Ah, the early 2000s, what a time to be a kid. Growing up in the early 2000s, us ‘90s kids were constantly playing outside, listening to The Backstreet Boys or creating our own dances to "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears, playing MASH at school with our friends because we thought it predicted our futures, or playing Concentration at recess because we thought we were too cool for the play equipment. When we weren’t doing any of the above, you could catch us watching one of the many beloved television shows that were popular at the time. 10 shows from the early 2000s that we all wish would make a comeback are…
1. "All That", 1994-2005
A big hit that ran from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s is "All That". If you’re a 90s kid and never saw "All That," did you really grow up in the early 2000s?
2. "Hey Arnold!," 1996-2004
Before iPhones and social media, kids would wake themselves up in the mornings by watching Nickelodeon shows such as "Hey Arnold!" Who could ever forget Arnold and his neighborhood crew of friends Gerald, Eugene, Stinky, Harold, and of course Helga, as well as many more. Helga set the stereotype that girls are mean to the boys they like. She was always telling him to, “move it, football head,” but carried a locket of his picture, and even had a secret shrine of him in her room!
3. "Catdog", 1998
The title says enough; this show was awesome.
4. "Ed, Edd, n Eddy", 1999
"Ed, Edd, n Eddy", the show based off three kids with almost the exact same name living in a cul-de-sac trying to scam other kids for money to buy jawbreakers. Oh and one of their best friends, Jonny, carries around a plank of wood saying it’s his best friend. Sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it? Well, it is.
5. "Even Stevens", 2000-2003
Way before Shia LaBeouf’s "Transformers" days, most people knew him as the prankster 15 year old, Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel show, "Even Steven". This show had us constantly dying of laughter between Louis’s immature pranks, Beans’ obsession with bacon and his recurring appearance at the Steven’s house, and the ridiculous fights between Ren and Louis. If there’s one thing we’re all dying to know, it’s that what is Bean up to in 2016???
6. "Lizzie McGuire", 2001-2004
"Lizzie McGuire" the infamous Disney Channel show that taught us about how to impress our crush (or more like how not to), standing up to snobby bullies like Kate Sanders, and that our best friends will always have our backs no matter what. Not to mention, it showed us how embarrassing shopping for our first bra can be…
7. "Fairly Odd Parents", 2001-2006
When we were little, we all wished that we could have two fairy godparents like Timmy Turner did. Every wish we ever had as kids could have be easily granted by Cosmo and Wanda. I mean seriously, how great would that have been?!
8. "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius", 2002-2006
The theme song to this classic Nickelodeon show says it all: “a super-powered mind, mechanical canine, he rescues the day from sure destruction. He’s gotta save the world and get to school on time…” Oh yeah and one more thing, “gotta blast!”
9. "That’s So Raven", 2003-2007
A teenage girl that can see glimpses of the future…um, Raven Baxter, can we be you?!
10. "Drake & Josh", 2004-2007
One word: Megan *eye glare*