Which channel did you watch as a kid?

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OlderAndWiser · Accepted Answer

When I was a child, there was no cable TV and no internet or streaming services. All television was broadcast from antennae and you needed an antenna to receive the signal. The four stations available were affiliates for ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. That's it. And there were no VCR's to play videos. The public library loaned out 16mm movies that you could watch at home if you had a 16mm projector.

AaronKrieger · Accepted Answer

I watched some Disney and Cartoon Network, but I was watching mostly adult channels. Think ones like Adult Swim, Spike, MTV, and others by 8 years old. A year or two later I think I strictly only watched them.

PBandJ_Nerd · Accepted Answer

I had a few: Cartoon Network, Nickolodeon, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, Noggin, Jetix, Discovery Kids, The Hub, and Disney XD. Note that some of these channels are no longer around. I'd watch 4Kids shows too but only on the internet since we didn't have it on TV.

Apple1996 · Accepted Answer

None of these. My family was too broke to afford cable. I usually had to settle for watching movies instead of TV shows

exitseven · Answer

There was only 5 TV channels when I was growing up. There were a few people that hosted children's shows. There was a guy who dressed up as an astronaut. He showed Three Stooges films and did some skits. There wa another guy who was a cowboy that had a show on Saturday morning.

desidoll · Answer

I watched this Japanese cartoon series named Doraemon.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

None of these because private TV channels started relatively late in Germany and in the first few years only few households were connected.

WhiteSteve · Answer

Nickelodeon. Cartoon Network didn’t exist yet, and Dis eye was a premium channel, and I was lucky my parents paid for cable at all, haha.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

I watch Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 1969-1978 this came out when I was like a year-old baby, It could be on the Cartoon Network?

Nikki1989 · Answer

I never watched any TV till I was 12 and when I did, I thought it was total garbage with NO redeeming qualities.  Never even had a TV in the house growing up.

AviatorTom · Answer

I grew up before the Internet existed. We only had 3 channels ABC, CBS, NBC. I watched shows on all three, but probably watched more NBC.

ThaMaskedMarvel · Answer

Nickelodeon. 😎

PeachyPie93 · Answer

I watched Disney, YTV, Teletoon, FOX kids, PBS kids but almost always YTV and teletoon.

strateguy632 · Answer

the one with porky pig. but they didn't show enuf daffy duck nor bugs bunny.

avery58 · Answer

I liked all but old Nickelodeon was the best

AngryCarl · Answer

I know you won't believe this but there were no kids channels when I was growing up. The regular channels had like an hour when they would show kids shows.

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

Out of those, cartoon network mostly, with a bit of nickleodeon.

DancingQueen16 · Answer

I watched a lot of Disney channel, nickelodeon and PBS Kids when I was younger

douride2 · Answer

Where I lived all we had when I was growing up was CBC. And yes it was terrible.

darkcloud1945 · Answer

The earliest I remember was Andy Gang with Andy Devine, My Friend Flicka, and Shy King a few of many in the early 1950s

Redstang88 · Answer

Grew up in the boonies, we had 3 local channels and that was it

RoronoaZoro8 · Answer

I couldn't get any of these as a kid cause my parents didn't buy the required TV box package.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

When I was a kid none of these existed. We watched Saturday morning cartoons.

Simslover92 · Answer

Nickelodeon and Cartoon network.

RebelinSteel · Answer

BBC1, 2 , ItV n Channel 4

Zenpanda · Answer

All of those plus jetix and fox kids

whereismyjohnny · Answer

Neither of these. 😅

Razp_Sorbet · Answer

Generally switched between Disney and Nickelodeon.

nevooo · Answer

40% of people had a superior childhood

Yoursweetgirl · Answer

Nickelodeon, cartoon network and jetix

Jennz6 · Answer

I wasn’t allowed to watch television

LemiaOfThunder · Answer

All the sky kids channel

jahaims · Answer

History, discovery, military, animal planet etc

legalboxers · Answer

way back.. ABC, CBS, NBC, PIX...

Knightwatch27 · Answer

Nickelodeon mostly.

Jupiter1 · Answer

All of the above plus other channels.

DevikaButts95 · Answer

All of them.

dustybiker2 · Answer

We only had three...

laly520 · Answer

all of the 3

Iron_Man · Answer

Local network

Jay0102 · Answer

All three

Which channel did you watch as a kid?

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I watch Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 1969-1978 this came out when I was like a year-old baby, It could be on the Cartoon Network?