One thing is for sure: if you find someone over 20 years old, you will hardly find someone who doesn't talk nostalgically about the television programs that marked the 90s. This is because, in this decade, watching TV was part of our daily lives.

30 years ago, there was no mainstream today, made so popular thanks to Netflix. We were practically restricted to open channels, as paying for cable channels was prohibitive for most Brazilian families.

Thus, a generation was created that spent part of its childhood and youth with its face glued to the television. No wonder, the programs that passed in those times remained forever in our memory. So how about reminding them a little? If so, let's go!

To begin our text on the television programs that marked the 90's, it couldn't be any other way than quoting something from TV Cultura. After all, if there was a broadcaster that was present in our daily lives during this period, it was, without a doubt, her.

Among all the programs on TV Cultura, one of the ones that most marked the generation of the 90s, if not the most, was the Ra-Tim-Bum, the educational content children's program. Originally aired between 1990 and 1994 and repeated for several years, the last time being in early 2015, Rá-Tim-Bum undoubtedly innovated children's programming at the time, still trapped by stereotyped formulas. No wonder, he won several awards, including the Gold Medal at the New York Film Festival.

Since we're talking about Rá-Tim-Bum, how about we remember another famous children's program, which was the result of it? If so, then let's talk about Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum, the Brazilian children's and educational television series, produced and shown by TV Cultura between May 9, 1994 and December 24, 1997.

Considered one of the best audiovisual products in the history of Brazilian television, Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum was a resounding success with children in the 90s, who did not take their eyes off the television to follow the stories and journeys of Nino, Pedro, Biba and Zequinha. So much so that this generation grew up and, in 2014, found itself in huge queues to see the exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the series' premiere at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), in the city of São Paulo. To get an idea, the exhibition at Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum ended up with 410 thousand visits! Quite an impressive number, isn't it?

O Mundo da Lua is yet another children's program on TV Cultura that definitely marked the 90s. Premiered in 1991, with almost 30 years of history, this series was a success with the audience at the time and until today is part of the affectionate memories of the generation that accompanied the life of Lucas Silva e Silva, a boy who receives a tape recorder from his paternal grandfather Orlando when he turns ten.

With 52 episodes, “Mundo da Lua” showed the daily life of a typical middle-class family in São Paulo at the time, characterized by being of European descent and having a domestic worker from the Northeast, who worked daily in the house.

If we analyze this scenario, it is notable that, nowadays, the reality would be different: the house would be an apartment, the family would have a cleaning lady who would come twice a week at the most, and the grandparents would not live together with their grandchildren.

Anyone who was a child or had children in the 90s must remember the program Bom dia & Cia with Eliana, the Flitz Computer and the mega weird doll Melocoton, right? But it's not for nothing! This children's program made the kids' heads at this time.

Impossible not to have an affective memory when remembering Eliana going on air singing one of her songs. For example, no one has forgotten the excerpt “Put your little hand forward, put your little hand to the side, put your little hand forward, swing it now, I dance pop pop, I dance pop pop, I dance pop pop, like this it is way better". Good times that never come back!

Before starting the top 10 television shows that marked the 90s, let's talk about a classic: Chaves. Unfortunately, in 2020, the Mexican series stopped being shown on SBT after 36 years of exhibition, leaving a legacy of fans saddened and heartbroken by the news.

Those who lived through this period will vehemently respond that Chaves was part of their history. After all, there was no one who wasn't enchanted by the silly humor and a lot of innocence of its characters.

No wonder, before going off the air for good, Chaves was a joker for SBT: if it was necessary to have some “hole filler” for the broadcaster to guarantee the audience, the Mexican program was the salvation of the problems.

Oh, MTV…. Certainly, the music station, which was cool at the time, gained many fans and was a watershed for the popularization of several bands. Without her, probably many artists would not have risen to fame as they did.

Among MTV's programs, one of the ones that most marked the station was, without a doubt, Disk MTV. Several presenters were at the forefront of the program, but the face that stood out was that of VJ Sarah.

For those who don't remember, it is a selection of 10 successful clips, which were the most voted by viewers to be broadcast on the program.

Talking about the television programs that marked the 90s without mentioning the name of Xuxa, the eternal queen of the little ones, is to leave an important part of the entertainment of the time aside.

For this reason, your program Xuxa Park is on our list – and with great merit, by the way.

Televised by Rede Globo from 1994 to 2001, Xuxa Park was a children's program that brought together games, musical numbers and cartoons.

In its history, there is a very unforgettable, but disturbing moment: the day the scene went up in flames.

On January 11, 2001, in the recordings of the program, there were only five minutes left for Xuxa to enter the ship, but a short circuit caused a fire, which quickly spread throughout the environment.

Fortunately, no one died, but even so, the trauma was so great that Xuxa Park never returned to the air.

At a time when there was barely any internet and, much less, Tinder to play the midfielder in love encounters, the solution was to try your luck on the program “In the name of love” from SBT.

Commanded by the owner of the station, it was one of the pictures of the Silvio Santos Program, consisting of two main attractions.

The first of which was about a secret admirer declaring himself for her affections on national television. Yes, in the “sound car” style, which was a demonstration of love that was successful at the time.

The other was the Bailinho painting, in which a group of young men and women looked at each other through blue binoculars and then danced with the suitor.

In the end, the couple was interviewed by Sílvio Santos, who always asked the famous question “Is it dating or friendship?”. Nostalgic, isn't it?

Another SBT program, which is fair enough, as there was no channel as representative of the 90s as Sílvio Santos' station. But let's get down to business:

Remember Porta da Esperança, the audience leader shown on Sundays between 1984 and 1996.

Like “Em Nome do Amor”, Porta da Esperança was one of the main members of the Sílvio Santos Program.

In it, the presenter answered most of the requests of his viewers, which ranged from a real need or desire to even finding someone missing.

Considered the first welfare program on Brazilian television, the segment served and continues to serve as a model for others on television.

We already talked about Você Decide in our text about the 15 things that are already 20 years old, but it doesn't hurt to talk again about this program that certainly marked the 90s and revolutionized the interaction of viewers with television channels.

This is because, for those who don't remember, it was an interactive program, in which the episode told a fictional story and whose ending was chosen by the viewers through telephone votes.

On Você Decide, one of the things that stood out the most was, in fact, the presenters, as they were almost all of Rede Globo's big names.

For example, the actors Antônio Fagundes, Lima Duarte and Tony Ramos passed through the program, who presented the program for a longer period of time (from 1993 to 1998).

This is definitely one of the most nostalgic shows of the 90s!

In fifth place on our list of television programs that marked the 90s, we have the unforgettable Domingo Legal, presented by Gugu Liberato, who tragically passed away in 2019.

A direct competitor to Faustão, which remains firm and strong on Rede Globo until today, this program provided us with several unforgettable moments, largely due to its paintings, such as the legendary bathtub of Gugu and Gugu in Minha Casa.

The success of Domingo Legal was such that Gugu became the face of several children's toys. For example, who didn't have Toca do Gugu, right?

Anyway, with the early death of the presenter, these moments will certainly be part of our memory forever.

Currently in charge of the program Altas Horas, from Rede Globo, Serginho Groisman, in fact, started at the competing station: SBT.

From 1991 to 2001, completing 10 years of history, the presenter was the face of Programa Livre, one of our television programs that marked the 90s.

With a format very similar to what Altar Horas is today, the Free Program also had an audience made up of young people, almost always students.

On its stage, interviews, shows, humorous paintings and arm wrestling scavenger hunts, imitations and jokes made with volunteers from the audience were held.

In other words, very similar to Serginho Groisman's current program.

Anyone who lived through the 90s knows how impossible it is not to be nostalgic with the vignette “Silvio Santos is coming, hello, hello, hello!”.

After all, among all the television programs that marked this period, there is not one on this list that represents as much as Topa Tudo por Dinheiro, commanded by Sílvio Santos.

Nowadays, the owner of SBT is surrounded by several controversies, mostly due to his politically incorrect jokes, but, in the 90s, he was a national idol.

No matter how late the program aired, it was hard to find a Brazilian family that didn't get together on Sundays in front of the television to have a good laugh with the program's scenes, such as, for example, the hidden cameras and the "Let's do it all for money" on stage, let's go!" Ah, what good memories!

Like Sílvio Santos, another personality on the television programs that marked the 90s was Jô Soares.

Retired since 2016, when his talk show Programa do Jô on Rede Globo ended, the presenter began his professional career as a comedian to, only years later, have a show to call his own.

In this case, the program was Jô Soares Eleven and a Half, which ran from 1988 to 1999! Well, it was practically 11 years of history and, in this period, several interviews that marked the presenter's career, such as, for example, that of the singer Raul Seixas.

This one, in particular, has a curious fact: it was the last interview given by the musician to an open TV station, as he died the following month.

Finally, to close our text on the television programs that marked the 90s, let's go to Luciano Huck!

Who doesn't remember the beginning of his career at Band when he commanded the Program H, aired from 1996 to 1999, isn't it?

Luciano Huck's program initially started with a more musical proposal, however, over time, it began to focus on games and greater interaction with the audience.

With this, Tiazinha and Feiticeira appeared, the two stage assistants who revolutionized this world.

It was so successful that Huck signed a contract with Rede Globo to present the program. Huck's cauldron, whose first episode was on April 8, 2020. As you know, he is still going strong to this day!

And so, we finish the text about the 15 television programs that marked the 90's. How much nostalgia, isn't it?