Sep 24, 1997 ¡ Dharma & Greg: Created by Chuck Lorre, Dottie Dartland Zicklin. With Jenna Elfman, Thomas Gibson, Joel Murray, Mimi Kennedy. A free-spirited yoga instructor finds true love in a conservative lawyer and they get married on the first date. Though they are polar opposites, he fulfills her need of stability and she fulfills his need of optimism.
A 90's take on "The Brady Bunch" with Suzanne Somers as a divorced mother of three (two girls and a boy) who suddenly marries a widowed father of three (two boys and a girl), played by Patrick Duffy. 16. Boy Meets World (1993â2000) TV-G | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Family. 8.1.
Mar 31, 2020 ¡ During the '90s, NBC aired shows aimed at teens in a Saturday morning block called TNBC. One of the shows featured was Hang Time (1995-2000)âa Saved by the Bell ripoff about a group of high school basketball players. Daniella Deutscher starred as Julie, the boys team's sole girl player. Given that the show was six seasons long, there's some ...
Aug 25, 2014 ¡ Here, then, is a ranking of the top 90 shows of the 1990s. 90. Murder, She Wrote. Years: 1984-1996 A favorite of the âsenior citizen solves mysteriesâ genre in the same vein as Columbo, Murder ...
After crooked cop Lieutenant "Dutch" Dixon kills his girlfriend and frames him for murder, Reno Raines escapes from jail and goes on the run. Teaming up with Bobby Sixkiller and Cheyenne Phillips, Reno works as a bounty hunter while searching for the only man who can clear his name. â Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>
During the series, Lorenzo Lamas was actually married to co-star Kathleen Kinmont.
By what name was Renegade (1992) officially released in India in English?
The Lawrence brothers were a big deal in the '90s. Joey Lawrence had Blossom. Matthew Lawrence had Boy Meets World and Mrs. Doubtfire. Youngest brother Andrew Lawrence was a child star and voiced a character on Recess. So, perhaps it's no surprise that one point all three ended up starring in a series together.
Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, and Elisa Donovan came back as Dionne, Murray, and Amber, respectively, but Alicia Silverstone was replaced by Rachel Blanchard as Cher. Clueless survived for three seasons on TV, from 1996 to 1999.
The Parent 'Hood is a comedy that stars Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglas as married couple living in a very big house for New York City with their two teenagers and two younger children. Like many family shows of the time, it features life lessons about violence, dropping out of school, and more.
Then you're picturing the right show. American Gladiators aired from 1989 to 1996 and involved contestants facing off against each other and the show's resident "Gladiators" (who had stage names like Nitro, Sabre, and Turbo) in a series of stunts in order to win money.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993-1998) stars Jane Seymour as a woman who moves to the wild west to heal people, find love, and prove herself as a physician.
The NBC comedy Caroline in the City (1995-1999) stars Lea Thompson as a successful cartoonist, Caroline, with a love life that's all over the place. She and her colorist, Richard ( Malcolm Gets ), have a thing for each other and can never get the timing right.
Like The Pretender, Profiler aired as part of NBC's "Thrillogy" block from 1996 to 2000. In fact, there were multiple crossover episodes between the two shows. Profiler centers on a forensic psychologist, Sam ( Ally Walker ), who can put herself in the psyches of criminals, which really comes in handy in her profession.
Years: 1986-1993#N#A pretty progressive show when it began in the late â80s, Designing Women is about the interpersonal relationships and business dealings of a group of young women running an interior design firm. Running back to back with Murphy Brown for CBS during much of its run, it was thematically similar in its strong, opinionated female characters. Unusually, there was also a single, black male character in the officeâalthough the show still fell into the racial trap of making him an ex-con (even if it was a crime he didnât commit). It could be a topical comedy at times, with episodes about issues such as AIDS and spousal abuse, but itâs perhaps best remembered today for the angry, in-your-face speeches delivered by Dixie Carterâs character Julia. Itâs pretty over-the-top stuff.
Years: 1991- 1995#N#Before Mayim Bialik was sucked into the CBS comedy void that is The Big Bang Theory, she was the early â90s star of Blossom. The story of a precocious teenager growing up with her musician father and annoying brothers, she became an icon as the âgoofy girlâ with weird fashion, particularly the big, floppy hats that became her calling card. Today, the show is often remembered as one of the leading innovators of the âvery special episodeâ format, which was already well established by shows such as Diffârent Strokes but expanded into an art form by Blossom. Examples on Blossom include the time her best friend Six (thatâs her name, yes) is dating an older man who turns out to be married, or the traumatic occasion of Blossomâs first period. Sometimes it seemed like every other Blossom episode was âvery special.â
Years: 1998-2003#N#The late 1990s saw a large boom in the teen drama subgenre, of which Dawsonâs Creek was certainly one of the prototypical examples. It was very much in the same vein as some of its contemporaries, with a cast of attractive young kids, although it was set apart somewhat by its pretty New England surroundings. The scripts by series creator Kevin Williamson caught some early flack before the series had even premiered for their perceived âracinessâ and frank discussion of teen sexuality, but time has been kind to memories of the showâs legacy. And James Van Der Beek of course remains a total dreamboat to this day.
Years: 1990-2010#N#Law & Order, the show that ran for 456 episodes and spawned no fewer than four additional spin-offs in its wake. The original is of course the best and most classic of the series, one of the all-time influential police procedurals/court shows and one of the longest-running live action series of all timeâit practically made the faces of Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterson synonymous with the show. It stayed relevant when it could by writing episodes structured around court cases that had just been in the headlines, and the characters built such legacies that they became ripe for parody. Case in point: Waterson appeared as a âcompensated endorserâ on one of the greatest SNL parody commercials of the 1990s, using his serious persona to shill for âOld Glory Robot Insurance.â
Saved by the Bell. Years: 1989-1993. The definitive high school sitcom of the early 1990s, Saved by the Bell reflects the day-glo colors of the era perfectly. As a central character, Zack Morris is like a slightly preppier version of Ferris Bueller, a schemer and philanderer with no shortage of friends.
Years: 1997-present#N#The South Park of the 1990s was quite a different show from the one it grew into over the years. In its earliest episodes, it was absolutely committed to raising as much controversy as possible, which was certainly a success in terms of media coverage alone. But the main characters were also quite a bit differentâStan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman were more innocent characters back then, truly childlike in many ways, less mature and grizzled from the insane experiences of living in their âquiet mountain town.â The early episodes are focused much tighter on those central characters as well, while just beginning to dip into pop culture parody (such as âChinpokomonâ) and episodes dedicated to supporting characters (such as âThe Succubusâ). The â90s show hadnât quite grown to its full potential, but itâs still easy to miss some of these character-driven stories compared to 2014 South Park, which so often dedicates whole episodes to Trey Parker and Matt Stoneâs opinions on a single trend, celebrity, film or limited subject matter.
It was a decade of wholesome family sitcoms and subversive cartoons that flew under the radar and straight into cult fame. Sincerity seemed to rule the airwaves as the â90s opened, gradually replaced by a sense of cynical, defeatist satire as the decade progressed.
The big joke for much of the showâs run was that titular Coach Hayden Fox (Craig T. Nelson) couldnât deal with the burgeoning romantic life of his daughter, Kelly, a student at the college where he worked. Another gag that got old quickly but persisted throughout Coach âs nine-season run: the endless goofiness of Bill Fagerbakkeâs Dauber Dybinski. Incredibly, Nelson won an Emmy in 1992 for his performance. These days, heâs keeping busy by appearing on Glenn Beckâs Fox News show to rant about how he isnât paying taxes anymore. Watch a clip of the show in its heyday here.
The limitations of this show were pretty clear from the get-go: Dharma (Jenna Elfman ) and Greg (Thomas Gibson) get married on their first date. Of course, it turns out that theyâre polar opposites â sheâs a ditzy hippie with no inhibitions, while heâs an uptight lawyer with unlimited potential for embarrassment. For five seasons, four of which saw the show attracting over 12 million viewers (to put that in perspective, 30 Rock is lucky to get half that), the plot was pretty much one variation on that theme after another. Meanwhile, Elfman racked up three Emmy nominations for her performance as TVâs ultimate Manic Pixie Dream Wife.
The show followed the lives of ultimate â90s yuppie couple Jamie and Paul Buchman, played by Helen Hunt (aka the poor manâs Jodie Foster) and Paul Reiser (aka the man who coined the term âcouplehoodâ). As far as we can remember, they didnât do much besides hang out in bed, roll their eyes over their crazy family members, and look on helplessly as their stupid dog, Murray, constantly ran into the wall. Mad About You ran for seven seasons, with Hunt and Reiser each making $1 million per episode by the final season.
As one of our co-workers noted, Daveâs World, which ran for four seasons between 1993 and 1997, was basically Everybody Loves Raymond version 1.0. Based on Dave Barryâs insufferably folksy, never funny syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald, it starred Harry Anderson as a newspaper writer and family man. His skirt-chasing editor, Kenny, is supposed to serve as comic relief â but the only thing that continues to make us laugh about the show are the terrible hairstyles. Werenât mullets over by the mid-â90s?
What it was about: This fantasy-comedy series follows Ned, a pie maker who can bring dead things back to life with a simple touch. If he fails to "kill" them with the same touch within a minute, someone else will die. But it gets really complicated when he brings a murder victim back to life and decides to let her live.
Rachel Bilson and Wilson Bethel in "Hart of Dixie.". The CW. Seasons: 4 (2011-2015) What it was about: Dr. Zoe Hart, played by Rachel Bilson, moves from a busy city to a rural Alabama town to take up a job in a local practice. Predictably, it's not an easy transition â and high jinx and matters of the heart ensue.
What it was about: "Freaks and Geeks" follows two siblings, Lindsay and Sam, as they attend high school in suburban Michigan. Lindsay's friends are the "freaks," while her younger brother's friends are the "geeks.".
What it was about: Laura Dern plays a woman who goes through a philosophical awakening after the breakdown of her career. The show follows her as she attempts get her life back together.
Their lives begin to intertwine as love, drama, friendship, and family comes to the forefront in the small town of Tree Hill , North Carolina. Why we loved it: "One Tree Hill" was the quintessential high school soap opera that highlighted real-world problems teenagers were facing at the time.
What it was about: Shawn Spencer possesses incredible powers of observation and deduction , and he manages to convince police detectives that he's a psychic. In each episode, he takes on a new case with help from his best friend, Gus.
What it was about: "Good Girls Revolt" is set at a magazine in 1969, just as the women's movement was taking off in the US. A group of hard-working female researchers sue for equal employment rights, claiming the magazine only allowed men to become reporters.
It starred David Groh as Don Gardner, a young businessman who was just getting by financially. His wife, Ginny as played by Joan Hackett was working to help ease the financial burden.
Gibbsville. Gibbsville was a drama set in 1940s Pennsylvania. Jim Malloy (John Savage) was a cub reporter at the Gibbsville Courier, partnered with veteran reporter Ray Whitehead (Gig Young), who is now back at the Courier trying to salvage his career after losing a bout with the bottle.
Emmy award winning actor Dick Van Dyke came back to episodic TV with his series Van Dyke and Company which was really a variety series (which seemed to be all the rage in the 70's) that included singing, dancing and of course, comedy sketches.
Flying High was an adventure show that first took flight on CBS September 29, 1978 and lasted until January 23, 1979. It made it for one season, with 19 episodes filmed, but only 15 actually aired.
Flatbush attempted to be a comedy series. It first aired on CBS on February 26, 1979 and lasted until March 12, 1979. The show followed the adventures of five high school graduates who lived in the middle class neighborhood of Flatbush in New York.
Adam's Rib was a situation comedy that began its run on ABC on September 14, 1973, and lasted until December 28, 1973. It starred Ken Howard as Adam Bonner and Blythe Danner was his wife, Amanda. The show was based on the classic big screen film of the same name that starred Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
Sadly, Teresa died in 2002, at age 54, from injuries sustained in a house fire.