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RESOLVED: Beverly Hills 90210 was the best 90's show

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Seinfeld, actually.
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(DUDE WHO WATCHES ALIEN SOAP OPERAS)
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cant argue with this.
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people had an attitude to them in the 90s that they didnt ha...
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compare the attitude of the 90s to 2000s/10s.
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i think that attitude stayed, but it got stretched thinner b...
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The Simpsons (though maybe it's not technically a 90s show)
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90210 for teens/young adults Friends for young adults ...
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cr, but Friends was unwatchable faggot trash.
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watching old eps of friends it wasn't THAT bad. some of the...
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I just never got into it. Watched it at the time because I ...
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Party of five was better in that genre
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for sure. each show i picked i think captures a segment of 9...
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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: Multi-colored carmine casino

To clarify, it was the show that best captured the zeitgeist of the 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744782)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: Vibrant Unholy Fortuitous Meteor

Seinfeld, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744786)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:18 PM
Author: Multi-colored carmine casino

I think Seinfeld was the better show, but they were boomers and didn't capture the 90s as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744811)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:16 PM
Author: Glittery Cheese-eating Macaca Stage

Melrose Place was better

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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:19 PM
Author: laughsome plum university fat ankles

I want to agree but I can't because Melrose became unwatchable after season 3 and 90210 held up until Brenda left.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744819)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:54 PM
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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:19 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle adulterous preventive strike doctorate

X files

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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:19 PM
Author: laughsome plum university fat ankles

(fucking nerd)

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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:24 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle adulterous preventive strike doctorate

think I'd rather be an X Files nerd than a faggot "male" who watches 90210, which is literally a soap opera

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744869)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:26 PM
Author: galvanic corner



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:58 PM
Author: laughsome plum university fat ankles

(DUDE WHO WATCHES ALIEN SOAP OPERAS)

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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:48 PM
Author: violet lascivious forum

We were like 12-13 and talked to chicks about it on Fri/Thurs. It wasn't faggot then (although I assume my dad was just shaking his head).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#30221620)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: Multi-colored carmine casino

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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:37 PM
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Rewatched all of the X Files recently. The first 3 or 4 seasons are insanely good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744983)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:55 PM
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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:17 PM
Author: Light Pit Jap

Captured the growing paranoia that the Powers That Be were plotting against us, during the run up to 9/11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652043)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:18 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle adulterous preventive strike doctorate

All of our worst fears verbalized in the 90s came true and no one cares anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652045)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: Opaque base pistol

Without the zeitgeist clarification: Babylon 5

With the zeitgeist clarification: Farscape.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744833)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

cant argue with this.

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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:21 PM
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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:21 PM
Author: Mauve electric address

the real world

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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:59 PM
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The 1st 3 seasons of that show, NYC, LA and SF were revolutionary. They literally warped my mind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27745127)



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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:44 PM
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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:26 PM
Author: Pea-brained Depressive

people had an attitude to them in the 90s that they didnt have in the 80s. 90210 captures that attitude well, i think. its a good choice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744889)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:35 PM
Author: Cerise Church Building

compare the attitude of the 90s to 2000s/10s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744970)



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Date: April 23rd, 2015 2:39 PM
Author: Pea-brained Depressive

i think that attitude stayed, but it got stretched thinner by time. there is better tech now, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27744996)



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Date: April 24th, 2015 1:03 PM
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Northern Exposure, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27750895)



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Date: April 24th, 2015 1:04 PM
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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:15 PM
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Date: April 25th, 2015 7:31 AM
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90210 was the shit until Brenda lost her cherry. After that there was no longer any point in watching. HTH.

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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:43 PM
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Date: April 25th, 2015 7:59 AM
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The Simpsons (though maybe it's not technically a 90s show)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#27756312)



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Date: February 23rd, 2016 10:20 AM
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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:29 PM
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90210 and SBTB are the most devastating one-two punch any era of tv has ever seen. They covered all bases for that time.

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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:55 PM
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Date: February 23rd, 2016 12:41 PM
Author: Cerise Church Building

90210 for teens/young adults

Friends for young adults

Seinfeld for adults

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#29897026)



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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:49 PM
Author: violet lascivious forum

cr, but Friends was unwatchable faggot trash.

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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:53 PM
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watching old eps of friends it wasn't THAT bad. some of the actors are pretty good, and jennifer aniston spent the last 3-5 seasons of the show dressing sexy as fuckkk

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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:54 PM
Author: violet lascivious forum

I just never got into it. Watched it at the time because I felt like I had to because everyone did.

I was more of a Courtney Cox man until she got the implants, of course.

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:14 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

Friends sucked. It was not funny or interesting ever. If you want a funny version of that show watch Living Single. Same show but with black people and actually funny.

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Date: April 7th, 2016 2:45 PM
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Date: March 22nd, 2017 2:56 PM
Author: Cerise Church Building

in the top 10 list for sure, along with Seinfeld, Friends, Simpsons

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Date: April 23rd, 2018 3:53 PM
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In the top 5 or 10 for sure

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:10 PM
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Party of five was better in that genre

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:11 PM
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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:12 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:12 PM
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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:16 PM
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lol how’s the career Scott Wolf?

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:31 PM
Author: Sienna stage nibblets

I remember when Lost was big and they came out with some scifi knockoff and got Scott Wolf to star. too fucking funny.

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:36 PM
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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:59 PM
Author: Sienna stage nibblets

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:25 PM
Author: Sienna stage nibblets

it gets points for a young JLH but that show took whining to a whole new level.

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:21 PM
Author: Light Pit Jap

Sliders. Comparing the tone of season 1 (mature contemplations of history based upon optimism and science) to seasons 3-5 (Monster Of The Week GC slop, hope extinguished, scientists gone, plus the show moved to cable as symbolic for the fracturing of the one common American culture)

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:26 PM
Author: Sienna stage nibblets

huge early sliders fan. I can remember getting together at my buddy's house with all the neighborhood kids and watching it. so 180.

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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:24 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

Some that haven't been mentioned:

7th Heaven

The Tom Green Show

Beavis & Butthead

Fresh Prince

My So Called Life

Home Improvement

Family Matters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652083)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:27 PM
Author: Sienna stage nibblets

My so called life was the realistic east coast version of 90210. not saying thats better or worse, but its definately uglier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652097)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:32 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

for sure. each show i picked i think captures a segment of 90s american culture.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652126)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:27 PM
Author: Multi-colored carmine casino

7th Heaven - never watched it so can't comment

The Tom Green Show - no

Beavis & Butthead - didn't really capture the totality of the 90s, only a small sliver of the culture

Fresh Prince - too black to really capture the totality of the 90s

My So Called Life - didn't really capture the totality of the 90s, only a small sliver of the culture

Home Improvement - decent choice, though I think dramas capture a zeitgeist better than comedies

Family Matters -- too black to really capture the totality of the 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652099)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:30 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

So the totality of the '90s is captured by a show about extremely wealthy white teenagers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652113)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:35 PM
Author: Multi-colored carmine casino

go rewatch it breh. many episodes about different people.

and don't forget, the show was originally about kids from Minneapolis as fish out of water.

finally, the show was long enough to really span not only the 80s hangover, but also the late 90s into the early 2000s. Culturally, it got the 90s, which changed over the course of the decade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652153)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:44 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

I think you make a good point that 90210 literally spanned the entire 90s. I don't agree though that it's more '90s than the other shows i listed. I'd argue that my so called life is a far more realistic depiction of teenage life in the 90s even if it's just a mid-90s snapshot.

I also don't think you are right to dismiss shows just because the cast is black. Rarely were the themes in the show exclusively for black audiences. And for Fresh Prince, the emergence of hip hop culture was huge in the 90s. Was there even 1 black character on 90210?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652213)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:29 PM
Author: Light Pit Jap

7th Heaven is worth being in the conversation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2861810&forum_id=2#38652106)



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Date: August 7th, 2019 2:35 PM
Author: Cyan Parlor

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