Let's begin...
ALF, NBC
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Not a bad show, really. But not great. Um... so like, this alien life form named Gordon Shumway, from the planet Melmac, crashed into the garage roof of the Tanner family, after his home planet blew up, and from then on he lived with the Tanners, who called him ALF, and hid him from the authorities. And he um, befriended the son, Brian, and pretty much annoyed everyone else and stuff. But it was kinda funny.
See also Project: ALF (IMDb)
Caroline in the City, NBC
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We like Lea Thompson, of course, but this show wasn't generally all that good. Malcolm Gets's performance as Richard was the only really good thing about this show, though I really can't believe he ever would've fallen in love with Caroline....
I don't remember this show well, but it was about this group of like computer programmers or whatever. The only ones I really remember even vaguely were played by Corey Feldman and Stephen Tobolowsky. Farah Forke (who we like) was also in it, who we know from Wings and a few episodes of Lois & Clark. She didn't know anything about computers, but I guess she was supposed to teach the guys social skills or something. I dunno. It wasn't a great show, but I thought it was okay. And it's always fun to see Feldog.
We quite liked Paige and Audrey. And Bruce Campbell was actually in the show for awhile. And Joe was cool, I guess. Well, it could be a funny show. I have no idea what to say about it, though. I didn't see all of it, but it didn't actually seem to be about much of anything. I'm sure it would've been on a higher tier while it was on....
Family Matters, ABC
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A spin-off of Perfect Strangers (comedy 4). It was about the Winslow family: Harriette, her husband Carl, and their kids, Eddie, Laura, and Judy. And Rachel Crawford, who I think was like Harriette's sister, or whatever. And her son, Richie. And Carl's mother, Estelle. And Eddie had a dumb but funny friend named Waldo Faldo. And I reckon there were some other characters.
The show is best known, of course, for a character named Steve Urkel, who was an uber-nerd. Quite brilliant, but also really weird and annoying. He was the Winslows' neighbor, I guess, and he had a serious crush on Laura, who only thought of him as a friend. He also felt close to the whole family, actually, especially Carl, who found him very annoying most of the time. Urkel had various catchphrases, too, like "Did I do that?" for example. He was very accident-prone. Um, and there was also a girl named Myra (who we liked), who liked Urkel. They actually ended up dating for awhile, but I don't think it lasted, because he never really got over Laura. Um, at some point Urkel invented a robot version of himself. And a machine that turned him into a cool version of himself, Stefan Urquelle. Laura liked Stefan, but Myra preferred Steve.
Dunno what else to say. I don't think I watched it that much, nor did I like it that much. But it had its moments. I suppose it could be kind of amusing. Sort of. And, you know... you just have to have seen some of it, because... to live your life without even the remotest familiarity with Steve Urkel... just isn't possible.
Good Sports, CBS
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This starred Ryan O'Neal as a former football star or something I guess, and Farrah Fawcett (who we kinda like) as a sports reporter on this show on a fictional cable network called Rappaport. I believe. Anyway, Ryan O'Neal came to work on this sports show with Farrah, and there was some tension between them because apparently years ago they'd slept together and he never called her back or forgotten it had happened or something. I think eventually they became friends or started dating or something, I forget. And um, there were a bunch of other characters on this show of course. It was kind of funny. Sometimes pretty weird. Or something. I dunno, but I kinda liked it.
Hearts Afire, CBS
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This show could be too silly and sitcom-ish at times, but it had a good cast. It's probably the first thing I ever saw Billy Bob Thornton in, and because of this I sometimes find myself saying "...it's just a rule I have," which is something his character used to say alot. I don't really know what to say about the show. It centered around the people who worked for a senator in Washington, D.C. Mainly John Ritter and Markie Post's characters, but there were plenty of others. And John's kids. And Billy Bob's family. And stuff. Anyway, we like Markie Post. And Beth Broderick.
Reba, WB, Fridays 9pm
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Reba McEntire (who we have always liked) plays Reba Hart, who divorces her husband Brock, who marries this woman Babara Jean (who's pretty annoying). And Reba's daughter Cheyenne (who I guess we kinda like) got pregnant while in high school, and married her boyfriend Van Montgomery, and they eventually had a baby, of course; a daughter named Elizabeth. Reba's youngest kid with Brock is a boy named Jake. The middle child is Kyra (who we kinda like). She's my favorite character on the show. Anyway, Barbara Jean and Brock live nearby, and show up alot. Barbara Jean thinks she and Reba are friends, though Reba can hardly stand her, and not just because she stole her husband. Mostly I think it's because, as I said earlier, she's annoying. Anyway, she and Brock eventually have a baby of their own. I'm not really sure what else to say. I don't really watch the show, it's just sort of on alot, cuz my sister watches it, so I'm aware of it. I want to like it cuz I like Reba McEntire, and I like Scarlett Pomers, who plays Kyra. And sometimes it's sort of funny I guess, but I just never really got into it. At least it's better than some of the other stuff my sister watches, most of which I can't stand....
Roseanne, ABC
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Well, John Goodman was good, I think. And Darlene and David were cool. Roseanne herself was mostly annoying, but I guess she could be kinda funny sometimes, too. This show certainly should have been on a higher tier, while it was on.
I mention this only because I believe it was the first thing I ever saw Maura Tierney in. I loved her right away, and was glad to see her get better roles later. Anyway, the basic idea was that this was Archie Bunker's old apartment. And of course the Bunkers are all gone now. And there was this African American family living there. The father and son had totally different politics. I think the son was a conservative. Also he was dating a white Jewish girl (Maura Tierney) of whom the father didn't much approve I think. I forget. Mainly though, father and son argued about politics. Actually maybe the girlfriend's politics were more like the father's. Again I forget. Whatever....
Something So Right, NBC
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It wasn't a great show, but Jere Burns was okay. And we like Mel Harris. We also kinda liked Marne Patterson, I guess. Not much else to say. Oh, um... two divorced people who each had their own kids got married to each other. Not exactly the Brady Bunch, though. We got to see their ex-spouses fairly often, too.
Sunday Dinner, CBS
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Probably the first thing I saw Teri Hatcher in. I liked her. The whole cast was good, especially Robert Loggia. I enjoyed the show. Hmmm, but what was it about? Loggia played a widower, I guess, and he had some grown children and um, he started dating this younger woman (Hatcher), who started coming to Sunday dinner with the family, and the children resented her, or whatever. I don't remember much more than that. But it was kinda funny.
The Torkelsons, NBC
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The show wasn't really that great, but I very much liked Dorothy Jane, played by Olivia Burnette. I'd really like to see her in something new. She was in a Disney TV movie called Up, Up, and Away. That's about it, that I've seen. Anyway, the Torkelsons later spun off into Almost Home (IMDb; Retro Junk), which I'd say was basically a worse show. But at least we had Brittany Murphy to like (even if her character was annoying), in addition to Olivia Burnette. And in retrospect, I guess it was kind of cool to see Jason Marsden (whose voice work I would later come to enjoy).
Um, oh! I haven't actually said anything about either show, have I? Okay, the Torkelsons was about a rather poor family named... the Torkelsons, who lived in Pyramid Corners, Arkansas. There was a single mother named Millicent (who I reckon we kinda liked), and she had some kids. As I recall the only one I really cared anything about was Dorothy Jane, but I suppose I could've liked some others and just not remember. Anyway, Dorothy Jane would like sit in her window and talk to the man in the moon. And um, try to deal with growing up, and you know, the weirdness of her family, and sort of wanting to be more sophisticated and whatnot. She was pretty smart, I think, a quite interesting character. Anyway, the family also gets a boarder, Wesley Hodges, who was rather interesting, too. Not really sure what else to say, I'm afraid I don't remember the show that well.
And then there was Almost Home, in which Millicent, Dorothy Jane, and a couple other of her children (though not all, because TV is fickle that way) moved to Seattle, Washington, where Millicent became a nanny for some rich guy's kids, Gregory and Molly (played, as mentioned, by Jason Marsden and Brittany Murphy). They were both rather spoiled and stuff. They may have been funny, I dunno. I seem to recall at the time mostly just finding them annoying. Anyway, like I said, I didn't like that show as much as the Torkelsons. But I still wouldn't mind maybe seeing reruns of both shows sometime, if possible...
Who's the Boss?, ABC
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We liked Samantha. I guess we also kinda liked Angela and Mona. Anyway... feh, do I have to explain the show? This guy Tony took a job as a live-in housekeeper for this ad exec, Angela. So he and his daughter Sam moved in. I guess he was widowed and Angela was divorced. And she had a son named Jonathan. And a mother named Mona who um... dated alot, and stuff. Eventually Angela and Tony got together, but by then the series had been on way too many seasons, not that any of them were really great. But hey, at least it gave Sam a chance to grow up to the point of likability, I guess.
Lowell was an okay character. Antonio, played by Tony Shalhoub, was quite good. And Amy Yasbeck was on the show for awhile playing Helen's sister. We really liked her. Oh yeah, and Lowell's ex-wife, Bunny, was cute. She wasn't on the show much, but later she got a regular role on ER. Anyway... the show's about this little airline, Sandpiper Air, which I guess just had one little plane, and was located on Nantucket island. It was run by brothers Joe and Brian Hackett. Also there was another small airline, Aeromass, which was run out of the same place, owned by Roy Biggins, I guess. And Lowell was the mechanic and Faye took tickets and made announcements and stuff for Sandpiper. And Helen (we kinda liked her, too) ran a little diner in the little airport or whatever, and later dated Joe, eventually married him. Antonio was a cab driver. And um, there were other characters and stuff, I guess. It wasn't a great show, but it was passable. It probably lasted too long.