Darkwing Duck
Barney and Sesame Street (that''s when I was really young...

)

I loved those shows and I still watch reruns when they''re on TV!

 

[soocool]

Ages 3-15:

Romper Room
Wonderama
The Flinstones
Captain Kangaroo
Speed Racer
The Soupy Sales Show
Leave It to Beaver
Dobie Gillis
I Love Lucy
Queen for a Day --- my mom used to watch this all the time
December Bride - mom''s favorite too.
Gidget
I Dream of Genie
Bewitched
The Brady Bunch
The Saint (I still love Roger Moore!!)
Have Gun Will Travel
77 Sunset Strip
Route 66
Star Trek (when it first came out I saw it on my neighbor''s color tv! that was areal treat)
Laugh In


BTW, I still remember the original Saturday Night Live with Dan Ackroyd, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, etc and it was the best!!!!!

After I had my DD, I loved watching Sesame Street with her, along with Arthur, Lizzie Maguire

 

[MonkeyPie]

When I was REALLY small, I watched Silverhawks, The Get-Along Gang, Strawberry Shortcake, Jem, and Rescue Rangers!

 

[vc10um]

Date: 1/8/2010 11:10:29 AM
Author: vip0802
oh wow, some of the shows mentioned just brought back a lot of memories! i wasn''t allowed to watch a lot of tv unless it was the weekend, or an educational program but i remember a lot of shows.

as far as cartoons go - Smurfs, He-Man, She-Ra, Alvin & and the Chipmunks, Robotech, Voltron, Thundercats, Silver Hawks

shows - Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, 3-2-1 Contact (which also included the segment show: The Bloodhound Gang), Square One (i loved the Mathnet segments!), Mr. Roger''s Neighborhood...can you tell i grew up on a PBS diet?

Full House (as well as the rest of the ''TGIF'' line-up), The Cosby Show, I Love Lucy re-runs, The Brady Bunch re-runs, Three''s Company - which i used to watch with my grandmother who lovingly called it, ''The Jack Show''. due to my innocence though, i didn''t realize until i was much older that the premise of the show was that he had to pretend he was gay! i also remember watching clips of Dynasty with my mom and aunt.

OMG...vip, I''m so glad I get to meet you this weekend...I LOOOOOVED Mathnet!!!

Also included in my childhood:
Smurfs!!!!!!!!!
Gummi Bears
Care Bears
Fraggle Rock
Rescue Rangers
Ducktales
All the TGIF and TNBC Shows
Saved by the Bell
Eureka''s Castle
Blossom
Clarissa Explains it All
Doug
Legends of the Hidden Temple!!!
GUTS!
Pete and Pete
The Secret World of Alex Mack
Rugrats

The list goes on and on...

 

[MissMina]

I used to rush home from school to watch American Bandstand

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 1/8/2010 11:01:17 AM
Author: Madam Bijoux
I''m really showing my age here:

Gunsmoke
I Love Lucy
The Rifleman

the B&W shows of the 60''s

 

[packrat]

Date: 1/8/2010 12:21:57 PM
Author: MonkeyPie
When I was REALLY small, I watched Silverhawks, The Get-Along Gang, Strawberry Shortcake, Jem, and Rescue Rangers!

Yay JEM!! She is TRULY OUTRAGEOUS haha! (My brother bought me bootlegged vcd''s years ago of all the episodes. They''re not great quality tho, so may need to ask for better copies some time!)

He-Man, Thundercats, Transformers, Scooby Doo, Muppet Babies, Dungeons & Dragons (my brother bought me the DVD''s for my birthday this year and it''s SO fun to watch!)..the shows on PBS like 3-2-1 Contact etc (we only got 4 channels), Electric Company, Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, Mr. Rogers, Muppet Show (Loves me some Kermit), Ninja Turtles, Cosby Show (etc), Star Trek Next Generation when I was a little older (and I won''t lie, I love ALL the ST movies, especially the original ones). Mom and I used to watch Cartoon Network all the time, and we''d watch Space Ghost Coast to Coast (and laaaaaugh oh it was funny), Powerpuff Girls, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow & Chicken. Oh, and we loved Three''s Company, Brady Bunch, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Leave it to Beaver etc.

I remember 2 shows that were probably only on 1 season-one was like, Snow White and Prince Charming in more modern times or something..I was young so don''t really remember. And there was one about kids that were into playing D&D-it wasn''t the cartoon version that we watched on Saturday mornings, this was w/actual actors.

We liked Tales From the Darkside and Dr. Who also..even tho we had to sneak out of our rooms to watch them, hiding behind the couch b/c they were on after our bedtime and Darkside was scary.

 

[Bella_mezzo]

when I was little-Sesame street, Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket, Little House on the Prarie and Mash (but we didn''t watch very much TV)

middle/jr. high school-Saved by the bell, blossom, cosby show, a different world

high school-law and order, friends, ER

 

[swingirl]

Anyone here watched Soupy Sales?

 

[mtjoya]

Omg, noelwr your bringing back memories. Remember, Small wonder? The annoying neighbor Harriet. LOL..

 

[Gypsy]

OY. Time to date myself.

I Dream of Genie
M*A*S*H (still the best show ever)
The Muppets
Star Trek
SMURFS!
He Man (yes, I am admitting that in public)
Bewitched

 

[noelwr]

anyone remember the WONDER YEARS ???

reading your lists I now remember I actually used to watch more.

RAINBOW BRITE... when I was in college in New York I found a store that sold t-shirts with all the old cartoons on them and i bought a Rainbow Brite t-shirt.

 

[soocool]

Date: 1/9/2010 1:10:32 AM
Author: swingirl
Anyone here watched Soupy Sales?

Yep! I watched Soupy Sales. I remember the pie inthe face and I even remember him telling the kids to find the green papers in the parfents wallets and mail it to him! Once my girlfriend were in NYC at Rockerfeller Center and we saw Soupy Sales and when we called out his name, he froze strining a pose , like he was walking in slow motion. He stopped traffic both ways!

Did you ever watch the Paul Winchell show? He was the ventriloquist with the dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead. He was also the voice of Tigger in the Winnie the Pooh movies/shows.

 

[dragonfly411]

Oh goodness

My Little Ponies
Popples
Fraggle Rock
Care Bears
Eureka''s Castle
Under the Umbrella Tree
The Mickey Mouse Club
Ducktales
Whinnie the Pooh
Muppet Babies
Hey Dude
Rugrats
Hey Arnold
Doug
Ahhh Real Monsters
Full House
The Power Rangers
Mr. Rogers
Sesame Street
Rescue Rangers
Chip and Dale
Ninja Turtles
Ghost Busters
Salute your Shorts
Tiny Toons
Loony Toons
and lots of movies.

 

[Diamond*Dana]

Saved By the Bell
90210
Melrose Place
Family Ties
Growing Pains

and when I was really young
Love Boat
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley

 

[April20]

Oh man.... Punky Brewster (LOVED that show!!), Growing Pain, Who''s the Boss, Perfect Strangers, Saved by the Bell..... I''m sure there are more I''m forgetting about.

 

[April20]

Date: 1/8/2010 10:55:08 AM
Author: girlface
I was a big fan of:

Clarissa explains it all
all the Nicktoons
Hey Dude
Salute your shorts
Pete and Pete
Are you afraid of the dark, and SNICK in general

I used to love faking sick and staying home and watching gullah gullah island and eureka''s castle even though I was a little to old to be watching those shows...

ETA: Of course I watched (and still watch) Full House and Saved by the bell too! And Family Matters

I knew I was missing some! I loved Clarissa and Hey Dude.

 

[April20]

Date: 1/9/2010 4:09:53 AM
Author: noelwr
anyone remember the WONDER YEARS ???

reading your lists I now remember I actually used to watch more.

RAINBOW BRITE... when I was in college in New York I found a store that sold t-shirts with all the old cartoons on them and i bought a Rainbow Brite t-shirt.

Of course! I still can''t find it in my to turn the channel if a re-run of Wonder Years is on. I think I still have a small crush on Kevin (Fred Savage).

 

[packrat]

Date: 1/9/2010 2:30:53 AM
Author: Gypsy
OY. Time to date myself.


I Dream of Genie

M*A*S*H (still the best show ever)

The Muppets

Star Trek

SMURFS!

He Man (yes, I am admitting that in public)

Bewitched

Hey now-He Man was fun! I am Adam, Prince of Eternia and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull. This is Cringer, my "fearless" friend. Fabulous, secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said, "By the Power of Grayskull!....I HAVE THE POWER!

Jeez I love those old cartoons!

 

[zoebartlett]

When I was really little, I watched the same shows everyone else probably did: Sesame Street, Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo, etc.

As I got older, I watched:

Mr. Belvedere
Golden Girls
Small Wonder
Cosby Show
Growing Pains
Cheers (well, as I got older)
Doogie Howser (I think this was on when I was in HS, late 80s-early 90s)
The Wonder Years (when I was in HS)
Home Improvement
Three's Company (my mom tried to not let me watch it though)
General Hospital (I began watching it in 4rd grade with a friend and her nanny, and I watched it until college)
The Young and the Restless and As the World Turns (with my mom, usually when she was ironing or folding clothes, for some reason)
Family Ties
Life Goes On
Our House
The Courtship if Eddie's Father (reruns)
The Brady Bunch (reruns)
I Love Lucy (occasionally)


I have a sister who's 6 years younger than me, so I also watched some of the cartoons she liked: the Muppet Babies and Inspector Gadget come to mind

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Date: 1/9/2010 4:09:53 AM
Author: noelwr
anyone remember the WONDER YEARS ???

reading your lists I now remember I actually used to watch more.

RAINBOW BRITE... when I was in college in New York I found a store that sold t-shirts with all the old cartoons on them and i bought a Rainbow Brite t-shirt.

Oh, yeah. I use to watch The Wonder Years. . .I''m sure I forgot to list at least 10 shows I watched!