Just a suggestion, from the father of three girls who are a bit older than yours but not much (the youngest is in her third year of college...)
We used to watch TV as a family somewhat frequently. Maybe not every night, but multiple nights a week. When we did, we watched a lot of the "old reruns" you mention. Favorites off the kids were Hogans Heroes, Batman, Get Smart, Green Acres, and a few other odds and ends. They'd even watch the original Star Trek when Dad wanted to watch one....
I also "exposed" them to early Warner Brothers cartoons - Bugs Bunny and the like, including some of the "politically incorrect" ones from the 1930's and 40's... Good to pause and have a conversation about.
Just a suggestion, from the father of three girls who are a bit older than yours but not much (the youngest is in her third year of college...)
We used to watch TV as a family somewhat frequently. Maybe not every night, but multiple nights a week. When we did, we watched a lot of the "old reruns" you mention. Favorites off the kids were Hogans Heroes, Batman, Get Smart, Green Acres, and a few other odds and ends. They'd even watch the original Star Trek when Dad wanted to watch one....
I also "exposed" them to early Warner Brothers cartoons - Bugs Bunny and the like, including some of the "politically incorrect" ones from the 1930's and 40's... Good to pause and have a conversation about.
Can’t believe you didn’t mention Hirsch’s “Cultural Literacy!”
106 million Americans watched the finale of M*A*S*H. 20 million watch the Super Bowl, which is the most watched program each year.
We have so few common frames of reference anymore. Hence, we don’t understand each other.