Fun fact: Pamela Anderson was a recurring cast member in the first two seasons, which launched the start of her career. The always great Fran Drescher became a household name by playing a Jewish "fashion queen" from Queens who becomes a nanny to three upper-class, New York British kids. The show was developed by Drescher and her husband at the time Peter Marc Jacobson and is based on her experience growing up in Queens, with characters based on real people in her life.
The comedy is light-hearted but has a way of tackling serious topics at the same time, courtesy of the very wise Mr. Feeny, played by the now year-old William Daniels. While some episodes are steeped in the '90s with mentions of curtained hair, younger fans will still be able to laugh and relate to the characters and main topics. A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier became one of the most critically acclaimed sitcoms of all time, winning a total of 37 Emmys through its year run.
The series follows the life of psychiatrist-turned-radio advice show host Frasier Crane, played by the always remarkable Kelsey Grammer, as he reconnects with his family and makes new friends.
The show takes place in Seattle, which is about as far away from Boston as one could get, but clearly, it was the right choice to let Dr.
Crane shine. The science-fiction drama centers around Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, two FBI agents investigating paranormal-related cases, and it is clearly worth catching. After a nine-season run following its first premiere in , The X-Files concluded; however, in , a successful revival led executives to work on a previously unplanned eleventh season, which aired in The show continues to be a mainstay of pop culture as fans relish the comradery between Mulder and Scully as they crack the most occult cases.
It aired in the '90s, but it's obviously all about the '70s. To this day, critics lament the premature cancellation of Freaks and Geeks after a single season. This is also a must-watch for music lovers since its rock-heavy soundtrack features hits from Van Halen, Joan Jett, The Who, and more. The cartoon sitcom uses four fictional boys to explore a range of topics defining the world of today and to remind us of the mischief and innocence that childhood brings.
Profanity and dark humor lead to a lot of laughs. To this day, over 25 years from the end of the first and only season of My So-Called Life , fans are upset about the cliffhanger ending. The show follows the lives of a set of teenagers—notably played by Claire Danes and Jared Leto, among others—who live in the suburbs near Pittsburgh. Show creator Winnie Holzman expected ABC to pick up a second season, which never happened, despite critical acclaim and receiving multiple major award nominations including Danes winning the Golden Globe for her performance in the series.
Ellen follows an erratic bookstore owner as she navigates eccentric friendships, family members, and daily life in sunny LA; and the show introduced Ellen DeGeneres to mainstream America. Ellen has earned its spot on TV's best-of canon after becoming the first US series with the main character to come out as gay with "The Puppy Episode", which aired shortly after DeGeneres decided to come out in real life.
Five siblings, ranging in age from one to 24, are forced to fend for themselves and take over the family restaurant after their parents get killed in a car crash. The show follows the siblings as they deal with their new responsibilities, the effects of parental loss, and substance abuse.
A reboot on Freeform just wrapped up with a similar premise: five siblings must learn to take care of themselves after their parents get deported to Mexico.
Wit is the name of the game on this NBC sitcom about the personal and professional travails of a New York AM news radio station's staff. Episodes often satirize pop culture events or take a surreal turn, like setting the cast onboard the Titanic. In a total of 97 episodes with farcical storylines, often playing off a satirical take on pop culture, news, and historical events, the show presented a laugh-out-loud way to take in current events.
An extraterrestrial family is sent to Earth, which they deem an "insignificant" planet, to observe human behavior. Everyday events and emotions like just the sensation of sneezing become humorous ordeals for the alien family as they navigate our quotidian social customs and culture while getting used to their human forms. The premise might sound weird, but it will certainly tickle your fancy as early as season one.
Melissa Joan Hart plays Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with a big secret which is that—you guessed it—she is a teenage witch. In addition to jamming out to No Doubt and Britney Spears, Sabrina also has to deal with magical spells gone awry, family secrets, and failing her test for her witch's permit.
As cherished as Hart's character was, fans still fondly remember Sabrina's year-old aunts, Hilda and Zelda, and her talking cat, Salem.
Where to stream it today: Amazon, Google Play, Sling. Friends , in particular, is often associated with changing the sitcom landscape. According to an article from the A. The show remains relatable to a broad demographic. As the name suggests, Friends was built upon the idea of friendship.
There was no need for an authority figure, and all six of the main characters were equal in their roles, a concept also seen in the show Living Single. Teenage centered tv-shows were also widely popular. Boy Meets World and Saved by the Bell gained traction among young audiences.
Boy Meets World , a show following the life of Cory Matthews, begins with Cory as a sixth grader and follows his life up until college. Young audiences could identify with the show as it centered around love, friendship, and general life lessons every teenager goes through at one point or another. An indelible image of the '90s: Sarah Michelle Gellar -- Buffy -- with her blond hair glistening and her big blue eyes steely, aiming a crossbow at a vampire's heart with utter composure and purpose.
This was girl power. Oddly, its liberating urban-neurotic nastiness made it the most beloved, and most quoted "No soup for you!
The Rube Goldberg-structured plots, in which Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer invariably were strangled in their own web of lies, achieved an astonishingly consistent level of hilarity. And the four characters were case studies in arrested development. Lazy, whiny and self-centered, they were wish-fulfillment fantasies -- oh, to be irresponsible! Premiering as a weekly series on Jan. It was, and remains, the standard-bearer for TV satire. Of course, watching "The Simpsons" centuries from now, those future civilizations may well assume that humans used to be banana yellow, with Ping Pong balls for eyes and big blue hair.
Let 'em: That's a prank worthy of Bart. Tripping spacily through the door "The Simpsons" opened, Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butt-head" threw raunch and rudeness into the mix and sparked dozens of worried essays about the "dumbing down" of American culture. Little did the pundits know that Judge's endearingly silly -- and, in their own way, culturally astute -- couch potatoes would soon pave the way for the even more outrageous, rude, silly, astute and potty-mouthed "South Park.
She said "potty. At its finest, "Homicide" was the most uncompromising police drama on the air. That resulted to the decline of quality family time. At this moment, writers and producers were more free to experiment with their own material, and went to think out of the box to create shows that would certainly etch the minds of the viewers. Medical and medical-mystery dramas also came to the fore during this decade, with popular shows like Diagnostic Murder, ER and Chicago Hope gaining new fans of the TV genre.
Beverly Hills , a drama series about the lives of affluent teenagers in Beverly Hills, kick-started the teen soap genre. Although the animated sitcom The Simpsons debuted in , it was considered as one of the milestones of s television. The successful series Walker, Texas Ranger , which stars Chuck Norris, became notable as one of the last Westerns to be produced for television. Game shows on the primetime slot became a hot trend towards the end of the decade, popularized by Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Although reality TV was still in its infancy during the s, this gave a strong indication that it would become dominant in the next decade. It ran for nine seasons , won 11 Emmys, and became a cultural phenomenon.
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