[Music]
sometimes a television series can look
dated in a good way welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 most 90s
TV shows ever his computer has a virus
every time he tries to print something
it gets erased
mmm scary the only thing scary about
computers are the people who use them
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re focusing on live-action
shows produced during and set in the
1990s which by embodying the style
culture and ethos of the era have become
emblematic of the decade animated series
like The Simpsons iconic as they maybe
will not be considered nacho not oh man
alright oh man number 10 Saved by the
Bell
[Music]
[Applause]
90s clothing 90s hairstyles this teen
comedy had it all even 90 cell phones
well one very noticeable nineties brick
phone at least but since a high school
student with a cell phone was basically
unheard of at the time we all noticed
how well most bellies mr. Chester Bertie
what what’s wrong with me what you can
hear sorry I’ve got laryngitis the
characters felt like an updated version
of the archie cast but proved quite
memorable in their own right we got to
watch Zac Kelly Slater Jessie Lisa and
of course screech grow up have fun fall
in love help each other out and deal
with issues like bullying and drugs they
covered the classic issues in an open to
the point and undeniably 90s way number
9 the x-files you see I’ve seen the
future in the future looks just like him
imagine the nineties for many was a
decade of questioning the official
narrative and treating conspiracy
theories as legitimate possibilities
well it’s obviously not a vampire
why not because they don’t exist on the
silver screen there was Oliver Stone’s
JFK on TV we got the x-files in the
series FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana
Scully investigate the paranormal
while trying to unravel a massive
government conspiracy that involves
shadowy men one of whom is quite the
chain smoker working with
extraterrestrials to prevent the truth
which is out there from coming to light
he didn’t even the same human I think he
was an Android
the only time he reacted was when he saw
the dead body the original run ended in
2002 but it was followed by two movies
and a revival in 2016
proving that 90 style conspiracies when
done correctly are utterly timeless all
I’m saying is it’s a monster yeah this
is how I like my Mulder so you’re
agreeing with me no your bat-crap crazy
number eight Family Matters the 80s
brought us Revenge of the Nerds
but in the 90s there was one particular
nerd people absolutely fell in love with
Steve Urkel the Winslows neighbor wasn’t
initially intended as part of the core
family matters cast let alone a series
star but sure enough in true Arkel
slated to make a one-off appearance on
the weekly sitcom furgle approved such a
hit that he stuck around to bother the
Winslows and entertain viewers for the
rest of the series his catchphrase did I
do that would become a regular
occurrence on the show and an ingrained
part of 90’s culture then number 7 home
improvement home repair shows were a
prominent feature of the early 90s TV
landscape so this family sitcom where
the father was a celebrity fix-it man
was tailor-made for success much of the
shows comedy spun from the fact that Tim
Allen’s Tim the tool man Taylor
someone who saw himself as a man’s man
was also quite accident-prone with
repairs frequently going awry the
backdrop for his antics was 90s suburban
family life complete with next-door
neighbor slash unofficial life coach
Wilson who Tim only spoke to through a
fence in the backyard have you seen a
real UFO maybe this is out here maybe
with a lovable family and memorable
supporting cast including heartthrob of
the era Jonathan Taylor Thomas it was a
true 90s classic something bad happens
to me I am like oh the garage work on
cars when anything happens to you you go
the garage would work on the carbs
number 6 Twin Peaks viewers were treated
to cinematic television the likes of
which they’d never seen before when film
director David Lynch introduced us to a
small made-up Washington State town
called Twin Peaks this series was always
stylish often funny sometimes terrifying
and every now and then downright bizarre
more to be heard she’s dead
wrapped in plastic the central mystery
of who killed Laura Palmer was to the
early 90s what who shot junior was to
the early 80s
I don’t have an alibi for last night I
was with her even though the mystery was
solved and the show ended after just two
seasons it spawned a movie a devoted
cult following and a revival series 26
years after the original run just one
year off of what Laura Palmer told agent
Cooper back in the 90s I’ll see her in a
nun feet of ears number five Beverly
Hills 90210
being young and rich in the 90s wasn’t
always easy at least not on TV the
students at West Beverly High seemingly
had more than their fair share of 90s
teenage problems despite living in a
posh zip code and driving really nice
cars I’m sorry
Helle I did something terrible let’s
start over
this primetime soap was aimed at teens
making it one of the first of its kind
it’s run spanned the whole decade and
fully embraced the then current hair and
clothing styles as well as the cultural
trends and music tastes of 90’s youth
this landmark show was firmly planted in
a place a time and in the hearts of a
generation of viewers sorry I don’t know
what you expect from me and what about
friendship what about friendship how far
is it supposed to take us number four
Seinfeld 90s culture was very self-aware
and filled with popular references to
everyday occurrences this was thanks in
large part to one show a groundbreaking
observational sitcom following the lives
of four people living in New York City
ethically dubious yet endearing
eccentric though arguably rather
ordinary they were utterly captivating
characters but I don’t dip that way oh
you don’t huh you dip the way you want
to dip I’ll dip the way I wanted them
over the years
Seinfeld popularized concepts like
shrinkage low talkers restaurants so
good that could exclude customers with
impute Knee and of course double dippers
among others it also introduced the
world to the alternative holiday
Festivus which some people celebrate to
this day the tradition of Festivus
begins with the airing of grievances I
not bad for a show that proudly claims
to be about nothing just talking but
no story have a story says you gotta
have a storm number 3 Buffy the Vampire
Slayer and look I won’t go far okay if
the apocalypse comes beat me subverting
stereotypical gender tropes may be
common in TV today but in the 90s it was
seriously refreshing in this Joss Whedon
series Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Buffy is
a young blond female but she’s most
definitely not the victim instead she’s
the butt-kicking heroine fighting
vampires and other such forces of evil
in Sunnydale California at the same time
she’s trying to live her life as a high
school student
keep friendships and find love all of
which become hopelessly intermeshed with
her duties as a vampire slayer this is
the 90s the 1990s in point of fact and I
can do both Clark Kent has a job I just
want to go on a date this show is
emotional funny and in true 90s fashion
overflowing with quirky charm it’s even
caught in a musical episode
number two friends oh it’s my new beeper
how’s a paleontologist need a beeper for
is it like for dinosaur emergencies
help come quick they’re still extinct
nothing could be more stereotypically
90s than a group of friends spending
their time hanging around in a coffee
shop and in their apartments talking
about their jobs money woes romantic
pursuits and interpersonal issues and
that’s exactly what this sitcom
delivered week after week
[Applause]
[Music]
friends was a huge hit and launched the
careers of Jennifer Aniston Matthew
Perry and pretty much the entire primary
cast to varying degrees of success
regardless of what they’ve gone on to do
since however we will always remember
them for the simple fact that in the 90s
they were friends that we never got
tired of seeing 500 megabyte hard drive
built-in spreadsheet capabilities and a
games and stuff before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
yeah that’s a tough job okay guy so
that’s why you assign yourself huh I
just thought I remind myself of what I
might be missing when the onslaught of
summer starts hello Dennis hello Dennis
turn off the machine I know you’re there
all right fine huddle under your blanket
in the corner number one The Fresh
Prince of bel-air became the Prince of a
town called bel-air if you played an
episode any episode of this legendary
sitcom for someone who had never heard
of it they would know right away that it
was a 90s show from the iconic opening
Will Smith rap to the constant
references to and guest appearances by
the stars of the day to the clothing and
hairstyles the 90s are in this shows DNA
it can be hilarious at times and
downright serious and touching at others
but the one constant is that these
characters and their stories are firmly
rooted in the decade they live in when
we feel like doing a little time
traveling there’s no better guide than
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
sometimes a television series can look
dated in a good way welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 most 90s
TV shows ever his computer has a virus
every time he tries to print something
it gets erased
mmm scary the only thing scary about
computers are the people who use them
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re focusing on live-action
shows produced during and set in the
1990s which by embodying the style
culture and ethos of the era have become
emblematic of the decade animated series
like The Simpsons iconic as they maybe
will not be considered nacho not oh man
alright oh man number 10 Saved by the
Bell
[Music]
[Applause]
90s clothing 90s hairstyles this teen
comedy had it all even 90 cell phones
well one very noticeable nineties brick
phone at least but since a high school
student with a cell phone was basically
unheard of at the time we all noticed
how well most bellies mr. Chester Bertie
what what’s wrong with me what you can
hear sorry I’ve got laryngitis the
characters felt like an updated version
of the archie cast but proved quite
memorable in their own right we got to
watch Zac Kelly Slater Jessie Lisa and
of course screech grow up have fun fall
in love help each other out and deal
with issues like bullying and drugs they
covered the classic issues in an open to
the point and undeniably 90s way number
9 the x-files you see I’ve seen the
future in the future looks just like him
imagine the nineties for many was a
decade of questioning the official
narrative and treating conspiracy
theories as legitimate possibilities
well it’s obviously not a vampire
why not because they don’t exist on the
silver screen there was Oliver Stone’s
JFK on TV we got the x-files in the
series FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana
Scully investigate the paranormal
while trying to unravel a massive
government conspiracy that involves
shadowy men one of whom is quite the
chain smoker working with
extraterrestrials to prevent the truth
which is out there from coming to light
he didn’t even the same human I think he
was an Android
the only time he reacted was when he saw
the dead body the original run ended in
2002 but it was followed by two movies
and a revival in 2016
proving that 90 style conspiracies when
done correctly are utterly timeless all
I’m saying is it’s a monster yeah this
is how I like my Mulder so you’re
agreeing with me no your bat-crap crazy
number eight Family Matters the 80s
brought us Revenge of the Nerds
but in the 90s there was one particular
nerd people absolutely fell in love with
Steve Urkel the Winslows neighbor wasn’t
initially intended as part of the core
family matters cast let alone a series
star but sure enough in true Arkel
slated to make a one-off appearance on
the weekly sitcom furgle approved such a
hit that he stuck around to bother the
Winslows and entertain viewers for the
rest of the series his catchphrase did I
do that would become a regular
occurrence on the show and an ingrained
part of 90’s culture then number 7 home
improvement home repair shows were a
prominent feature of the early 90s TV
landscape so this family sitcom where
the father was a celebrity fix-it man
was tailor-made for success much of the
shows comedy spun from the fact that Tim
Allen’s Tim the tool man Taylor
someone who saw himself as a man’s man
was also quite accident-prone with
repairs frequently going awry the
backdrop for his antics was 90s suburban
family life complete with next-door
neighbor slash unofficial life coach
Wilson who Tim only spoke to through a
fence in the backyard have you seen a
real UFO maybe this is out here maybe
with a lovable family and memorable
supporting cast including heartthrob of
the era Jonathan Taylor Thomas it was a
true 90s classic something bad happens
to me I am like oh the garage work on
cars when anything happens to you you go
the garage would work on the carbs
number 6 Twin Peaks viewers were treated
to cinematic television the likes of
which they’d never seen before when film
director David Lynch introduced us to a
small made-up Washington State town
called Twin Peaks this series was always
stylish often funny sometimes terrifying
and every now and then downright bizarre
more to be heard she’s dead
wrapped in plastic the central mystery
of who killed Laura Palmer was to the
early 90s what who shot junior was to
the early 80s
I don’t have an alibi for last night I
was with her even though the mystery was
solved and the show ended after just two
seasons it spawned a movie a devoted
cult following and a revival series 26
years after the original run just one
year off of what Laura Palmer told agent
Cooper back in the 90s I’ll see her in a
nun feet of ears number five Beverly
Hills 90210
being young and rich in the 90s wasn’t
always easy at least not on TV the
students at West Beverly High seemingly
had more than their fair share of 90s
teenage problems despite living in a
posh zip code and driving really nice
cars I’m sorry
Helle I did something terrible let’s
start over
this primetime soap was aimed at teens
making it one of the first of its kind
it’s run spanned the whole decade and
fully embraced the then current hair and
clothing styles as well as the cultural
trends and music tastes of 90’s youth
this landmark show was firmly planted in
a place a time and in the hearts of a
generation of viewers sorry I don’t know
what you expect from me and what about
friendship what about friendship how far
is it supposed to take us number four
Seinfeld 90s culture was very self-aware
and filled with popular references to
everyday occurrences this was thanks in
large part to one show a groundbreaking
observational sitcom following the lives
of four people living in New York City
ethically dubious yet endearing
eccentric though arguably rather
ordinary they were utterly captivating
characters but I don’t dip that way oh
you don’t huh you dip the way you want
to dip I’ll dip the way I wanted them
over the years
Seinfeld popularized concepts like
shrinkage low talkers restaurants so
good that could exclude customers with
impute Knee and of course double dippers
among others it also introduced the
world to the alternative holiday
Festivus which some people celebrate to
this day the tradition of Festivus
begins with the airing of grievances I
not bad for a show that proudly claims
to be about nothing just talking but
no story have a story says you gotta
have a storm number 3 Buffy the Vampire
Slayer and look I won’t go far okay if
the apocalypse comes beat me subverting
stereotypical gender tropes may be
common in TV today but in the 90s it was
seriously refreshing in this Joss Whedon
series Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Buffy is
a young blond female but she’s most
definitely not the victim instead she’s
the butt-kicking heroine fighting
vampires and other such forces of evil
in Sunnydale California at the same time
she’s trying to live her life as a high
school student
keep friendships and find love all of
which become hopelessly intermeshed with
her duties as a vampire slayer this is
the 90s the 1990s in point of fact and I
can do both Clark Kent has a job I just
want to go on a date this show is
emotional funny and in true 90s fashion
overflowing with quirky charm it’s even
caught in a musical episode
number two friends oh it’s my new beeper
how’s a paleontologist need a beeper for
is it like for dinosaur emergencies
help come quick they’re still extinct
nothing could be more stereotypically
90s than a group of friends spending
their time hanging around in a coffee
shop and in their apartments talking
about their jobs money woes romantic
pursuits and interpersonal issues and
that’s exactly what this sitcom
delivered week after week
[Applause]
[Music]
friends was a huge hit and launched the
careers of Jennifer Aniston Matthew
Perry and pretty much the entire primary
cast to varying degrees of success
regardless of what they’ve gone on to do
since however we will always remember
them for the simple fact that in the 90s
they were friends that we never got
tired of seeing 500 megabyte hard drive
built-in spreadsheet capabilities and a
games and stuff before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
yeah that’s a tough job okay guy so
that’s why you assign yourself huh I
just thought I remind myself of what I
might be missing when the onslaught of
summer starts hello Dennis hello Dennis
turn off the machine I know you’re there
all right fine huddle under your blanket
in the corner number one The Fresh
Prince of bel-air became the Prince of a
town called bel-air if you played an
episode any episode of this legendary
sitcom for someone who had never heard
of it they would know right away that it
was a 90s show from the iconic opening
Will Smith rap to the constant
references to and guest appearances by
the stars of the day to the clothing and
hairstyles the 90s are in this shows DNA
it can be hilarious at times and
downright serious and touching at others
but the one constant is that these
characters and their stories are firmly
rooted in the decade they live in when
we feel like doing a little time
traveling there’s no better guide than
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
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