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

[AchtungNight]

Anyone mentioned MASH or Get Smart yet? I enjoyed staying up late in the 1990s to catch those on Nick at Nite. Had the biggest crush on 99 and was so jealous of Hawkeye’s success with ladies. Also enjoyed Highlander, Hercules, and Xena in the same era. Didn’t really know much about lesbians when I first watched the latter show, but when I found out what they were, lots of things about Xena and Gabrielle suddenly took on new meaning. Heh.

 

[CuriousInAR78]

Alf or Perfect Strangers

 

[ChloeTzang]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
My Little Pony

We didn't have cable or satellite, no TV channels at all. I got to watch Buffy at my bf's house. Everything else was DVD's......or online

 

[RoperTrace]

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

Nice list, loved your 50's shows. Sky King and Sea Hunt were classics. I'd add Rin Tin Tin, Flicka, The Lone Ranger, and a Cartoon special with Sally Starr as the host, where Popeye was often the feature.

 

[ericalauren]

Step by Step, Family Matters, Sister Sister, Full House… so many!

 

[tugger1987]

My childhood was all about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers, also special mention for Hurricanes (think I must have been the only one to watch this)

 

[sirhugs]

Buffy is the best x

though it is not from my youth, I'd rank Supernatural right up there.

 

[sirhugs]

I'd say The Brady Bunch, but that might get me banned

 

[sirhugs]

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.

If you like the Flintstones, check out the Bedrock Bedrooms story series.

 

[iwatchus]

I'd say The Brady Bunch, but that might get me banned

Surely there is some incest Brady Bunch fanfic somewhere on here.

 

[sirhugs]

Surely there is some incest Brady Bunch fanfic somewhere on here.

pretty sure that all the bunch except the parents were underage, thus would breach Lit's "aging up" rule.
Not saying it hasn't been done, here or elsewhere, but it ought to at least squick us a little bit (but I can't get "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha" out of my brain. )
Squick alert, I was right:

https://classic.literotica.com/s/the-amorous-brady-bunch-ch-1
https://classic.literotica.com/s/the-amorous-brady-bunch-ch-2

and others... sigh

 

[SimonDoom]

Speed Racer, of course.

 

[RoperTrace]

If you like the Flintstones, check out the Bedrock Bedrooms story series.

On your stories list?

 

[RoperTrace]

Buffy is the best x

My nephew, Danny Woodburn guest starred as a demon on Buffy, season 4; not sure but I think he may have also appeared on Supernatural. He also managed to appear with David Boreanaz on Bones and Angel. My nephew was a regular on lots of the SciFi type shows.

 

[MelanieShaman]

MASH

I do a total rewatch every few years.

 

[SimonDoom]

One of the best detective shows ever--maybe THE best detective show--was Columbo in the 1970s. The format of the show was unique because it wasn't a "whodunit." The murderer was always revealed to the audience at the beginning of the episode. It then became a cat and mouse game where Columbo inevitably would figure out how to get the murderer to incriminate himself or herself. Peter Falk was great as Columbo, and the show featured a lot of well known actors who would play the murderers from one episode to the next. Leonard Nimoy played a murderous surgeon. Dick Van Dyke played a killer photographer. The writing was smart, and sometimes funny. Steven Spielberg directed an episode in 1971 before he was famous.

 

[PennyThompson]

One of the best detective shows ever--maybe THE best detective show--was Columbo in the 1970s. The format of the show was unique because it wasn't a "whodunit." The murderer was always revealed to the audience at the beginning of the episode. It then became a cat and mouse game where Columbo inevitably would figure out how to get the murderer to incriminate himself or herself. Peter Falk was great as Columbo, and the show featured a lot of well known actors who would play the murderers from one episode to the next. Leonard Nimoy played a murderous surgeon. Dick Van Dyke played a killer photographer. The writing was smart, and sometimes funny. Steven Spielberg directed an episode in 1971 before he was famous.

Poker Face is basically a spiritual remake of Columbo, the murders and motives are usually shown on screen from the beginning!

And then Natasha Leone does a shlubby mumbly Columbo impression as she untangles the who/what/why, but the justice is usually more karmic than legal

 

[iwatchus]

One of the best detective shows ever--maybe THE best detective show--was Columbo in the 1970s. The format of the show was unique because it wasn't a "whodunit." The murderer was always revealed to the audience at the beginning of the episode. It then became a cat and mouse game where Columbo inevitably would figure out how to get the murderer to incriminate himself or herself. Peter Falk was great as Columbo, and the show featured a lot of well known actors who would play the murderers from one episode to the next. Leonard Nimoy played a murderous surgeon. Dick Van Dyke played a killer photographer. The writing was smart, and sometimes funny. Steven Spielberg directed an episode in 1971 before he was famous.

It was originally three rotating detective shows. MacMillan and Wife was one of the others and the one with Dennis Weaver. Something else I watched with my father.

 

[Ian_Snow]

Ah, my beloved Co-Ed Confidential. How I miss it so.

 

[iwatchus]

MASH

I do a total rewatch every few years.

I have associations with MASH and this site because I had a story that was set in spring of 83 and I realized that the family would have a tie to the show.
I looked up the schedule and the finale was on right at an important part of the story, so that got incorporated into the story. I think it ended up working well, but it was complete serendipity. I had not planned that part of the story at all.

 

[dirk2024]

I did enjoy the Rockford File. It was a fun and engaging show.

 

[MrPixel]

MacMillan and Wife

I'll admit to having "a thing" for Susan Saint James.

 

[Fatdog25]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned two classics that fit right in here...

Dark Shadows and Peyton Place

 

[SandraMaus]

I really really loved .... but instead of saying the Name I suggest we sing the title song together I start and you just jump in
Dashing and daring...

 

[zysmith]

F-Troop