TV Shows From Our Childhoods We Loved To Watch After School

Being a kid in the 80's seems like it was the peak for cartoons. You got to enjoy the Saturday morning and after school routines. Plus you had the benefit of new stuff, along with all the popular classics as reruns.

I grew up in the 80s and have three children ranging from 6 to 17 years old. When my teenagers were a little younger, by osmosis, they got into shows that I beloved as a kid like Brady Bunch, Leave it to Beaver, Home Improvement. They still will enjoy these shows to this day. It goes to show that the true classics will always hold up through the generations.

One fun thing about the 70s and early 80s was that some world series games were played during weekdays and I remember rushing home after school to watch a rare weekday baseball game.

As a young child of the late 70's (ages 5-8), I enjoyed Sesame Street and The Electric Company, but I thought Mr. Rogers was too corny. So I would watch Seasame Street, turn off the TV when Mr. Rogers came on, and then turn the TV back on when The Electric Company was on. A few years ago, I saw that documentary about Mr. Rogers and wished that I had appreciated him more. He did some really amazing things on his shows!

I remember the" To be Continued " shows. I hated waiting. I miss being a kid. Its almost like ill never really be happy again. I was just happy as a child. I had the best parents anybody could ever ask for. Only child got what i wanted. Not because I was spoiled, I knew being a good boy . I would be treated better. I miss everything so much. I'd sell my soul to go back and stay forever

There were some sick days that I regretted watching TV with because during school hours I either had to deal with watching the Nick Jr. shows or the "boring adult shows" during the 1990s, so I had to wait until the after school hours for the good stuff to come on.

There was Great Space Coaster, classic Looney Tunes, Popeye, and Tom + Jerry, Battle of the Planets, Robotech..... Too many to name but all of them so good. In out area sitcom reruns ran after the cartoon blocks so we did get the best of both worlds

Me and my brother didn't have cable and the only cartoons we could watch was Fox Kids. I remember that every day, after school, we would head to the living room, turn on the TV, and make sure it was switched to Fox Kids channel. We enjoyed watching X-Men, Spiderman, Power Rangers, Goosebumps, Eek the Cat, Batman Animated, etc. The channel sadly no longer exists but I do miss the days of watching cartoons on TV. :3

The After School Special tv series

I always enjoyed watching cartoons after school all the way through my high-school years in the late 80's. Stopped watching while in college, and some years later in the late 90's, while feeling nostalgic, went looking for cartoons again on TV. Everything had changed. Mostly talk shows on every channel. With no cable or internet, had to turn to PBS. There I found Arthur, Between the Lions, and Dragon Tales (my favorite) which I still watch to this day.

We had a local (Phoenix) show I watched religiously called The Wallace and Ladmo Show. On top of all the 70's shows mentioned here. Great memories!

Another awesome video, RetroDaze! I remember those fun after-school days. Elementary/Middle school, my Mom would pick me and my brother up afterschool and we would go to our local carryout. The carryout would sell all sources of things, food, drinks, candy, household items and more. We knew the family who ran it, and always got things like onion rings, chicken nuggets, juice/soda, and candy. Then we would go home and watch our shows. We watched PBS shows Reading Rainbows, Zoom, Bill Eye, and the other ones you mentioned along with Kids WB. High school, we had moved. I had a new carry-out to visit. I would get western fries or a breakfast platter (they have breakfast all day) after school. I would watch the talk shows you mentioned. But i also still loved watching cartoons/animated shows too. Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Disney Channel were my go-tos to watch.

Never to old for cartoons

I like any of the series from the 80s, even though I was born near the end of the last year of that decade. The 80s series I like include DuckTales, Transformers, Inspector Gadget, Garfield & Friends, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, My Little Pony, Smurfs, Snorks, The Jetsons (Season 2-3), Thundercats, G.I. Joe, Danger Mouse, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, The Raccoons, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and The Simpsons.

Some more of my after school favs in California include: Heathcliff Inspector Gadget Transformers Plastic man and friends

I have the Disney Tailspin Sega Genesis game. I used to watch Jackie Chan Adventures on Kids WB

Awesome video! Man there was nothing like coming home after school grabbing your favorite snack and a pop and plopping down in front of the tv to destress after that long day of school! So miss those days!

I was a little kid in the 80s and a teen in the 90s. That being said.... I never hear about this show but I watched it religiously. Anyone ever watched The Great Space Coaster? I pretty sure I watched it in the 80's but it might have been made in the 70's and I caught the reruns. Anyway, that and.... The Monkees reruns Kids Incorporated You Can't Do That On Television Nick Rocks Remote Control Double Dare Finders Keepers Man, good times for sure.

I watched He Man and the Thundercats after school. I was a teenager at that time. We would smoke weed and watch Thunder Cats. 😂

Dark Shadows on weekdays after school. Later it was Batman and Lost in Space. Those were my main T.V. shows from my childhood.