Same here when at college! If you were lucky, you could get neighbours, diagnosis murder, going for gold reruns, countdown, and some other stuff before kids tv came on. Granted someone had to stand up to change channel at times, but that was resolved by getting a passer-by to do it.
And of course, if you stayed up REALLY late, Queen Bee could be heard yelling, "let me out!". Prisoner, Cell Block H.
He used to give me roses, I wish he would again.
But that was on the outside and things were different then.
ON THE AGHTSIDE THE ROWSIES GROW ... !