If you grew up in the 70s (Gen Xers and young Baby Boomers) chances are good that you watched a lot of tv. These were the days when there were mostly just the main networks to watch (ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS). The Saturday morning cartoon line-up was a weekly event that many kids looked forward to. Each summer you were stuck watching reruns until the much-anticipated Fall line-up of new shows began (unless you were lucky enough to live in a household that subscribed to HBO and other premium movie cable channels in their infancy).
Let’s take a walk down Memory Lane (as we like to do) and explore some of these shows.
Saturday Morning Cartoons
If your family subscribed to the TV Guide you might remember looking at the Saturday morning line-up the night before and highlight what you were going to watch.
Here are a few popular shows that were aired on any given Saturday morning:
- Scooby Doo
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Bugs Bunny/ Road Runner Show
- The Land of the Lost (this was not animated).
- School House Rock
What was your favorite Saturday morning show? Please share under the post in the comments. Who remembers what happened around noon or so? Sports would come on. Bowling, golf, football, tennis, or car racing, anyone?
After School Television Shows of the 1970s
You might remember coming home from school, raiding the pantry for some Oreos, chips, or other snack, and settling in for an afternoon of watching (when you really should have been getting a jumpstart on your homework):
- Gilligan’s Island
- The Brady Bunch
- The Partridge Family
- Happy Days
- Electric Company
Popular Evening or Weekend Television Shows of the 70s
The 1970s were filled with classic family sitcoms and dramas like:
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- Little House on the Prairie
- The Waltons
- The Love Boat
- All in the Family
- Mary Tyler Moore
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Bewitched
- M*A*S*H
- The Jeffersons
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Laverne & Shirley
- Mork and Mindy
- Fantasy Island
- Three’s Company
- Good Times
- One Day at a Time
These were some golden years of television watching. Did any of you have a Sears color television set with the tubes that would need to be replaced from time to time? Would you enjoy buying a Mad or Cracked magazine poking fun of your favorite shows? Please share with us your memories in the comments. We would love to hear from you!
In the meantime, we hope you have enjoyed this post and this walk down Memory Lane. Remember that we can help you preserve precious memories that are stuck in dated technology. Give us a call today.