1. Ally McBeal
Although the comedy was set around the lives of legal firm employees, it had very little to do with lawsuits and legal matters. Consider it a pre-existing love child ofThe Office and Boston Legal. The show personified the minor faults of its various characters through the hallucinogenic mind of Ally McBeal. The entire story-line was sexualised with characters having romantic relations with one another and often bumping into exes and potential love interests, just about anywhere - thus leaving the mind of a 10-year-old, confused and misunderstanding of the ways adulthood.
2. Aahat
Aired on Sony Entertainment Television in 1995, this mix of suspense and horror was the stuff that nightmares of innocent Indian mothers were made of. It starred several Bollywood and television personalities like Om Puri, Mandira Bedi, Kanwaljeet Singh, Arun Bali, Tom Alter and Ahmed Khan.
With plots like husbands killing their wives and vice versa, it was a complete no-no for kids to even take in such an idea.
3. The X-Files
A science fiction show that left viewers frustrated and begging for more, it paved the way for sci-fi thrillers on daytime television, with some episodes being heralded as masterpieces. Although my parents loved watching this show, they would keep me away from the television every time it was on air. As a kid, I always thought it had something to do with aliens.
4. Baywatch
Like any show in the 90s, this centered around a group of people of a profession and their day-to-day jobs. In this case, lifeguards on a beach in California, struggling with their interpersonal relationships while being the heroes of the beach they monitored. Saving people from drowning, shark attacks, bomb plants and kidnappings, who would have thought this show was forbidden for kids? Oh hang on a sec, does Pamela Anderson ring a bell? As for David Hasselhof, a younger, more muscular (minus the steroids) male protagonist was necessary.
5. Baywatch Hawaii
Same plot as Baywatch, just set in a different location. The reason parents never watched this - more bikini clad women with the camera zooming in at all the wrong (right) places.
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