26 incredible '90s TV shows to stream now

It’s hard to pin down when the电视的黄金时代really began. Some argue that it started in 1999 with the premiere of女高音on HBO, while others contend that it really only kicked off circa 2008, thanks to shows likeMad Men那Breaking Bad那and later,Game of Thrones．

But if you came of age during the 1990s, you know better. From 1990 all the way up to the new millennium (or should I say,Willennium), television was positively glorious.

On any given night, you could tune into one of the major networks like ABC, NBC, or Fox and catch a family-friendly sitcom (likeFresh Prince of Bel-Air), an edgy teen drama (cue theBeverly Hills 90210这me), or—if you were lucky enough to be a house with cable—channel surf over to HBO and follow groundbreaking shows like欲望都市orOzright from the beginning.

The best ‘90s TV shows had it all: aliens, gangsters, great friends, wise-cracking cats, vampires with souls (before it was cool), and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Here are 26 of the most incredible '90s TV shows you can watch for the first time—or fall in love with all over again—onHulu那HBO Max那and other streaming platforms. Lord,have mercy．

1.Buffy Vampire Slayer

For most folks, high school is hell. But onBuffy Vampire Slayer—the influential ‘90s teen show that was based on the 1992box-office bomb of the same name—that metaphor is taken to its most literal place. Full of special effects that haven’t aged well (but storylines that did),Buffygave us sexy vamps, LGBTQ+ witches, one-off episodic gems like the musical再一次感觉那and teen angst and melodrama for days.

But perhaps its biggest contribution of all is that it gave us a heroine like Buffy Summers (played with wit and tenderness by Sarah Michelle Gellar), a blonde high school cheerleader chosen—reluctantly—by fate to save the world. A lot. In that way, show creator Joss Whedon (despite hisrecent controversies) helped give an entire generation of young girls the best female superhero since Wonder Woman, and that slays.

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2.Friends

Have you been on a break from this hit ‘90s sitcom since it wrapped up in 2004? With areunionset to air later this month and the entire 10 seasons available to stream right now on HBO Max, there’s never been a better time to give the Central Perk gang another go-around, especially if you’ve been dying for a good excuse to sing along during a rendition ofSmelly Catagain.

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3.The X Files

思想科幻小说是所有肚脐凝视或俗气的绿色外星人西装射击塑料射线枪？再想一想。狐狸带来了新的生命，随着这一击中的比赛展示了一些关于几个联邦调查局的代理 - 一个怀疑论者，另一个是一个真正的信徒，负责调查未知。经常被认为是他们所有人的最佳90个科幻电视节目，The X Fileslaunched stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson into the pop-culture stratosphere and helped make conspiracy theorists out of all of us (for an hour a week, at least).

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4.Seinfeld.

AlthoughSeinfeld.is usually described as a “show about nothing,” this mega-hit ‘90s sitcom created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David of eventualCurb Your Enthusiasmfame actually gives viewers a whole lot of "somethings" to think about. Like, is it wise to pretend to be a marine biologist just to impress a woman? Answer: No, probably not. Or, is it advisable to stock up on your favorite birth control before it goes off the market, and only use it with those deemed the most “sponge-worthy”? Answer: Maybe, but ask your doctor first. As ‘90s sitcoms go,Seinfeld.is arguably the best (sorry,Friendsstans), and absolutely worth a rewatch.

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5.Twin Peaks

除非你是一个文艺片的孩子早在70年代或80s, chances are that director David Lynch slipped under your radar. That is, until the 1990 premiere on ABC ofTwin Peaks那which he co-created with Mark Frost. This weird murder mystery, set in a quirky fictional town in Washington state, weaves together comedy, soap opera, and tragedy in a way that Lynch fans know well.

After an acclaimed first season, the show went off the rails in season two and ended on one of the most famous cliffhangers of all time. But do yourself a favor and don’t Google it, or watchTwin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me（Lynch的Distive 1992 Precuel）或Twin Peaks: The Return(the limited-run series that aired onShowtimein 2017) first. Just grab a hot cup of dang good coffee, kick back, and start from episode one of the O.G. series. Trust me, you’ll enjoy it better that way.

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6.Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

威尔史密斯是更好的认识现在吹吗up aliens andpassing在有史以来最具影响力的电影中，但在90年代初后，他只是来自费城的一个上升的唱歌Fresh Prince of Bel-Airwas his breakthrough role.

As one of the most beloved ‘90s family TV shows, this NBC hit aired from 1990 to 1996 and gave us so much, from quippy one-liners to incredibledance moves．You cancatch the reunionon HBO Max right now, but consider treating yourself to a weekend of binge-watching this series, too.

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7.Boy Meets World

Raise your hand if you always secretly wished you were in Mr. Feeny’s (William Daniels) class alongside Cory (Ben Savage), Topanga (Danielle Fishel), and the rest of the gang ofBoy Meets World．As one of the most charming ‘90s family TV shows of its time, this series started in 1993 and served as a cute coming-of-age tale that definitely resonated with millennials of the time. Plus, you get to admireTopanga’s hair在它的所有厚实，波浪，gen x荣耀。

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8.Frasier

Sitcoms have a rich history of spawning spin-offs:All in the Familyfamously led to seven other shows, includingThe JeffersonsandMaude(which, in turn, eventually led to美好时光）。But it’s rare for a sitcom spin-off to truly match—or in some cases, even outdo—the show that inspired it.Frasier但是，是一个值得注意的例外。

The character Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) first appeared on the hit sitcomCheers那but in 1993, got his own eponymous show. Set in Seattle, the show follows his life as a radio advice show host, as well as his relationship with his father and brother. Contrary to what you might think, you don’t need an IQ of 130 or higher to chuckle along with the jokes on this show, either.

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9.Daria

Speaking of spin-offs, it’s impossible to talk about the best ‘90s TV shows and not mentionDaria．MTV的“宽松”的spin-off ofBeavis and Butthead那this cartoon series is as hilarious and insightful today as it was when it originally aired.

Remembered for her monotone voice and scathing one-liners, the character of Daria Morgandorffer was like a stand-in for anyone who felt out-of-sorts in high school, but the supporting cast of characters (from popular kids to alt-rock crushes, and more) help make this one of the most nuanced teen shows of its time. Along the way, the show does an admirable job of critiquing suburbia, teen culture, and the status quo, but with lots of heart, too.

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10.女高音

Depending on who you ask,女高音didn’t just kickstart the Golden Age of Television, it created it. Even 22 years later, the HBO crime drama is often considered这best show of all time, period. (Although fans ofThe Wire那HBO’s critically acclaimed drama from the 2000s, can wage a strong counter-argument.)

The premise—a mafia capo in therapy—could just as easily read as a comedy (and was fodder for several, starting withAnalyze This）但是，展示了创造者大卫追逐的庆祝系列更深，拥有所有的暴力，强度，家庭戏剧和你所期望的豪猪。它仍然持有，超过二十年后。

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11.Law & Order

This procedural drama about cops and attorneys in New York City might be one of thebest binge-worthy showsof all time. It spawned several spin-offs, most famouslyLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit(which is still airing but available on Sling TV, too) andLaw & Order: Criminal Intent，从2001年到2011年开始。o.g。Law & Order—which featured Jerry Orbach, a bonafide national treasure—proves that being formulaic isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because the show is still wildly addictive, all these years later.

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12.Dawson's Creek

You wouldn’t getteen drama showslikeriverdaleorOne Tree Hillif it wasn’t forDawson’s Creek那这WB/CW hit about brooding teens living in a fictional New England town. Filmed on location in Wilmington, North Carolina (another thing it shares in common withOne Tree Hill),Dawson’s Creekis one of the best-known ‘90s teen shows and helped to cement a tried-and-true formula that still works to this day: beautiful teens + beautiful location + beautiful tragic problems = ratings gold.

Beyond itscatchy theme song，该展会有助于分别推出凯蒂福尔摩斯，乔希·杰克逊和米歇尔威廉姆斯的职业生涯。在这三个中，威廉姆斯取得了最大的成功，感谢她在批评的电影中的令人印象深刻的工作蓝色情人节那Brokeback Mountain那andMy Week With Marilyn那as well as TV shows like FX's wonderfulFosse/Verdon那but it all started here.

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13.欲望都市

Whether you love it or you kind of cringe over it now, there’s no denying that欲望都市broke new ground when it premiered on HBO in 1998.

Ostensibly, this show about four single, successful ladies in their 30s living and loving in the big city was part of HBO’s gritty, hyper-realistic programming for the era, along with女高音．These days though,欲望都市mostly reads like an urban fairy tale. (“What do youmeana writer with only one article due a week and no side hustles could afford to live in her own apartmentand在“90年代时代曼哈顿”的常规上购买400美元的设计师鞋，这不公平，“躲避了本文的单身，城市住宅，30岁的千年千禧年作者在躲避另一个月的学生贷款票据。）

Still, some fairy tales are worth passing onto the next generation, especially when they involvevibrators那general sex positivity (the show didn't age well around certain LGBTQ+ issues, it must be said), and characters as woke and wonderful as Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall). For all those reasons,欲望都市is worth hanging onto.

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14.Freaks and Geeks

AlthoughFreaks and Geeks1999年，只有在NBC的NBC中持续的单一赛季，它的甜蜜而无情地承担高中的经验获得了许多粉丝。从成为一个邪教经典和许多人来说，这是贾德阿本可以做的第一个真正的品味，加上未来的巨型明星，如Seth Rogon，Jason Segel，James Franco等，杰出的兆瓦和其他人。

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15.Living Single

Tell me if this sounds familiar: A show about a group of single, successful ladies living and loving in the big city in their 20s, and the heartbreaks and friendships that bind them and help them grow better as people.

Sounds a lot likeFriendsand欲望都市那right? Except unlike those two shows,Living Singlefeatures a cast of talented Black actors, including Queen Latifah. Also, it came out in 1993, before anyone had ever been introduced to the saga of Ross and Rachel or Carrie Bradshaw’s never-ending love-affair with Manolo Blahnik. Criminally underrated but a total delight,Living Single是一个令人愉快的展示来考虑给手表，特别是如果它在雷达下飞行。

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16.Beverly Hills 90210

Remember that formula from before? You know, the one about how shows based on beautiful teens and their beautiful, tragic problems will almost always equal network ratings gold? WhileDawson's Creek直接启发了2000年代的一串模仿者One Tree Hill那绯闻少女and others, all of these shows owe a debt to the grand-daddy of them all:Beverly Hills 90210．

Produced by the legendary Aaron Spelling (whose small-screen hits prior to the 1990s includedCharlie's Angels那Dynasty那and others) this iconic '90s teen melodrama focused on a group of teens from one of the poshest zip codes in the U.S. and touched on after-school special topics like teen pregnancy, addiction and parental pressure. It also helped make its cast of dreamy mostly 20-somethings like Luke Perry and Shannen Doherty mega-stars in the early part of the decade.

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17.Sabrina十几岁的巫婆

The ‘90s were the perfect time for witches to get cool again. You had bell bottoms, girl power, Lilith Fair—so much divine feminine energy just bursting through everywhere. And of course, who could forget Sabrina, the titular character of the popular ABC showSabrina十几岁的巫婆还

Inspired by the Archie Comics series of the same name (just likeriverdale), this tween-friendly hit was completely adorable and anchored by a charming performance by Melissa Joan Hart, who was already known to kids of the era as Clarissa, from Nickelodeon’s showClarissa Explains It All．Plus, there was a talking cat. Nothing can ever be bad about a show that features a talking cat that also makes puns, I mean really.

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18.Sister, Sister

Although Disney remadeThe Parent Trapin the ‘90s, ABC’s popular showSister, Sister总是感觉像一个更现代版的相同前提。Staring Real-Life Tia Tia和Tamera Mowry，这个情节侧重于出生时分开的两个双胞胎，并采用了分开的人 - 一个，一个直接的爸爸（Tim Reid）和另一个快速谈话的时装基斯塔（JackéeHarry）。这是90年代的家庭电视节目中的一个，这在重装时感觉安全和舒适，如果您正在寻找混合它的选择，可能会特别好。

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19.Are You Afraid of the Dark?

有一个很好的机会Are You Afraid of the Dark?最终导致整个一代千禧一代来爱情黑镜子．In the vein ofThe Twilight Zone那this Nickelodeon show conjured up all things creepy and spooky and the unleashed them in anthology form over 45-minute blocks of time. The initial show ran over the course of five seasons (with subsequent reboots in 1999, 2019, and 2021). Gather round the campfire—or in this case, your TV—and give this kid-friendly horror series another go.

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20.Oz

Ozisn’t a show for everyone. Set in a prison, it’s about as brutal and violent as you might expect and it features a truly chilling performance by J.K. Simmons. If you want a drama that has sweet, tender moments, look elsewhere, becauseOz真的是无情的。但随着90年代戏剧TV shows go, it’s important to include in the conversation because it did push the envelope and pave the way for other gritty shows likeThe Shieldin the 2000s and 2010s.

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21.My So Called Life

Teen angst earned its poster girl in the form of Angela Chase (Claire Danes), the protagonist of the short-lived but celebrated ABC series,My So-Called Life．Over the course of its lone season, the show netted lots of critical acclaim and earned a then-15-year-old Danes a Golden Globe award and Primetime Emmy nomination for Best Actress due to her portrayal, as well as helped launch the career of Jared Leto (who would later earn an Academy Award for his performance inDallas Buyers Club）。It also tackled serious issues, from homophobia to drug use, but in less of a soap-opera way than contemporary shows like90210．

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22.客满

Was it possible to experience the ‘90s and not know about客满还As the king of ‘90s family TV shows, this classic is totally corny, but that’s also part of it’s charm.

Dive back into one of these old episodes and Uncle Jesse (John Stamos) is still as hot as ever, little Michelle (played by the immortal Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) is still adorable, and Dave Coulier is now the guy you can’t believeprobably inspiredAlanis Morisette’s signature国歌．Aside from Aunt Becky (now better known forOperation Varsity Blues), everything about the show feels wholesome and nostalgic in the sweetest way possible.

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23.The Nanny

Fran Drescher's distinctive voice isn't the only draw toThe Nanny那这popular '90s sitcom that just became available on HBO Max, but it's among the most memorable. As a show about a street-smart Jewish woman from Flushing who, by sheer twist of luck, ends up as the nanny for a well-to-do Broadway producer, this is comfort viewing at its finest.

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24.Moesha

R&B singer Brandy Norwood was already a teen sensation when she signed on in 1996 to star as the title character inMoesha那but her fame grew exponentially larger by the end of it's six seasons thanks to hits like这个男孩是我的那off her chart-topping 1998 albumNever Say Never．All that's to say, Brandy was abig deal在90年代和这个UPNItcom刚刚举办了她的才能。与其他时代的其他Tween友好的戏剧相似，该节目有一个追逐学校特殊氛围，但是伯尼Mac，esher，Mo'nique等恒星的乐趣外观。

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25.Will & Grace

Say what you will aboutWill & Gracenow (it's alwaysbeen divisive）但是，当它在1998年首次出现在小屏幕上时，它成为一个即时游戏变换器。由Max Mutchnick共同创造，他是同性恋，该系列在1998年在LGBTQ +社区仍然从艾滋病疫情卷入的一段时间内首次亮相，并且很少在屏幕上代表。

Will & Gracehowever, is all about queer celebration: of love, of friendship, of culture. It's fair to say that the show played to certain stereotypes along the way, but it helped change the country's views (in a favorable way) toward queer humans. For that reason, it deserves a solid rewatch.

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26.Baywatch

你知道如果你拥有一个Samsung television，您可以访问整个Baywatchchannel that just streams the iconic '90s drama? This cult-favorite series followed the ins and outs of daily life for the lifeguards at Malibu Beach. Starring David Hasselhoff and a number of blonde, tan 20-somethings, the series ran for an impressive 11 seasons, covering a number of soap-opera-worthy topics, including estranged parents, haunted homes, redemption for bank robbers, and even a story arc with Hulk Hogan.

If you're a bigFriendsfan, this series is a must-watch. See what Chandler and Joey—and millions of die-hardBaywatchfans—saw in the series. Just don't be shocked when you realized how manymontagesyou'll have to sit through.

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