Popular Television Shows In The 90's

Below you will find a number of trailers from shows that were popular back in the Nineties, many are available as DVD Sets or you can find them being repeated on specialist TV stations that feature popular old 1990s TV Classics.

ALLY MCBEAL

Ally McBeal American television comedy series with "Ally McBeal" played by Calista Flockhart as a young lawyer. The best way to describe is the comedy was designed to be slightly offbeat. Series ran from 1997 till 2002. 

THE X-FILES

The X Files TV Series working on the assumption that the government covered up multiple cases of extraterrestrial life, with Fox Mulder played by David Duchovny and Dana Scully played by Gillian Anderson trying to uncover and prove the existence of extraterrestrial life. Series ran from 1993 till 2002.

FRIENDS

Friends TV American situation comedy based around the lives, loves and relationships of six friends Jennifer Aniston playing Rachel Green, Courteney Cox Arquette playing Monica Geller, Lisa Kudrow playing Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc playing Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry playing Chandler Bing and David Schwimmer playing Ross Geller. Series ran from 1994 till 2004.

THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a TV sitcom featuring Will Smith as a kid from inner city West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who is sent to live with his wealthy aunt Vivian and uncle Philip Banks and cousins Carlton and Hilary in Bel Air, California. The comedy of the series is loosely based around the differences between a well educated Carlton and a street smart kid from the inner city who needs to adapt to a wealthy life style including the house having their own Butler.  Series ran from 1990 to 1996.

Pop Culture Of 1993

POPULAR FILMS

• Jurassic Park
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• The Fugitive
• The Firm
• Sleepless in Seattle
• Indecent Proposal
• In the Line of Fire
• The Pelican Brief
• Schindler's List
• Cliffhanger
• Philadelphia
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights

POPULAR MUSICIANS

• Janet Jackson with That's The Way Love Goes
• Snoop Doggy Dogg
• Garth Brooks
• Rage Against the Machine
• Phil Collins
• UB40
• Radiohead
• Aerosmith
• Madonna
• Rod Stewart with Have I told You Lately
• Mariah Carey with Dream Lover
• Nirvana
• Whitney Houston with I Will Always Love You
• Meat Loaf
• The Proclaimers
• R.E.M.
• Garth Brooks
• Alice in Chains

Now check out some newly updated 90's Music!

Technology Of 1993

• The Pentium microprocessor introduced by Intel.
• Windows NT 3.1 released by Microsoft
• The World Wide Web was born at CERN
• Dyson sells the first bagless cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner
• World Health Organization W.H.O. estimates 14 million people worldwide infected with the AIDS Virus
• The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdock.
• Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
• The first cloning of a Human Embryo by 2 American Scientists.
• US Drops SDI initiative
• US and Russia sign the Start II treaty calling for bilateral reduction of strategic nuclear weapons

What Events Happened In 1993?

UNITED STATES

• Bill Clinton President of the United States
• Brady bill requiring background checks of prospective buyers is signed into law
• Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center
• Federal Agents raid religious cult Waco, Texas on 28th February.
• Severe Blizzard strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec
• Ty Warner USA launches the first Beanie Babies
• Two former police officers are convicted of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King
• The US and Soviet Union sign Start II reducing nuclear warheads by 3,500 each.
• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton
• Yitzhak Rabin ( Israel ) and Yasser Arafat ( PLO ) sign peace agreement on September 13th on White House lawn
• Harley Davidson Motorcycles are 90 years old
• Police begin investigations of child abuse by Michael Jackson
• An anti-abortion activist murders a doctor outside an abortion clinic

UNITED KINGDOM

• In the United Kingdom, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the child murder of 2-year-old James Bulger of Liverpool
• Buckingham Palace opens its doors to the public

CANADA
Ben Johnson, is banned from athletics for life

RUSSIA
Russian Nuclear Accident at Tomask 7

INDIA
Earthquake centered on Killari, Maharashtra, India kills nearly 10,000 people.

JAPAN
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Hokkaido, Japan launches a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri, Hokkaido

GERMANY
The tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by a spectator during a quarter final tennis match in Hamburg by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf

AUSTRALIA
Worst Brush Fires in Australian History destroy the world's second largest national park Royal National Park

Cost Of Living In 1993

• Yearly Inflation Rate USA2.96%
• Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 3654
• Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 6.00%
• Average Cost of new house $113,200.00
• Average Income per year $31,230.00
• Average Monthly Rent $532.00
• Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.16
• Movie Ticket $4.14
• Average cost of new car $12,750.00
• Loaf of Bread $1.57
• Tuition to Harvard University $23,514.00
• Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
• Average House Price 67,856