10 Best Live Action Nickelodeon Shows of the 90s Ranked According to IMDb

10 Best Live Action Nickelodeon Shows of the 90s, Ranked According to IMDb

While 1990s Nickelodeon had some awesome game shows and cartoons, they also provided a hefty lineup of excellent live-action, scripted series.

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The ’90s was a golden era for film and television. From massive hits like Jurassic Park and Titanic to TV phenomenons like Friends and Seinfeld, the ’90s were truly a force to be reckoned with. The decade also provided the world with some of the best kid’s programming of all time.

The main contenders in the market were Cartoon Networks, the Disney Channel (which remained a premium channel for almost the entire decade), and, of course, Nickelodeon, which was easily the biggest player in the game at the time. While the network had some awesome game shows and cartoons, they also provided a hefty lineup of excellent live-action, scripted series.

10 The Journey of Allen Strange – 7.0

“Allen” is a young Xelan alien who snuck aboard an exploration vessel that was headed towards Earth to research humans. However, fearing being caught, he jumps ship and becomes stranded on Earth, where he meets the Stevenson family, who take him in.

The series had some awkward racial moments. With the main character being Black, the question of “why did an alien morph into an African American” did come up in one of the episodes. However, the series also taught racial equality and Black history.

9 Roundhouse – 7.1

Serving as the precursor to All That, Roundhouse was a sketch comedy show that featured skits, original songs, and dance performances. However, unlike most variety shows, Roundhouse’s episodes would all focus on a common theme, such as “First Dates” or “Fears.” The series also aimed at having each episode teach a moral or uplifting lesson by the end of the show.

8 Clarissa Explains it All – 7.1

Clarissa, played by Melissa Joan Hart, was your average teenage girl. She dealt with problems like pimples, boys, fitting in, and how much she hates her annoying younger brother. While the show seems docile and borderline childlike by today’s standards, at the time, the series was a massive hit and proved to be one Nickelodeon’s anchor shows in the early ’90s. Currently, there are talks of reviving the series with Clarissa now playing a mother, similar to the way Raven Symone returned to Disney in Raven’s Home.

7 Hey Dude – 7.1

High-strung New York businessman, Ben Ernst, decides to quit his stressful job in the city and buy a dude ranch in Arizona. The series focuses on the journey of the Ernst family as they try to navigate their new life in the desert.

Alongside the family, each season featured a somewhat rotating cast of teenage summer employees. The ranch becomes a hotbed for love, drama, and adventure. The series was intended for a more teenage audience than other Nick series, and proved to be a hit.

6 The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo – 7.2

Shelby Woo is a teenage girl who lives at the inn her grandfather runs. She has an after-school job as a coffee-runner for the local police station, but likes to try and solve the cases on her own. Most episodes would present a case, and possible witnesses, and then wouldn’t reveal the culprit until the very end. After five seasons, actress Irene Ng, who played Woo, gave up acting and went on to study at Harvard University, and later became an international banker.

5 The Secret World of Alex Mack – 7.5

Alex Mack was just an everyday girl until radioactive sludge gave her superpowers. Throughout the series, which is considered by fans to be one of the coolest of the ’90s, Alex must hide her abilities and escape being captured by the evil chemical corporation. Mack’s powers included everything from being able to turn into a puddle, to changing the color of her skin, and even shooting electricity out of her hands. The show was exciting, unique, and a bit creepy, which proved to be a winning combination for young viewers.

4 All That – 7.5

All That is one of the most popular TV shows Nick has ever produced. The sketch show was known for its giant corn cob and for being a launching point for celebs like Amanda Bynes, Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Nick Cannon, Jamie Lynn Spears, and more.

The show was so popular that it spawned spin-offs, like The Amanda Show, and even even a spin-off Nickelodeon movie, Good Burger. In recent years, tons of retrospective articles have been written, and Nick even brought the series back in 2019, which has been renewed for more episodes. Many members of the original cast have returned for encore performances in the revival.

3 Kenan and Kel – 7.8

Kenan and Kel was one of the numerous All That spin-off series, but rather than other spin-offs, like The Amanda Show, which remained a sketch series, Kenan and Kel was a sitcom. The show starred Keenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell.

Throughout the highly memorable series, the two would get themselves into various hijinks, while mostly retaining their characters from the All That “Good Burger” sketches, where Kel played the zany, brainless one, and Keenan’s job was always to keep him from getting into too much trouble. The series finished with the TV movie Two Heads are Better Than None.

2 The Adventures of Pete and Pete – 8.2

The Adventures of Pete and Pete followed two brothers, both named Pete, through their various adventures around their suburban town. The older Pete was played by Michael C. Maronna, who audiences will recognize as Kevin’s brother Jeff in the Home Alone movies.

The younger Pete was played by Danny Tamberelli, who would later go on to star on other Nick shows like All That and Figure It Out. Fans remember the show for the bond between the two brothers, and the way it makes everyone remember their own childhood adventures.

1 Are You Afraid of the Dark? – 8.2

Every single ’90s kid wishes they were part of The Midnight Society, a group that would meet around the campfire at night to tell horrifying stories. Are You Afraid of the Dark? was singlehandedly responsible for the sleepless nights of an entire generation. But it’s intense terror only brought viewers back week after week. From demonic clowns to pool-dwelling corpses, and even a living computer virus, there has never been a kids’ show as scary as this Nickelodeon classic.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/best-live-action-1990s-nickelodeon-shows-ranked-imdb/

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