As a child, what tv shows were you not allowed to watch? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Michael cole · 09-22-2015, 07:40 PM

A lot of the adult comedies
Roseanne
Nypd Blue
Dark Shadows
The 1 hour soap operas (Dallas, Knots Landing)

dakert · 09-22-2015, 07:57 PM

Nothing--if I couldn't watch something it is because it was time for bed.

Wawwie · 09-22-2015, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael cole

Dark Shadows

If you are really 14, you weren't even alive when Dark Shadows was on.

Mr. Television · 09-22-2015, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

If you are really 14, you weren't even alive when Dark Shadows was on.

All those shows aired before he was born but they probably aired in syndication in his local markets or on cable.

DJM77 · 09-22-2015, 09:06 PM

Three's Company
Golden Girls
Night Court

Didn't really make much sense because dad let me stay in the room while he watched Dallas and LA Law.

Mr. Television · 09-22-2015, 09:08 PM

I wasn't forbidden from watching anything. I was 5 when AITF started airing and I watched it pretty much from the beginning.

Bonniegirl · 09-22-2015, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

If you are really 14, you weren't even alive when Dark Shadows was on.

Dallas and Knots Landing were off the air for along time already too!

And Dark Shadows went off the air in like 71 or 72,,I was still a little girl ! Well it does pop up in reruns now and than I guess!

Wawwie · 09-22-2015, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Television

All those shows aired before he was born but they probably aired in syndication in his local markets or on cable.

He says he's fourteen years old. That's 2001 - 2015.
I don't recall Dark Shadows in syndication for any of those years.

Wawwie · 09-22-2015, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Dallas and Knots Landing were off the air for along time already too!

And Dark Shadows went off the air in like 71 or 72,,I was still a little girl ! Well it does pop up in reruns now and than I guess!

Funny.... in 1972, I was an infant.... yet I'm supposed to believe that an alleged fourteen year old has a better memory...

Mr. Television · 09-22-2015, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

He says he's fourteen years old. That's 2001 - 2015.
I don't recall Dark Shadows in syndication for any of those years.

I know it aired on Sci-Fi channel in the early 2000's.

Mr. Television · 09-22-2015, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

Funny.... in 1972, I was an infant.... yet I'm supposed to believe that an alleged fourteen year old has a better memory...

I don't know. I grew up on Batman reruns. I watched it every day after school but yet I was only 3 when it went off the air. I don't know if he's 14 or not but watching TV shows as a kid doesn't prove anything. I watched lots of shows when I was a kid that ended before I was born.

Torgo · 09-22-2015, 09:38 PM

Why start a new thread when one with the exact same subject is just below it?

Wawwie · 09-22-2015, 09:40 PM

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Why start a new thread when one with the exact same subject is just below it?

Really... he has done this with several other threads. Weird....

Mace Dolex · 09-22-2015, 11:19 PM

My parents weren't as strict that I could watch anything except of course on school nights then 10:00pm was the latest we could stay up. Now on Saturdays I like to stay up real late but as a kid it was damn near impossible to do so.

bh7812 · 09-22-2015, 11:29 PM

For quite a few years in my family The Simpsons was forbidden in my family. My Mom didn't care for Bart and some of the situations in the show. Seeing some of it as an adult now I both understand why and I don't. There was a lot worse my sister and I could have been watching yet at the same time looking at some of the material I get it. Overall though looking at the show now I wasn't really missing very much.

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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	I wasn't forbidden from watching anything. I was 5 when AITF started airing and I watched it pretty much from the beginning.

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Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,670	My parents weren't as strict that I could watch anything except of course on school nights then 10:00pm was the latest we could stay up. Now on Saturdays I like to stay up real late but as a kid it was damn near impossible to do so.

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bh7812 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 272	For quite a few years in my family The Simpsons was forbidden in my family. My Mom didn't care for Bart and some of the situations in the show. Seeing some of it as an adult now I both understand why and I don't. There was a lot worse my sister and I could have been watching yet at the same time looking at some of the material I get it. Overall though looking at the show now I wasn't really missing very much.