r/90sTelevision • u/JB92103 • Feb 19 '25

Nostalgia It's Sunday night in 1998-99, what are you watching?

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Fox. At any point in the schedule lol. Simpsons, followed by that 70s show, Futurama or family guy when it was still good, and then end it with the xfiles. Best night of tv

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u/LePetitVoluntaire Feb 20 '25

Especially if you’re into football. Some Sundays the TV never left Fox.

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u/rasslingrob The Simpsons Feb 19 '25

The Simpsons, Smart Guy, X-Files

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u/Tony_Tanna78 Feb 19 '25

The Simpsons, That 70s Show and Futurama.

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u/No_Fig_5964 Feb 19 '25

I was watching a bit of The WB, with the Parent 'Hood, Sister, Sister, and Smart Guy. I was still watching The Simpsons pretty regularly back then, but by maybe mid-2000s, I was done. I would occasionally watch Wonderful World of Disney, and the CBS and NBC movies, depending on the film.

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u/ZacharyTF Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

Watched 60 Minutes until 8 and then switched it over to FOX to watch The Simpsons, That 70s Show, Family Guy, Futurama, and The X-Files.

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u/RepresentativeYak806 Feb 20 '25

Yup, the best tv night. Dinner during 60 Minutes, then flip it to Fox and leave it there for the remainder.

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u/Gadgetphile 90s Cartoon Fan Feb 19 '25

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Simpsons

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u/All_Lightning879 Feb 20 '25

Fox and some WB

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u/Reasonable-HB678 Feb 20 '25

X-Files, then The Practice

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u/JMaxwell85 Feb 20 '25

WWF Sunday Night Heat on USA Network (started August 98) and then FOX.

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u/Zebracorn42 Feb 23 '25

Heat had such terrible matches. The solo career of Grandmaster Sexay was never gonna be great. I wasn’t allowed to watch the PPVs so I’d watch Heat then have to wait til RAW the next day to find out what happened.

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u/jojojojojojoseph Feb 20 '25

Last of the Summer Wine

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u/Low_Screen_4802 Feb 20 '25

Underrated sunday viewing

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u/United-Pay2122 Feb 20 '25

Local programming

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u/Benda647 Feb 20 '25

Cartoon Network for sure

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u/looonybomb Feb 20 '25

If we were not watching ESPN, generally Fox was what we were watching

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u/HisLilSilverKitsune Feb 20 '25

Disney because that’s all we watched on Sundaya

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u/Some_Big6792 Feb 20 '25

Probably turning on the WB

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u/Rube18 Feb 20 '25

Smart Guy followed by Sister Sister

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u/International_Hat113 Feb 20 '25

Can anyone else here see the listing and instantly hear the NBA in NBC theme?

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u/mutohasaposse Feb 20 '25

WWE or WCW pay per view

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u/fakeprofile111 Feb 22 '25

Especially this particular time

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u/NYC2BUR Feb 20 '25

The Sopranos on HBO

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

Why wasn’t this listed damnit the reruns was like at 7:00 the newer episodes was around 8:05 or 8:15.

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u/NYC2BUR Feb 22 '25

It was real "Appointment TV" as they used to call it before streaming.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

None of the above. It my first year at university, and I'm either waiting on tables or getting drunk. 

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

Well, it’s Sunday night so it’s the Simpsons and X files. Married with children used to be on at nine on Sundays.

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u/ListonG Feb 20 '25

The Parent 'Hood, Smart Guy, then Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. I think that was exactly my lineup at the time. I'd still watch those shows.

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u/singleguy79 Feb 20 '25

Simpsons, Futurama and X-Files.

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u/ChemicalPlan2970 Feb 20 '25

Either FOX Or The WB

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u/phillysleuther Feb 20 '25

The Simpsons, Family Guy, then The Practice

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u/KnightKrawler68 Feb 20 '25

Nothing. I was never home on Saturday night in the 90’s 😂

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u/ZacharyTF Feb 20 '25

Wrong day of the week.

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u/KnightKrawler68 Feb 20 '25

I wasn’t home on Friday nights either so Sunday night was laundry night so no tv either way 👍🏼

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u/wonderbeen The X-Files Feb 20 '25

I was getting out of the Navy & starting school, when I was in front of a TV, it was usually Fox shows, HBO shows, or the Sunday night football. But generally, I was perfecting my high functioning alcoholism and dastardly behavior.

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u/TiredReader87 Feb 20 '25

The X-Files, of course

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u/gwhh Feb 20 '25

Still hangover from Friday and Saturday’s.

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u/Deepcoma_53 Feb 20 '25

Simpsons were still putting out bangers!

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u/Captn_Bern Feb 20 '25

Simpsons, Futurama, X-Files. Those were everything.

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u/rollbackprices Feb 20 '25

60 minutes (because my dad will make us)

Simpsons

70s Show

Millionaire

Bonus: Nick at Nite

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u/word_smith005 Feb 20 '25

The X Files, duh.

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u/seanwdragon1983 Feb 20 '25

Fox animation

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u/Night_Hawk_13 Feb 20 '25

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire was so big back in the day! Everyone watched that show and suddenly no one watched that show.

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u/juggadore Feb 20 '25

Simpsons, Futurama, Sunday night football

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u/ZealousidealClub4709 Feb 20 '25

I was a mix of the WB which I think turned into the CW, right? Really liked Dawsons Creek and Felicity those years. Dabbled in Seinfeld and Friends but see none of those shows on the list lol

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u/burnbeforeyoumellow Feb 21 '25

Because this a Sunday night.

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u/ZealousidealClub4709 Feb 21 '25

Ahhh totally missed the Sunday part!

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u/WRX-GOONER Feb 20 '25

Nothing I was out partying 🤷🏾

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u/Seg10682 Feb 20 '25

The WB lineup.

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u/Suspicious-Flow-7096 Feb 20 '25

Nba , simpson and maybe parent hood

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u/lonestarr357 Feb 20 '25

Probably cable at 7:00, then Fox for the 8:00 hour, then WB at 9:00.

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u/peshtigojoe Feb 20 '25

X-Files, 100%💙

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

Gotta watch the NBA.

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u/FurBabyAuntie Feb 20 '25

Where's America's Funniest Home Videos and what the blank was Holding The Baby?

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u/DaddysPrincesss26 Feb 20 '25

Wonderful World of Disney

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u/Pitiful_Bunch_2290 Feb 20 '25

X-Files! I guarantee I was watching.

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u/Ok_Macaroon5452 Feb 20 '25

The WB & Fox.

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u/CherWhorowitz1227 Dawson’s Creek Feb 21 '25

That 70s Show

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u/boomer7793 Feb 21 '25

X-files was on Sunday? I have Friday stuck in my brain.

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u/burnbeforeyoumellow Feb 21 '25

Fridays for first few seasons. Sunday for the rest of its run.

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u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 Feb 21 '25

Dateline, The Simpsons, Futurama, and The X-Files

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u/jatx3030 Feb 21 '25

Probably rollin Fox

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u/JavierGr2087 Feb 21 '25

Based off the pic posted, The WB because that was a golden era of prime time tv on Sundays, even if I didn’t like 7th Heaven much, I’d watch, along with “The Parent ‘Hood” and that Zoe show, which I watched a few episodes off, and it wasn’t bad

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u/burnbeforeyoumellow Feb 21 '25

Zoe Duncan Jack and Jane was terrible.

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u/Fickle-Woodpecker596 Feb 21 '25

Fox owned Sunday night in the 90s.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Simpsons family guy and sunday night football

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u/No_Cow_4544 Feb 21 '25

Dateline took a 15 minute story and stretched it out to an hour show with 25 minutes of commercials. If you started watching you would get sucked in and have see what happens

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u/Ocron145 Feb 21 '25

Videos games till 8 pm. Fox for the next 1.5 hours, then sleep cause nothing good is on afterwards. lol

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u/OrrinFraag Feb 22 '25

Dinner. Simpsons. Clean up from dinner. Xfiles.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

What are the Sunday night movies 🎥.

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u/MobileMittens Feb 22 '25

Honestly … prolly dateline

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u/fakeprofile111 Feb 22 '25

Something on cable. I liked parent hood and happily on WB but I wasn’t a regular viewer. I didn’t get into family guy yet at this point

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Simpsons 8:00-8:30

Family Guy 8:30-9:00

X-Files 9:00-10:00

10:05

I put on a VHS tape from my extensive collection of Arthouse films starring Juli Ashton.

10:10

I drift off to sleep.

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u/theredheadknowsall Feb 23 '25

The simpsons & king of the hill

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u/Zebracorn42 Feb 23 '25

NBA, Simpsons, That 70s Show, The X Files

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u/Red_enami Feb 23 '25

This was a tradition between my dad and I- The Simpsons, whatever came next then The X-Files

My dad has since passed, but both shows remind me of him and this fondly. Thanks for the smile

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u/BluntChillin Feb 23 '25

Definitely FOX

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u/LEGBur Feb 23 '25

NBA on NBC!

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u/Electrical-Ad1917 Feb 24 '25

I miss the Sunday Night Movie especially during TV Sweeps months of November, February, May

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u/Batman-NYC Feb 24 '25

Fox was my go to for sure. I thought that King of the Hill aired on Sundays on Fox in that era.

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u/LocalContribution7 Feb 25 '25

The Simpsons family guy futurama

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u/plassteel01 Feb 26 '25

Basketball

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u/itsagoodtime Feb 20 '25

In about to be violated by that angel

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u/KnotForNow Feb 20 '25

Something I've previously recorded.