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For a surprise, choose a decade above and press Power, then use Next or Random to change the clip. Prefer to know what is playing? Browse the video guide by title and decade before you press play.
Start with vintage commercial breaks or classic quiz and game shows. This is a collection of on-demand YouTube embeds, not a live broadcast schedule; clips may start from the beginning and availability can change.
If a clip will not start, try Next or Random. See the playback and filter guide for the controls and YouTube fallback.
New: browse our retro TV guides for decade-by-decade viewing recommendations, vintage commercial history, classic game show formats and Saturday morning cartoon nostalgia.
Watch retro TV online with Channel Surf Time Machine, a free, no-login decade-by-decade viewing experience published on myretrotvs.xyz by the Channel Surf Time Machine archive. Jump into 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s commercials, music videos, movie trailers, cartoons, news, sports, comedy, talk shows and broadcast fragments, then let the signal roll from one clip to the next.
Pick a decade and channel surf through a browser-based retro TV simulator built around old commercials, vintage music videos, movie trailers, classic cartoons, news clips, sports broadcasts, comedy, talk shows and nostalgic TV fragments from the 1950s through the 2000s.
Start with the 80s commercials channel for a VHS-era ad break, then continue with 80s music videos or 80s Saturday morning cartoons.