Netflix is consistently adding more and more titles to stream online but yet, the lack of television shows from the 90’s and 2000’s is extremely low. This makes the kids who grew up during the time of raunchy cartoons and adorably innocent TV couples sad knowing that the series they addicted themselves to everyday after school can only be seen on a rare re-run or perhaps on a disc.
This leaves the younger generations unable of receiving the valuable information and morals that some of us grew up reciting. The kids today will never know the wise wisdom of Mr. Feeney or see the romantic growth between Lizzie McGuire and her longtime friend, Gordo. They simply won’t understand.
With the low price of a Netflix subscription being only eight dollars a month, we understand that all of our wishes cannot come true. However, TheCelebrityCafe is counting down the top 10 TV shows that are unavailable to us but we crave to be in our possession via streaming on the web.
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10. Kenan and Kel
Long before Kenan Thompson joined SNL, he paired up with his All That costar, Kel Mitchell for a show that lasted for four years. From 1996 until 2000, the duo had a comedy skit show that followed the crazy life of two teenagers, Kenan and his best bud, Kel.
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9. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Throughout the 90’s this particular program had two different series – one from 1990-1996 and the revival series that aired February 1999 through June 2000. Occasionally guest staring stars like Ryan Gosling and Hayden Christensen, this haunted TV show would probably still make us scream even as adults.
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8. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Shortly after Melissa Joan Hart came out with a movie of the same title, a short television show aired for seven seasons after premiering in 1996. This show was a hilarious look at the life of a girl who found out she was a witch at 16 who also owned a talking cat. What can get better than this?
Oh, a guest appearance from Britney Spears makes it better!
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7. Lizzie McGuire
2001 was all about listening inside the head of teenager, Lizzie McGuire. This sitcom was one of the most unique shows that Disney produced. It was different because not only did we see Hilary Duff as Lizzie but also there was a small cartoon Lizzie that was her subconscious who was always commenting on whatever boy she liked or what was going on at the moment.
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6. Clarissa Explains It All
Before Melissa Joan Hart was a teenage witch, she was Clarissa and explaining to the audience all the troubles she dealt with as a pre-teen. From pimples, to boys, to training bras, we got the scoop from Clarissa, herself, while she wore the best 90’s fashions ever.
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5. Rugrats
Kids today are missing out on this group of babies who got into mischief as they talked to one another. Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil and of course Angelica were the babies we adored and watched on our screens for over 13 years.
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4. Even Stevens
Starring Shia LaBeouf and Christy Carlson Romano, this Disney sitcom ran for only three seasons but we loved every second of the crazy antics of Louis and the nagging of his older sister, Ren.
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3. Friends
We don’t know why Friends isn’t on Netflix right now but watching this show for 10 years made it the most popular show of its decade. Following the lives of this group of friends set the bar for other shows today like How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory.
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2. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
When Will Smith was still a rapper and doing comedy, Fresh Prince was born. This hilarious show still makes us smile nearly 20 years later.
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1. Boy Meets World
The newer generation needs to see this show in full especially now that the spin-off series recently aired on Disney. Girl Meets World will never give the same advice that the characters on the original did but we know that by watching the re-runs we can definitely teach the youth of today what Mr. Feeney would preach to us as kids.