What’s a TV show you recall fondly from when you were younger?

[1DarkNightOwl]

Battlestar Muthafuckin' Galactica. The Edward James Olmos version.

This version was excellent as was the original at the time. I didn't see much of Galactica 1980.

Dangermouse

He'll yes. My daughter watched these originals when she was younger. Got to love her for that.

 

[1DarkNightOwl]

Xena: Warrior Princess. Heck, it might be time for a re-watch.

Didn't like this one.

However like fine wines women get better with age, Lucy Lawless was hot and more desirable in the 2003 Battlestar Galactica. As was Ryan's performance in Picard vs Voyager.

 

[THBGato]

Xena: Warrior Princess. Heck, it might be time for a re-watch.

In the early days of YouTube the whole series was up and I binge-watched the lot.

 

[RoperTrace]

The Flintstones when it first aired on Prime Time on Friday nights. Two of my buddies and I often watched it together. First animated series in history to air on prime time. I clearly remember the time being 8:00 p.m. although wikipedia says it started at 8:30. My parents used to do our weekly grocery shopping on Friday's after dinner, so I would whine to dad about getting home in time.

The other one that sticks in my mind is Bonanza, the long-running Western series. It was also historic in being one of the first American shows to be broadcast in 'living' color. Since we still had only a B&W tv set, I had to watch it at a friend's house. The old RCA color sets seemed so vibrant, and not all the colors were totally accurate, but close enough, since we had no comparison. The RCA marketing campaign using 'Living Color' in their ads certainly milked those words to the hilt.

 

[crookedletter]

 

[Rob_Royale]

This isn't from childhood, but from when my sons were small. The Crocodile Hunter and to a lesser extent, Jeff Corwin.

We watched every episode as a family, all four of us cuddled on the couch. It was incredibly special and we'd talk about it at length afterward. Steve's passing hit our family hard and the memories are now very bittersweet.

 

[1DarkNightOwl]

For those UK residents, Red Dwaf.

 

[matureman32]

Route 66.

 

[GuiltyCowboy]

I’d usually toggle between the Smurfs and wanking to Carol Vorderman.

 

[Comshaw]

Please don’t publish ages (avoid “I was ten when X premiered”), but something from when you were younger.

I’ll go for Lost, which I kinda felt I grew up watching. Might have been something to do with this lady (certainly as I got older and um… began to figure stuff out):

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Though I quite liked Jin-Soo as well:

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Not a big a fan of either Jack or Sawyer.

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I should probably add this was prompted by beginning to watch Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue.

The 90's: StarTrek TNG, Married, with Children, Home Improvement, Cheers, Dinosaurs, Law & Order, Third Rock from the Sun, That 70's Show, and my favorite...Babylon 5

The 80's: The Muppet Show, Happy Days, Magnum, PI, M*A*S*H (repeat for the 70's) Night Court, Quantum Leap, WKRP In Cincinnati, Taxi, MacGyver, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (only under duress from threats from my son of holding his breath until he turned blue)


The 70's: Barny Miller, The Rockford Files, Sanford & Son, Welcome Back Kotter, Fantasy Island, Soap, Rowen & Martin's Laugh-in, BattleStar Galactica, The Streets of San Francisco

The 60's: The Twilight Zone, StarTrek, The Andy Griffith Show, Batman (Woof! Pow! Sock! I loved that campy ass show!) Bewitched ( primarily 'cause I had the hots for Elizabeth Montgomery) The Wild, Wild West, Bonanza, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (love me some Fractured Fairy Tales) The Monkees (what teen didn't watch that show?), The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Combat, The Rat Patrol, and as mentioned Wild Kingdom.

The 50's: Sky King, Sea Hunt, Gun Smoke, The Lone Ranger, The Honeymooners, The Adventures of Superman, Lassie and way, way back a little Canadian show I bet most here have never heard of, The Friendly Giant.

There ya' go, a chronological list of my TV viewing habits.

Comshaw

 

[iwatchus]

I will add one more as a tribute to my father, who passed away this summer. When I was in high school, the two of would watch masterpiece theater together every Sunday evening. I especially remember watching Upstairs Downstairs and a version of War and Peace with Anthony Hopkins.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I will add one more as a tribute to my father, who passed away this summer. When I was in high school, the two of would watch masterpiece theater together every Sunday evening. I especially remember watching Upstairs Downstairs and a version of War and Peace with Anthony Hopkins.

 

[MrPixel]

The Monkees (what teen didn't watch that show?)

I was a pre-teen then, and even in my impressionable youth I found The Monkees annoyingly contrived and cloying. Like I did with the Mickey Mouse Club earlier that decade. What's his nuts... "Roy", IIRC... was irritating to me in his talking down to the audience.

 

[Nightaelf]

Wow, that’s a tough question!
I used to love watching De Familie Knots (a Dutch series), The A-Team and MacGyver, but later also Xena: Warrior Princess, and for a while I followed Star Trek.

 

[feel_the_beast]

I'll be surprised if anyone else here even ever saw this one [or will admit it, if they did]
Fractured Flickers, a half hour show that I don't think was ever a network property, just something local channels could buy to fill the afternoon kiddie show hour, mid-60's era.
Hans Conried was host. They took old silent movies, re-edited and over-dubbed voice acting, giving them insanely crazy and hilarious new plots that had nothing to do with the original story. Used to really crack me up.

 

[MaximTerhune]

i loved 'Voyagers!'. I wish I could find it online to watch again.

 

[dirk2024]

Captain Kangaroo was a comforting show as a young child. Soft, quiet, calm engaging.

 

[MrPixel]

Fractured Flickers...

Oh, yes. Couldn't depend on it being on the schedule in our market, but when it was, drop all you were doing. The line I remember is "Dalt Wisney? You're broke!" after a montage of silly fake thrill rides, a la Keystone Kops clips.

Captain Kangaroo...

Absolutely. Sort of an early Mr. Rogers. He knew how to talk to children without insulting their intelligence.

In that same vein, one that I liked a lot was Soupy Sales. Fairly edgy, and a lot of the jokes were definitely adult, and over our young heads. I don't know how widely he was distributed; the PV had the flavor of a locally-produced show.

Now Soupy came on before or after Engineer Bill, a local (L.A.) production centered around a train layout, sponsored by a model train shop. Dad bought my first trains from my insistence on having the trains like on the show, which were American Flyer and not the more popular Lionel. When the show ended after a couple of ill-considered format changes in the mid-'60s, Bill (Stella) became a stock broker. Why do I know this? Turned out my first wife was a cousin.

 

[Writer61]

It's hard to pick just one show, so here's a selection:
- Thunderbirds (as already mentioned)
- Blue Peter (a kids magazine programme)
- Camberwick Green + Trumpton + Chigley (stop-motion animation)
- Dr Who (Pertwee & Baker eras)
- Tomorrow's World (science programme)
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (BBC version with Alec Guiness as Smiley)
- Yes, Minister + Yes, Prime Minister (comedy)
- House of Cards (BBC version with Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart)
- Not The Nine O'clock News (sketch comedy)
- The Young Ones (comedy)
- Spitting Image (topical comedy with puppets)
- The West Wing
- Twin Peaks

 

[sirhugs]

The Jetson's, Brady Bunch, Wiseguy, Twin Peaks, Airwolf, just to name a few

there is some great Jetson's fanfic on Lit.

 

[saintcero]

I tolerated Howdy Doody, Captain Kangaroo and a small bit of Mickey Mouse but the only one that fond would apply to is Loonie Tunes. Better add The Lone Ranger, Maverick and The Green Hornet to the list. TGH was my first exposure to Bruce Lee. He immediately captured my attention.

 

[Bloodandglitter]

there is some great Jetson's fanfic on Lit.

Oh god really?

 

[Lifestyle66]

The original "Star Trek" on Friday evenings, and all of the Sean Connery James Bond movies when they were released in theaters. And when dad wasn't working in the evenings, the TV would be on "Gunsmoke", "The Rifleman", and "Have Gun Will Travel".

 

[Duleigh]

Night Court
Probably the last, and the greatest sitcom on TV and so much better than the weak, lame attempt to revive it in recent years.

Night Court starred comedian/magician Harry Anderson as young, brash judge Harold T. Stone, beautiful Markie Post as Kristine Sullivan the public defender, hilarious John Larroquette as the lecherous prosecutor Dan Fielding, and huge Richard Moll as the bailiff Bull Shannon. The show was side splitting funny, a slice of American life in the 1980s without being the preachy dreck we're subjected to today. Humor when funny was at its high point. The show is set in the night shift of a Manhattan Criminal Court filled with hookers and petty criminals. Political correctness and woke nonsense be damned! Night Court was on Thursday nights on NBC along with Family Ties, Cheers, and the Cosby Show. Make some popcorn because NOBODY went anywhere on Thursdays with a lineup like that.

It was entertainment that no longer happens.

 

[vanmyers86]

I don't think I've seen Frasier mentioned, and I still enjoy watching it. One of the best-written shows of my youth!