Television worth watching, where the most violence you saw
was on Road Runner cartoons.

An odd remark, as we're now living in the Platinum Age of television...
The
Soparanos, Mythbusters, and The Simpsons/King of the Hill/South Park, to
name just a handful of great shows. I ought to throw in the live version
of The Tick, one of the most wonderfully written TV shows I've ever seen.

When we were kids, William, shows like those you listed would never have
been allowed on television, let alone during primetime or any time kids
would be watching. And that includes "The Tick" (which, BTW, I agree with
you that it is a very well done show. Patrick Warburton does The Tick to a
tee.. he was made for the part). But it would never have passed the
Television Code.

My point was about "television worth watching". There was little
"entertainment" programming really worth watching in that era.