that when it was originally on, or many years ago, you were ambivalent about but NOW YOU JUST LOVE. I have two. The first is Leave It To Beaver. I'm just mad about it now and have been burning it to DVDs from Antenna TV. There are so many things I like about it now. For starters, how nice Wally was, his goony friends who may be creeps but are downright funny (i.e. dumbo Lumpy and brown noser BS artist Eddie). The sensitivity of Ward and June. And of course the Beav himself. I really like that off screen they were close to each other and how appreciative they were about doing the show. None of that whiny boo hoo bullsh** about how it typecast them. And I JUST LOVE how Jerry is such a kick-a*s spokesperson for diabetes and for keeping it tightly controlled. As a mild type 2, he's singing to the choir. (My goal is to keep the progression of the condition glacier like.) I hope I get meet him someday.

My second show is That Girl. Marlo is cute as a button as impish but kind-hearted Ann. And I'm gaga about Don too - the man invented chivalry, The bf every girl dreams of. And of course the charming scenery of my town in the late 60s/early 70s.

Do you have shows like this too, and if you do, what are yours?

I really disliked Full House when it first started but My kids liked it. I thought it was so cheesy! But although I still think that it's still as cheesy as ever I like it! Jodie Sweetin was so cute and talented!Especially when she was very small at the beginning. Not to mention Uncle Jesse! What can I say?:grineyes:

Roseanne and Seinfeld.


Never watched either of these shows on ABC and NBC but after being introduced to the shows in syndication I can't get enough of them:wave:

DIFFERENT STROKES

I never watched it when it was on NBC but now I've started watching it om ANTENNA TV and really like it.

Monk is a good choice for me. I never saw it when it originally aired on USA (no cable), and I didn't know what to make of it at first when MyNetworkTV began airing the reruns. Now I just love it. There's rarely an episode I see that I don't laugh out loud. Tony Shaloub was letter-perfect in the title role.

I'm sure this will be a huge shock to everyone but I can't even remember watching Frasier-ever. I always hated Cheers (I like it now), and when Frasier started, I refused to watch it because I figured it was going to be like Cheers. How wrong I was!

Home Improvement. I remember it being on when I was a kid and I was less than thrilled about watching it when my parents had it on. Years later when it was on Nick At Nite I watched it and got into it and love it.

I never had HBO so I didn't get into Entourage until last year about the same time as the series finale

George Lopez. I dismissed it as a stupid sitcom when it came on ABC without really giving it a chance. I don't think I even watched a single episode before judging it. Then, when it came on N@N, I fell in love with the show and couldn't believe I had missed this gem in its original run!! :)

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I'm sure this will be a huge shock to everyone but I can't even remember watching Frasier-ever. I always hated Cheers (I like it now), and when Frasier started, I refused to watch it because I figured it was going to be like Cheers. How wrong I was!

Same here!!! I didn't hate Cheers I just never could get into it. Then when Frasier started I figured it would be the same. So then Frasier started winning all these Emmys and I thought maybe I should give this show a chance. The funny thing is whenever a Cheers character showed up on Frasier, it was some of the funniest episodes, especially the one where Diane shows up. That episode is hilarious!!!

i didn't like he-man master of the univser cartoon now i love it i used to have the orginal seires ondvd now i wish i never got ride of it for newer reruinsi never saw on their orginal runi wass too young show i been watching parry mason and kojack i been liking the green hornit a lot

I'll go with Mr. Ed. I thought it was just a goofy show, which it is kind of is, but it's funny. That horse had some funny lines. Roseanne is another one. I thought I'd hate it, but loved it when I watched it. Now, I can take or leave it. I don't like Roseanne Barr.

I'll go with Mr. Ed. I thought it was just a goofy show, which it is kind of is, but it's funny. That horse had some funny lines. Roseanne is another one. I thought I'd hate it, but loved it when I watched it. Now, I can take or leave it. I don't like Roseanne Barr.

I'm not fond of Roseanne Barr either. But Roseanne Conner cracks me up!:lol:
IMO Jackie( Laurie Metcalf) is the best character on the show!:D Funny Funny!!:lol:Roseanne and Jackie remind me of my sister and me when we were younger adults!I was the older married sister and she had her share of problems then!:D

Here are some shows I didn't really care for at first but grew to love/like:
All in the Family
ALF
The Wonder Years
Full House
Everybody Loves Raymond
Roseanne
Seinfeld
Friends
MacGyver
... to name a few.

I didn't care for Taxi when it first aired but now I like it and find it funny.

I either liked a show or I didnt

Roseanne and Full House. I love them now!:)

Used to hate the show now its a show I can't hardly miss.



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^I still hate Modern Family with a flaming passion.

I much prefer my classic TV!

^I still hate Modern Family with a flaming passion.

I much prefer my classic TV!


I have never watched Modern Family but I agree with you that classic television was SO much better!

^Right on.

Two long-ago shows really stand out for me in that category, generally due to DVD exposure:

--Perry Mason (1957-66 CBS legal series w/Raymond Burr; I have 7 seasons' worth)
--Original-recipe 1966-69 NBC Star Trek w/William Shatner (I have all of that in the 2015 full-series remastered release, and it's become one of my favorites that way; I was incredibly ambivalent about that when I first saw some with my brother, for reasons unknown)

I have never watched Modern Family but I agree with you that classic television was SO much better!
for some reason I can't stand MODERN FAMILY. A LOT of people like it (my sister and my physical therapist both love it) but I've watched 4 episodes and I just don't think it's funny.

When I was a kid I didn't like The Andy Griffith Show. I found it to be boring. I don't think it was until TV Land started airing it in the mid 2000s that I gave the show a real chance and ended up liking it.

I also never liked Cheers as a kid. Similar story, once it came to Nick at Nite I gave it a real chance and kind of liked it. I'd watch episodes here and there and had most of the first three seasons on tape. Then just a couple of months ago I watched all eleven seasons on DVD and love the series. It's entered my top 25 favorite sitcoms list.

Then there's The Office. I never gave this show a real chance in the beginning. I didn't *want* to like it. It wasn't until the show was about to enter its seventh season that I went ahead and purchased the first season on DVD. There's only six episodes in the debut season and I fell in love with the show. I didn't have enough money to buy the next season until pay day. So I watched and re-watched those six episodes all week. Many fans seem to not like the first season so much but it will always hold a special place in my heart because of that experience.

When I was a kid I didn't like The Andy Griffith Show. I found it to be boring. I don't think it was until TV Land started airing it in the mid 2000s that I gave the show a real chance and ended up liking it.


That's how it was with original-recipe NBC Star Trek. I think it was because the syndicated reruns thereof that my brother was watching when I first saw some of it had all the dirt and grime that were inherent in the original NBC broadcasts (referring to the picture quality, of course). I don't know when I did it, but I got that first remastered release, saw it through, and enjoyed it so much that I eventually got the second one, and sometime after that, the third and final one. I gave those to the base library when I stayed with my sister in Alabama, though, but in 2015, I got the condensed full-series remastered release collecting all three seasons' worth at once, and it's fit in really well on my shelf.