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I don't think I'd be the same person without Adventure Time
Basically any show on PBS Kids. I used to watch back when Mister Rogers' Neighborhood aired regularly on it. Other shows I watched included Zoboomafoo (with the Kratt brothers!), Clifford, Arthur (was sad when I heard it'd aired its final new episode recently), Cyberchase, and Clifford's Puppy Days. My parents didn't have cable until I was a teenager, so I was pretty much raised on nothing but PBS Kids (as far as TV shows I could watch).
Another show I used to watch when I was really young, though, was Disney's House of Mouse on ABC Saturday Mornings. I was devastated when they stopped airing it. We didn't have a TV guide or anything, so, when it simply didn't come on one morning, it caught me by complete surprise. On a less sad note, I think I actually still have Snowed In at the House of Mouse on VHS.
There's two shows that I started watching in my formative years (16-ish) that had a big impact on me: Frasier and Smallville. Frasier is still one of my favourite shows of all time. Recently watched a bit of Smallville again and it's... Not that good.
Gargoyles. TNMT. Don't have the verbiage to explain the impact. Just a feeling.
Gargoyles consistently slips under people's radar and that's so sad, as it was such a great cartoon. I mean who doesn't want Jonathan Frakes voicing the big bad?
How I Met Your Mother
Wonβt pretend itβs the greatest of shows but, for a couple lonelier years a while back, they were my best friends
Star Trek and Xena too.
In Living Color. Man, the talent on that show was unbelievable: Almost the complete family Wayans, Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey ... they all started with that show. And Jennifer Lopez was on the dance crew! Look up the skits on Youtube or Piped. The comedy I saw on that show was transformative. It's 30 years later and I'm still quoting Hans & Franz, Men on film, or Calhoun Tubbs regularly.
Slayers, the anime. I thought emulating Zelgadis and acting all quiet and mysterious would make me look cool and get me a lot of friends.
It didn't ;_;
Zelgadis got dunked by the show itself for doing that, especially later on. 
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No show had a bigger impact on me than Neon Genesis
Beakmans world. Way better than that sham Bill Nye. Also I had a crush on Josie.