Monday, October 20, 2008

TGIFSNICK

This one may not apply to some of you people, if you lived under a rock. The early 90's was a time when there was no such thing as reality tv shows. The closest thing to reality tv was Road Rules and The Real World. It was a great time to watch tv for fictional drama, not stupid lame romances of Flavor Flav and those other D-List stars.

Yes, the early 90's had more than just TV shows. We had TGIF and SNICK.

- TGIF
The Friday night set of shows. Sure there were the good old shows of Family Matters and Perfect Strangers. But TGIF really stepped up with Boy Meets World and Step by Step. These shows were for families, but also aimed towards teens. They went through high like Saved by the Bell, but they were more towards my generation. Sure there were some weird episodes, but there were also good ones. Of course, they went to Disney World too. They went through a lot of serious episodes too, like Shawn's dad dying and Corey's baby brother close to dying before Shawn came back and everything was better. Great Show. There was also Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which was successful for awhile. Thank Goodness It's Friday.

- SNICK
Of course, after you watched tv Friday night, Saturday night kept the weekend R&R going. Clarissa Explains It All, All That, Kenan & Kel, Are You Afraid of the Dark? These were great shows for kids. Clarissa was like Boy Meets World, All That was a kids version of Satuday Night live. Kenan and Kel was a kids sitcom. Are You Afraid of the Dark was the scary show the end the night and give you nightmares. I remember watchin all of these shows, even Bozo the Clown from Afraid of the Dark.

Of course, these shows were great to relax during the weekend. Now there's nothing left to watch except Tila Tequila and those other crappy shows. I hate reality tv shows, they're lame and overexploited. TV networks just try to milk it as long as they can, and of course we buy it...

When will we return to sitcoms?

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