The Best Family TV Shows from 1996

Below is our top ten list of the best Family TV Shows which first started broadcasting in 1996.

First Aired: 26 August, 1996

7th Heaven is a TV series starring Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, and Jessica Biel. Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their…

First Aired: 27 September, 1996

Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a TV series starring Melissa Joan Hart, Caroline Rhea, and Beth Broderick. When a sixteen-year-old high school student finds out she’s a witch, her two aunts offer guidance on how to control her…

First Aired: 09 January, 1996

3rd Rock from the Sun is a TV series starring John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, and Kristen Johnston. A group of aliens are sent to Earth, disguised as a human family, to experience and report life on the third planet from the sun.

First Aired: 24 March, 1996

Dexter’s Laboratory is a TV series starring Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, and Christine Cavanaugh. The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister.

First Aired: 09 September, 1996

Hey Arnold! is a TV series starring Francesca Marie Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, and Dan Castellaneta. The everyday life of Arnold, a fourth-grader in a nameless city that resembles Brooklyn, New York, who lives in a multi-racial…

First Aired: 07 October, 1996

Arthur is a TV series starring J.T. Turner, Daniel Brochu, and Melissa Altro. Based on the books by Marc Brown, these are the adventures of Arthur, an 8-year-old aardvark, and his family and friends as they grow up and learn how to…

First Aired: 04 February, 1996

Gulliver’s Travels is a TV mini-series starring Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and James Fox. An Englishman returns after nine years abroad and tells strange stories of the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the…

First Aired: 08 September, 1996

Blue’s Clues is a TV series starring Steve Burns, Traci Paige Johnson, and Michael Rubin. Blue is a puppy who puts her paw prints on three clues. Steve or Joe has to deduce the clues (with the help of off-screen children) to figure…

First Aired: 17 August, 1996

Kenan & Kel is a TV series starring Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, and Ken Foree. Kenan and Kel: two best friends who live in Chicago are always dragged down by Kenan’s yet rich quick schemes while orange soda-loving buddy Kel is…

First Aired: 06 September, 1996

Superman is a TV series starring Tim Daly, Joseph Bologna, and Dana Delany. The last son of the planet Krypton protects his adoptive home of Earth as the greatest of the superheroes.