Oh, man. Fantastic show, but I find it really hard to watch because I know it's so damn accurate.
I admire your commitment, it should be in high school history classes. It shows better than anything I've ever watched, how hellish it was for everyone.
It's just too bad they only made one season of that show. Netflix probably would have ruined a second season anyway by slashing the budget and miss casting the lead.
TREK; enterprise, voyager, tng, and DS9. Enterprise was supposed to go on much longer, but LES MOONVES hated the series and wanted nothing to do with it. nutrek; STD, PICARD, SNW were not good at all.
SG1, ALL 3 series. some law and order and house. 2000s the golden era of shows. and also TREK shows, not the crappy nutrek(too much kurtzman, jj abrams meddling). ISAIP (S1-12 only), 13+ seasons were just terrible and ionly fan service with cringey skits. the animated nutrek is much better than the 3 live series.
SPN 1-5, by kripke, 6+ and they made to fanfiction and made it homoerotic because the fans are fantasizing about the characthers.
West Wing has some fantastic acting from some really talented people. It's definitely a guilty pleasure in that it paints a (very) idealistic portrait of modern politics and life in the White House as only Hollywood can provide. One can dream, right? :D
90's Trek is my go too comfort food. Especially TNG and Voyager. Less so Enterprise. And I never got into DS9 at all (fight me). When I'm looking for a random episode to watch in the background, it's usually one of those.
Comedy-wise, Community, Night Court (the original), The IT Crowd, The Office, Futurama, all fill the same role as Star Trek above.
Less often, but still on a pretty regular rotation, 80's shows like Quantum Leap, Simon & Simon, MacGuyver, Knight Rider. Just dumb shows where they have a one hour adventure and then have a new one the next week; where you don't have to stress about watching every damn episode because the entire season is one big plotline.
In Trek, there's ToS and TNG. After that, meh. They became soap operas, full on. ToS was Greek Morality Plays, and TNG followed that, though had it's issues too.
Usually, it's Parks and Rec, The Office, Scrubs, and IASIP. But I have gotten sick of those after watching most of them a dozen plus times, so now it's Community, Zoeys Playlist, and Cougar Town until I get sick of them too
I never liked 30 Rock most of the cast I can't stand. But as a Canadian Shitts Creek is required watching, just not one I found myself wanting to rewatch (the ending with Ted and Alexis really pissed me off)
Oh didn't expect you to not line 30 Rock after the rest of your list but there ya go. I'm doing a Schitts Creek rewatch now, don't remember why the Ted/Alexis ending would be annoying but looking forward to remembering 😂
Bob's Burgers gets rewatched a lot. We also do a full rewatch of Taskmaster before each new series begins (UK and NZ versions) though that tradition may have to end now that the UK version is nearing 20 series.
There are also a number of UK panel shows that we keep looping through as background noise. Hypothetical, QI, WILTY, selected Buzzcocks episodes, Guessable, Alan Davies: Untitled, Big Fat Quiz, Outsiders.
The Andy Griffith Show. Wholesome, and ALWAYS funny, at least until Don Knotts left the cast. I just watched an Earnest T Bass episode and an Otis the Drunk episode over the weekend.
Allo Allo. Still Game. Northern Exposure. Good Eats. MythBusters. Top Gear (Britain) and Grand Tour. Used to watch Cooks Country/America's Test Kitchen, but it went sideways after Chris left.
Fringe, GITS (Stand Alone Complex, Solid State Society, Arise), Firefly, Mr.Robot, Cowboy Bebop, Flying Circus, Scrubs, Ash vs Evil Dead, American Horror Story, X-Files, Willfred, Red Dwarf, The Expanse, Zato Ichi just to name a few.
It's always sunny in Philadelphia,
Seinfeld,
Community,
How I met your mother,
Psych,
Classic Trek (TNG,DS9,VOY,ENT),
Firefly,
Bones.
Mostly just as background noise when doing stuff. Doesn't absorb me like a podcast or audio book might since it's old information and doesn't amp me up like music does.
I usually have one of these on in the background whenever I’m coding. I can’t code in silence and if I have music I end up singing and can’t concentrate.
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Tom Baker era of Doctor Who. So good.
the most accurate depiction of corporate IT support that has ever been put to screen
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Absolutely!
TNG, Voyager and DS9.
Gotta finish off with Enterprise, it has been a long road.
Underrated take. The true end of the TNG era of shows.
(not era of time, obviously)
Binging it right now. The NX is probably my favorite trek ship design. I loved the less polished design.
Thank god for the “skip intro” button. That theme song is the worst.
Futurama.
I put it on to fall asleep. I'm out before the episode ends. A downside is that I've seen the start of so many episodes, but rarely the end.
lol I'm the same for the 90s Berserk series, it's given me a strange perspective on it
Avatar, Korra, Firefly.
Yes
Yes
And
Yes
Community, Bob's Burger, Firefly, Avatar the Last Airbender
Bob's burgers is great!
+1 for Firefly!
Haven't watched Bob's Burgers. Watch all the others (plus LoK) every year, so I'll try it!
It's pretty cosy and wacky at times. If you like Community you'd definitely like it as well
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
Arrested Development
Childrens Hospital
Futurama
Haven't seen Harvey in forever, haha. Thanks for the reminder
"Didja.... Didja get that thing I sent ya??"
Community, BoJack Horseman, Adventure Time.
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I'm not sure I could go through BoJack a second time.
Unless it was like, Chicago-style.
Band of Brothers once per year, without fail. Curahee!
Oh, man. Fantastic show, but I find it really hard to watch because I know it's so damn accurate.
I admire your commitment, it should be in high school history classes. It shows better than anything I've ever watched, how hellish it was for everyone.
The D-day beaches, holy hell.
They did a great job of being even handed, and the final episode where the general is addressing his men was so well done, it's very moving.
3 miles up; 3 miles down.
An annual audiobook listen for me is Winters' memoirs, Beyond Band of Brothers. Helps keep me grounded.
I do this with The Pacific too. Masters of the Air was also really good
I’m dating myself:
Lol, yep. Thanks for the reminders. I recently got all the Get Smart episodes from my library.
Hello fellow ancient one, your taste in series is magnificent
The Office.
I throw it on in the background constantly.
Surprised how low this is. I was certain it would be the top pick.
The most divine answer
What's that from? She looks familiar.
Never mind, I zoomed in and could see it's Lucy in Xena
feds can’t meme
Arrested Development
Archer
The expanse, altered carbon, billions, mr robot.
Yeah I've probably watched the Expanse 4 times. I don't know if I'd rather watch it again or read it again.
Altered Carbon is great.
It's just too bad they only made one season of that show. Netflix probably would have ruined a second season anyway by slashing the budget and miss casting the lead.
Yea, S2 was a step down, unfortunately
I liked season 2, though I admit it could have been better.
Firefly
Yeah I cry a lot, what of it?
Futurama, Las Vegas, 30Rock.
Gravity Fall and Avatar the Last Airbender.
Hell yes to both!
Star Trek. Specifically TNG and DS9.
TREK; enterprise, voyager, tng, and DS9. Enterprise was supposed to go on much longer, but LES MOONVES hated the series and wanted nothing to do with it. nutrek; STD, PICARD, SNW were not good at all.
Community never ceases to cheer me up
Babylon 5
Taskmaster
Uk, new Zealand, Australian, on repeat forever and ever. Even throw some of the Scandinavian versions on when I'm feeling focused enough for subtitles
This 100%. Even the kids version is good.
SG1, ALL 3 series. some law and order and house. 2000s the golden era of shows. and also TREK shows, not the crappy nutrek(too much kurtzman, jj abrams meddling). ISAIP (S1-12 only), 13+ seasons were just terrible and ionly fan service with cringey skits. the animated nutrek is much better than the 3 live series.
SPN 1-5, by kripke, 6+ and they made to fanfiction and made it homoerotic because the fans are fantasizing about the characthers.
IASIP... The final episode of season 16 is worth a watch.
13+ clips, and other people defending it just left a bad taste, plus the creators, are all sketchy people now.
The Boondocks
Chappelle's Show
Random Sopranos/Wire episodes
Da Ali G Show
Check it out! With Dr. Steve Brule
Welcome to the NHK (some random older anime I just seem to always relate to a lot.)
White Collar
Stargate SG1
Stargate Atlantis
Not really "again and again" but the only show I've watched twice is The Good Place. Maybe I should go for a third time, it was really good.
Star Trek: TNG, VOY, DS9
The Simpsons
Any of the Star Treks, the West Wing (because I love fantasy), Firefly, IT Crowd, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place....
A person of culture. Though I've never watched the West Wing I approve of the rest.
West Wing has some fantastic acting from some really talented people. It's definitely a guilty pleasure in that it paints a (very) idealistic portrait of modern politics and life in the White House as only Hollywood can provide. One can dream, right? :D
The Wire and Luther. Can you tell I love Idris Elba?
Not so much any more, but I used to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus any time it was on.
Clone High
People say all if the bullshit in the world started with Harambe
I say it's because we never got a Clone High season 2
Well then why did shit not get better when HBO Max made Season 2?
They WHAT?! Hold on...
OH because it was overseen by anti-woke producers as part of the terrible initiative to remove inclusivity from animated media.
That makes sense
Didn't make it past the first episode. I just act like it doesn't exist.
90's Trek is my go too comfort food. Especially TNG and Voyager. Less so Enterprise. And I never got into DS9 at all (fight me). When I'm looking for a random episode to watch in the background, it's usually one of those.
Comedy-wise, Community, Night Court (the original), The IT Crowd, The Office, Futurama, all fill the same role as Star Trek above.
Less often, but still on a pretty regular rotation, 80's shows like Quantum Leap, Simon & Simon, MacGuyver, Knight Rider. Just dumb shows where they have a one hour adventure and then have a new one the next week; where you don't have to stress about watching every damn episode because the entire season is one big plotline.
In Trek, there's ToS and TNG. After that, meh. They became soap operas, full on. ToS was Greek Morality Plays, and TNG followed that, though had it's issues too.
Great closing bullet point.
None.
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The wife and I watch this followed by LoK every year. Always a treat!
Usually, it's Parks and Rec, The Office, Scrubs, and IASIP. But I have gotten sick of those after watching most of them a dozen plus times, so now it's Community, Zoeys Playlist, and Cougar Town until I get sick of them too
Have you seen 30 Rock? And Schitts Creek? Would fit in your lists.
I never liked 30 Rock most of the cast I can't stand. But as a Canadian Shitts Creek is required watching, just not one I found myself wanting to rewatch (the ending with Ted and Alexis really pissed me off)
Oh didn't expect you to not line 30 Rock after the rest of your list but there ya go. I'm doing a Schitts Creek rewatch now, don't remember why the Ted/Alexis ending would be annoying but looking forward to remembering 😂
Voyager, Rick and Morty and The Office lmao
without the OG showrunner, s7 wasnt that good, yea hes been expelled for being a creepy pervert.
Uk here. Peep Show, Black adder, Dad's Army and The Sopranos.
Xavier: Renegade Angel
The dialog moves so fast that it always feels fresh and enjoyable.
Adult swim has been uploading it to YouTube.
Yeah, I've been re-watching them. They're higher quality than the ones I recorded off cable over a decade ago :)
What…doth… life?
Wow haven’t thought about that show in a decade, time for a rewatch!
Dude everything they do is so good, check out their other shows :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFFR
NCIS, Bones, Castle
Bob's Burgers gets rewatched a lot. We also do a full rewatch of Taskmaster before each new series begins (UK and NZ versions) though that tradition may have to end now that the UK version is nearing 20 series.
There are also a number of UK panel shows that we keep looping through as background noise. Hypothetical, QI, WILTY, selected Buzzcocks episodes, Guessable, Alan Davies: Untitled, Big Fat Quiz, Outsiders.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Community
Trackers
The Andy Griffith Show. Wholesome, and ALWAYS funny, at least until Don Knotts left the cast. I just watched an Earnest T Bass episode and an Otis the Drunk episode over the weekend.
My dad's bird could sing the theme when I was really small
Adventure time, courage the cowardly dog
Green Wing
Blackadder
That Mitchell and Webb Look
It is a tragedy I hadn't heard about them till long after they parted ways
Their work remains out there to enjoy, and Peep Show has ages better than Green Wing overall.
Maybe by virtue of having run longer.
If you like Green Wing do you like Black Books and IT Crowd?
Yes, and yes.
First two series of both are very good, I just rewatch them less frequently.
The Wire
Shiiiiiiiiiiit
Trailer Park Boys. I can never get enough of the chaos
I watch Friends when I just want to laugh. When I want more serious stuff I watch HIMYM. God I love those shows.
mash
Comedy:
Science Fiction:
Drama:
Anime:
Dutch:
Futurama and avatar are endlessly rewatchable imo
30 Rock
It's Always Sunny...
BoJack Horseman
Arrested Development
Schitts Creek
Brooklyn 99
A perfect collection
Lemmy is really a different type of audience.
This question each and every time had The West Wing as top rated answer on the other platform consistently, but here even Taskmaster gets 8 votes.
The West Wing was required medicine to get through 45. For 47, I’m hearing good things about 86.
Allo Allo. Still Game. Northern Exposure. Good Eats. MythBusters. Top Gear (Britain) and Grand Tour. Used to watch Cooks Country/America's Test Kitchen, but it went sideways after Chris left.
It is I, Leclerc.
Hahahahahaha
Fringe, GITS (Stand Alone Complex, Solid State Society, Arise), Firefly, Mr.Robot, Cowboy Bebop, Flying Circus, Scrubs, Ash vs Evil Dead, American Horror Story, X-Files, Willfred, Red Dwarf, The Expanse, Zato Ichi just to name a few.
I forgot about scrubs! Might be time for a rewatch.
I cant do it all on my own, I'm no superman!
I love Wilfred (the FX version), I watch it at the start of every summer.
The sopranos. Easily one of the best shows ever made. I catch new things every time I watch. David Chase is genius.
MASH. Just comforting background noise from my childhood really.
OG Simpsons. Seasons 3 to tenish. Some of the best writing ever.
Futurama, preferring the older seasons, but the later ones are still good.
I've recently started watching Hill Street Blues. Most of which is available on you tube if anyone's interested. Really been enjoying it.
It's always sunny in Philadelphia, Seinfeld, Community, How I met your mother, Psych, Classic Trek (TNG,DS9,VOY,ENT), Firefly, Bones.
Mostly just as background noise when doing stuff. Doesn't absorb me like a podcast or audio book might since it's old information and doesn't amp me up like music does.
Dilbert
Lol I forgot all about this one! Was a good'un
The Good Place
An Idiot Abroad
Red Dwarf.
*Frasier* and to a lesser extent *Cheers*.
Bee and Puppycat
The Haunting of Bly Manor
The Haunting of Hill House
Chopped
House Hunters
Bob's Burgers
It’s always sunny
Naruto and Spongebob. And beer.
*Cold Case*.
Hunter X Hunter, Attack on Titan, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Owl House
No particular order all are great imo
AOT went on for too long for such a short series, that everyone moved on, took almost 10 years to finish it.
Pen15
Workaholics
IASIP, Schitts Creek, Lucifer, Futurama, The Good Place
I usually have one of these on in the background whenever I’m coding. I can’t code in silence and if I have music I end up singing and can’t concentrate.
Wonderfalls
Office Letterkenmy Scott Pilgrim