90s Con 2024 is just around the corner!
Starting this Friday, the weekend long convention presented by That’s 4 Entertainment returns to the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
Fans of ’90s-era pop culture will be able to bask in nostalgia with the chance to meet their favorite ’90s stars face-to-face, moderated panels and a fun afterparty, hosted by PEOPLE, with musical performances by Disney legend Jodi Benson and 98 Degrees members Jeff Timmons and Drew Lachey.
From Full house to Dawson’s Creekhere are the 90s shows you need to watch to get you ready for this year’s festivities!
Encounters of actors that cause the most nostalgia over the years
A boy meets the world
The cast of ‘Boy Meets the World’.
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A boy meets the world ran from 1993 to 2000 on ABC. The coming-of-age sitcom captured the hearts of fans by following Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) and his relationships with family and friends as he grew from a child to a teenager and finally to an adult.
Over the course of several illustrious years, the cast even satisfied fans’ burning desire for a reboot of the s A girl meets the worldwhich ran from 2014 to 2017 on the Disney Channel and followed the life of Cory and Topanga’s (Danielle Fishel) daughter, Riley (Rowan Blanchard).
All seven seasons A boy meets the world can be streamed in its entirety to Disney+.
Sabrina the teenage witch
Melissa Joan Hart in ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’.
Sabrina the teenage witch it ran for seven seasons on ABC from 1996 to 2003. Based on the Archie Comics series of the same name, the sitcom followed the daily life of Sabrina Spellman (Melissa Joan Hart) after she discovers she is a witch on her 16th birthday.
The cast also included Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Nick Bakay, Nate Richert, Jenna Leigh Green, Martin Mull, Lindsay Sloane, David Lascher, Soleil Moon Frye, Elisa Donovan and Trevor Lissauer.
Sabrina the teenage witch spawned three animated spinoffs and one animated TV movie. From 2018 to 2020, Netflix aired a darker, live-action series called The Creepy Adventures of Sabrinawhich was based on Riverdale eponymous series of comics by showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The series starred Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman.
The series can be streamed in its entirety on Hulu and Paramount+.
Dawson’s Creek
The cast of ‘Dawson’s Creek’. Columbia/TriStar International Television
Set in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, Dawson’s Creek centered on a central group of friends whose love lives, hopes and dreams are intertwined as they figure their way through high school and college. The show managed to cover tough issues like mental health, death and homophobia amongst typical teenage routines like prom dates, new friends and first love.
James Van Der Beek took on the lead role of Dawson Leery, an amateur filmmaker whose heart is happily ever after with one of his best friends, Joey Potter (Katie Holmes). Dawson’s second best friend, Pacey Whitter (Joshua Jackson), and Capeside newcomer Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams) put a damper on Dawson’s carefully planned future.
Dawson’s Creek can be streamed on Paramount+ or free on cwtv.com.
Full house
Jodie Sweetin and John Stamos in ‘Full House’.
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It was broadcast from 1987 to 1995. Full house told the story of Danny Tanner (Bob Saget), a widowed father who gets help from his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos) and best friend Joey Gladstone (Dave Coulier) to raise his three daughters Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), DJ Tanner ( Candace Cameron Bure) and Michelle Tanner (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen). Lori Loughlin, Andrea Barber and Scott Weinger also starred.
In 2016, Saget and the rest of the cast reprized their roles for Netflix a fuller house.
Full house can be streamed on Max while a fuller house can be seen on Netflix.
7. heaven
The cast of ‘7th Heaven’.
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7. heaven covered 11 seasons from 1996 to 2007.
The family drama followed a Christian Protestant minister and his wife raising seven children of varying ages while living in the fictional town of Glenoak, California.
7. heaven can be streamed on Paramount+.
Hey man
Christine Taylor and David Lascher in ‘Hey Dude’. To yell! Factory
Hey man premiered on Nickelodeon in July 1989 and ran until August 1991 for five seasons. The series followed a group of teenage ranch workers in Tucson, Arizona and starred David Lasche, Christine Taylor, David Brisbin, Kelly Brown, Debra Kalman, Joe Torres, Geoffrey Coy, Jonathan Galkin and Josh Tygiel.
The series can be streamed on Paramount+.
Step by step
The cast of ‘Step by Step’.
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Step by step aired from 1991 to 1998 for seven seasons and told the story of Frank Lambert (Patrick Duffy), a divorced businessman, and Carol Foster (Suzanne Somers), a widowed beautician. After a whirlwind courtship and a hasty marriage, the couple and their collective six children they move into one home and learn to manage their lives as a new blended family.
You can stream the entire series on Max.
Roswell
The cast of ‘Roswell’.
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Roswellbased on Roswell High book series by Melinda Metz, ran for two seasons from 1999 to 2022. The series stars Shiri Appleby, Majandra Delfino, Colin Hanks, and Nick Wechsler as high school students living in Roswell, New Mexico. The trio eventually meet a group of alien-human hybrids (Katherine Heigl, Jason Behr and Brendon Fehr) and help their alien friends hide from the government.
The series can be streamed on Hulu.
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90s Con runs through Sunday at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Tickets can be purchased here.
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