Was TV Better In The 90's? (feat. Surprise Guest)

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The content in television shows has changed drastically over the past few decades. Join me as I break down some of the core differences between television in the 90’s to today.
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[@tkthetank]

“Edward this is not about walls! This is about roads.” Great line

[@derekilopan]

Wow. Ben, you nailed it on the Fresh Prince. Today's episode would 100% be about Will's father being absent due to systemic racism. So true and so sad of what has happened to this country since 2008.

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

That’s why the reboot failed

[@derekilopan]

@@lawrencetalbot8346 there was a reboot of TFPOBA?

[@izzieluv]

​@derekilopan yeah, it was much more of a drama than a comedy and racism was discussed a lot.

[@carissstewart3211]

​@@izzieluvFresh Prince included a lot of racist themes, yes. How many times was Carlton mocked for not acting black?!

[@BishopWalters12]

@@carissstewart3211 They handled it a different way and they even criticized black culture. Carlton telling off that one black guy for saying he doesn't act black enough was one of the best scenes in the series.

[@TheRealSerpentor]

Uncle Phil is a tremendous role model. We need more dads like that.

[@playstationnintendowin489]

Yes he was tuff but also far

[@davidsuch8942]

😂 if you need a TV dad role model, your life is going to suck.

[@TheRealSerpentor]

@@davidsuch8942 I said more dads, not tv dads, dumb shit.

[@barnabasmurphy8496]

Do forget Father knows Best and Donna Reed Show, they were also family oriented.

[@RocStarr913]

Uncle Phil was always a bit over-the-top adversarial and intimidating for a TV father.

[@richardarnold5279]

Fresh Prince was such a great show. The scene with Carlton Banks explaining to the black fraternity (that wouldn't accept him for "acting to white") that being black isn't what he's trying to be, it's who he is. That was considered a liberal opinion in the early 90s. Lol. now it's considered a right-wing opinion. It's insane. Fresh Prince was my fav sitcom of the 90s.

[@RocStarr913]

Black people are not a monolith. But let’s not kid ourselves, the Carlton character was always played for laughs largely because of how white he acted.

[@Kingofthekop1]

Its comedy something the right don’t understand

[@richardarnold5279]

That wasn't a comedic moment in TV. It was a serious moment. It wasn't meant to be funny.

[@richardarnold5279]

@@RocStarr913 What made Carlton funny wasn't him "acting white".... it was other character's reaction to him supposedly "acting white" (ie: Will, Jazz, Will's visiting friends from Philly, etc). The only reason he was viewed as "aciting white" was because you were seeing him through the lense of an inner-city black kid from Philly. It was that upbringing conflicting with Carlton's wealthy Californian upbringing as a black kid that made it funny. If Will was never part of the story, Carlton's personality wouldn't be viewed as "acting white". It'd be simply viewed as acting like an uppity rich kid. The entire point of Carlton's speech was to remind you, the viewer, that nobody ACTS black or white. It's who they are. They also did a great job showing that Will, deep down, knew that and simply liked poking fun as his cousin. He was also pissed off about them not accepting Carlton.

[@destined4purgatory643]

​@@RocStarr913wrong. Funny cause he was a nerdy ass rich kid

[@balung]

I just miss the 90s, period.

[@BishopWalters12]

Same, America's last great decade.

[@balung]

​@@BishopWalters122000 onwards everything in the West, went to shit.

[@JMillion]

Ben Shapiro and the whole DailyWire+ team absolutely deliver the best in Hollywood Celebrity News and Gossip!

[@daverichards9141]

Me too

[@Sandy12595]

I've often wondered if I miss the 90s because I miss being young, innocent, and naive or because there was less in your face technology, or because it was better place in history. ....kinda think the answer is all of the above 😕 the 90s were good

[@crystalsnow1138]

Fun fact for those that don't know. Mara Wilson, the actress who played Matilda and was also in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracles on 34th Street is Ben Shapiro's cousin.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

Oh God, I used to think she was cool

[@beckycaughel7557]

I didn’t know that

[@MrsRight1122]

That’s so funny. I just learned that two days ago.

[@followerofchrist3125]

@@PeridactyloptrixSeriously mate, just because she is related to Shapiro. You are something. 🤡

[@followerofchrist3125]

@@PeridactyloptrixSeriously mate, just because she is related to Shapiro. 🙄

[@leighton1641]

My wife and i canceled netflix and are watching Home Improvement reruns. Best decesion ever.

[@kookaburra512]

I just finished Home Improvement and Last Man Standing and 8 Simple Rules. Looking for something else but nothing to watch anymore.

[@rankobarensic]

I don't think so Tim😊

[@Kwildcat13]

@@kookaburra512loved all of the except broke my heart to finish 8 simple rules ..

[@twb12]

grunt grunt grunt

[@kookaburra512]

@@Kwildcat13 Me too...I loved John Ritter.

[@GenXfrom75]

Kirk and Candace Cameron are two kid actors who weren’t screwed up by the Hollywood system. Probably thanks to their parents being involved! 💞

[@SuperPhunThyme9]

This guy was making fun of people who have foreign spouses. Get out while you can

[@Dude_Slick]

That is because they kept their devotion to God.

[@GenXfrom75]

@@SuperPhunThyme9 which guy??

[@Jayson8888]

Christ is King

[@MF.1983]

And specially for mr censorship shapiro: Jesus is King!

[@TallulahSoie]

80s and 90s were the golden age. Went over the cliff mid 2000s. Very little attention for race grifting and division. We were united. Noone cared who or what you were. A few bad incidents were the exception not the rule. Watching this made me incredibly sad.

[@JayLane193]

shut up

[@Joker22593]

Crime was, somehow, way worse back then. It's important to remember both sides of the past.

[@fortynights1513]

Had a lot of fun with TV in the 2000’s. May not be the best decade but I think it shouldn’t be considered terrible either. In my opinion TV gets worse in the mid 2010’s when we go to streaming. Not to say that everything on streaming is bad, but that kind of encourages a different approach to storytelling than linear television did.

[@JB-ti7bl]

Totally agree. I said a similar thing to my young nieces a few years back and they assured me that I was mistaken. Race relations were much worse in previous generations, you see, but black ppl didn't have a voice with which speak.

[@thomasmartin722]

I agree!! If you were nice we liked you, if you were an asshole then we didn't like you. If you stopped being a butt head we'd like you again. It wasn't hard to figure out lol

[@brandx2814]

Mr. Feeny, Carl Winslow, Phillip Banks, Danny Tanner. LEGENDS.

[@RoseReadings]

Carl Winslow Wins

[@thejunkmanlives]

@@RoseReadings im sorry. uncle phill wins. you can rate him against any tv dad of your choice, uncle phil will just break out lucille and its over.

[@BishopWalters12]

80's show but Steven Keaton from Family Ties would be up there and Frank from Step by Step should be talked about more. Great dad and a great role model for young boys.

[@Caelc15]

Mr Feeny couldn't exist today

[@RoseReadings]

@@thejunkmanlives but Carl was 💯 funnier

[@stepanotrisal1512]

I would say that Homer Simpson in 90s was also somewhat of a good father. His stupidity and laziness often got him and his family into trouble, but his dedication to his family usually made him solve those problems. Perfect example is "And Maggie Makes Three", about how Homer left his hated job and started his dream job, just to return back when he finds out he will have a third child, but reveals his love for his family is what keeps him going

[@alfredjohnson2647]

90s Homer: enters Lisa in a beauty contest and buys Bart a radio mic 00s Homer: bets against Lisa in a competition and involves Bart in a grift scheme

[@EddieHenderson92]

Hell, AL Bundy was a screw up like Homer but to your point, he still cared about his family and would beat up any guy that hurt his daughter.

[@thejunkmanlives]

lets not forget that the first episode. homer ends up working as a santa to get up money to save christmas.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Homer and even Al Bundy had some good dad traits even if they were f@@@ ups.

[@davidsuch8942]

The first 10 years of the simpsons SHITS on all of these shows except for seinfeld

[@ameliam7898]

I’ve been saying for several years now that we peaked in the 90’s…

[@SlapMyBass3825]

we peaked in the 80s, we were mostly sturdy in the 90s. the 2000s we plummeted.

[@Attmay]

Ricky Schroder‘s “marriage“ was the beginning of the end. I wanted to jump for joy when he got out of it until I found out what he got out of it for.

[@KratostheThird]

@@SlapMyBass3825The cracks were showing in the late 90’s, then in the 2000’s we started going downhill, fast.

[@adamstilwell4209]

90's shows are the best. I refuse to watch modern garbage.

[@krt8349]

I find I'm more likely to rewatch than to watch new

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

It’s funny how different the messaging was. You had close families with 2 parents almost always present, or an aunt/uncle who’d fill in to again give support. The families were always supportive. The dating issues were about getting a boyfriend and keeping him, not looking for the next hookup. And the father/men in general were respected, not portrayed as horny oafs. Good luck finding a show today that preaches family values with a 2 parent household and the father is taken seriously

[@vikingdrengenspiders7875]

Cobra Kai is good

[@TriStarIII]

Amen!

[@giama7618]

I only watch movies and music from the 80s and the 50s . Best era ever

[@asmrallison]

I'm wondering if I ended up conservative because I watched these TV shows growing up and took the messages to heart.

[@DanielEarlester]

Yes, because they weren't funny

[@kaitlyngault3987]

I hear you. It's so weird that our generation brought the "wokeism". The older I get, the more I realize my core values were always "conservative". That's why I have always loved cinema, in all it's forms. Such a reflection of the times & culture it was build in. Good on you for being reflective. It's a very good question.

[@BigBoss-ou5ij]

Home Improvement was funny

[@northpaul707]

​@@DanielEarlesterWrong. You just don't have a sense of humor.

[@Attmay]

@@DanielEarlester nonconservative “humor“ is not only not funny, it’s offensive. Conservative bashing is hate speech and it is as bad as gay bashing at this point. There’s no reason either should be tolerated.

[@jseal21]

Kirk is the GOAT! Dude could have gotten any role he wanted and instead he walked away, pursued his faith. Exceptional character!

[@shootfromtheright2712]

But we can't like Kirk cause he once said Christ Is King and we all know that is a anti-Semitic dog whistle. Just ask Jeremy and Ben.

[@EntertainmentKorner]

@@shootfromtheright2712 Exactly. Ben Shapiro is one of the slimiest grifters out there. POS.

[@kcm7134]

@@shootfromtheright2712Give me a break. Ben encourages Christians to go to church and he literally just had Kirk Cameron in a video. Save your ire for the truly evil left wing idiots!

[@brianmoreau5274]

😒🤦🏻‍♂️

[@NeonGen2000]

I've seen Kirk in Left Behind. He is not such a great actor. P.s. I don't think GOAT is a good way to describe a Christian lol.

[@garymcderp1146]

I miss the 90’s shows. It’s so great to see Kirk where he is now, knowing he didn’t go down the Hollywood spiral that so many young actors ended up in.

[@2timothy23]

Listen, as a Christian, stop posting Christ is King as a way to attack Ben Shapiro. This isn't some insult slogan like Let's go Brandon to show your support for Candace Owens (or for some other reason), this statement is a Biblical truth that shouldn't be taken lightly. Do any of you who are posting Christ is King know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Have you repented and believed in His death and resurrection, confessing with your mouth and believing in your heart (Romans 10:9-10)? Are you sharing that Gospel truth so sinners can be saved (Romans 10:14-17)? If not, then you need to stop it!! We don't proclaim Christ is King to shame anyone. It's not a bumper sticker slogan to throw around in a blasphemous way. Read Revelation 19:11-16 concerning His second coming and you will see Christ being King is not a joke!

[@synkro_nyze]

Well said

[@reecypeecy9909]

Well said, but those people are probably too stupid to listen

[@Foxie770]

Amen

[@KitySal]

100% completely agree. I wonder if all these people posting that statement have said it all along or just started saying it?🤔 Which would prove that they are only saying it to taunt and not to glorify His holy name.

[@williamfowler8686]

Yes all of this. The irreverent and spiteful use of the phrase "Christ is King" is so frustrating to me. Thank you for articulating this so well.

[@OneMoreChaunce]

As an immigrant from the Caribbean, watching tv shows in the 90s really helpful understand American culture. Family Matters and Full House were the two shows I loved a lot.

[@Attmay]

In America, full house replaced *Webster* on network TV. As a Gay MAN who enjoyed seeing my people represented on TV by that show thanks to Henry Polic II and Chad Allen, I demand reparations.

[@JayLane193]

cool

[@sqwk2559]

Baywatch? 😂

[@SargonDestroyerofWorlds]

2:01 Uncle Phil one of the best Dads ever. When he hugs Will afterwards ❤️ ❤❤😢

[@NHGING]

The 90’s was peak society. Great shows, good race relations, great housing market and my birth

[@JabezGill]

Plus better fast food and affordable movies, vacations, amusement parks.

[@LenaRay-yt8rf]

@JabezGill People could actually afford to live life in the 90s. Now it's just survival unless you're a 1% or upper middle class.

[@menzicosce]

Agent Smith was right “this the peak of your civilization”

[@KratostheThird]

@@JabezGillBetter customer service, better education system, more stable government, the list goes on.

[@hotshotbrave]

*Man, I miss those days*

[@JayLane193]

go back then

[@KratostheThird]

We all do.

[@mego581]

I was not expecting Kirk Camron to hop on lol

[@periechontology]

Kirk has been a Conservative Christian for a LONG time. He recently interviewed Michael Knowles on his own Christian show. The title here said surprise guest. It was either going to be him or his sister Candace.

[@DanielEarlester]

If Ben's sister had a crush on him then it was likely to happen.

[@matthewgallant3622]

Growing Pains was full of great messages.

[@patrickasselin2326]

He was my first and fast guess.

[@Attmay]

@@matthewgallant3622 yeah, trusting gr00mers on a set full of pre-teen and teen boys, that’s a real great message right there. /s

[@Ancient_Yuletide_Carol]

To the editor who used the intro music to Focus on the Family's "McGee & Me" for this intro: That was an incredible inside joke. Well done.

[@AgentActive]

Reginald Van Johnson is a legend He was a great father figure and he helped prevent a terrorist attack in LA

[@Attmay]

And don’t forget when he danced with Lucy Ricardo when she went to Hollywood!

[@thomasmartin722]

Hey me too but mine was in Del Rio tomorrow 😆

[@KratostheThird]

⁠@@AttmayThat’s the actor Van, who was active in 1940’s - 1970’s era Hollywood (Lucille Ball was a friend of Van’s). Reginald is the actor who played Winslow in Family Matters. Two entirely different people. The attack comment is from the cop role he played in the film Die Hard.

[@swedishbob_7315]

I am still stuck in the '60s '70s and '80s

[@frontenac5083]

At least you can spell basic English! Maybe the Daily Wire should hire you to write their video titles.

[@swedishbob_7315]

@@frontenac5083 Show me the money... lmao

[@SachelleCambria]

Me too.

[@shazambooieg5513]

hey, that mean's you have the 90's to look 'forward' to - enjoy em when you get there!! ;)

[@swedishbob_7315]

@@shazambooieg5513 lmao... thanks got a lot of reruns thou

[@lynnsenger9950]

Kirk Cameron has never waivered from his values. Respect.

[@SuperPhunThyme9]

You know how you can judge a good Christian from a bad one? Do they use their wealth to have a large family, or do they use it taking vacations around the world, etc. Basically any millionaire Christian who has less than 5 kids is a hedonist. I don't know how many Kirk has, but there's a huge difference in the two kinds of people. Most Baby boomers were complete hedonists so its hard for alot of pepple to shake all that culture off unfortunately. (Don't believe me? Just replace drugs and sex with television and serial marriage. Just as much is wasted and just as many hours are families neglected over it all.) Don't praise these people on the words but the actions

[@SuperPhunThyme9]

I don't know much about Kirk, but I do have a serious criticism. His movies are used as VERY effective atheist fodder. They way they just feel so superficial and just lame makes it so damn easy for those people to use it to make us all look like weak, out of touch tools. A Christian movie shouldn't be all lovey dovey. It should be normal, but have deep Christian convictions in the chatacters that show through their actions. Not this oh God is great this and that Yada Yada. ThT type of media isn't evil, but it's way too shallow in my opinion.

[@SuperPhunThyme9]

I want to see characters who act like all of us, but where just their _decision making_ as characters exemplifies their strong faith and piety--as opposed to just being all smiles lovey lovey all the time. Reason I say this is one of the biggest problems I see in our culture today is Christians who have slowly become more and more neglectful of their friends and family, but they don't realize it because they surround themselves with people who don't have the courage to call out small transgressions. "No you can't say that!" Is the bane of the boomer in my opinion, and we need people like Kirk to fight that aspect of our culture as it relates to our faith before it gets us via a thousand cuts.

[@lynnsenger9950]

Kirk and his sister, Candace Cameron-Burre are very strong Christians, and always have been. They just have made some poor choices in their role choices, opting for context over content.. I totally get where you are coming from. @@SuperPhunThyme9

[@lynnsenger9950]

Instead of chastising them, do some research. You certainly can't blame them for their roles as young people.@@SuperPhunThyme9

[@DustMan2704]

I remember Donald Trumps cameo on Fresh Prince of Bel Air saying "Everybody is always blaming me for everything." and it was hilarious.

[@TheEducator89]

Some awesome 90s TV Ben forgot: Quantum Leap, X Files, Red Dwarf, the best Simpsons series, Friends, Frasier, Baywatch, Roseanne, Home Improvement

[@captainphoenix]

Duckman, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Beavus and Butthead, TNG, DS9, the Batman animated series, Gargoyles, Dinosaurs...

[@devon7584]

Home Improvement was in there

[@Attmay]

You misspelled *Living Single.* Reparation time.

[@BishopWalters12]

@@Attmay Friends was superior.

[@lonestar2078]

both Fresh Prince and Family Matters had fathers who were part of the legal system. Carl Winslow was a cop, Uncle Phil went from being a lawyer to being a judge. both would now be called "sellouts"

[@seangriffin2053]

They had an episode from Fresh Prince of Bel Air where Carlton was called a sellout. The episode exists because it was important to send a message that personal success was not something that warranted shame or hatred.

[@Moviefan2k4]

I hate that blacks are still often accused of "acting white", just because they don't want to be in a gang, sell drugs, be a prostitute, or make horrible gangsta-rap music. The Leftist community has convinced the majority of the black community, that those four jobs are their only options. And if they want to do something else, like working law enforcement, the legal system, or medicine, they're called "race traitors". Its horrible, and needs to be stopped.

[@periechontology]

Although things started going downhill culturally in the 90's it was certainly better than the present

[@Attmay]

We had laserdiscs. You don’t know what you really have until you lose it.

[@KratostheThird]

@@AttmayVHS tapes as well, though they degraded after excessive use.

[@Kayoss13212]

Yeah. But to be fair, I feel like the early 2000s was still a good time culturally. Hollywood still had some originality and was still less preachy and didn’t care about checkmarks.

[@KratostheThird]

@@Kayoss13212 Oceans Eleven reboot. Decent rated R movies that didn’t have bloated budgets. More enjoyable action movies.

[@joycepino9749]

Everything was better before 2020.

[@oaklee4870]

I have been watching The Brady Bunch lately because I need time away from the crazy we live in today.

[@KratostheThird]

Classic 60’s/70’s television.

[@Thisissarah815]

Ben actually has a really great sense of humor. I was pleasantly surprised! 😂❤

[@ead630]

The family of Young Sheldon is one of the most interesting sitcom families I've ever seen. Each character seems like a real person. The major criticism I have of the show is it's failure to do its research when it comes to stuff like religion

[@JayLane193]

ok sure

[@sociopathmercenary]

I enjoy Young Sheldon as well. Sheldon's mom was always portrayed as a religious zealot in Big bang Theory. I think they're just trying to stay true to that storyline and I've known plenty of moms like her from back in the day.

[@radrobd123]

Sheldon's mom had catered to Young Sheldon's every whim while ignoring her other two kids. That's why adult Sheldon became the jerk he was and looked down on his siblings

[@doldrums1943]

Boy meets world is so good.

[@DC-gh6dy]

Omg YES

[@bfettrules1239]

They purposely made it a point that Corey and topanga waited until they were married before having sex. That would never happen now. I also love the episode when they move into a dingy dorm for married parents. Corey asked his father for help because he was so spoiled with middle class living. When his father refused help, Corey threw a temper tantrum. The the father yelled back “You thought you were adult enough to get married. That means you have full control over your life. Corey counters with “But we’re drowning.” The father says “you’re not drowning. You made an adult decision early and are living your life.” I’m paraphrasing but this is basically what he said. It’s a great scene.

[@Kwildcat13]

I liked the reboot better

[@bfettrules1239]

@@Kwildcat13 reboot was pretty horrible. They were limited to what they could cover because it was on Disney.

[@Attmay]

They allowed Brian Peck on the show. Twice. William Daniels’ best work is *1776* and *St. Elsewhere.*

[@energyknowsbest7853]

(90s Simpsons) Bill Clinton: "If you don't like the results, keep whining until you get your way." Marge: "That's a pretty lousy lesson." Bill: "Well, I'm a pretty lousy president."

[@Peridactyloptrix]

They made fun of Bush too. They also had a whole episode making fun of homophobes that still holds up really well in today’s anti-woke culture war hysteria

[@energyknowsbest7853]

@@Peridactyloptrix Ah, the old days when we could all have fun without getting offended

[@Peridactyloptrix]

@@energyknowsbest7853 lol. A lot of conservatives at the time were pretty offended by the Simpsons

[@BrandonTBlackwell]

Back when making fun of Presidents was just for comedy.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

@@BrandonTBlackwell that’s ironic coming from a guy with a Trump profile picture

[@brian4407]

Married with children can never be remade today

[@SachelleCambria]

Let’s hope they don’t try.

[@brian4407]

@@SachelleCambria I mean, I thought it was a pretty funny sitcom.

[@EddieHenderson92]

The 80's/90's were awesome, we had great family sitcoms like Growing Pains or Fresh Prince but we also had politically incorrect shows like Married with Children and Seinfeld. None of these shows for different reasons would get made in 2024.

[@BettyWhite2171]

​@@brian4407 It was funny but if they remade it now they would totally ruin it. Some shows and movies need to be left alone.

[@Attmay]

There will never be a reunion because Christina Applegate has MS and Amanda Bearse is barely on speaking terms from anybody from that show with a penis. It would be as depressing as bringing *Diff’rent Strokes* back now when it would just be Willis, Charlene, Sam, Pearl, Dudley, and Robbie visiting a bunch of graves. It would be the Black *Cemetery Club.*

[@excitingtimes-hh2bu]

The fact that we have to read parental guidance reports just to watch any show as an adult is ridiculous. As an adult I have NO interest in seeing people naked on tv.

[@BishopWalters12]

The 90's wasn't perfect but far better than now and Democrats/the left were still normal for the most part. Frank Lambert from Step by Step was another great father and male role model.

[@johnenigma8506]

The Conservatives would were against television in the 1990s would be losing it today if they saw some of what was being produced.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

Oh well, progress happens. Get used to it

[@EddieHenderson92]

It wasn't just Conservatives, remember it was Tipper Gore going after the music business.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@Peridactyloptrix LOL progress to what? putting boys in dresses.

[@DonCorleone4]

@@Peridactyloptrixexactly what’s fascists used to say

[@RocStarr913]

He’s a snake oil salesman kook now though.

[@kevinlawson1746]

They made an episode of Family Ties where Alex is struggling with whether or not he believes in God or not , it's an amazing episode if you've never seen it .

[@joesgotmore]

I miss 90's TV shows.

[@robertocojones4471]

I miss the 90s in general.

[@frontenac5083]

*'90s Learn to spell basic English. (Get a basic education.)

[@BishopWalters12]

@@frontenac5083 Take your meds and relax.

[@DonCorleone4]

@@frontenac5083broaden your vocabulary

[@barnabasmurphy8496]

I miss the nineteen eighties shows.

[@gprimeofx]

Everything was better in the nineties!

[@crystalsnow1138]

Growing up in the 90's I loved these tv shows so much. I don't really watch a lot of tv nowadays.

[@frontenac5083]

*'90s Learn to spell basic English. (Get a basic education.)

[@VoiceNerd]

0:00 They using the theme from "McGee and Me!" Dang that's a callback!

[@oopartsw911]

Aaaahhhh Seinfeld. Hands down the best sitcom in television history

[@JayLane193]

false

[@RocStarr913]

That was a sitcom that struggled the first few years. NBC had considered it “too New York and too Jewish” to air. It was largely the critics, the Emmys, and urban middle class viewers, the same audience that prolonged the original Star Trek series, which also aired originally on NBC, that kept it going. Seinfeld paved the way for a lot more adult sitcoms, particularly that were airing on NBC following Seinfeld. Ironically, Alfonso Ribeiro blamed Seinfeld and its copycats for the decline of family sitcoms.

[@theblueoctopus4494]

Home Improvement, The X-Files, The Simpsons and Twin Peaks.

[@FranklinFleming-lm1yu]

Home improvement that's the title I was thinking of

[@BigBoss-ou5ij]

​@@FranklinFleming-lm1yuDoes everybody know what time it is?

[@SachelleCambria]

Those were the good old days.

[@Video81501]

Twin Peaks? That was a seriously twisted and demonic show.

[@FranklinFleming-lm1yu]

@@Video81501 don't know if I remember that one

[@jamiesheasby3572]

Family Matters was absolutely the best show on TV.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Great show in the early seasons but they started pushing Urkel too much in the lead role and it just became less grounded in my opinion.

[@Attmay]

@@EddieHenderson92 it didn’t get really stupid until after Telma Hopkins left for a show with Cindy Williams that failed.

[@JayLane193]

true

[@RocStarr913]

It wasn’t that great. The only appeal was really Urkel and the teenage characters. Jaleel White likely saved that series from an early cancellation.

[@RocStarr913]

@@AttmayABC started realizing that it was the teenaged characters that made the series, so they were focused on a lot more.

[@Bassfish1]

90s was mid, 80s TV shows were GOATED. Ya got Dukes of Hazzard, Alf, the Brady bunch, Magnum P.I, The Rockford Files!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@NateO123]

All of those shows are cringe AF I’d rather watch golf.

[@Supertron1]

The Rockford Files and Magnum P.I. were both great, but Miami Vice was definitely the best detective show ever.

[@BishopWalters12]

The Rockford Files and The Brady Bunch were 70's shows. Alf has aged like milk. I'll give you the 80's had better movies overall but the 90's win with TV.

[@timduncan2981]

@@BishopWalters12yeah 80s movies were fantastic but shows? Eh that’s a stretch

[@davidsuch8942]

​@@NateO123😂 ouch

[@GenXfrom75]

I liked that Danny was a widower and let people help him be the dad he needed to be. ❤

[@alexandrafletcher7853]

And let other women step in to be a mother figure for his girls

[@Kwildcat13]

The only mother figure was Becky .. till the end of the show .. the first seasons he didn’t really date

[@Attmay]

@@Kwildcat13 they tried giving him a girlfriend, and she even accepted his proposal of marriage at Disney World, which they made a huge hullabaloo about, and then she was gone. It was that episode, ironically, that made me realize how much I hate that show. Worst show ever until *f(r)iends* premiered.

[@golgomethlayceon2594]

Family Matters IS the best show of the 90's. Hands down.

[@frontenac5083]

*'90s Learn to spell basic English. (Get a basic education.)

[@EddieHenderson92]

It went downhill after they pushed Urkel into the lead role.

[@davidsuch8942]

😂 yeah, if you're a dumb kid with low standards.

[@RocStarr913]

@@EddieHenderson92Jaleel White was how it lasted as long as it did in the first place.

[@thedangeroussaint]

Bandit from Bluey is a good modern TV father figure. But he's also from Austrialia and a cartoon dog, so that's still proves Ben's point.

[@TiffanyDavison-wt1iq]

So sad that you and Candace couldn’t reconcile your differences. Honestly, I don’t agree with everything she says or you say, but you two are great conservative debaters. You both should put your pride aside and forgive each other. I hope sometime in your lifetime that will happen. Wishing you both the best ❤️

[@jesus6MOTY]

Boy Meets World made me feel like i was sitting in that classroom, it was powerful

[@GeekyGirl80]

Now they say the teacher was out of line and overstepping his bounds.

[@Batman88878]

Watching that as a kid, I felt dressed down like the students, but it was an understandable lesson. Re-watching that as an adult has me 100% siding with Feeny.

[@followerofchrist3125]

@@GeekyGirl80Mr Feeny is better than the woke activists in American public schools, at least he actually cared about his students well being and taught them important lessons.

[@user-qb5xe9pf2b]

The downfall of TV shows all started with Hollyweird promoting shows with gays, lesbians, and interracial couples. Think of "Modern Family" and all the raving accolades that got. I grew up watching the Brady Bunch and there are no wholesome family shows like that anymore.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

Wow. I’ve been going around responding to people who are mad about gay people being on TV by comparing them to black people and asking them if they think it would be ok to say the stuff they say about gay people… but about black people But here you are just openly being racist. I think you’re a terrible person, but I kinda admire that you’re at least not trying to hide it

[@mrjinkorea]

Those of you posting 'Christ is King' for the sole purpose of taunting or mocking someone who is a non-Christian is downright dispicable. That phrase is meant for uplifting one's own spiritual affirmation in Jesus Christ, but it was NEVER EVER intended to be used as some sort of a cudgel in order to shame or disparage non-Christians..

[@carolinaterri3569]

They have no discernment. It's a lack of reverence and love for Him.

[@BrandonTBlackwell]

Christ is King

[@Peridactyloptrix]

@@BrandonTBlackwellTrump is a rapist

[@stumad3069]

Shame is the greatest tool for exposing evil and bringing people to Christ.

[@carolinaterri3569]

@@stumad3069 The same could be said to bring people to Allah. Faith is belief and a spiritual change. That comes from God. There's a difference in professing you're a Christian and being a follower of Christ. Shaming someone into it isn't real. But many tried to shame Jesus Christ, too. It's how the world and it's ways operate.

[@ilyakats54]

Seinfeld was the best comedy in the 90s

[@kelleygreengrass]

Married With Children

[@ilyakats54]

@@kelleygreengrass also awesome

[@BishopWalters12]

Seinfeld is the most consistent sitcom of all time and ended at the perfect time. Most American sitcoms go on way too long.

[@grimdicer152]

Everyone loved watching Marvel Cartoons, Power rangers, Gargoyles, Teenage Turtles, WWF, Fresh Prince, Animaniacs, In Living color, the list goes on. The best part is no social media, which meant no spoilers

[@thejunkmanlives]

gargoyles is a show that i hope they never EVER try to reboot. the new animaniacs was just sad(the pinky and brain segments were still good tho).

[@Attmay]

That terrible American reboot of *Super Sentai* never should have been made. To this day, I’m not convinced the bombing of Pearl Harbor did more net damage to this country. Stop speaking in collective terms.

[@Attmay]

@@thejunkmanlivesI want reparations for what they did to *Animaniacs.* That movie where Tom Hanks plays Elvis Presley’s manager is the last movie or TV show I am going to see from WBD for quite a long time to come. Except *Velma* now that they’re bringing out the lesbians!

[@sunilsajwani5707]

William Daniels… aka KITT from Knight Rider

[@xymos7807]

The writing felt more human back then, and you could see it in how the characters interacted with eachother. They felt like real families with relatable dialogue because they would be what people would realistically say.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

Lol. You’re joking, right? Nothing about 90s sitcom families is natural. Maybe you just think so because you grew up watching those shows and their dialogue influenced how you talk to your family…

[@xymos7807]

@@Peridactyloptrix Negative on all accounts there buddy.

[@fernandotorrealba1233]

@5:22 no, the dad would be like "now you do MY make up"

[@radrobd123]

you mean the TWO dads

[@johndeau95]

Everybody Loves Raymond??????

[@RoseReadings]

Yeah!!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️and King of Queens!!!!!!!!

[@vanessad.2625]

Heck yeah!

[@ilyakats54]

Definitely

[@BishopWalters12]

Bad show, husband was a wimp.

[@michaelc1626]

Everybody loves Raymond is such a mean spirited show, they treat each other like crap

[@Stayjolly33]

The 90’s, when if you didn’t have a real father you could turn on the the TV and learn how to be a man 💯

[@frontenac5083]

*'90s Learn to spell basic English. (Get a basic education.)

[@Stayjolly33]

@@frontenac5083 you got beat up a lot by your stepdad huh

[@BishopWalters12]

@@frontenac5083 Stop being a prick.

[@ACarchives]

OMG THE MCGEE AND ME INTRO MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!!

[@Ksmoove39]

90s show had something for everyone while still giving stances on things, like bullying, drugs, guns, and any other moral messages. Today’s message is to push a corporate message

[@channeljan8529]

Maybe because I was 80s born but I thought television, sports, music, movies, and video games were all better in the 90s.

[@CJ-Giddyup209]

Anyone else catch the end of the McGee and Me theme song?

[@misterf7739]

I watched a lot of TV as a kid in the 90s, and I remember I watched a lot of sitcoms about black families or black characters. But back then, they weren't framed as "black" shows. They were just shows about American families. I didn't think of the Fresh Prince, Family Matters, or any of the Wayans brothers' shows on the WB (there were quite a few, if I remember correctly) as "black" shows. I viewed them as comedy. That's it. As a kid, race didn't even enter my mind. More importantly, the black characters didn't fit in any caricature cookie-cutter roles. When the Fresh Prince moves to Bel Aire, his Bel Aire family isn't considered "white washed" but part of another class. It wasn't about race, it was about class. Most importantly, TV was about entertainment. Something to watch after school or work. Nothing more. It didn't try to pretend to be something greater. These days, however, the entertainment industry seems to have forgotten its purpose: entertainment. Now, they just try to lecture you. Also, the industry now makes a very conscious effort to focus on race, and it feels unnatural. It's funny, because now I'm constantly made to feel aware of the characters' race, whereas back in the day, I never even thought of it. BTW, I'm not white.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

So, there were black characters in TV back then. So that hasn’t changed. It’s not that there are necessarily more black people on TV now… So I wonder what has changed in the time between then and now? I wonder why it is that, now, conservatives get immediately angry when it’s announced a character in a show or movie will be black or gay… Could it be that the difference was that, back then, you didn’t have vultures like Ben Shapiro to poison you against the ideas of diversity and inclusiveness? Do you think if a show like Fresh Prince came out now, with its various episodes making fun of white people, that guys like Ben wouldn’t have bad things to say about it?

[@josiahgibbs5697]

I loved Murder She Wrote even though it never made sense that a town the size of Cabot Cove had that number of murders. Murder capital of the world that Cabot Cove. There is a British show about sleuths who are gardeners and that makes even less sense.

[@winstonsavage6338]

My theory is that she had a hero complex and was actually behind all of the murders like those people that lights fires just to put them out and get the accolades.

[@josiahgibbs5697]

@@winstonsavage6338 Same here. Great minds think alike!!!!!

[@laurabeane8862]

I used to think that until I thought about her age and her occupation. How much of the Cabot Cove we as the audience see isn't part of her deteriorating mental faculties? In her own head she's sharp as a tack being an asset to the police force. In reality, she's bellowing an Abraham Simpson type rant at the Constable about murderers living in the hedges again

[@snopure]

Rosemary and Thyme is a good series, though. I believe the premise was constructed in honor of the wife of one of the major people involved in the production. The wife is a quintessential Brit -- with love of the macabre and gardens.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@winstonsavage6338 LOL, I remember my friends and I would always joke about that. Here we go again, Jessica takes another life.

[@BobVids77]

Alan Matthews from Boy Meets World is the best 90s TV dad

[@danielnoonan8046]

He has a darker role in American history x which caught me off guard due to how wholesome a role he had in boy meets world.

[@Batman88878]

Alan Matthews definitely belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of 90s TV dads.

[@michaele9351]

Idk, he got really nasty with Shawn blaming him for Corey drinking when it was really Corey’s idea. At least he apologized. And he told Eric that he would be “settling” if he moved to a small town. I didn’t like that either.

[@Ksmoove39]

You felt the shows in the 90s. Dads were dads!

[@cws480]

Seinfeld was the best show of the 90s and it remains the best show ever today. However, Breaking Bad made it really close. It just doesn’t have the rewatchability Seinfeld has.

[@DoubleDsDeliveries]

Seinfeld re-watch ability is due to each episode being able to hold it's own weight in and of itself. Breaking Bad really needs the episodes before it snd after it to fully understand the episode you're currently watching.

[@DanielEarlester]

Red Dwarf is 10x better than all those shows and that's not the best UK sitcom.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Now we are talking apples and oranges. Seinfeld was a politically incorrect sitcom made for adults and I also think it's one of the best shows ever made. Breaking Bad was an amazing crime drama. I agree with Ben that we could use more family shows with positive male role models like Phil from Fresh Prince or Steven from Family Ties.

[@user-bs2gi1cl6f]

Double dipped a chip; didn't go up for coffee; ate from the garbage; worked for the Yankees; told off Steinbrenner; paid for the big salad; got unemployment; adopted a squirrel; paid half; lived with his parents; cheated in the contest; got caught by his mother; pretended ro be gay; pretended to be an architect; pretended ro be a marine biologist; pretended fo be Art Corevelet; pretended to be Art Vandelay; did the opposite; had sex with the cleaning woman; had shrinkage; had dinner with Peterman, went out on a high note; turned into an eggplant; parked on the alternate side; bought toxic envelopes; celebrated Festivus; wrote a show about nothing; saw Prognosis Negative; the sea was angry that day my friends

[@themachinist2810]

Just the story of his life, as a short stalky slow witted bald man

[@trentalexander-maguire7813]

And got an Atomic Wedgie

[@sammycaldwell2385]

What a great guest! Thank you for fighting the good fight you two.

[@jerrybeans2022]

Christ is king

[@Markimark151]

Most 90s shows aged like fine wine! Like Family Matters, Martin, Home Improvement, Roseanne, Murder, She Wrote, Frasier, and the 90s era of the Simpsons! Lot of the modern comedies since the 2010s have aged terribly, like Modern Family, 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are so dated and unfunny!

[@Supertron1]

The only issue with Roseanne is that they eventually started doing cringey episodes like the one where DJ didn’t want to kiss a black girl.

[@Markimark151]

@@Supertron1there’s been bad episodes in sitcoms. It doesn’t take away the overall show’s quality!

[@BishopWalters12]

@@Supertron1 I agree, Roseanne became a weird lefty and an angry feminist for a time in the 90's.

[@BishopWalters12]

@@Markimark151 Yeah it does, Roseanne got weird and pushed some lefty BS in her original show in the later seasons.

[@Markimark151]

@@BishopWalters12 that’s the network and producers fault, despite Roseanne Barr being reluctant to these storylines in the later seasons.

[@kurts3779]

Married with Children hands down the best

[@juliam248]

Al wouldn't win father of the year, and I wouldn't let little kids watch the show, but the show was such a great satire of society.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Al Bundy is my favorite sitcom character.

[@davidsuch8942]

😂😂😂 if you're poor and dumb.

[@RocStarr913]

Right-wingers hated Married…With Children when it first aired on Fox.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@RocStarr913 LOL, not true.

[@lesm350]

1990's 😂😂😂 Ben , you're usually so insightful, exactly like Music the 60's - 80's were the Pinnacle !!

[@frontenac5083]

*'60s *'80s Learn to spell basic English. (Get a basic education.)

[@lesm350]

@@frontenac5083 🤔 frontenac , is that short for "frontal lobe no longer intact" ? 😆😆

[@oXRaptorzXo]

⁠@@frontenac5083It’s not that serious brother. It’s a KZbin comment.

[@KaijinD]

"CAM WINSTON!" Frasier is still my favorite sitcom of all time. And the American flag gag is one of the finest from a show who knew how to do them.

[@user-cu3ol6ur6f]

I think you should do a sit com on Bentley that is a 90s style sit com that the whole family can watch and enjoy

[@atarileaf]

And today gen z leftists faint and scream about shows like seinfeld and friends ❄️

[@Peridactyloptrix]

Just like you guys faint and scream about anything feminist or woke. Ben himself made two almost hour-long videos fainting and screaming about Barbie ❄️

[@RocStarr913]

Nothing lasts forever. The shelf life of something always declines over time.

[@atarileaf]

@@Peridactyloptrix huge difference. Friends and seinfeld are still hilarious decades later. Feminists and anything woke never are.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

@@atarileaf except Barbie which was the biggest movie of last year by far

[@BishopWalters12]

@@Peridactyloptrix You poor brainwashed lefty. Ben mostly made his Barbie review just for fun and he knew it would trigger the left.

[@taylorkoleber1885]

A current show with a strong father? Superman & Lois. Clark Kent and Lois Lane move back to the Kent farm in Smallville with two teenage sons and adjust to small-town living while he keeps Superman-ing in the background. It's downright PHENOMENALLY written and Clark is such an involved and strong father (who also isn't perfect but willingly admits his mistakes). Seriously, you've gotta give it a watch. It's phenomenal.

[@nickhall2950]

I have an autographed photo of Kirk Cameron that my uncle got me back in the 90s. It was the best gift I ever received

[@kfiraltberger552]

Today the only strong dads I can think of on TV are abusive. And of course, that doesn't mean a dad has to be tough to be a good dad, but there are barely enough good dads on TV either

[@izzieluv]

TV treats teenagers now in a way that they cast adults to play teens in shows like Euphoria because they can't have teens portray the stuff they're writing into the shows.

[@RocStarr913]

Because what else hasn’t already been mined with teenagers in scripted fiction. I would never watch Euphoria though. I find the whole thing so grim.

[@Durzo1259]

I watched a few episodes of Euphoria and I don't get the appeal. It's basically written by miserable Hollywood writers who's brain pleasures centers are fried-out by cocaine. I can't believe what over-the-top, negative, miserable garbage it was.

[@Moviefan2k4]

Sad but true.

[@EddieHenderson92]

In all fairness to Married with Children which was one of the funniest shows ever made, the whole family was terrible, and nobody looked at the Bundys as role models. It was just a funny show that poked fun at the family sitcoms. The 90's had so many great TV dads and male role models in general. An 80's show but Steven Keaton from Family Ties was one of my favorite TV dads. I would say around the late 2000's, it just felt like every TV dad was dumb and the punchline. That can work at times in shows like The Simpsons but it became pretty much every show and you hardly see any good male role models anymore.

[@radrobd123]

The show was supposed to be the anti-Cosby show. In fact the working tilte was "Not the Cosbys". The Cosby Show showed a wholesome black family with two professional parents and 5 kids. It seemed like an unrealistic standard for America but that was portrayed as ideal. MWC was the anti-thesis saying real Americans aren't like that

[@obiejerusalem8587]

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, thanks to Perfect Strangers, Family Matters, and Married... With Children, I assumed all shows took place in Chicago.

[@rebekahelliott5297]

Watch reruns people. The stuff today isn't worth putting in your head and definately not inside kids heads

[@colelupo2100]

Love Ben and Company - A lovely reason to wake up. Thanks Ben I loved Wonder Years, Growing Pains, Clarissa Explains it All, and Fresh Prince.

[@christheodore3511]

Christ is king happy Easter 🎉🎉

[@Durzo1259]

I haven't heard any evidence that Candace got fired for "Christ is King", just people idly speculating that that must be why.

[@LusLand]

Full house is my favorite! My sister and I would watch it when we were 5 and 6 [we are twins] and we wouldn't understand everything that happened, but we LOVED IT. I'm 14 now and I wish that there was more stuff like this just modern. Also, the growing pains scene made me sad because people my age and even some people younger than me are vaping in my community. Sometimes I'm really ashamed to be in this generation... Kirk Cameron's speech was amazing btw.

[@emo7636]

Aw that Full House scene with D.J. and the aunt nearly made me cry. That was such a good show.

[@shellc7747]

I knew it was Kirk Cameron, he and his sister are pretty much the only out and proud Christians in Hollywood that we're on 90's shows.

[@LenaRay-yt8rf]

Danica McKellar and Melissa Joan Hart too!

[@dodi1kanobe]

Christ is king ❤🇬🇧

[@Gargeler]

Comments gets censored If you mention those that persecute the people who holds to that statement.

[@cjmclaughlin2393]

Christ is King!

[@Robert-zx2ir]

I was born in the late ‘80s and whenever I revisit music videos from my late preteen and early teen years like Hilary Duff’s So Yesterday, Mandy Moore’s Candy and Britney Spears’ Sometimes, I can’t help but notice the cleanness, healthiness, innocence, purity and wholesomeness of the songs, the artists and music videos. Once I notice this, I can’t help but ask myself: “What happened? How did we go from this to Miley Cyrus twerking at the 2013 VMA Awards and telling everyone at the 2024 Grammys that she’s not wearing any panties? How did pop music go from having lyrics like ‘Oh, kiss me; beneath the milky twilight’ to ‘I wanna take a ride on your disco stick’?” After I ask myself this, I get a little sad.

[@cavscout678]

It’s crazy to think there was a time when shows like Touched by an Angel, Little House on the Prairie, MASH, or Walker Texas Ranger were PRIME TIME TV, like people looked forward to sitting down and watching these shows. They could never be shown on today’s TV.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

I see Walker Texas Ranger on TV all the time. Who do you think would prevent those shows from being on TV now?

[@that_celtics_fan]

Get 'em uncle phil! Rip

[@Destiny87]

It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on TV. But where are those good old fashioned values on which we used to rely?

[@SpidermanandJeny]

TV was obviously better in the '90s. There were clear problems on many shows however they were still massively better than what it's going on today.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

What is going on today?

[@SpidermanandJeny]

@@Peridactyloptrix do you watch TV? If not, it's better you don't know.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

@@SpidermanandJeny My job is in TV. I’ve worked in the TV industry since 2016. Now tell me in your own words what’s going on now that upsets you

[@SpidermanandJeny]

@@Peridactyloptrix I don't like how shows obviously pander to black ppl. Having black ppl in a show is fine. I don't care. Making every major character either black, a woman, Asian or and having every character your show creates have one white guy that is an alien in a costume it's not just finding the best actors to pandering. For example see Star Trek Discovery, which actually has a pretty good plot overall, but clearly panders. The only major character that's white is Pike who's not on the show after the first few seasons.

[@Peridactyloptrix]

@@SpidermanandJeny you must have hated Fresh Prince then…

[@DanielEarlester]

Usher is Will Smith's father? I'll accept that US sitcoms were actually conservative adverts as the reason for not being funny.

[@LN-Lifer]

Whoa now wait a damn minute on Al Bundy I have always been a conservative since childhood Al Bundy was my dad's hero and my dad was/is mine!

[@chadnelson2046]

It's all good. Al Bundy was one of the great TV characters. 'Married with Children' may not have espoused a lot of moral values, but that show was hilarious!

[@RocStarr913]

Conservatives hated married with children when it first aired on Fox.