Growing up, what TV shows did your parents not let you watch?

Well at least your mom had good taste in TV. My parents didn’t watch All in the Family too much, either. It was vulgar and shocking to them. I discovered its greatness in syndication.

Parents had alot more rules back then about everything, including the 1 TV set in house. The only time I remember our TV being on in an “off” hour was for Charles & Diana’s wedding. And that was my mother dragging me out of bed at 5am to see it.

I was born in 1954 and so most of the TV shows I watched as a child were fairly innocuous. No series was forbidden, I don’t think it was thought about.

But one time we kids sat down to watch a movie on TV. It was “The Birds”. Mom heard the intro and wouldn’t let us watch. I must have been in junior high.

I don’t recall why, but I wasn’t allowed to watch Twin Peaks. My little brother, whose impulsiveness manifested as property damage, wasn’t allowed to watch Bevis and Butthead, which he thought was super unfair since I (six years older than him) could.