@user1170339155946: MY DAD USED TO TELL ME THAT BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, TV CHANNELS WOULD SHUT DOWN AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEY'D PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM... AND THEN GO COMPLETELY OFF AIR UNTIL MORNING. IS THAT REAL, OR IS HE JUST MESSING WITH ME?

Jeff Klause :

a full second beep ending at exactly midnight to set clocks and then tv tuning color bars until 6am cartoons

Colourful :

Absolute truth. Stores weren't open on Sundays either.

Denna PB :

At 10 pm they would ask " Do you know where your children are?"

Defend dem :

No they didn’t

whale🇨🇦🇨🇦 :

Nope not messing with you !!

lanescott32 :

it's real all 3 channels

[email protected] :

its real,on Sundays stores be closed.

Belle Nelson :

Yes it's true

Willy :

that's true, when tvs shut off we would play on the internet with our computers, it was fun times

MorvyMoo :

yep and it sucked if you couldn't sleep at night and didn't have a video to watch.

Bruce Boksi 🇸🇬 :

I remember their were these illegal broadcasts and my brother and me were desperately trying to find tune the signal because most often they broadcasted porn

Steve Ianniello :

They left a test pattern on

Carrie B :

In New Zealand, We had the goodnight kiwi play before TV shut down for the night.

Karina Leigh :

Yep sure did i remember falling asleep and waking to the coloured line or white noise

lissa_677 :

Shut down or just random music. Australia had like maximum 6 channels in the 90’s. some had random infomercials through the night or church shows on the weekends from 5am. Rage music was the only thing to look forward to. No internet in the 90’s so it was an insomniac’s worst nightmare.

Ulath65❌ :

Buzby Collins :

100% real. Cable TV changed that until the Internet changed everything

Tommy Pots and Pans :

I remember seeing that as soon as Carson and Letterman ended

sheree631 :

Real

Mindy Simpson :

truth

NightStalker3712 :

💯 True

Bliss :

True

Linda Marie Travel :

true!

darkangel20211977 :

Real

Matty :

yes it's real in north America