While watching TV with his children in the early 1970s, he found shows like The Partridge Family "were all false. With a few reboots and sequels in the works-lookin' at you, Fresh Prince reboot-maybe streaming services can bring all these back, too? Fingers crossed.Television 50 years ago, 'The Electric Company' used comedy to boost kids' reading skillsĬhristopher Sarson tells NPR two forces influenced his vision for Zoom. These are the shows that earned their status as classics, and there are some on here that deserved even more attention than they got. The same goes for if you're just discovering these shows for the first time: I've collated the best picks so you can skip the mediocre stuff and go straight to the gold. It was magical.Īnyways (*comes out of ancient-person reverie*).The point is, tons of these shows are available if you're dying to relive your questionable fashion (look up "old Delia's catalog" and you'll find a picture of me), cinematic '90s beauty choices (oh my god, blue eyeshadow), some incredible '90s music, or important teenagery drama that now feels delightfully silly. Also, pre-Internet: Spoilers what? Imagine watching a show and having zero clue what was about to happen. We were getting shows that pushed the boundaries of what was considered "normal"-like Twin Peaks and even Will and Grace-and a new focus on the ~actually~ compelling inner lives of teens, like My So-Called Life and Freaks and Geeks.īecause there was no such thing as streaming, you had to either record your fave programs on a VCR or watch it live-yes, I am old, why do you ask? TV was such a communal experience because you all knew exactly what you'd be watching and at what time. Has TV ever been as good as it was in the 1990s (or the guys as cute as '90s boys were)? Nope, definitely not-from Clarissa Explains It All to Goosebumps (hello, my childhood), to shows we were too young for ( Seinfeld and Friends, I watched you in secret!), it was a great time to turn on the television.
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