Favorite TV Shows Growing Up

Gilligan's Island had Ginger and Mary Ann. Always liked Mary Ann better.

Also loved the original Charlie's Angels with Farrah Fawcett.

The Honeymooners
That Girl
Dick Van Dyke
Combat
Mr Ed

I Forgot
Have Gun will Travel
The Monkeys
My Mother the Car

The Price Is Right
Scooby Doo

In addition to what others have said, I Dream of Jeannie. I didn't realize what I was really seeing until I watched it again years later, after puberty. Barbara Eden. Wow.

We were the first on out block to get a TV in 1952 when I was 10 years old. All the kids in the neighborhood came over to watch "Time for Beany" on our 12" screen in black and white. It started in 1949 in L.A.

Being a 90s kid, during the time adults decided we were precious snowflakes and were’t hating on us for being snowflakes, meant growing up during the golden age of cartoons. And to keep us distracted from wandering around outside by ourselves, they made the distractions amazing. So this will be a really lengthy list. Can’t help it.

Cartoon Network:

The best channel. Nice mix of the old and new.

Frequently played classic cartoons like Loony Tunes, Flintstones, Jetsons, Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry. I think Animaniacs was played at the same time slot of these shows even though it aired in the early 90s?

Most of the shows that were modern at the time were also really good. Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dexter’s Laborstory, Ed Edd and Eddie, Johnny Bravo, Samurai Jack, Codename Kids Next Door. Grim and Evil which eventually turned into the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

At night anime would be played. Dragon Ball, and Dragon Ball Z have to be mentioned. They were amazing.

Nickelodeon:

Fairly Odd Parents, Spongebob, Danny Phantom.

Disney Channel:
Lizzie McGuire, Kim Possible, Even Stevens, Proud Family, That’s So Raven, Dave the Barbarian, Boy Meets World.

Not as often but also dabbled in others.

PBS:
Sesame Street WAY early and I think what my parents specifically played for me. Zoom, Dragon Tails, Cyberchase

I forget the network?
Yu-gi-oh, that 70s show. Various scattered sitcom shows more meant for adults watched with adults too.

Charlie’s Angels
Dukes of Hazard
Fantasy Island
Welcome Back Kotter
Wiseguy
MASH

Oh yeah, and I forgot about all the Bill Nye the Science Guy and Veggie Tales being played by the school and the churches, which as kids in the classroom we loved watching. Culture wars in action, woo

The Simpson's
Seinfeld
Married with Children
GI Joe
Transformers
He-man
Thundercats

Desertdipshit we aren't all 70 years old, and it wasn't asked did you see every season from the first episode...you gotta get your shit together bring YOUR CUNTINESS down a few notches.

^ I think Desertscrub has long, meaningful conversations with the TV--when it's off.

@ime I could basically bogart your list, and add some of @nicespice's classics like Looney Tunes, Flintstones, etc

As a teenager I lived for professional wrestling.

Hogan's Heroes; Hawaii 5-0; McHale's Navy; Gilligan's Island; Mannix; Bewitched; I dream of Jeanie; Laugh In; Green Acres; Branded; F-Troop; Get Smart; Mash; Soap; Saturday Night Live; The Prisoner; Mission Impossible. Jerry Van Dyke was offered the role of Gilligan. He turned it down because the character was too stupid. He then starred in My Mother the Car which failed after 1 season. Great career choice Bruh.

Simpsons
DBZ
Seinfeld
Cheers
Frasier

3-2-1 Contact
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Tom and Jerry
Fat Albert
Speed Racer
The Jetsons
The Dukes of Hazzard
120 Minutes
Married with Children
The Simpsons

Night Court
Sledge Hammer
The Fall Guy
American Hero

Anybody else remember those?

Sledgehammer was fucking awesome!

As a little kid:
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Jonny Quest
Astro Boy
Looney Tunes
Disney's Wide World of Color (esp the Scarecrow movies)

As a little bigger kid:
Wild Wild West
Laugh in
Mod Squad
Get Smart

As a teenager who had discovered weed:
Monty Python
Prisoner
The Avengers
and also Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jonny Quest, Astro Boy, and Looney Tunes.

I watched all those corny 70s shows. Not much of a choice.

I remember an hour long comedy radio show that came on after Dr Demento on one of the FM stations. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Firesign Theater. That was my favorite entertainment- listening to that on my crappy little radio with the lights off in my bedroom when I was supposed to be asleep

Chips
Dukes of Hazard
Charlie's Angels
Magnum P.I.
Simon and Simon
Different Strokes
Silver Spoons
Threes Company
Tic Tac Toe
Miami Vice

When I was a bit older:
Cheers
Wings

Yeah also liked The Fall Guy and The Last American Hero

Bosom Buddies

I liked reruns of really old shows like gidget leave it to beaver the Brady bunch.

Happy Days
Family Ties
WKRP in Cincinnati
Growing Pains
The Incredible Hulk
Who's The Boss
The Love Boat

I had to cheat a bit and look at a list of 80s TV shows so it could jog my memory:

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I’m so ashamed I forgot Dukes of Hazzard on my list. I lived for that show when I was 5 years old.

Daisy Duke, I let you down. I’m sorry.

Cooter and Flash. Possibly two of the coolest names for a television character?

Wild Kingdom
Six Million Dollar Man
Looney Tunes

The Waltons ( I would have F'd either Mary Ellen or Erin), The Brady Bunch (I was a big Jan fan) and Gilligan's Island (Mary Ann).

Forgot "Starsky and Hutch"

->@spicey: "Sesame Street WAY early..."

Please tell me you know the tune and can sing all the words to Elmo's Song. Or that you at least know the name of Elmo's goldfish.

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Married With Childrrn
Thundercats
Robotech
Miami Vice

Also, there were two mini series, V and World War III

the odd couple
taxi
macgyver
tom and jerry
roadrunner and coyote
this week in baseball
don kirschner's rockshow
twilight zone

Grew up in 80s & 90s

He-Man
Transformers
GI-Joe
DuckTales
Looney Tunes
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs
Doug
Ren & Stimpy

Seinfeld
Home Improvement
The X-Files
Frasier
Sportscenter
Mr. Ed on Nick @ Nite
SNL (90s were great)

scrambled porn

I agree with theeastcoast - but I was in my teens by the time we got cable!

When I was younger I remember Green Acres, Mister Rodgers, The Munsters Mister Ed, Captain Kangaroo - and Petticoat Junction (I still don’t know what it was about - but I think some of the women were hot).

Then there was I Dream of Genie, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Brady Bunch, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Happy Days.

I had a few other favorites - The Rifleman, Rat Patrol, and later it was The Courtship of Eddies Father.

I loved a cartoon called Wacky Races! The racers had some funny names and it was fun to watch!

“scrambled porn” - classic response.

I had a cable box in my room as a kid. Remember those old ones where the channel was a button that you pushed down on and had to change it on the box, like each channel was its own button. On mine the Playboy channel was blocked out. I can’t remember which number it was but let’s say it was 28. As a kid I accidentally found out if you held down 27 and 29 you got a “non scrambled” 28 on the TV screen. I would take 2 pencils and lay a book on top and success, great timing for a 12 year old teenager. Worked great for about 2 months until the cable company added more channels and moved Playboy to channel 40 something and my box only went to 38 making it obsolete.