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, Series of the 2020s

Series that premiered or originally aired between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1999.

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

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• 2point4 Children
• 3rd Rock from the Sun*
• 413 Hope St. (1997-1998)
• 7 Days (1998)*
• 7th Heaven*
• 21 Jump Street (1987-1991)
• 60 Minutes* (since 1968)
• 227 (1985-1990)
• 999*
• ABC World News Tonight* (1948)
• Absolutely Fabulous* (1992-2012)
• Acropolis Now (1989-1992)
• Action
• Adam-12 (revival of an older series)
• The Adam and Joe Show
• The New Addams Family
• Adventures in Wonderland
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
• The Adventures of Pete & Pete
• The Adventures of Shirley Holmes*
• The Adventures of Sinbad
• ALF (1986-1990)
• Alien Nation (1989-1990)
• Aliens in the Family
• All-American Girl
• All Creatures Great And Small (1978-1990)
• All My Children* (1970-2011)
• Allegra's Window (1994-1996)
• 'Allo 'Allo! (1982-1992)
• All Saints* (1998-2009)
• All That*
• Ally McBeal*
• The Amanda Show*
• A*mazing
• Amen (1986-1991)
• The American Experience* (since 1988)
• American Gladiators
• American Gothic
• American Justice*
• American Playhouse (1982-1993)
• America's Funniest Home Videos* (since 1989)
• America's Funniest People'' (1990-94)
• Amigos Son Los Amigos
• Animorphs
• Ants in Your Pants (1997-2004)
• Any Day Now* (1998-2002)
• Aquila
• Are You Afraid of the Dark?*
• Arli$$
• The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-1994)
• Asylum
• As the World Turns* (1956-2010)
• As Time Goes By*
• The Atheist Experience
• A todo corazón
• Babes in the Wood (1998-1999)
• Baby Einstein*
• Babylon 5
• The Baby Sitters Club (1990)
• Baby Talk (1991-1992)
• Backup
• Ballykissangel*
• Bamses Julerejse
• Bananas in Pyjamas
• Barney & Friends*
• Bassie & Adriaan
• Baywatch* (1989-2001)
• Le Bébête Show (1982-1995)
• Beakman's World
• Bear in the Big Blue House*
• Beastmaster
• The Beatles Anthology
• Beauty and the Beast (1987-1990)
• Becker*
• Beetleborgs
• Behind the Music
• The Ben Stiller Show
• Bergerac (1981-1991)
• Between the Lines (1992)
• Beverly Hills, 90210*
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction*
• Bibleman*
• Big Bag
• Big Brother* (original version debuted 1999)
• The Big Comfy Couch*
• The Big Garage
• Big Train
• Big Wolf on Campus*
• The Bill* (1984-2010)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
• Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Birds of a Feather (1989-1998, 2014-2020)
• Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine (1990)
• Bligh (1992)
• Blue Peter* (since 1958)
• B.o.B
• The Bold and the Beautiful* (since 1987)
• Boston Common
• Bottom
• Boy Meets World*
• The Bozo Show
• Blossom
• Blue Heelers*
• Bread (1986-1991)
• Brides of Christ
• Brimstone
• The Brittas Empire (1991-1997)
  • Get Fit with Brittas (1997)
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Brooklyn South
• Brotherly Love
• Brum*
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997-2003)
  • Angel* (1999-2004)
• Bumble (1999-2002)*
• C'est Pas Sorcier*
• Caesar's Challenge
• Café Americain
• California Dreams
• Caraidean
• Caroline in the City
• Carrusel (1989-1990)
• The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes
• Casualty* (since 1986)
• Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum
• CBS Evening News* (1941)
• CBS Sunday Morning* (1979-)
• Cero en conducta*
• The Challenge* (1998-present)
• Charlie Horse Music Pizza
• Charmed*
• Cheers (1982-1993)
• Chef!
• Chespirito (1980-1995)
• Chicago Hope*
• Chicago Sons (1997)
• The Chief (1990-1995)
• China Beach (1988-1991)
• The Chris Rock Show
• ChuckleVision*
• The City (1995-1997)
• City Guys*
• City Kids
• The Civil War
• Clarissa Explains It All
• Classic Albums*
• The Closer (1998)
• Club Dorothée
• Club MTV (1987-1992)
• Cluedo
• Coach (1989-1997)
• Code Name: Eternity
• Cold Squad*
• Come Outside
• The Comic Strip Presents* (1982-2016)
• Conan the Adventurer
• Concentration (1958-1991)
• Coogan's Run
• Cop Rock
• COPS*
• Corazón salvaje (the 1993 version)
• Coronation Street* (since 1960)
• The Cosby Mysteries (1994-1995)
• The Cosby Show (1984-1992)
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Countdown*
• A Country Practice (1981-1993)
• Cousin Skeeter*
• Covington Cross
• Crash Zone* (1999-2001)
• The Creatives
• Crime Traveller
• Crocodile Hunter* (1996-2007)
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
• The Crystal Maze* (originally ended in 1995 but was revived in the 2010s)
• Crusade
• Cyberkidz
• Cybill
• Da Vinci's Inquest*
• The Daily Show* (original version debuted 1996)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (debuted 1999)
• Dallas (1978-1991)
• The Dana Carvey Show
• Dans Une Galaxie Près De Chez Vous* (1999-2001)
• Dark Justice
• Dark Shadows
• Dark Skies
• Dateline*
• Dave's World (1993-1997)
• Dawson's Creek*
• The Day of the Roses
• Days of Our Lives*
• Dead at 21
• Deadly Games
• Dead Man's Gun
• Deceptions
• Degrassi Talks (1992 only)
• Dekh Bhai Dekh
• The Detectives
• Diagnosis: Murder* (1993-2001)
• A Different World (1987-1993)
• Divertis (debuted 1999)
• Doctor Cándido Pérez (1987-1993)
• Doctor Doctor (1989-1991)
• Doogie Howser, M.D. (1988-1993)
• Double Dare (1986-1993)
• Dream On
• The Drew Carey Show*
• Drop the Dead Donkey
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman*
• Due South
• Early Edition*
• Earth 2
• Earth: Final Conflict*
• EastEnders* (since 1985)
• Eat Bulaga!* (since 1979)
• Ellen
• Emmerdale* (since 1972)
• Empty Nest (1988-1995)
• Entertainment Tonight* (since 1981)
• Equal Justice
• ER*
• Escape From Jupiter
• Evening Shade
• Everybody Loves Raymond*
• Exit 57
• Family Fortunes* (since 1980)
• Family Law (1999-2002)
• Family Matters (1989-1998)
• The Famous Jett Jackson*
• Farscape* (1999-2004)
• Fast Forward (1989-1992)
• The Fast Show
• Father Dowling Mysteries (1989-1991)
• FC De Kampioenen
• Felicity*
• La Femme Nikita*
• Figure It Out
• Les Filles d'à côté (1993-1995)
• First Wave*
• Fishing with John
• Fist of Fun
• The Flash (1990)
• Flash Forward
• Flodder
• Força de um Desejo
• Forever Knight
• Fort Alpha
• Fortune Hunter
• Fourways Farm
• Fox Clubhouse (1994 - 1995)
• Frasier*
• Freaks and Geeks*
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Friends* (1994-2004)
• Series/Frontline
• FTL Newsfeed (1992-1996)
• Full House (1987-1995)
• Funky Squad
• F/X: The Series
• Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende* (since 1989)
• Game On
• GamesMaster
• Gaming in the Clinton Years
• General Hospital* (since 1963)
• Generations* (1993-2014)
• The Genie from Down Under
• George & Leo
• Get a Life
• Get Real*
• Getting By
• Ghost Stories
• Ghostwriter
• Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
• The Girl from Tomorrow
• The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
• Golden Palace
• Golden Years
• Good Eats*
• Good News (1997-1998)
• Good News Week* (1996-2000)
• Goosebumps
• Grace Under Fire
• Grange Hill* (1978-2008)
• The Gravy Train
• Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)
• Greed
• The Grimleys*
• Club Grind (1992-1997)
• Groundling Marsh
• Growing Pains (1985-1992)
• Guiding Light* (1952-2009)
• Les Guignols de l'Info*
• Gullah Gullah Island
• Gulliver's Travels (1996)
• Hang Time*
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
• Harry And Cosh*
• Harsh Realm (1999-2000)
• Have I Got News for You
• Head of the Class (1986-1991)
• Heartbeat* (1992-2010)
• Heartbreak High (1994-1999)
• Heat Vision and Jack
• Heil Honey I'm Home!
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• Here's Humphrey
• Herman's Head
• Hey Dad..! (1987-1994)
• Hey Dude! (1989-1991)
• Hi-5* (1999-2017)
• High Incident (1996-1997)
• Highlander
  • Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999)
• Hissatsu Shigotonin · Gekitotsu!* (1991-1992)
• The Hobbits
• The Hogan Family (1986-1991)
• Holby City*
• Hollyoaks*
• Home and Away* (1988-)
• Homeboys in Outer Space
• Home Improvement
• Homicide: Life on the Street (home of John Munch)
• Hope And Gloria (1995-1996)
• Horatio Hornblower*
• The House of Eliott
• Human Target
• The Hughleys* (1998-2002)
• Ik Mik Loreland
• If You See God, Tell Him
• Imperio de cristal
• Inai Inai Baa!*
• In Living Color!
• Inside Edition* (1989-)
• Inside the Actors Studio
• Inspector Rex
• In the Heat of the Night (1988-1995)
• The ITV Panto*
• In the House
• Iris The Happy Professor
• Is It Legal?
• It's Like, You Know... (1999-2000)
• I Was a Sixth Grade Alien* (1999-2001)
• JAG*
• Jake and the Fatman (1987-1992)
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• The Jeff Foxworthy Show
• The Jerry Springer Show*
• Jesus
• Joan of Arc
• The John Larroquette Show
• Johnson and Friends
• The Journey of Allen Strange*
• Journey to the West
• The Joy of Painting (1983-1994)
• Judge Judy* (1996-2021)
• Judge Mathis* (1999-2023)
• Judging Amy* (1999-2005)
• The Julekalender
• Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995-1998)
• Jul i Blåfjell
• Just a Gigolo (1993)
• Just Shoot Me!* (1997-2003)
• Just the Ten of Us (1988-1990)
• Kabouter Plop
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Kenan & Kel*
• Key West
• Kids Incorporated (1984-1993)
• The Kids in the Hall
• Kids Say the Darndest Things
• Kindred: The Embraced
• Kitty Cats (1991-1995)
• Knightmare (1987-1994)
• Knots Landing (1979-1993)
• Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge
• Kratts' Creatures
• Kulderzipken
• LA Heat (1999)
• L.A. Law (1986-1994)
• Land of the Lost
• The Larry Sanders Show
• Late Night* (1982-)
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien* (1993-2009)
• The Late Late Show*
• The Late Show (includes two recurring sketches, The Olden Days and Bargearse)
• The Late Show with David Letterman* (1993-2015)
• Later* (1988-2001)
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Law & Order*
  • Law & Order* (one of the first procedural dramas to make extensive use of theatre actors in bit parts)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*
• The Legend of William Tell
• Legends of the Hidden Temple
• Let Them Eat Cake
• Lexx*
• Life Goes On (1989-1993)
• Lift-Off
• Lipstick On Your Collar
• Living Single
• Lois & Clark
• London's Burning* (1988-2002)
• Love & War
• Lovejoy (1986-1994)
• MacGyver (1985-1992)
• Mad About You
• Made in Canada
• MADtv (1995)*
• Magic Mountain (1997-1998)
• Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989-1994)
• Major Dad (1989-1993)
• Malcolm & Eddie* (1996-2000)
• Malhação*
• Mann & Machine
• The Man Show*
• M.A.N.T.I.S.
• María la del barrio
• Martin (1992)
• Masked Rider
• MasterChef*
• Match Of The Day* (since 1964)
• Matlock (1986-1995)
• Maury*
• Maybe It's Me
• McGee and Me! (1989-1995)
• Media Watch* (since 1989)
• Meet the Press* (since 1947)
• Melrose Place
• The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
• Merlin
• Metal Heroes* series (1982-1999, 2012-)
  • 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)
• Midnight Caller (1988-1991)
• Midsomer Murders*
• Millennium (1996)
• Minder (1979-1994)
• Les Minikeums*
• Mission Top Secret (1992-1995)
• Models Inc.
• Moesha*
• Monty (1994)
• Mopatop's Shop* (1999-2005)
• Mosquito
• Mr. Bean
• Mr. Dressup (ended in 1996)
• The Mr. Potato Head Show
• Mr. Show
• Mr. Squiggle
  • Mujer Casos De La Vida Real
• The Muppets
  • Muppets Tonight
• Murder Most Horrid (series in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999)
• Murder One (1995-1997)
• Murphy Brown
• My Brother and Me
• My Family and Me
• My So-Called Life
• My Special Book*
• Mysteriet på Greveholm
• The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1996-1999)
• 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 (1995-1998)
• Nanalan'*
• The Nanny
• Nash Bridges*
• Nature* (debuted in 1982)
• Ned & Stacey
• Neighbours* (1985-2022)
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks*
• The New Adventures of Robin Hood
• NewsRadio
• The Newsroom (1996)
• New York Undercover
• Next of Kin (1995-1997)
• Nick Arcade
• Nickelodeon GUTS
• Night Court
• Nightingales
• Nightline* (since 1980)
• Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
• The Noddy Shop* (1998-2000)
• Noel's House Party
• North and South (U.S.) (1985-1994)
• North Of 60 (1992 - 1997)
• Northern Exposure
• Now and Again
• Nowhere Man
• Nurses (1991)
• NYPD Blue
• Once A Thief
• On Our Own
• One Life to Live* (1968-2012, 2013)
• Only Fools and Horses* (1981-2003)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show* (1986-2011)
• The O'Reilly Factor*
• Otro rollo*
• Our Friends in the North
• The Outer Limits*
• Out of the Box*
• Out of This World (1987) (1987-1991)
• Over My Dead Body (1990)
• Over the Top
• Oz*
• Pacific Blue* (1995-2000)
• Paleoworld
• The Parent 'Hood
• The Parkers*
• Party of Five*
• Passions*
• Pataclaun (1997-1999)
• Pee-wee's Playhouse* (1986-1990)
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold* (1997-2000)
• The People's Court* (1981-1993; 1997-2023)
• Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
• Phoenix
• Picket Fences
• Pig Sty (1995)
• Pistvakt*
• P.J.* (1997-2009)
• PJ Katie's Farm
• Players
• Pobol y Cwm*
• Police Rescue (1989-1996)
• Police Stop!
  • Police, Camera, Action!
• Politically Incorrect* (1993-2002)
• The Politician's Wife
• Poltergeist: The Legacy
• Popstars
• Pop Up Video
• Popular*
• Portrait of a Marriage
• Power Rangers*
  • Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
  • Power Rangers Zeo
  • Power Rangers Turbo
  • Power Rangers in Space
  • Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
• The Powers That Be (1992) (1992-1993)
• The Practice*
• The Pretender*
• Prey
• Pride and Prejudice
• Prime Suspect*
• A Prince Among Men
• Princess Returning Pearl
• El privilegio de amar
• Profiler*
• Providence* (1999-2002)
• Psi Factor
• The Puzzle Place
• Quantum Leap (1989-1993)
• Queen (1993)
• Queer as Folk (UK)*
• Rab C. Nesbitt* (1988-2014)
• Radio Active* (1998-2001)
• Radio Enfer* (1995-2001)
• Ramsay's Boiling Point
• Reading Rainbow*
• Ready or Not
• The Real World*
• The Red Green Show
• Relic Hunter*
• Remember WENN
• Rescue 911*
• The Rez (1996 - 1998)
• Riget (1994, 1997) *
• Rimini Riddle
• Road Rules
• Road to Avonlea
• Roar
• RoboCop: The Series
• Roc (1991-1994)
• Romper Room (1953-1994)
• Room 101
• Root into Europe
• Roseanne (1988-1997)
• Rosie & Jim
• Roswell*
• Round the Twist*
• ROX*
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch*
• Salute Your Shorts
• Samson En Gert
• Santa Barbara (1984-1993)
• Saturday Night Live* (1975-present)
• Saved by the Bell (1989-1993)
  • Saved by the Bell: The College Years
  • Saved by the Bell: The New Class*
• Schloss Einstein*
• The Screen Savers
• Screen Two (1985-1998)
• SeaChange* (1998-2000)
• SeaQuest DSV
• The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
• The Secret World of Alex Mack
• Seinfeld (pilot aired in 1989, became a full series in 1990 and ran until 1998)
• The Sentinel
• Sesame Street* (began 1969)
  • Plaza Sésamo* (began 1972)
  • Sesamstraße* (began 1973)
  • Sesamstraat* (began 1976)
• Sex and the City*
• Sharpe* (1993-1997, 2006, 2008)
• Shasta McNasty*
• Sherlock Holmes
• Ship to Shore (1993-1996)
• Shonan Jun'ai Gumi! (1995-1997)
• Shortland Street*
• The Sifl and Olly Show
• Silent Witness*
• Silk Stalkings
• The Single Guy (1995-1997)
• Singled Out
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
• Sisters (1991-1996)
• Sister, Sister
• Sliders*
• Smart Guy (1997-1999)
• Something Wilder (1994-1995)
• The Sopranos*
• Soul Train* (1971-2006)
• So Weird
• Space: Above and Beyond
• Space Cases
• Spaced
• Space Precinct
• Spellbinder (1995-1997)
• Spender (1991-1993)
• Spin City*
• Spitting Image (1984-1996)
• Stand By Your Man (1992)
• Stargate-verse
  • Stargate SG-1*
• Star Search* (since 1983)
• Star Trek*
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • Star Trek: Voyager*
• The State
• St. Bear's Dolls Hospital
• Step by Step
• The Steve Harvey Show
• The Story Teller
• Street Legal (1987-1994)
• Suddenly Susan
• Sunes Jul
• Sunset Beach
• Super Force
• Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
• Super Sentai*
  • Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (the last eight episodes)
  • Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
  • Choujin Sentai Jetman
  • Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
  • Gosei Sentai Dairanger
  • Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
  • Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
  • Gekisou Sentai Carranger
  • Denji Sentai Megaranger
  • Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
  • Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV*
• Swamp Critters
• Sweet Valley High
• Świat według Kiepskich*
• Swinging
• System Crash*
• Tall Hopes
• Talk Soup* (see also The Soup)
• Tarzan
• Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
• Tata, a Marcin powiedział...
• Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills
• T-Bag
• Team Knight Rider
• TekWar
• The Temptations
• Tenacious D*
• Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack (1998-1999)
• Thanks* (1998)
• That '70s Show*
• Teletubbies* (1997-2001)
• Thea
• The Thin Blue Line
• Third Watch* (1999-2005)
• thirtysomething (1987-1991)
• Thunder in Paradise
• Thunderstone* (1999-2000)
• Time Team*
• Time Trax
• Titanic (1996)
• Today* (1952-)
• Toei Fushigi Comedy Series
  • Mysterious Girl Thutmose of the Nile (1991)
  • Utau! Dairyugujo (1992)
• The Tom Green Show*
• The Tomorrow People
• The Tonight Show
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992)
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*
• The Torkelsons
• Total Recall 2070 (1999)
• Tots TV
• Touched by an Angel*
  • Promised Land (1996) (1996-1999)
• A Touch of Frost* (1992-2010)
• Tracey Takes On (1996-1999)
• Trashed
• Treasure Attic
• Trial and Retribution* (1997-2009)
• Tropical Heat
• TV Colosso* (1993-1997, 2016)
• Tweenies
• Twin Peaks
• Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place*
• Two of a Kind
• Ultraman Tiga
  • Ultraman Dyna
  • Ultraman Gaia
• Under One Roof
• Union Square (1997-1998)
• The Untouchables (1993 revival)
• Upright Citizens Brigade* (1998-2000)
• USA High (1997-1999)
• Vacanta Mare*
• The Vampyr: A Soap Opera
• Van Kooten En De Bie (1964-1998)
• Varan TV
• Vengeance Unlimited
• Veronica's Closet* (1997-2000)
• The Vice*
• The View* (1997-)
• V.I.P.* (1998-2002)
• Viper
• The Visitor (1997-1998)
• Vrienden Voor Het Leven
• VR Troopers
• Waiting for God
• Walker, Texas Ranger*
• Walking with Dinosaurs
• A Walk in Your Shoes* (shorts premiered in 1999)
• The Wanderer
• Water Rats* (1999-2001)
• WCW Monday Nitro*
• Weinerville
• The Weird Al Show
• Weird Science
• Welcome Freshmen
• The West Wing* (1999-2006)
• What Would You Do? (Nickelodeon)
• Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
• Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?*
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?*
• Wie is de Mol?* (1999-present)
• The Wild House
• Wild Palms
• Will & Grace*
• Wings
• Wishbone
• Wives and Daughters (1999)
• The Wonder Years (1988-1993)
• Working (1997) (1997-1999)
• World's Most Amazing Videos* (1999-2008)
• World's Wildest Police Videos* (1998-2001)
• The Worst Witch* (1998-2001)
• 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
• The Young and the Restless* (since 1973)
• Young Hercules
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
• You Rang, M'Lord? (1988-1993)
• Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian (1993)
• Zoboomafoo*
• Zorro

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