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RESOLVED: Beverly Hills 90210 was the best 90's show

To clarify, it was the show that best captured the zeitgeist...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/23/15
Seinfeld, actually.
unholy filthy point
  04/23/15
I think Seinfeld was the better show, but they were boomers ...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/23/15
Melrose Place was better
Arousing piazza
  04/23/15
I want to agree but I can't because Melrose became unwatchab...
Contagious main people trust fund
  04/23/15
FUCKING RACED HERE
chrome dopamine
  04/07/16
X files
Concupiscible lavender internal respiration
  04/23/15
(fucking nerd)
Contagious main people trust fund
  04/23/15
think I'd rather be an X Files nerd than a faggot "male...
Concupiscible lavender internal respiration
  04/23/15
...
soggy temple
  04/23/15
(DUDE WHO WATCHES ALIEN SOAP OPERAS)
Contagious main people trust fund
  04/23/15
We were like 12-13 and talked to chicks about it on Fri/Thur...
Stirring obsidian gaping
  04/07/16
no
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/23/15
Rewatched all of the X Files recently. The first 3 or 4 seas...
Burgundy Location
  04/23/15
...
Concupiscible lavender internal respiration
  04/23/15
Captured the growing paranoia that the Powers That Be were p...
Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary
  08/07/19
All of our worst fears verbalized in the 90s came true and n...
Concupiscible lavender internal respiration
  08/07/19
Without the zeitgeist clarification: Babylon 5 With the z...
dead tank space
  04/23/15
cant argue with this.
Mustard coffee pot
  04/23/15
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/23/15
the real world
twinkling balding library travel guidebook
  04/23/15
The 1st 3 seasons of that show, NYC, LA and SF were revoluti...
Contagious main people trust fund
  04/23/15
...
Aphrodisiac lake forum new version
  02/23/16
people had an attitude to them in the 90s that they didnt ha...
hyperventilating lodge giraffe
  04/23/15
compare the attitude of the 90s to 2000s/10s.
charismatic philosopher-king
  04/23/15
i think that attitude stayed, but it got stretched thinner b...
hyperventilating lodge giraffe
  04/23/15
Northern Exposure, actually.
Medicated garrison immigrant
  04/24/15
No
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/24/15
...
Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary
  08/07/19
90210 was the shit until Brenda lost her cherry. After that ...
Violet excitant macaca skinny woman
  04/25/15
...
Contagious main people trust fund
  02/23/16
The Simpsons (though maybe it's not technically a 90s show)
Gaped fragrant hall brethren
  04/25/15
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  02/23/16
90210 and SBTB are the most devastating one-two punch any er...
passionate slippery pit marketing idea
  02/23/16
...
chrome dopamine
  04/07/16
...
Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary
  08/07/19
...
drab cracking preventive strike
  08/07/19
90210 for teens/young adults Friends for young adults ...
charismatic philosopher-king
  02/23/16
cr, but Friends was unwatchable faggot trash.
Stirring obsidian gaping
  04/07/16
watching old eps of friends it wasn't THAT bad. some of the...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/07/16
I just never got into it. Watched it at the time because I ...
Stirring obsidian gaping
  04/07/16
Friends sucked. It was not funny or interesting ever. If you...
Mustard coffee pot
  08/07/19
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/07/16
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  03/22/17
in the top 10 list for sure, along with Seinfeld, Friends, S...
charismatic philosopher-king
  03/22/17
...
charismatic philosopher-king
  06/06/18
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  01/17/18
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  04/23/18
In the top 5 or 10 for sure
charismatic philosopher-king
  04/23/18
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  06/06/18
...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  08/07/19
Party of five was better in that genre
Jet nubile stage
  08/07/19
This this guy's coat!
charismatic philosopher-king
  08/07/19
lol no
Mustard coffee pot
  08/07/19
one of the worst poasts I've read in some time
Big azure place of business kitchen
  08/07/19
lol how’s the career Scott Wolf?
Concupiscible lavender internal respiration
  08/07/19
I remember when Lost was big and they came out with some sci...
passionate slippery pit marketing idea
  08/07/19
damn he's 51!
Big azure place of business kitchen
  08/07/19
I had to look this up after your poast. pretty crazy, also s...
passionate slippery pit marketing idea
  08/07/19
it gets points for a young JLH but that show took whining to...
passionate slippery pit marketing idea
  08/07/19
Sliders. Comparing the tone of season 1 (mature contemplati...
Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary
  08/07/19
huge early sliders fan. I can remember getting together at m...
passionate slippery pit marketing idea
  08/07/19
Some that haven't been mentioned: 7th Heaven The Tom Gre...
Mustard coffee pot
  08/07/19
My so called life was the realistic east coast version of 90...
passionate slippery pit marketing idea
  08/07/19
for sure. each show i picked i think captures a segment of 9...
Mustard coffee pot
  08/07/19
7th Heaven - never watched it so can't comment The Tom Gr...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  08/07/19
So the totality of the '90s is captured by a show about extr...
Mustard coffee pot
  08/07/19
go rewatch it breh. many episodes about different people. ...
Big azure place of business kitchen
  08/07/19
I think you make a good point that 90210 literally spanned t...
Mustard coffee pot
  08/07/19
7th Heaven is worth being in the conversation
Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary
  08/07/19
cr.
Mustard coffee pot
  08/07/19


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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

To clarify, it was the show that best captured the zeitgeist of the 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744782)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: unholy filthy point

Seinfeld, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744786)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:18 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

I think Seinfeld was the better show, but they were boomers and didn't capture the 90s as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744811)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:16 PM
Author: Arousing piazza

Melrose Place was better

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744791)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:19 PM
Author: Contagious main people trust fund

I want to agree but I can't because Melrose became unwatchable after season 3 and 90210 held up until Brenda left.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744819)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:54 PM
Author: chrome dopamine

FUCKING RACED HERE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221674)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:19 PM
Author: Concupiscible lavender internal respiration

X files

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744824)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:19 PM
Author: Contagious main people trust fund

(fucking nerd)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744825)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:24 PM
Author: Concupiscible lavender internal respiration

think I'd rather be an X Files nerd than a faggot "male" who watches 90210, which is literally a soap opera

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744869)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:26 PM
Author: soggy temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744894)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:58 PM
Author: Contagious main people trust fund

(DUDE WHO WATCHES ALIEN SOAP OPERAS)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27745125)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:48 PM
Author: Stirring obsidian gaping

We were like 12-13 and talked to chicks about it on Fri/Thurs. It wasn't faggot then (although I assume my dad was just shaking his head).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221620)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744828)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:37 PM
Author: Burgundy Location

Rewatched all of the X Files recently. The first 3 or 4 seasons are insanely good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744983)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:55 PM
Author: Concupiscible lavender internal respiration



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27745107)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:17 PM
Author: Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary

Captured the growing paranoia that the Powers That Be were plotting against us, during the run up to 9/11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652043)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:18 PM
Author: Concupiscible lavender internal respiration

All of our worst fears verbalized in the 90s came true and no one cares anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652045)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: dead tank space

Without the zeitgeist clarification: Babylon 5

With the zeitgeist clarification: Farscape.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744833)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

cant argue with this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744838)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:21 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744839)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:21 PM
Author: twinkling balding library travel guidebook

the real world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744841)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:59 PM
Author: Contagious main people trust fund

The 1st 3 seasons of that show, NYC, LA and SF were revolutionary. They literally warped my mind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27745127)



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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:44 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac lake forum new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#29897043)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:26 PM
Author: hyperventilating lodge giraffe

people had an attitude to them in the 90s that they didnt have in the 80s. 90210 captures that attitude well, i think. its a good choice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744889)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:35 PM
Author: charismatic philosopher-king

compare the attitude of the 90s to 2000s/10s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744970)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:39 PM
Author: hyperventilating lodge giraffe

i think that attitude stayed, but it got stretched thinner by time. there is better tech now, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744996)



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Date: April 24th, 2015 1:03 PM
Author: Medicated garrison immigrant

Northern Exposure, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27750895)



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Date: April 24th, 2015 1:04 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27750901)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:15 PM
Author: Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652035)



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Date: April 25th, 2015 7:31 AM
Author: Violet excitant macaca skinny woman

90210 was the shit until Brenda lost her cherry. After that there was no longer any point in watching. HTH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27756266)



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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:43 PM
Author: Contagious main people trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#29897037)



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Date: April 25th, 2015 7:59 AM
Author: Gaped fragrant hall brethren

The Simpsons (though maybe it's not technically a 90s show)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27756312)



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Date: February 23rd, 2016 10:20 AM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#29896293)



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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:29 PM
Author: passionate slippery pit marketing idea

90210 and SBTB are the most devastating one-two punch any era of tv has ever seen. They covered all bases for that time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#29896947)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:55 PM
Author: chrome dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221684)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:16 PM
Author: Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652036)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:23 PM
Author: drab cracking preventive strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652076)



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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:41 PM
Author: charismatic philosopher-king

90210 for teens/young adults

Friends for young adults

Seinfeld for adults

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#29897026)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:49 PM
Author: Stirring obsidian gaping

cr, but Friends was unwatchable faggot trash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221631)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:53 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

watching old eps of friends it wasn't THAT bad. some of the actors are pretty good, and jennifer aniston spent the last 3-5 seasons of the show dressing sexy as fuckkk

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221661)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:54 PM
Author: Stirring obsidian gaping

I just never got into it. Watched it at the time because I felt like I had to because everyone did.

I was more of a Courtney Cox man until she got the implants, of course.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221680)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:14 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

Friends sucked. It was not funny or interesting ever. If you want a funny version of that show watch Living Single. Same show but with black people and actually funny.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652027)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:45 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221599)



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Date: March 22nd, 2017 2:55 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#32889948)



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Date: March 22nd, 2017 2:56 PM
Author: charismatic philosopher-king

in the top 10 list for sure, along with Seinfeld, Friends, Simpsons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#32889955)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: charismatic philosopher-king



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#36195746)



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Date: January 17th, 2018 5:16 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#35178275)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 3:48 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#35902467)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 3:53 PM
Author: charismatic philosopher-king

In the top 5 or 10 for sure

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#35902510)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#36195741)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:03 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38651974)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:10 PM
Author: Jet nubile stage

Party of five was better in that genre

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652005)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:11 PM
Author: charismatic philosopher-king

This this guy's coat!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652013)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:12 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

lol no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652017)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:12 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

one of the worst poasts I've read in some time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652018)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:16 PM
Author: Concupiscible lavender internal respiration

lol how’s the career Scott Wolf?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652039)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:31 PM
Author: passionate slippery pit marketing idea

I remember when Lost was big and they came out with some scifi knockoff and got Scott Wolf to star. too fucking funny.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652119)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:36 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

damn he's 51!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652159)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:59 PM
Author: passionate slippery pit marketing idea

I had to look this up after your poast. pretty crazy, also some wiki trivia: married a Real World castmate, attended George Washington, was engaged to Alyssa Milano.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652271)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:25 PM
Author: passionate slippery pit marketing idea

it gets points for a young JLH but that show took whining to a whole new level.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652085)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:21 PM
Author: Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary

Sliders. Comparing the tone of season 1 (mature contemplations of history based upon optimism and science) to seasons 3-5 (Monster Of The Week GC slop, hope extinguished, scientists gone, plus the show moved to cable as symbolic for the fracturing of the one common American culture)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652067)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:26 PM
Author: passionate slippery pit marketing idea

huge early sliders fan. I can remember getting together at my buddy's house with all the neighborhood kids and watching it. so 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652093)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:24 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

Some that haven't been mentioned:

7th Heaven

The Tom Green Show

Beavis & Butthead

Fresh Prince

My So Called Life

Home Improvement

Family Matters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652083)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:27 PM
Author: passionate slippery pit marketing idea

My so called life was the realistic east coast version of 90210. not saying thats better or worse, but its definately uglier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652097)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:32 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

for sure. each show i picked i think captures a segment of 90s american culture.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652126)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:27 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

7th Heaven - never watched it so can't comment

The Tom Green Show - no

Beavis & Butthead - didn't really capture the totality of the 90s, only a small sliver of the culture

Fresh Prince - too black to really capture the totality of the 90s

My So Called Life - didn't really capture the totality of the 90s, only a small sliver of the culture

Home Improvement - decent choice, though I think dramas capture a zeitgeist better than comedies

Family Matters -- too black to really capture the totality of the 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652099)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:30 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

So the totality of the '90s is captured by a show about extremely wealthy white teenagers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652113)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:35 PM
Author: Big azure place of business kitchen

go rewatch it breh. many episodes about different people.

and don't forget, the show was originally about kids from Minneapolis as fish out of water.

finally, the show was long enough to really span not only the 80s hangover, but also the late 90s into the early 2000s. Culturally, it got the 90s, which changed over the course of the decade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652153)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:44 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

I think you make a good point that 90210 literally spanned the entire 90s. I don't agree though that it's more '90s than the other shows i listed. I'd argue that my so called life is a far more realistic depiction of teenage life in the 90s even if it's just a mid-90s snapshot.

I also don't think you are right to dismiss shows just because the cast is black. Rarely were the themes in the show exclusively for black audiences. And for Fresh Prince, the emergence of hip hop culture was huge in the 90s. Was there even 1 black character on 90210?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652213)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:29 PM
Author: Bistre Keepsake Machete Sanctuary

7th Heaven is worth being in the conversation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652106)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:35 PM
Author: Mustard coffee pot

cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652147)