Series of the 1990s

See Also: Series of the 1950s, Series of the 1960s, Series of the 1970s, Series of the 1980s, Series of the 2000s, Series of the 2010s

(*) Indicates that this series continued into the 2000s

• 2point4 Children
• 999*
• A Todo Corazón
• Absolutely Fabulous*
• Action
• Adam-12 — Revival of an older series.
• The Adam and Joe Show
• Adventures in Wonderland
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
• The Adventures of Pete & Pete
• The Adventures of Shirley Holmes

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• The Adventures of Sinbad
• All That*
• Ally McBeal
• The Amanda Show*
• American Gothic (1995)
• American Gladiators
• Angel* — Spun off from Buffy in late 1999, the beginning of a five-year run.
• Animorphs
• Anytime Tales (actually a cartoon, but uses Stop Motion puppetry)
• Aquila
• Are You Afraid of the Dark?*
• Arliss
• The Arsenio Hall Show (started in 1989 carried over to the early nineties)
• As Time Goes By
• The Atheist Experience
• Baby Einstein*
• Babylon 5
• Backup
• Ballykissangel
• Bamses Julerejse
• Bananas in Pyjamas
• Bargearse — Australian Gag Dub parody of cop show Bluey.
• Barney & Friends* — Although the video series began in 1988, the TV show first aired in 1992.
• Bassie & Adriaan
• Baywatch*
• Beakman's World
• Bear in the Big Blue House*
• Beastmaster
• The Beatles Anthology
• Becker
• Beetleborgs
• The Ben Stiller Show
• Between the Lines
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — source of the yuppie scourge.

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• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?
• Bibleman
• Big Bag
• Big Brother* — The original Netherlands version debuted in 1999.
• The Big Comfy Couch
• The Big Garage
• Big Train
• Big Wolf on Campus
• Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Bob
• Boston Common
• Boy Meets World* — possibly Patient Zero of the flannel virus, a devastating fashion pandemic that spread out from Seattle in the decade's early years.
• The Bozo Show — in 1995, It cut to weekends only and retitled as The Bozo Super Weekend Show.
• Blossom
• Blue Heelers
• Brimstone
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Brooklyn South
• Brotherly Love
• Brum
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer* — the movie came out in 1992; the TV show debuted in 1997. It proceeded to alter television forever, not only influencing writing, but also how shows are structured.
• Caesar's Challenge
• Café Americain
• California Dreams
• Caroline in the City
• The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

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• Casualty (started in 1989, still running as of 2014)
• Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum
• Charlie Horse Music Pizza
• Charmed (1998)*
• Chef!
• The Chris Rock Show
• City Guys
• Clarissa Explains It All
• Classic Albums
• Cluedo
• Clueless
• Coach
• Code Name: Eternity
• Cold Squad
• Come Outside
• Conan the Adventurer
• Cop Rock
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Crash Zone
• The Creatives
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
• Crusade
• Cybill
• Da Vinci's Inquest
• The Daily Show — The original version with Craig Kilborn started in 1996. Jon Stewart took over in 1999.
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• The Dana Carvey Show
• Dans une galaxie près de chez vous
• Dark Skies — One of many paranoia-filled sci-fi shows.
• Dead at 21
• Deceptions
• Diagnosis: Murder
• Dream On
• The Drew Carey Show
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Due South
• ER
• Earth: Final Conflict
• Earth2
• Ellen
• Escape From Jupiter
• Equal Justice
• Everybody Loves Raymond*
• Exit 57
• Family Matters (started in 1989, carried over to 1997)
• The Famous Jett Jackson
• The Fast Show
• Farscape. Series started in 1999.
• FC De Kampioenen
• La Femme Nikita
• Figure It Out
• First Wave
• Fishing with John
• Fist of Fun - Started as a radio series in 1993 before becoming a TV show in 1995.
• The Flash (1990) — a live-action adaptation of the comic book character.
• Flash Forward (1996)
• Flodder
• Forever Knight
• Fort Alpha
• Fortune Hunter
• Fourways Farm
• Frasier* — the Seattle-based (of course!) follow-up to the classic 80's sitcom, Cheers.
• ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (most notable in the opening, that pretty much embodies the visual style of the decade)
• Friends* — vied with Seinfeld for the title of ultimate '90s sitcom, and origin of "Friends" Rent Control.
• F/X: The Series
• GamesMaster
• Gaming in the Clinton Years
• George & Leo
• Get a Life
• Ghostwriter
• Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
• The Girl from Tomorrow
• Golden Palace
• Good Eats*
• Goosebumps
• Grace Under Fire
• The Gravy Train
• Greed
• The Grimleys*
• Growing Pains — began in 1985 but ran till 1992
• Gullah Gullah Island
• Hang Time
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
• Harsh Realm — Three episodes aired on Fox in the fall of '99, the remaining six completed episodes debuted the following spring on FX.
• Have I Got News for You
• Heat Vision and Jack
• Heil Honey I'm Home!
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• Here's Humphrey
• Herman's Head
• Hey Dude! (started in 1989)
• Highlander
• The Hobbits — Finnish adaptation of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, mainly The Lord of the Rings.
• Holby City
• Hollyoaks
• Home Improvement
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Artsiest cop show on network TV, predecessor to The Wire, and home of John Munch.
• Horatio Hornblower
• Human Target
• Ik Mik Loreland
• Inai Inai Baa!*
• Inspector Rex
• In Living Color!
• In the Heat of the Night (started in 1988)
• Inside the Actors Studio
• The ITV Panto*
• JAG
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• The Jeff Foxworthy Show
• Jesus (1999)
• The John Larroquette Show
• Johnson and Friends
• The Journey of Allen Strange
• Journey to the West (1996)
• The Julekalender
• Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995-1998)
• Jul i Blåfjell
• Just Shoot Me!* (1997-2003)
• Kamen Rider
  • Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
  • Kamen Rider ZO
  • Kamen Rider J
• Kabouter Plop
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Kenan & Kel
• The Kids in the Hall — The Sketch Comedy started in The '80s and continued to the middle of the The '90s.
• Kids Say the Darndest Things
• Kindred: The Embraced
• Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge
• Kratts' Creatures
• Kulderzipken
• LA Heat (1999)
• Land of the Lost (1991)
• The Larry Sanders Show
• The Last Vampyre
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Gen X's Johnny Carson. Began in 1993, ran until 2009.
• The Late Late Show
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Law & Order* — one of the first procedural dramas to make extensive use of theater actors in bit parts.
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*
• Legends of the Hidden Temple
• Les Filles d'à côté (1993-1995)
• Let Them Eat Cake
• Lexx
• Life Goes On (started in 1989)
• Lift-Off
• Living Single
• Lois & Clark
• The Lone Gunmen
• Mad About You
• Mad TV*
• Made in Canada
• Maid Marian and Her Merry Men: Began in 1989, ran until 1994
• Major Dad: Began in 1989, ran until 1993
• The Man Show*
• M.A.N.T.I.S.
• María la del Barrio
• Martin
• The Master Blackmailer
• MasterChef
• Maybe It's Me
• McGee and Me! (began in 1989, ran until 1995)
• Melrose Place
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
• Merlin (1998)
• Metal Heroes series (continuing from the 1980's)
  • Kidou Keiji Jiban (1989-1990)
  • Tokkei Winspector (1990-1991)
  • Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (1991-1992)
  • Tokusou Exceedraft (1992-1993)
  • Tokusou Robo Janperson (1993-1994)
  • Blue SWAT (1994-1995)
  • Juukou B-Fighter (1995-1996)
  • B-Fighter Kabuto (1996-1997)
  • B-Robo Kabutack (1997-1998)
  • Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack (1998-1999)
• Midnight Caller (began in 1988, ran until 1991)
• Midsomer Murders*
• Millennium
• Mission Top Secret (1992 to 1995)
• Mr. Bean
• The Mr. Potato Head Show
• Mr. Show
• Mr. Squiggle
• Moesha*
  • The Parkers*
• Mopatop's Shop (Premiered in 1999, ran until 2005.)
• Mosquito
• The Muppets
  • Muppets Tonight
• Murder Most Horrid (Broadcast on BBC Two for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999)
• Murder One (1995-1997)
• Murphy Brown — the quintessential 90's "single TV female", so much so that Dan Quayle called her out for it.
• My Brother and Me
• My Family and Me — the American-Canadian animated series that ended in 2007.
• My So-Called Life — one of the quintessential representations of 90s teen fashion and culture.
• My Special Book*
• Mysteriet Pa Greveholm
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 * moved from KTMA to Comedy Central in 1990, then to Sci Fi Channel in 1997.
• The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg
• The Naked Truth (1995 to 1998)
• Nanalan*
• The Nanny
• Ned & Stacey
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks
• The New Addams Family. Revival of an older series.
• New York Undercover
• NewsRadio
• Nick Arcade
• Nickelodeon GUTS
• Nightingales
• Nightline*
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
• The Noddy Shop
• North and South (Trilogy)
• Northern Exposure
• Now and Again
• Nowhere Man— One of the many paranoia filled sci-fi tv shows of this era.
• NYPD Blue — the Darker and Edgier Police Procedural that made Dennis Franz a sex symbol.
• The O'Reilly Factor
• Our Friends in the North
• The Outer Limits (1995)
• Out of the Box*
• Over the Top
• Paleoworld
• The Parent 'Hood
• Passions
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997-2000)
• Picket Fences
• Pistvakt*
• PJ Katie's Farm
• Players
• Police Stop!
  • Police, Camera, Action!
• The Politician's Wife
• Poltergeist: The Legacy
• Pop Up Video
• Popular
• Portrait of a Marriage

• Power Rangers — started here. (Super Sentai was already over 15 years old, though.)
  • Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
  • Power Rangers Zeo
  • Power Rangers Turbo
  • Power Rangers in Space
  • Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
• The Practice
• The Pretender
• Pride and Prejudice (1995)
• Prime Suspect*
• Princess Returning Pearl
• Profiler
• Psi Factors
• The Puzzle Place
• Quantum Leap — the show that made Scott Bakula famous; it debuted in 1988.
• Ready or Not
• The Real World
• The Red Green Show
• Relic Hunter
• Remember WENN
• Rescue 911 — first aired in 1989
• Rimini Riddle
• Road Rules
• Road to Avonlea
• Romper Room (premiered in 1953, ran until 1994)
• Room 101
• Root Into Europe
• Roseanne (started in 1988, carried over to 1997)
• Rosie and Jim
• Roswell
• Round the Twist* — Although the revived series just tipped into the early '00s, that was after the writer that had created it left due to creative differences, essentially taking the show's unique and quality storytelling with him.
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch*
• Salute Your Shorts
• Samson En Gert
• Saved by the Bell
• seaQuest DSV
• The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
• The Secret World of Alex Mack
• Seinfeld — the series finale was a big event nationwide, like M*A*S*H in the '80s.
• The Sentinel
• Sesame Street*: Debuted in 1969.
• Seven Days
• 7th Heaven*
• Sherlock Holmes
• Ship to Shore (1993-1996)
• Shortland Street
• The Sifl and Olly Show
• Silent Witness
• Singled Out
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
• Sisters (1991-1996)
• Sister, Sister
• Sliders
• Smart Guy (1997-1999)
• Something Wilder (1994-1995)
• Soul Train* Debuted in 1971
• So Weird
• Space: Above and Beyond
• Space Cases
• Space Precinct
• Spaced
• Spellbinder (1995-1997)
• Spender (1991-1993)
• Spin City
• Spitting Image: Debuted in 1984. Ended in 1996.
• Stargate-verse
  • Stargate SG-1
• Star Trek
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (began in 1987, but continued till 1994)
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • Star Trek: Voyager
• The State
• Step by Step
• The Steve Harvey Show
• The Story Teller
• Suddenly Susan
• Sunset Beach
• Super Force
• Super Sentai
  • Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
  • Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
  • Choujin Sentai Jetman
  • Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
  • Gosei Sentai Dairanger
  • Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
  • Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
  • Gekisou Sentai Carranger
  • Denji Sentai Megaranger
  • Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
  • Kyukyu Sentai GoGoV
• Spicy City
• Swamp Critters
• Swinging
• T-Bag
• Talk Soup — Although you may know its revamped version, The Soup, better.
• Tarzan
• Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
• Tata, a Marcin powiedział...
• Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills
• Team Knight Rider
• That '70s Show*
• The Thin Blue Line
• 3rd Rock from the Sun*
• Thunderstone* (1999-2000)
• Time Team
• Time Trax
• Titanic (1996)
• Toei Fushigi Comedy Series
  • Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine (1990)
  • Mysterious Girl Thutmose of the Nile (1991)
  • Utau! Dairyugujo (1992)
  • Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian (1993)
• The Tom Green Show
• The Tomorrow People (1973) — It experienced its first revival in the early-mid 90s.

• The Tonight Show

• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — After 30 years in the air, this incarnation ends in this decade, in 1992, giving way to...
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*

• The Torkelsons
• Tots TV
• A Touch of Frost (1992-2010)
• Touched by an Angel*
• Trashed
• Treasure Attic
• Tropical Heat
• TV Total
• Tweenies
• Twin Peaks — David Lynch's foray into prime-time naturally happened in the 90s.
• Ultraman Tiga
  • Ultraman Dyna
  • Ultraman Gaia
• The Untouchables (the 1993 revival)
• USA High (1997-1999)
• Varan TV
• The Vampyr: A Soap Opera
• Van Kooten En De Bie: (Appeared on TV for the first time in 1964. Ended in 1998.
• Vengeance Unlimited
• The Vice*
• V.I.P.* (1998-2002)
• Viper
• Vrienden Voor Het Leven
• Walker, Texas Ranger*
• Walking with Dinosaurs
• The Wanderer
• Water Rats* (1999-2001)
• WCW Monday Nitro
• Weinerville
• The Weird Al Show
• Weird Science — Television adaptation of the John Hughes film.
• Welcome Freshmen
• The West Wing* — started in 1999, and was basically about the Clinton Administration.
• What Would You Do? (Nickelodeon)
• Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
• Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?*
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?* — the UK version had been going since 1988, but the American version started up in 1998 once the British run ended.
• Will & Grace*
• Wings
• Wishbone
• Wild Palms
• Wives and Daughters (1999)
• The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss*
• WWE Raw
• WWE SmackDown . After a pilot on April 29, the first regular episode aired on August 26, 1999.
• Xena: Warrior Princess*
• The X-Files*
• Yo soy Betty, la fea
• Young Hercules*
• Young Indiana Jones
• Zoboomafoo*

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