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Ugh, I basically never watched any show that closely before DVDs. Mind you, I was also pretty young at the time, but that worked even more against me as it was much less of an option to record anything when it was entirely on my parents' devices. Plus only one TV had satellite and my dad basically monopolized it.
I basically only watched things sporadically, as I was able to. Which also meant story heavy serials weren't viable. Everything had to be at least decently episodic so that I wouldn't feel lost due to missing half the episodes and watching reruns out of order.
I'm genuinely glad kids these days have it so much better. How many times as a kid did I beg my parents to let me watch some popular kids show and it wasn't an option? And if I ever did get to see something I liked, it could be months before the stars aligned to get to see another episode.
On the other hand, I do kind of miss the episodic scifi like star trek TOS or TNG. These days they're all 40-hour long stories instead of 20 half-hour-long stories.