What were your favorite shows as a kid?

[2facedfa1ry]

Mine were the totally spies, shake it up, good luck charlie, wizards of the waverly place, the ant farm & jessie

[N192K001]

Oh, they were many!

While back in the Philippines, a lot were Japanese anime that were dubbed, along with some American cartoons & others. From my earliest memories…
剣勇伝説YAIBA ("Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba"; 「Brave, Legendary Swordsman Yaiba」)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Akq9Cin9jbs

Just when demonic wind-god possesses a bald highschool-student who found his family's ancestral sword and disturbed his centuries' long slumber, breaks into the Parliament to mass-posses the Prime Minister & all of government, and takes over Japan, the fate of a nation falls on 1kid, a girl & her family's an ancestral sword, and the crazily-unbelievable crew they assemble. Can they make it… before a massive alien-invasion starts?

赤ずきんチャチャ ("Akazukin Chacha"; 「Red Riding Hood Chacha」)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3l24H0eizdY

Yeah, it's a girls' anime, but we had 1T. V. & a domineering older-sister, and the series was just way too carefree, hilarious, and addicting to not enjoy! Whatever the case…

A careless girl still sucks greatly in spell-casting despite being under the greatest sorcerer in their world, and hence is sent to school for formal education. Can she make it in everyday in life without being kidnapped by servants of an evil lord intent on her capture? Much Western & some Eastern children's stories & legends are mixed into 1program.

SWAT Kats: Radical Squadron

https://www.youtube.com/embed/H0IQBWWabuU

T-Bone & Racer aren't just car-mechanics! When Megakat City is faces threats so bad that law-enforcement/military just aren't enough, they fly their modified F-14 Tomcat and save the day!

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (S. S. S. S.)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/N34MmqmxqD0

As the intro so succinctly puts it, "The evil Kilokahn lives inside computer circuits. With the help of Malcolm Frink, he creates mega-virus monsters to attack electronic systems! Meanwhile, a freak-accident turns Sam Collins into Servo! His friends join forces in their samurai attack-vehicles. Together, they transform into the Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad!"

怪盗セイント・テール ("Kaitō Seinto Tēru"; 「Mysterious Thief Saint Tail」)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZiLttF4v6Y

Again, my sister made me watch it! (And yes, it's not the intro I wanted, but this is a VERY old, long-forgotten anime, and years of YouTube copyright-removals have taken what would have been a good intro.)

Imagine a Sailor Moon doing a Robin Hood-stuff via magic-tricks! Yes, that's it. In a country functionally-Shinto & -Buddhist & with very, very superficial understanding of Christianity, this series has a protagonist who's friends with a nun-in-training who sends her on missions to retrieve things stolen from congregants. Using the techniques she learns from her professional-magician father, she steals back stolen-goods, confounds the police pursuing her, reveals to the pursuing police the original theft that caused her coming in the 1st place, and escapes capture. After a while, the "tricks" start really going beyond what's physically possible in real-world Physics, but hey… plot-devices!

烈火の炎 ("Rekka no Honō"; 「Flame of Rekka/Recca」)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/r133efMPSaI

Fire-bending WAY before it was a thing! A ninja-obsessed teenager's girlfriend gets kidnapped by the criminal underworld and ends-up. Can the dude & his friends (aided by ancestral artifacts & his mother cursed with immortality) win the death-matches and save the the girl?

るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚 ("Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan-"; 「Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story」)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gZGmDKxEp-I

A classic in historical-fiction, this story of a 浪人 ("ronin"; 「master-less samurai」; more lit.「wanderer/drifter」) is a story of redemption; of making the best of life; and of making the peace with the past & the crazy, turbulently- changing present. As Japan lurches into the modern era, chaos emerges as masses of Medieval -era samurai become unemployed. While some successfully adapt (find civilian jobs or join the new national-government), a number do not (live by acts of criminality, revolt outright, assassinate officials, create their own enclaves, or even try to take-over the government). When you have no choice in the matter, and world you know and love shatters all around you, how will you live your life?

パワーストーン ("Pawā Sutōn"; 「Power Stone」)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WB_ZU1T57JQ

This series is set in an late-1800's/early-1900's parallel Earth. As the into explained (in the 1st episode), mystic, energy-infused "power stones" told in legends exist and are scattered across their globe. If/When these stones are collected, an age of miracles is to begin. But then again, if they fall into evil hands…😬. WHO will collect them all? The series begins with a boxer in so-totally-not-London whose archeologist father working abroad sends him a parcel… and so-totally-not-Japan's intelligence-agencies are already on the prowl. Pirates, too!

There were obviously more, but these are what I remember for now.

[N192K001]

But, Totally Spies was actually quite enjoyable. It was 1 of my guilty pleasures, really.

[FunkyMonkee]

Lost In Space, The Outer Limits, The Addams Family, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Mission: Impossible, I Dream Of Genie, Bewitched, The Time Tunnel, The Prisoner, The Monkees, The Beatles, The Herculoids, Wacky Racers, Ruff & Reddy, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Super Chicken, George Of The Jungle, The Pink Panther, etc..

[Nikki1989]

I didn't watch any TV till I was 12 years old, and by that stage I had no interest in kids shows.

[N192K001]

Yeah, I re-discovered a number of he programs and tried watching many of them as an adult. While I could watch a number of them without much issue, there were many that make so sense as adults.

For example, 1series involved an alien-invasion (not the series I mentioned in my answer here). WHY focus attacks on 1school with the protagonists, instead of government-offices, military-bases, economic-hubs, power-plants, media-centers, etc.‽ It's an INVASION for Pete's sake!

Another had the U. N. gather the world's best & brightest students in a school in Japan, secretly create a giant-robot, suddenly thrown them into the said robot's built-in control-center, and have them defend the Earth from giant-monsters… without prior notice before enrolling, without ANY prior training whatsoever, and without military-backup. W. T. F.‽ How is that legal‽

[userxvi]

Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z

X-Files

Fraiser

Star Trek Next Generation

Monk

Digimon

Beast Wars

Law & Order

Dead Like Me

Psych

Yu Yu Hakishow

Rurouni Kenshin

Band of Brothers

[userxvi]

Also to catch a predator with chris hansen

[TrillXHippy]

SpongeBob SquarePants, Drake and Josh, Teen Titans, Johnny Bravo, Johnny Test, Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends, The Naked Brothers Band, The Replacements, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh (the very very very first one), Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action, The Amazing World of Gumball, AdventureTime. I have so many

[HighValue]

Married With Children, Ducktales, X-Men, Darkwing Duck, Aladdin, Talespin, G. I. Joe, Batman, Tiny Toons.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3aDvTJCr42k

Road Runner was my favorite show as a kid along with MacGyver & Quantum Leap.

[exitseven]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xsx3JCw62WQ

I liked this show but I also liked the A team, Night Rider and Star Trek.

[ArtemisSilver]

Sailor moon, Dragon Ball Z, Samurai Pizza Cats, Inspector Gadget, Star Trek.

I also liked Mr. Bean

[es20490446e]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIS-ZvhZVmk

[N192K001]

What series was this?

[es20490446e]

@N192K001 pics.filmaffinity.com/...de_TV-304874370-large.jpg

[N192K001]

SLAYERS‽ Holy Hell! Thanks for the reminder! It's been so long, I forgot about the series entirely.

[es20490446e]

@N192K001 Okay 😂

[TonightYouu]

Sex and the city (until I found out it wasn’t porn ) it took me 4 whole episodes realize

[Kreneman]

Family Matters, Step by Step, Full House, Saved by the Bell, Martin, Fresh Prince Bel Air, and Married with Children.

[Rockstarrrrr]

Kim Possible, phineas and ferb, The Replacements and Fairly OddParents were my favorites

[josephinelcajon]

I love Lucy, leave it to Beaver, Goerge Burns, Yee Haw, Bob Hope Specials,

[Googlemyahoo]

GI Joe, Transformers, Robotech, Dukes of Hazard, A-Team, Magnum PI, Miami Vice

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Power Rangers and Arthur.

[Iron_Man]

Scooby Doobie Doo

[Lee1515]

Scooby-doo

[roy_ricky09]

Ducktales