Prevue Guide Feb. 22nd, 1993

A VHS recording of the Prevue Guide channel from 1993! Found on one of my family's home recorded tapes.
Audio may sound funny around 19 minutes in, some random song got claimed and YT wouldn't let me upload without muting it.

[@123451248ify]

I remember when cable providers didn't carry all the channels we get today. In some cases, you had to get a satellite dish to get Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central. Also, back then ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and USA still aired Saturday morning cartoons. You were lucky if your cable provider carried Fox. Where I lived, Fox was not added to my provider until 1994. By that time, "Married With Children" was already halfway over. I did not know of "Beverly Hills, 90210" until the fifth season originally aired during the 1994-'95 season. The late Shannen Doherty was just fired from the show and Tiffani-Amber Theissen served as her replacement. That was also during the first season of "Party of Five." I am getting flashbacks of when my older sister and her friends would watch episodes of "My So-Called Life" every Thursday night at eight on ABC! She even bought the soundtrack!

[@krispykush313]

Nostalgia....good stuff.

[@itogi]

Huh, this video has the earliest usage of the Opening Act during the break.

[@johnnysama]

This must've been a transitional phase for the Prevue Guide in their identity.

[@mcydodge919]

Also it sounds like the song ends differently. Very cool indeed!

[@cparkes92]

Based on the stations carried, this system was likely located in or near Cape Girardeau, Missouri

[@tmanokc]

That'd be my guess. Interestingly, of the two PBS stations serving the Paducah-Cape Girardeau market, only WKMU (a Kentucky Educational Television satellite) was available on this system. It's likely KETC (one of two St. Louis stations carried by the system, alongside KPLR) was considered closer to that system's service area than the other PBS station in the market, WSIU.

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

Paula Abdul was a LOOKER back then! 😍

[@ryankalata]

Why so little channels? And Cartoon Network launched in 1992 yet I don’t see it on this channel guide.

[@Victor-ee4wl]

Do you have hours Prevue Guide from 1988-1997?

[@leviathan_is_me]

OMG Kids Inc. is on at four??? I'm THERE.

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

I'm here for Paula Abdul 😍

[@123451248ify]

I was never into that show!

[@leviathan_is_me]

Oh come on!! It KIDS IN COR PORATED K... I... D... S... That damned theme has been stuck in my head for over 35 years.

[@kargaroc386]

An anachronism with the music here

[@dominicking5181]

Pre-coronavirus stuff.📺😎

[@el-kiote]

Pre-9/11 stuff

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

_Harley Underwood_ stuff.

[@123451248ify]

The USA used to air reruns of "My Two Dads" reruns until 2001! Now, it's pretty much either five-hour blocks of reruns of "Law & Order SVU" or "Modern Family." The two most overrated shows on the planet!