What Were Your Fave TV Shows When Growing Up?

Updated on August 06, 2011
M.M. asks from Santa Monica, CA
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What shows did you or your family watch while growing up?
Oldies but goodies:
Happy Days
The Love Boat
Laverne & Shirley
Magnum P.I.
Taxi
Fantasy Island
The Waltons
Eight is Enough
Three's Company
I'm sure there were more but I can't think of them. Hopefully, you can!

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S.G.

answers from Dallas on

Out of this World
Alf
Magnum P.I.
Dallas
Family Ties
Land of the Lost
Wonder Woman
St. Else Where
Charlies Angels
Doogie Howser
Tom and Jerry
Gimmie A Break
227
Different Strokes
Dynasty (My all time favorite for the wardrobe.)

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V.C.

answers from Dallas on

Romper Room
Mr. Peppermint
Cap't Kangaroo
The Rifleman
Lost in Space
Dark Shadows
Sump'n Else
The Munsters
Bewitched
American Bandstand
Gilligan's Island
Dobie Gillus (sp)

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M.M.

answers from Tampa on

I was an 80's-90s child...

Family Ties, Growing Pains, Knots Landing (with Mom), ABC specials, DeGrassi High, Falcon's Crest (with Mom), Full House, Facts of Life, Golden Girls, Who's the Boss, Moonlighting, Perfect Strangers, Doogie Howser, Wonder Years, Mr. Ed, Punky Brewster, more I can't remember!

Smurfs, Inspector Gadget, Dungeons and Dragons, She-Ra, He-Man, Snorks, The Littles, Gummi Bears, TMNT, The Popples, The Floppy Dogs, My Little Ponies, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, ABC Saturday morning cartoon specials, more I'm sure

Thank you for those who reminded me of many more LOL

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A.H.

answers from Portland on

When I was a pre-teen:
Roseanne (I loved Darlene)
Three's Company
Gilligan's Island (I had a crush on Gilligan)
Invader Zim
Daria
Happy Days
Different Strokes

As a child:
Hey Arnold
Catdog
Ahh real monsters
Care bears
Eureka's Castle
RIchard Scarry's busy town
Fraggle Rock! Loved that series!
Dinosaurs! I loved baby sinclair "Not the Momma" haha

There's more but like you I just can't think of them

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K.M.

answers from Chicago on

Sailor Moon and Fraggle Rock!
Oh lets not forget Kids Inc. & Mickey M. Club

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C.M.

answers from San Francisco on

I also grew up in the '80s, but loved syndicated TV that was on when I was growing up:
Eight is Enough
The Monkees
WKRP
Mork and Mindy
Six Million Dollar Man
The Muppet Show
CHiPs
Pink Panther (Cartoon)
Charlie's Angels
Good Times
Bionic Woman

Other Shows:
Knight Rider
Strawberry Shortcake
Price is Right
Animaniacs (as a teen)
She-Ra
He-Man
Fantasy Island
Facts of Life (Loved Jo)
Press Your Luck
21 Jump Street
A Different World
Muppet Babies
Garfield and Friends
My Little Pony
Voltron
Woody Woodpecker
Quantum Leap

I could go on and on... :)

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B.C.

answers from Dallas on

I am 28 and loved Flipper, Mr. Ed, Get Smart, Dragnet, The Smurfs, Care Bears, Pinwheels, Mr. Rogers, The Elephant Show, Eurekas Castle, The Popples... Oh I could go on and on!
Oh, and Punky Brewster! I went as her for 3 Halloweens in a row!
Pippy Longstocking...

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S.T.

answers from Kansas City on

mickey M. clubhouse, the one from the 80's and 90's, smurfs, The Real Ghostbusters, Out of this World, Alf, and i think Strawberry Shortcake, oh yeah...and Night Rider and McGyver

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3.B.

answers from Cleveland on

Oh so many!!
I loved:
Knight Rider
Fame
Solid Gold
Mork and Mindy
Silver Spoons
Puttin on the Hits

I also loved wrestling lol. I had to fight to stay awake to watch saturday night's main event!
And then cartoons:
Thunder cats
He-Man
Smurfs
Snorks
Voltron

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K.C.

answers from Los Angeles on

Brady Bunch
Cosby Show
Growing Pains
Who's the Boss
Family Ties
Wonder Years
Punky Brewster
Facts of Life
Diff'rent Strokes
Price is Right

And when I was a little bit older, Cheers & Saturday Night Live

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E.S.

answers from Dayton on

Punky Brewster
Webster
Different Strokes
Remington Steele (watched w/ my mom)
Snorks
Carebears
Get-a-Long Gang
Strawberry Shortcake
He-Man
She-Ra
Thundercats
Real Ghostbusters
TMNT
Batman (the cartoon and the old series w/ Adam West)
Kids Incorporated
Mickey M. Club
Today's Special
You Can't Do That On Television
Pete and Pete
Salute Your Shorts-is that what it was called?
McGyver
Magnum PI
Knight Rider
Brady Bunch
Little House on the Prairie

And more, but I am starting to struggle/repeat what others have mentioned.

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J.W.

answers from Fayetteville on

Six Million Dollar Man..
Bionic Woman
Donnie and Marie
Sonny and Cher
Hee Haw
Wonder Woman
The Dukes of Hazzard
Brady Bunch
The Andy Griffith Show
Bill Cosby
Bugs Bunny
Tom and Jerry
The Smurfs
Pink Panther
The Partridge Family
Just to name a few

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L.S.

answers from San Diego on

I was a kid in the late 60's and 70's - These were some of my favorite shows

Laugh In
Dark Shadows
Outer Limits
Brady Bunch
Friday Night - Midnight Special Rock Shows
Addams Family
Re-Runs - I Love Lucy
American Bandstand
Saturday morning cartoons
Batman
Bewitched
The Munsters
The Monkees
The Partridge Family

So much more than I can remember!

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L.M.

answers from New York on

You're asking us to show our age...
The Waltons
Little House on the Praire
Happy Days
The Love Boat
The Brady Bunch
Miniseries (Roots, The Thorn Birds, North and South)
ABC afterschool specials
Gilligan's Island (very stupid, but the only thing on when you only have 4 channels)
The Facts of Life
Price is Right
Wheel of Fortune

Cartoons -
Scooby Doo

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M.R.

answers from Chicago on

Mork and mindy
Facts of life
Who's the boss
Golden girls
Night court
Mash
Family ties
Knight rider lol
WKRP in Cinncinatti
Thirtysomething
Mamas family
Wonder women
Incredible hulk
Double trouble
A team lol
China beach
Perfect strangers
Moonlighting
Different strokes
Cosby show
Rosanne

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J.C.

answers from Cleveland on

Oh, gosh. Well, I'm old, so no one will recognize my favorites! I loved Dark Shadows (I believe they did a remake of it in the 80s) and Big Valley.

Julie L. - The show was Welcome Back Kotter.

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J.L.

answers from San Diego on

Im 54, mine was the Brady Bunch, but I did watch The Love Boat, Still watch the Waltons and Little House on the prarie, Three's company, Barretta, Starsky and Hutch, Eight is Enough, The Fitzpatricks, James at 15, Family, Parteidge Family, David Cassidy Man Undercover, 21 Jump Street, The White Shadow, The show with the sweat Hogs, can't remember the name. J.

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C.C.

answers from Philadelphia on

The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
Brady Brunch
Eight is Enough
The Waltons
The Cosby Show ( I was in my late teens I think)
Scooby Doo

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J.L.

answers from Los Angeles on

Monkey (a Japanese show), Dr Who, The Goodies, The Magic Roundabout, Kimba the White Lion.

A.J.

answers from Williamsport on

Little House on the Prairie! Love Boat. Fantasy Island, Dukes of Hazard, ABC After School Specials, Gilligan's Island.

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