5 Weird 90s TV shows that were actually really good 

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3rd Rock was such a great show. Every couple of years, I binge the whole show.

the 90's was such a golden age of television.

When Snick was geared toward young teens they were at its peak. It was frustrating when executive meddling lowered the maturity of the tone of the whole block.

Everyone had a crush on Larisa Oleynik if you were a teen boy at least. I still think she is adorable.

Alex Mack was my favourite show. I was shocked to find out that most of my friends had never heard of it before. It was such a gem.

Damn I'm old. I watched all these growing up. Vividly recall the promos for Alex Mack on Snick before it actually came out. Great show.

Alex Mack was awesome. One of the strangest shows from the SNICK era of 90s Nickelodeon. That era had alot of great shows.

Loved Alex Mack back in the day!

This guy has one of the most friendly sounding voices I've heard on RU-vid.

The first four seasons of X-Files are about the best thing ever. The chemistry between Mulder and Scully has never, and will never, be matched ever again.

I foung Unhappily Ever After on TV in '96 when I was 16 and had just been in a bad bike accident. It caused a scar on my face from how hard it made me laff!

What was remarkable about Third Rock from the Sun was that the idea of aliens sent to Earth undercover is very old and cliche, and yet the writers constantly found original and unexpected takes on the concept.

Yet another amazing episode… unhappily ever after and Alex Mack were stored WAY in the back of my memories… I loved those shows. Thank you for bringing them back to the surface!

Wow, a rare video, I'm familiar with all 5 of them, and Alex Mack, 3rd Rock, and X-Files I have the full series on DVD. Only one I've not seen any episodes of was Strangers With Candy, but I knew about it due to commercials from shows dad taped off of Comedy Central. Didn't look like it would appeal to me though. And Nikki Cox, oh yeah, seeing those episodes on tape of Unhappily Ever After, and she was an early girl crush of mine. Not the first, but did help shaping me into realizing that I liked other women in a different kinda way. 😉 Anyways, enjoyed this video. Thank you for it.

I remember watching Alex Mack as a kid but didn’t remember much about it besides the premise. Saw a little bit of Third Rock from the Sun as a teenager.

Loved both Alex Mack and Unhappily Ever After. I always saw Unhappily as a pretty good Married With Children clone, but I had no idea they were both from the same creators. Also pretty interesting that we might not have had Breaking Bad without X-Files. Or it might have been very different.

I loved secrer world of alex mack as a kid. We watched unhappily ever after and 3rd rock. I remember all of these shows. Although I dont remember strangers with candy from the 90s.

Loved Unhappily ever after. Watched it recently it was really funny. Plus it had a young Mila Kunis. This really needs to be on streaming or even on physical like dvd or blu-ray

3rd Rock from the Sun is my favorite sitcom, Strangers With Candy is my favorite Comedy Central show, and The X-Files is my second favorite sci-fi show (after the OG Twilight Zone). The 90's were an amazing time for entertainment.

3rd Rock is one of the best sitcoms ever

3rd rock from the sun was hilariously unhinged when u binged it for rhe first time last year. Loved rhe whole show abd was sad ir ended. Freakazoid was another show like that imo

I remember, Alex Mack, X-files, Unhappily ever after, and 3rd rock from the sun.

about 6 months ago i have rewatched unhappy ever after here on yt,

Unhappily Ever After was the only thing to watch on the WB.

I loved Alex Mack as a kid! Never reboot it! The OG is PERFECT

Strangers with candy is one of the funniest shows ever and still holds up

No one was floppy after watching Nickie Cox !

Unhappily Ever After was a hilarious show.

The only show I haven't seen, but I do have on DVD, is 3rd Rock From the Sun. Everything else, I was a pretty devout watcher. The slow tragedy of Nikki Cox is depressing, she was obviously incredibly hot on the show, but drugs and plastic surgery have really ruined her. Still, I wish Unhappily had a legitimate DVD release.

I can't believe Strangers With Candy is that old. It seems like yesterday that I saw it and thought it was weird.

3rd Rock from The Sun is the best sitcom ever

I still quote 3rd Rock From The Sun to this day!

I remember Alex Mack and I really enjoyed it.

the 90s were so weirdly awesome, best decade of movies and tv hands down

I loved 3rd Rock from the Sun! I also was had a huge crush on Larisa for years after I saw the premiere of Alex Mack.

A+ video! LOVE IT! Awesome shows, I remember all of them!

I hope they do more of these lists of weird shows from the 1990's, both good and bad. I grew up watching the shows the Secret world of Alex Mack and Unhappily ever after. Good shows for sure.

Every single show you listed are bangers.

I loved 3rd Rock from the Sun so much I actually had a t-shirt with the title logo on it that I wore to school in 8th grade 🤦‍♂️

I liked 3rd Rock From The Sun and I have been rewatching it recently. I have never forgotten the intro music or especially the graphics as I had not seen graphics like that on a TV show before. Loved the X-Files too. The others I have not seen but I have heard of Alex Mack.

I remember all these, except strangers with candy. The theme music to the X Files used to scare the crap outta me!!! I definitely remember unhappily ever after, but am shocked to discover that it ran for 5 reasons, as I seem to remember it being a very short-lived series. I especially remember the talking stuffed bunny on there, as he reminded me of ALF. I loved the secret world of Alex Mack, & have long wondered whatever became of Larisa Oleynyk. You forgot the journey of Allen Strange.

We watched x files as a family despite it being responsible for many a childhood nightmare. We also watched 3rd rock from the sun and looking back there were a lot of jokes that went over my head lol. Red volvo lmao.

I remembered "3rd Rock from the Sun! " Very funny! I bought my mother two seasons of the series!😊

To this day, I still remember the "Alex Mack wears a hat" commercial!

watched and loved each of these shows. definitely were part of my pre teens

Strangers With Candy is hands down one of the funniest, most creative, ahead of its time shows ever.

Yay! My favourite series is back!

The Review, I LOVED all of these shows! Unhappily Ever After was a notch weirder than Married...With Children, and had the benefit of the glorious Nikki Cox. However, you showed Wienerville in the beginning of the vid, and I was really hoping you'd touch on that a bit. Unless you have in an earlier edition and I just don't' remember.

Strangers With Candy is legendary!

I remember watching The Secret World of Alex Mack when I was a kid it's still excellent today. 😀👍

Yeah dude this is basically my life right here watching Alex Mack, on a nostalgic one

I am a huge fan of Strangers with Candy, think about that show all the time! I use quotes from the show frequently!

Amy Sedaris deserves much more recognition in the world of comedy. Her Letterman appearances are legendary in themselves.

Holy cow, I have a *vague* memory of that intro from Exit 57! @_@

Larisa Oleynik was such a dream! She starred in both Alex Mack AND 3rd Rock From The Sun.

Alex Mack was one of my first childhood crushes

3rd Rock from the Sun is so underrated.

The X-Files, to me, has to be one of the greatest shows that has ever been made. I have seen some episodes of Alex Mack, Unhappily Ever After and 3rd Rock from the Sun. I never did check out Strangers with Candy, but if I find it online, I would check it out. When I was a teenager, I also had a crush on Larissa Oleynik. Great lists of shows.

I watched Strangers w/Candy, 3rd Rock, and the X-Files. I was in grad school in the 90s, and we would have get-together to watch the X-Files at my place.

I loved “the X-Files” and “3rd Rock from the Sun”.

Yeah, I remember watching Alex Mack and I remember watching 3 rd rock from the sun and also the X-Files

Strangers With Candy is a real gem!

Unhappily Ever After Is My Favorite Show Binged every episode In 2020 had a really good time one of the best things I've seen during Covid next to Stargirl and Swamp Thing

Got yhe DVD collection of Alex Mack from Best Buy a few years ago for around eight bucks. Show surprisingly still holds up. I like how genuine the parents were in that show.

My area never got the WB Network so I barely remember Unhappily Ever After. Far as the X-Files I was a huge fan as a teen in the 90's, but the reboot they really botched that one BIG TIME!!

Alex Mack was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

At the time, my schedule kept me from watching the X-Files (I've since gone back and watched the whole series a couple times) However I was able to catch what was essentially the Canadian version of X-Files called PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal. It aired in the middle of the night (around 2-3am). Created by the late Peter Aykroyd, and hosted by his Ghostbusting brother Dan. Fans of this channel would probably recognize the illustrious Matt Frewer who joined the cast in season two.

I remember watching Unhappily Every After, and seeing Nikki Cox. I Instantly remembered she was in Terminator 2

My wife got Paramount+ to see what it’s like. It has all episodes of Strangers with Candy. I never watched it when it was out but now watching what they allowed on Comedy Central back then it’s so bizarre and I’m constantly laughing during every episode. It’s absolutely wild.

I remember the secret world of Alex mack always watched it when it came on snick was a really good show with a great premise. Also had the hugest crush on the girl that played Alex mack along with Topanga from boy meets world at the same time, too.

Ive seen all of these shows at one time or another, I will say Alex Mack and Unhappily Ever After is underrated. I am suprised that 3rd Rock has somewhat been forgotten over time, despite its popularity when it first aired.

Third rock from the sun is so underrated

The X-Files was everywhere back in the 90s. There was even a parody radio show adaptation that would air every weekday mornings on public radio stations. And I only knew about it because it would play on the school bus radio back in the day.

3rd Rock From The Sun was amazing. I have fond memories of me & my mother watching it & laughing our asses off.

3rd Rock was the only 90s show I watched start to finish, like Married...With Children which started in the 80s, most 90s shows I watched through reruns and not all in proper order. 90s were my 20s, I was rarely even at home, if I had a home, did a lot of couch surfing, lived in a tent among the bushes on Wreck Beach in Vancouver for the entire summers of 1991 and 1992 selling beer and weed and traveled back and forth between Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto 6 times between '94-'99. Watching television wasn't a big priority.

My sister and I really liked 'Alex Mack'. It was cool and well done.

Always thought it was funny when the mom said “come on back” at the end of the into song

Omgggg this is bringing me bck.... I watch all of these 😂

I'm 41.i remember pretty all the shows of the 90s

Alex Mack was great, loved that show, I even own the series on DVD.

I definitely had a crush on Alex Mack

The only one I don't remember was Unhappily Ever After. My mom loved 3rd Rock. Love the channel.

I've seen 3 out of the 5, Unhappily Ever After, X-files, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. You can't find Unhappily anywhere but you can buy bootleg DVD.

Alex Mac was played by my swim coachs neice. She was super kind and cool.

3rd rock from the sun is underrated, I love the show and have the series on dvd

Adventures in Wonderland is a fever dream show thats actually pretty damn funny. Some of the music stays in your head, too.

Third Rock from the Sun had a cast with so much chemistry with each other, it just made the whole show instantly watchable and lovable. Every single one of the 'aliens' was perfectly cast and portrayed and played off each other. The premise sounds silly (and it kinda is), but they just made it work. I watched it as a kid and thought it was only 'okay', at the time because the aliens didn't actually do any cool 'alien stuff', but upon rewatching it as an adult, I grew to appreciate it much more. Alex Mack is the other way around, where I thought it was awesome when I was a kid and felt so relatable, due to all the normal teen stuff she still had to go through that every kid just empathizes with, but as an adult, I found it less enjoyable than I remember. One of those 'rose tinted glasses makes it seem better than it actually was' kinda things, I guess. X-files was a classic at the time and is still a classic right. Still very watchable, suspenseful, superbly cast and acted and everything just sort of clicks into place. This, along with Star Trek: The Next Generation was my sci-fi fix when I was a kid. Scratched itches I didn't know I had until I started watching those. TV was so good in the 90's, lol. I'll admit a lot of that is nostalgia fueled memories, but some of those still hold up to this day. X-files stands tall and proud among those.

I never watched X-Files, I was more into Star Trek and Sliders. Sliders was a great show that nose dived after half the cast left.

i was 11 when alex mack came out and had the biggest crush ever on her. i used to watch that show so dang much. solid show! i haven't seen it since back then. maybe i should find some and watch it.

I remember Alex Mack, and like you, I may have had a crush on Larisa. 3rd rock was brilliant. The scenarios were hilarious, the writing was brilliant, and the actors were great. IFC had a block of them, my dad and I watched a handful of episodes a couple years ago, it still holds up. Hilarious show.

I've literally just finished a binge rewatch of 3rd Rock (last episode was yesterday). Really consistent show. Curtin was always my favourite, with Lithgow a close second. I still sometimes yell, "I'm gorgeous!" at my reflection (even though it's definitely not true 😂)

I feel like this is the first time I've heard Son of the Beach referenced in 15 years. Used to watch it all the time, true "hidden gem" material!

4:03 Nikki Cox and Bobcat Goldthwait were a couple from 1997-2005.

Ghostwriter needs to be on one of these episodes one day.

I would watch strangers with candy as like a 9 year old and I thought that was how high school was gonna be.

7:53 "In Season 4, Alex Mack herself...."😅😂😅

That is pic of me lol thank u ❤😊

Strangers with Candy is amazing. Still funny

Unhappily ever after was soo funny