Shows you liked as a kid that you learned wasn't for kids?

[WoodStoner1]

Laugh-In definitely. They used to have edited reruns in the 80s, and I loved it despite not knowing what was going on.

[MiLB Fan]

It doesn’t quite fit the topic, but Nick at Nite was my introduction to many classic TV shows that adults watched. I stayed up late on Friday and Saturday night to watch Dragnet, Get Smart, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi, F-Troop, and many others.

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

Am now just discovering MTV's Undressed wasn't meant for kids.

[Fade]

Hispanic Soap Operas. Some kind of leaned into child friendly, but ehh..
Golden Girls.
Lots of sitcoms, All in the family, the munsters, the nick @ nite stuff that’s been mentioned.
20/20
Jerry springer, South Park, etc the 90s were full of ‘em.

[Breadville]

- The Simpsons
- Tales from the Crypt
- Freddy's Nightmares
- Marred...With Children
- Beavis and Butthead
- South Park

... So yeah, the 90's.

[Dan Royal]

Threes Company for sure. I would watch the reruns as a kid and liked it because of John Ritters physical comedy and the overall goofiness of the show.

When I got a few years older, I watched it again and understood all the sexual innuendo and was like "My parents let me watch this when I was 7?"

[karl100589]

For a show with massive amounts of swearing and sexual innuendo, Bottom seemed very kid friendly. Probably because of the slapstick violence.

[darbus alan]

Dinosaurs (the 90s sitcom).

[Paul]

Press Your Luck re-runs on USA Network.

Gotta love those Whammies!

[pinja]

"X-Files", "The Outer Limits". Stuff like that.
I remember some shows being packaged together as a sunday afternoon program. Among them was the excellent Canadian kids show "The Odyssey", but there was at least one other show with a distinct surreal atmosphere. Pretty sure it played in a town, but told stories of many different characters. I remember it not being kid friendly, but I sadly can't remember its name or any details. To the point I'm not even sure it existed.

[SmashTV]

Nov 12, 2022 13:06:08 GMT -5 karl100589 said:

For a show with massive amounts of swearing and sexual innuendo, Bottom seemed very kid friendly. Probably because of the slapstick violence.

I’m not a parent, but I don’t know if I’d want an eleven year old watching it for the reasons you’ve mentioned. That said, the next day everybody at school was talking about it, from the 11 year olds to the 16 year olds like me.

[ERON]

M*A*S*H, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Sanford & Son, The Golden Girls, Magnum PI, Remington Steele, and probably some others that I'm forgetting.

[G✇JI☈A]

The Young Ones - my child self loved the slap stick and wacky characters.

[Zombie Mod]

original ren & stimpy could cut close to the adult humour bone.

[chronocross]

Three's Company, The Jeffersons, The Golden Girls, Married With Children, Sanford & Son were just some of the shows I would watch growing up.

[Zombie Mod]

oh and red dwarf

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

channel 4 (1982-1988)


plENTY reasons why

hammer house of horror (never wanted to be inside a red telephone box as MUCH in my life!) / tales of the unexpected
kenny everett / spike milligan / frankie howard

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Monty Python's Flying Circus, it was always on Saturday night after hockey.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Late Night with David Letterman.

Was like 8 or 9 or so when E! started showing the old episodes. I loved it. Not sure I “got” any of the jokes but I found it the funniest thing ever.

[tirtefaa]

Nov 12, 2022 13:07:41 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

Dinosaurs (the 90s sitcom).

This is the perfect answer for me.

Sure, you could say it was a family show, but most of the writing was over a kid's head, and unlike a kid's show, there might be long stretches where I might find the content boring.

However, it had a uniquely appeal based on the fact they were dinosaurs. I don't remember any swearing on the show, no do I remember many 'adult situations' from my viewing 30 years ago. There probably was, however most of the adult stuff I remember would be things that younger me just couldn't grasp.

But I did make sure to get the toys from McDonald's.