When I was young my fav TV shows were...

[Ariel Wanna-be]

When I was a tween, I loved the show "McGuyver". So last Christmas, I ordered DS10 the first season on DVD, thinking that would be right up his alley.

I have created a monster! He is a complete McGuyver freak! He's also gotten all his friends hooked on it too...they'll come over and say "Let's watch Mac!"

 

[wardfamily1]

These were all mentioned already!!!!
We are a pack of Couch potatoes!

I Love Lucy
Petticoat Junction
Batman
Hazel
Bewitched
Love American Style
Our Gang Comedies
The Banana Splits
HR Puffenstuff
The Monroes (forgot about that one)
Love, American Style
That Girl
The Wonderful World of Disney
Winky Dink (I know somebody who didnt always use the 'Magic Screen')
Abbot and Costello
Sonny & Cher
munsters
bewitched
Laugh IN
Green acres
Ed Sullivan
Andy Williams
Dean Martin
Smothers Brothers
Danny Kaye
Jackie Gleason
Laugh-In
The Mothers-In-Law (Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard) I wish they put this out on DVD!
Patty Duke show (identical cousins!!)
Twilight Zone
Ben Casey (they play this theme song ALOT in Disney Studios )
Red Skelton......My all time FAVORITE!


Ones I didnt see listed

Casper The Friendly Ghost
Beany & Cecil (I still have my talking Beany doll)
Danny Kaye (I Victoria)
Carol Burnett
Dragnet
Captain Kangaroo
GUMBY

...and of course JOHNNY CARSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STILL THE BEST

WOW, that's a lot of favorite shows DISUNC, Jim Carrey's character in Cable Guy wasn't modeled after you was he?

 

[wardfamily1]

Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Little House on the Prairie

I also looked forward to Saturday night TV all week with:

Love Boat
Fantasy Island

I'd always look ahead at the TV guide to see who the guests were going to be.

 

[DISUNC]

WOW, that's a lot of favorite shows DISUNC, Jim Carrey's character in Cable Guy wasn't modeled after you was he?

AND this was before vcr & dvr's!!!!!...and only 3 channels
I swear there was MORE to watch then...then we have now with 300 channels

OK I am Offically a OLD GEEZER now!

 

[wdwgirl03]

When I was younger, my favorite show was...Full House!!! Heck, it still is my favorite show! I own all 8 seasons on DVD...LOL.

I also liked a bunch of stuff on Nickelodeon like Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, etc.

 

[HunnyPots]

WOW! Some of you are OLD!
It's ok, so am I!

The first shows I remember watching on a regular basis were The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, Friday night on ABC. That was the best night of the week! I also remember liking Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newheart, and Room 222 (anybody remember that one?).

We only had 5 channels but TV was so much better back then!

 

[breezy1077]

The **** Van **** Show (self edited - beat 'em to the punch)
Bewitched
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Barney Miller - I don't think that one's been mentioned yet
All in the Family
Green Acres
Gilligan's Island
Brady Bunch
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (yes folks, I'm a geek)
Jacques Cousteau (sp?)
Star Trek
Wonderful World of Disney
Fantasy Island
the Electric Company
Get Smart
Batman (with Adam West)
Wonder Woman

 

[MUFFYCAT]

I Love Lucy
Petticoat Junction
Love American Style
Our Gang Comedies
That Girl
Bewitched
Laugh In
Dean Martin Celedbrity Roasts
The Mothers-In-Law
Patty Duke show
Casper The Friendly Ghost
Carol Burnett
Dragnet
Marcus Welby
Medical Center
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob NewHart
Romper Room
Munsters
Brady Bunch
All in the Family



thanks for the start Disunc. I wouldn't have remember them all.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

WOW! Some of you are OLD!
It's ok, so am I!

The first shows I remember watching on a regular basis were The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, Friday night on ABC. That was the best night of the week! I also remember liking Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newheart, and Room 222 (anybody remember that one?).

We only had 5 channels but TV was so much better back then!

I forgot about that one! I loved that show with Karen Valentine
also liked Welcome Back Kotter

 

[WDWBarb]

Just remembered another one - Square Pegs!!

Watching it right now on DVD

 

[CindyKansas]

I am "old" so it seems. I remember that while I was in grade school we loved to watch "Star Trek", "I Dream Jeannie", "Daniel Boone", "Flintstones", "Beverly Hillbillies" all in glorious black and white. We didn't get a colored tv until 1972.

 

[starrzone]

I've already posted but I was thinking of a couple shows I used to watch when I was a kid (80s):

Square 1 (1987- 1992)
321 Contact (1980- 1992)
Polka Dot Door (1971- 1993)
Today's Special (1981- 1987)

The last 2 anyway are Canadian shows...I was wondering if anyone else ever watched them. Today's Special was one of my favorites; we even had the "soundtrack" on cassette lol! My very first crush was on Jeff when I was 6..I saw him live in a parade once and I was SOOOO happy! I can still hear "Polkaroo!" when I think of the Polka Dot Door lol! They really don't make shows like those any more!

I LOVED Square 1...this is the description of the show on IMDB: "In this sketch comedy series for preteens, principles of mathematics are presented through parody and music videos...". I was such a geek...maybe that's why I want to be a teacher lol...

 

[vegasnative]

OMG, how could I forget Fame! The world would stop when that came on! I loved it when Debbie Allen used to stop her stick down on the ground, that sounds a little odd, but it's true. I still have the Fame 'album' soundtrack. I have it on album and cassette, which is really sad because I have no way to play either! I loved Fame so much that in 4th grade I used to wear leg warmers to school. I thought I was so cool with my maroon leg warmers!

 

[vegasnative]

Also, I lived in England for a stretch and there were some shows there that I don't know if they came on in the US, I don't think they did, but maybe there are a few English people reading this thread.
I can't remember the name of the TV show itself, but the guy was called Worzel Gummage and his head would turn and twist off I think? Also, Grange Hill, it was about school kids. There was another one where a guy went in a phone booth and that was his travel machine. Then of course "It's a Knockout." That was my favorite English show. I broke my shoulder one day and I didn't want to go to the hospital until that was over!!

 

[cybrkitn]

The first shows I remember watching on a regular basis were The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, Friday night on ABC. That was the best night of the week!

Friday's were the best in the 80's as well. It was "The" day to catch all the best shows!

Some of you reminded me of a few others that I can't believe I missed! Especially Doctor Who! I also watched Silver Spoons, Happy Days and a few other 80's shows that were mentioned.