What shows/movies did you watch as a kid compared to now?

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White Pansy
Orange (Fruit)
Yellow Cosmos
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I thought it would be fun to do this seeing as I always think about it.

Then:
Any original barbie movie up til 2016
Lala loopsie (I know, I know cringe)
Strawberry Shortcake
My Little Pony
Lps
Dora (og)

Now:
GreenhOuse Academy
Alexa & Katie
Goosebumps
The House with a clock in its walls
Family Reunion
Tns
Descendants 1 - 3

:) How about you?
 
then:

that’s so raven
suite life of zack and cody + suite life on deck
hannah montana
wizards of eagerly place
shake it up
good luck charlie
icarly
victorious
lizzie mcguire
life with derek
+ a bunch of others

now:

grey’s anatomy
the end of the f***ing world mods pls don’t give me a warning for this,, it’s literally the name of the show
black mirror
orange is the new black
chicago med
law & order: svu
shameless
you
on my block
sex education
 
Then:
-Wallace & Ladmo(a local kid's show)
-The Monkees
-The Brady Bunch
-The Partridge Family
-Star Trek
-Johnny Quest
-Battlestar Galactica(the original)
-The Midnight Special
-H.R. Pufnstuf

Now:
Wheeler Dealers
Garage Squad
Overhaulin'
Air Disasters
Star Trek: Picard

Don't have time to watch much television nowadays.I'm old and I have to sleep(a lot).
 
Then:
- The Muppet Show
- Battlestar Galactica (original)
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- Little House
- The Waltons
- Land of the Lost
- Zoom

Now:
I don't watch TV. I actually got rid of my cable last year. I have plenty of movies and shows on DVD, so I don't miss it.
 
then (late 90's-early 00's):
  • spongebob
  • fairly oddparents
  • the amanda show
  • all that
  • naruto
  • drake & josh
  • courage the cowardly dog
  • pokemon
  • the grim adventures of billy & mandy
  • Iizzie mcguire
  • codename kids next door
  • that's so raven
  • hey arnold
  • jimmy neutron
  • looney tunes
  • tom & jerry
  • avatar the last airbender
  • probably many others i've forgotten to add
now:
  • the x-files
  • big mouth
  • black mirror
  • futurama
  • arrested development
  • the office
most of the "new" ones aren't actually new, nor are they something i'm actively watching through for the first time; they're more like the shows i consistently rewatch/love. i still watch some of the older ones from time to time as well because most are Classics
 
Then:
Max & Ruby
Kipper
The Wind in the Willows
G1 Transformers
Transformers Prime
Perry Mason
Poirot
Carmen Sandiego (90's version)
Old Chinese Khung Foo movies
Spaghetti Westerns
Many, many others

Now:
The Twilight Zone
Original Godzilla movies
Plenty of black and white mysteries/horrors/thrillers
I Am Not Okay With This
Documentaries of all sorts (mostly history, politics, and psychology)
 
Oh goodness, I've watched so much TV in my life. This is going to be a long list, even if I only list the highlights.

As a child:
- The Get Along Gang
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Rainbow Brite
- My Little Ponies (original)
- He-Man
- She-Ra
- G.I. Joe
- Thundercats
- Transformers
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (original)
- Looney Tunes
- Tom & Jerry
- Scooby Doo
- The Flintstones
- The Jetsons
- The Smurfs
- The Snorks
- The Muppet Show
- ALF
- The Monkees
- Gilligan's Island
- Land of the Lost
- Full House
- Mork & Mindy
- Perfect Strangers
- Blossom
- Clarissa Explains It All
- You Can't Do That on Television
- Double Dare
- Wheel of Fortune
- Jeopardy
- Press Your Luck
- The Price is Right
- Family Feud
- Columbo
- Murder She Wrote
- Nature Documentaries (especially featuring sharks)
- Lots of Disney movies
- Labyrinth
- Dark Crystal
- NeverEnding Story
- The Secret of NIMH
- Gremlins
- Jaws

Just a small portion of shows I'm currently watching or recently watched:
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
- The Simpsons
- Family Guy
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Black Mirror
- Supernatural
- Lucifer
- Doctor Who
- The Crown
- Outlander
- Nature Documentaries (especially featuring sharks)
- Tons and tons of anime
 
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I... was a TV/Movie addict when I was younger. Still am, just worse.
Then:
Wow Wow Wubbzy
Dora
Wonder Pets
The Backyardigans
Teletubbies
Hannah Montana
iCarly
Drake and Josh
Spongebob
Fairly Oddparents
Danny Phantom
Good Luck Charlie
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Phineas and Ferb
Any Disney Movie
Pokemon
Barnie
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Jimmy Neutron
Any Barbie movie that was out in 2009
The Spongebob Movie
Yo Gabba Gabba
Baby Einstein
Handy Manny
Madagascar 3
Avatar The Last Airbender
Little Einsteins

Now:
Spongebob
Danny Phantom
Avatar The Last Airbender
iCarly
Drake and Josh
Phineas and Ferb
Sonny with a Chance
Austin and Ally
Voltron Legendary Defender
Steven Universe
Hannah Montana
Jonas
A.N.T Farm
Good Luck Charlie
Jimmy Neutron
High School Musical 1-3
Zoey 101
Gravity Falls
Teen Beach Movie
Kim Possible
Camp Rock 1 and 2
That's So Raven
Wizards of Waverly Place
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The Suite Life on Deck
The Suite Life Movie
Victorious
Shake It Up
Dog with a Blog
Lemonade Mouth

...I still watch 'kids channels' and i'm not ashamed.
 
Crash said:
then (late 90's-early 00's):
  • spongebob
  • fairly oddparents
  • the amanda show
  • all that
  • naruto
  • drake & josh
  • courage the cowardly dog
  • pokemon
  • the grim adventures of billy & mandy
  • Iizzie mcguire
  • codename kids next door
  • that's so raven
  • hey arnold
  • jimmy neutron
  • looney tunes
  • tom & jerry
  • avatar the last airbender
  • probably many others i've forgotten to add
now:
  • the x-files
  • big mouth
  • black mirror
  • futurama
  • arrested development
  • the office
most of the "new" ones aren't actually new, nor are they something i'm actively watching through for the first time; they're more like the shows i consistently rewatch/love. i still watch some of the older ones from time to time as well because most are Classics
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^ literally Crash’s entire “then” list is my then list 😆 plus some other animes, avatar, & j&kdramas (I used to watch these a ton in my teen years)

now:
  • parks & rec
  • Brooklyn 99
  • The office
  • Westworld
  • Bob’s burgers
  • Steven universe (& future)
  • Futurama
  • The good place
  • Community
  • IT crowd
  • Stranger things
  • Basically mostly comedy & some thrillers time to time
 
I'm gonna break this into three phases because what I watched as a young child and what I watched as a pre-teen/teen are different
(Also I'm just talking TV shows, I'm not a movie person. Except for the Land Before Time franchise)

Child (1-8)
  • Sesame Street
  • Dora
  • Blues Clues
  • Little Bear
  • Berenstein Bears
  • Timothy Goes To School
  • Lilo and Stitch
  • Kim Possible
  • Kleo the Misfit Unicorn
  • Max and Ruby
  • Backyardigans

Older child/young teen (9-16)
  • Suite Life of Zack and Cody/Suite Life on Deck
  • Hannah Montanna
  • Wizards of Waverly Place
  • Recess
  • Phineas and Ferb
  • Once Upon A Time
  • Glee
  • My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
  • The Smurfs
Recent years
  • Everything Bachelor franchise (don't get me wrong, I think it's trash. I just like to watch something that doesn't require thinking after a long day of work.)
  • This Is Us
  • Friends
  • The Good Doctor
I don't watch much TV now to be honest, it's hard for me to get into shows that require an emotional/time investment because I'm kind of always drained :p
 
Movies I watched growing up were mostly Disney films starring Kurt Russell, Hayley Mills, or Dean Jones, and anything with John Wayne.

Movies now are limited to ones I really have to see like Jumanji or Star Trek.

I'm mostly a TV addict, some of my favorites growing up were
Daniel Boone
Mannix
Petticoat Junction
Partridge Family
Eight is Enough
Starsky and Hutch
McMillan and Wife
Ellery Queen
Happy Days
Gilligan's Island
Snoop Sisters
McCloud
Hec Ramsey
Smothers Brothers
Carol Burnett
Bob Newhart Show
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Wonderful World of Disney

Don't have cable or satellite now so my choices are limited, lots of streaming and reruns
Big Bang Theory
Doctor Who
Star Trek Picard
Stargate SG1
Stargate Atlantis
Eureka
Psych
QI
Would I Lie to You
Taskmaster
Mock the Week
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
 
Dora the Explorer
G1 My Little Pony
G3 My Little Pony
Curious George
Better very old PBS kids shows
Some X-men show, don't remember name of it
some Spiderman show that l don't remember name of
Old Barbie movies
Criminal Minds
Numbers (i think that was the name?)
Black Butler
and yeah even more gory shows...I don't why l was watching those shows with my brother..but there was a lot and l was used to it.
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Oh and Star Wars the Clone Wars
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And l never have watched very kiddie movies. So l didn't list any besides Barbie movies because that l can remember
 
Then
Bucky O'Hare
Duck Tales
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon and movies)
Transformers
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Garfield and Friends
G.I. Joe
Inspector Gadget
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros.
Captain N: The Game Master
James Bond Jr. (I'm still not sure why he got his name from his uncle James.)
There's too many to name off.

Now
The Renegade
Smallville
Supernatural
Dexter
Absentia
I don't really watch much.
 
I don’t really think I could list everything I’ve watched over my life. My dad is a MASSIVE pop culture buff so we had to watch most of the classics. Nowadays I primarily watch YouTube over traditional tv but I still watch movies and sit in while my parents watch NCIS
 
Then
Backyardigans
Bernstein Bears
SpongeBob Squarepants
Fairly Odd Parents
Chowder
The Misadventures of Flapjack
The Upside Down Show
Blue's Clues
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Phineas and Ferb
iCarly
Victorius
Suite Life On Deck
Wizards of Waverly Place
Spy Kids (All four movies)
SpongeBob Squarepants Movie
Sharkboy and Lavagirl

Now
Gravity Falls
Steven Universe
Thriller and comedy anime
The Good Place
Queer Eye
Moonlight
A Single Man
Onward
Musician documentaries

Edit: Added some movies.
 
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Then:
Are You Afraid of the Dark
Goosebumps
Salute Your Shorts
Pete & Pete
Clarissa Explains it all
So Weird
Rocco's Modern Life

Now:
(honestly I don't watch TV - just Netflix and Youtube)

Forensic Files
Unsolved Mysteries
X-Files

+ various youtube things
 
I watch largely the same sort of stuff as I did as a kid, lots of animated stuff, action, stuff with monsters, even rewatching entire series because they're still good.

I think the only difference is I've developed some sense of quality. I would watch just about anything aimed at kids when I was younger, pretty much 'liking' all of it. Now I look back and see a lot of it was low quality trash that was crap because they knew they could get away with it.
 
I still watch a lot of the things i enjoyed watching as a school aged child (I'm not counting the stuff I watched in preschool which was like the muppets, barney, sesame street, power rangers.

the main shows i watched when i was school-aged - high school that I still watch now:
Hey Arnold, Rugrats, Courage the Cowardly Dog, As Told By Ginger, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xena Warrior Princess, Veronica Mars, Sailor Moon, Rocket Power, Billy and Mandy, Dead Like Me, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Grey's Anatomy, Powerpuff Girls (original), NCIS, Alias, Heroes, iCarly, Zoey 101.

Shows I watch now:
Stranger Things, The Haunting of Hill House (and the on going seasons), true crime tv shows, Dead to Me, Dark, the real housewives franchise, vanderpump rules.
 
As a kid, I watched primarily cartoons. Almost all Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. This was in the late 90's/early 2000s.
My favourites:
- Powerpuff Girls
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Ed, Edd, N Eddy
- Johnny Bravo
- Rugrats
- Hey Arnold
- Pokémon: Indigo League
- The Simpsons
There were quite a few more things I would watch but these were my favourites. PPG and Pokémon were the two shows that absolutely shaped my childhood lol

Nowadays, I watch a lot stuff, and re-watch a lot of stuff. Things like The Office (US), Parks N Rec, Community, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Lost.. I can't even remember all of it lmao. Of course I do occasionally watch some of the stuff I watched as a kid. I'm trying to watch Samurai Jack since I didn't really watch it much when I was young
 
as a kid I watched stuff like Spongebob, King of the Hill, and a lot of kids movies.

as an adult.... it's exactly the same lol, I still love watching all that stuff. my taste in movies/TV didn't really change as I got older, though I can say I just recently (in 2015) became a fan of Star Trek, whereas I didn't really care about it as a kid.
 
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