I Miss 1998-2001, Sitcom-Wise (I'll Explain) - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Adamantium · 10-05-2004, 11:43 PM

Those were the days for my favorite sitcoms. Back in the fall of 1998, Lifetime started airing reruns of "Ellen". I fell in love with that show and tried taping every episode. Also in the fall of 1998, "NewsRadio" went into syndication. I'd spend my days watching my Ellen and NewsRadio tapes as well as watch them on their channels. Plus, NewsRadio was still in it's original run. So I'd watch the reruns in the daytime and on Tuesday nights I'd tune into NBC for a new episode. I also watched - on ABC - the TGIF lineup with one of my favorites, "Boy Meets World."

Once I graduated Highschool in 2000, I became a fan of USAM. I especially enjoyed watching "Wings" at 11 am. I also watched "Night Court" on A&E. Around that time, "NewsRadio" moved to A&E. Later that year, "Boy Meets World" came to the Disney Channel. Back then there was always something on. "Chico and the Man" came to TV Land and it became one of my favorites. TV Land also showed "The Odd Couple."

Then one day it was all gone. Lifetime stopped showing "Ellen". A&E stopped showing "NewsRadio" and "Night Court". USA stopped showing "Wings" and the rest of their USAM lineup. TV Land stopped showing "Chico and the Man" and "The Odd Couple."

"Ellen" is now on DVD and back in reruns (Oxygen). "Boy Meets World" is on DVD and ABC Family. "NewsRadio" is coming to DVD. "Wings" is on a crappy timeslot on N@N.

I still miss the days when those shows were very important to my life. They helped get me through highschool and the first couple years afterwards.

tvfan0101 · 10-06-2004, 12:01 AM

I used to watch/tape Jesse on USAM; those were good days.

As an aside, when I first read the title to this thread I thought it said "1988-2001" and I was trying to figure out how that range of dates could relate to sitcoms so specifically...

barwars · 10-06-2004, 01:16 PM

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Originally posted by tvobscurities
As an aside, when I first read the title to this thread I thought it said "1988-2001" and I was trying to figure out how that range of dates could relate to sitcoms so specifically...

haha, me too.

PZelda · 10-07-2004, 04:14 AM

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Originally posted by tvobscurities
As an aside, when I first read the title to this thread I thought it said "1988-2001" and I was trying to figure out how that range of dates could relate to sitcoms so specifically...

ME TOO!

Ant-Lox · 10-07-2004, 07:09 AM

USAM was the best....I miss Ned & Stacey & Working so much...

Jack Be Quick 101 · 10-10-2004, 05:31 PM

i miss the 1998 schedule of nick-at-nite it had some of my favorite shows on there - all in prime-time too! then i miss watching an hour of three's company at 10:00pm on nick-at-nite. those were the good old days.

musicradio77 · 10-16-2004, 10:54 PM

I missed those shows on local TV. WPIX usually aired these shows like "Full House", "Saved By the Bell", "Growing Pains", "Charles in Charge" and "The Hogan Family". It was my favorite channel before WB launched almost 10 years ago along other shows that I missed on WWOR are "227", "Amen" and those other shows.

Those are my good old days of watching TV.

10-05-2004, 11:43 PM	#1
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,840	I Miss 1998-2001, Sitcom-Wise (I'll Explain) Those were the days for my favorite sitcoms. Back in the fall of 1998, Lifetime started airing reruns of "Ellen". I fell in love with that show and tried taping every episode. Also in the fall of 1998, "NewsRadio" went into syndication. I'd spend my days watching my Ellen and NewsRadio tapes as well as watch them on their channels. Plus, NewsRadio was still in it's original run. So I'd watch the reruns in the daytime and on Tuesday nights I'd tune into NBC for a new episode. I also watched - on ABC - the TGIF lineup with one of my favorites, "Boy Meets World." Once I graduated Highschool in 2000, I became a fan of USAM. I especially enjoyed watching "Wings" at 11 am. I also watched "Night Court" on A&E. Around that time, "NewsRadio" moved to A&E. Later that year, "Boy Meets World" came to the Disney Channel. Back then there was always something on. "Chico and the Man" came to TV Land and it became one of my favorites. TV Land also showed "The Odd Couple." Then one day it was all gone. Lifetime stopped showing "Ellen". A&E stopped showing "NewsRadio" and "Night Court". USA stopped showing "Wings" and the rest of their USAM lineup. TV Land stopped showing "Chico and the Man" and "The Odd Couple." "Ellen" is now on DVD and back in reruns (Oxygen). "Boy Meets World" is on DVD and ABC Family. "NewsRadio" is coming to DVD. "Wings" is on a crappy timeslot on N@N. I still miss the days when those shows were very important to my life. They helped get me through highschool and the first couple years afterwards.

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musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	I missed those shows on local TV. WPIX usually aired these shows like "Full House", "Saved By the Bell", "Growing Pains", "Charles in Charge" and "The Hogan Family". It was my favorite channel before WB launched almost 10 years ago along other shows that I missed on WWOR are "227", "Amen" and those other shows. Those are my good old days of watching TV.
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10-06-2004, 12:01 AM	#2
tvfan0101 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 29, 2003 Posts: 961	I used to watch/tape Jesse on USAM; those were good days. As an aside, when I first read the title to this thread I thought it said "1988-2001" and I was trying to figure out how that range of dates could relate to sitcoms so specifically...

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Jack Be Quick 101 Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 24, 2004 Location: hollywood, california Posts: 148	i miss the 1998 schedule of nick-at-nite it had some of my favorite shows on there - all in prime-time too! then i miss watching an hour of three's company at 10:00pm on nick-at-nite. those were the good old days.