Which TV shows were banned in your household growing up?

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It's possible I was but I really don't remember being banned from watching specific tv shows.

 

[thewesterberg]

My mom couldn’t stand The Simpsons.

 

[mumto3girls]

Three’s Company and soap operas. I also wasn’t allowed to watch the movie Jaws when I was young. Not sure why Jaws was not allowed.

 

[Aurora79]

Not a darn thing. My parents didn't censor us. Heck, my mom used to watch Dynasty with me when I was like 10.

Same! I was allowed to watch anything on tv. I was obsessed with Guiding Light and Knots Landing from a very young age. I was allowed to watch rated R movies from about age 10 or 11 I think, unless the movie was really bad like Fatal Attraction or something. That one had to wait until I was 13.

I might be more strict with my child, but we also didn’t have tv shows like Walking Dead back in the 80s either. My son has watched X-Files and action movies like Die Hard though, so maybe I pretty much am my parents.

 

[mickey916]

As soon as I saw the title of this thread, I thought "Three's Company"..."too much innuendo" and I was surprised to see it mentioned already a few times!

 

[wilbret]

We only had 3 tv stations at our house, and it was more like 2 (ABC/CBS) and sometimes NBC. Later one, we could sorta tune in FOX, but it required a lot of effort, and it only worked on one TV. There were no banned shows that I can recall.

 

[superme80]

A lot! The big one was The Simpsons. Of course when I am a teenager, I bust my mom watching it. Same thing with Saturday Night Live. I caught her watching it, so it became our Saturday night ritual.

 

[elphaba91]

The Simpsons...because they were rude to their mother!

 

[MillauFr]

Nothing was banned.

 

[KMarston]

Jaws was the only thing I wasn’t allowed to watch. My dad was a big fisherman and was afraid it would make us afraid to go into the water.

 

[IMissEd]

Here is another vote for “Three’s Company.” I also couldn’t watch “Maude.”

 

[Nora03]

My DH wouldn’t let our daughters watch Three’s Company, but I let them watch it. Most of the jokes/innuendo went over their heads. They loved that show.

 

[lifesavacation]

No Smurfs in our house because my mom said they practiced witchcraft.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Nothing banned in our house. Friends of mine were not allowed to watch The Three Stooges - so if it was on at my house they were glued to the TV!

My kids had friends who were not allowed to watch Soongebob Squarepants. I never really understood why because I never got into that show, but my DD loves it.

 

[EMom]

Nothing was banned.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Nothing banned in our house. Friends of mine were not allowed to watch The Three Stooges - so if it was on at my house they were glued to the TV!

My kids had friends who were not allowed to watch Soongebob Squarepants. I never really understood why because I never got into that show, but my DD loves it.

I had a friend whose mother wouldn't let him watch The Three Stooges, so he would come over my house about once or twice a week after school "to study," and we'd watch.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

No Smurfs in our house because my mom said they practiced witchcraft.

Wasn't there something similar about the Teletubbies also?

 

[disykat]

The only one I remember being officially banned was "Dark Shadows." My sister and I would get nightmares when we watched it at a neighbor's house.

 

[kimblebee]

Nothing was banned in our house, but we were only allowed one hour a day to watch tv. I usually used mine to watch Three’s Company after school. I loved that show, but sure didn’t get most of the jokes.

 

[PaulaSB12]

No tv was banned nor where any books banned. I was reading Dennis Wheatley by the age of 10.