Childhood Days

TGIF Nights: How 80s and 90s Sitcoms Turned Television Into Family Time

There was a time when the television had a schedule, and the whole family had a schedule to match it.

Close your eyes and think of the 1980s. What do you see? Probably a wash of hot pink and electric

There was a sound that meant freedom. Not a bell, not a whistle — the slam of a screen door

There was a sound that could bring an entire household to attention. Not a doorbell, not a phone ringing —

You could hear it from the parking lot. Not music, exactly — more like a beautiful kind of noise. Electronic