You Are Old: These TV Shows Turn 20 In 2018

Where has the time gone? For these 20-year-old TV shows, it went in a simple straight line. For you, it might make you feel like time has slipped away in the blink of an eye. Believe it or not, all of these TV shows made their debut in 1998. And believe it or not, 1998 is, indeed, 20 years ago.

So get yourself some Surge and throw a blank tape in your VCR. Because it’s time to check in on some surprising 20-year-old TV shows.

That ’70s Show

Introducing a generation of viewers to nostalgia for a time period they weren’t alive for, That ’70s Show depicted a group of listless kids “hanging out down the street” in the late ’70s. Which means the show is now as old as the time period it depicted was at the time. Feeling old yet?

Charmed

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Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty (later replaced by Rose McGowan), and Holly Marie Combs are a trio of good witches who use the “Power Of Three” to protect the world from evil. Also, they try to lead a normal, semi-charmed kind of life in San Francisco.

Charmed continues to bewitch viewers, garnering tons of views on streaming services.

The King Of Queens

Say what you want about CBS sitcoms in general, but The King Of Queens offered genuine, earnest, gentle displays of familial love and hijinks in its run. While there’s no official revival series to speak of, there is the curious case of Kevin Can Wait if you need more Kevin James/Leah Remini content in your life.

Sports Night

The West Wing. The Social Network. Molly’s Game. We wouldn’t have any of these “geniuses talk fast about stuff” masterpieces without the cult series that started it all: Sports Night. Not unlike M*A*S*H, Aaron Sorkin’s half-hour show straddled the line between comedy and drama, with a first-season laugh track being removed in the second season. If you’ve never tried this one, you’re missing out.