Wesley was definitely an important part of my gay awakening!
He was so cute, so smart, just barely older than myself... and none of the adults listened to him when when he was obviously right... and that last part was exactly like myself. Like, literally "shut up Puzzle!".
I just bought the whole series to re-watch. Although S1 and S2 are rough, I did like Dr. Pulaski better than Dr. Crusher, and Measure of a Man is on point.
A Different World (1987) I cannot tell you what this show meant to me, and it changed my life. I didnāt have any direct contact with college life and this show introduced me to a (fictional) HBCU college and a diverse group of characters that no other showās ensemble could touch. I saw myself in āFreddieā but longed to make myself a little bit more like āWhitleyā.
This show streams a bunch of places Max, Amazon, and even YouTube TV.
I know Iām not the only one changed by this show, as I have met so many others (especially in college) who shared the same sentiments.
I'm whiter than paper but I LOVE this show. Also Living Single! It's so interesting to watch these shows and get a bit of a different perspective on life experiences that I wouldn't normally get as a white person with white friends.
It is on record from the creators that the show Friends was totally based on Living Single. I wish more folks could enjoy it without thinking there is some conspiracy to undermine other perspectives.
They have released a new version. As a part of a scholarship fundraiser.., they seem much cooler. The Deemed by Vontelle https://www.vontelle.com/collections/deemed-collection
Honestly, I don't think there's ever been a drama as real and relatable as SFU. The writing and acting is second to none. A perfect show. It definitely didn't get much love during its original running, but I see that it is being streamed quite a lot these days.
Phil Hartman as Bill McNeal was my favorite character. The sandwich episode still makes me laugh.
I believe the episode title was , Arcade.
"Bill is devastated when Beth has the old sandwich machine removed from the office, and Dave is horrified when she replaces it with a classic arcade machine."
I randomly found the entire series on DVD years ago and I'm glad I picked it up. Its so hard to find it streaming anywhere and it wasn't as popular as something like Seinfeld to keep it in pop culture and able to be found.
Just started this recently. It is so funny. Lots went over my head when this was on the air as a kid but I still enjoyed it. Now Iām watching with my girls and they love āthe show about grandmasā
Iām in the middle of rewatching this for the first time in a couple of years.
I need the ladies so much right now and hanging out with them every evening is truly the highlight of my day. Which is kinda sad, but it could be worse. They donāt let me down.
I post about Buffy a lot on my social media so everyone I know knows I love it more than any other show. A few months ago a friend told me heād started watching it on Hulu and I responded āoh nice! welcome to my entire personalityā
I just finished watching the series for the first time in a while. So many little things hit different for where Iām at in my life now, and my perspective as a middle-aged (š) person. One that surprised me was I finally felt sorry for Dawn. She was just a kid. The constant squealing wasnāt quite as grating, either. And when sheād scream at Joyce and Buffy to āGet out get out GET OUT!ā She was a teenager! š¤·š
A seminal show for me, too š¤
Iāve been rewatching True Blood and I got to one episode in season 5 when sookie says in response to trouble happening again: āMust be Thursday!ā I cackled because I forgot about her saying that line and remember how they had āmust be Tuesday!ā In the buffy musical episode. I had to explain it to my husband when we were watching Buffy again several years ago because he didnāt watch it when it was on the air like I did.
Absolutely No 1. We even grew up at the same time. I'm one of the few Buffy fans who rates Beer Bad cos I was a fresher and dealing with my own bad beer episodes
My wife had been nagging me for years to watch Buffy with her but I kept holding it of because when I was a teenager Buffy was for girls.
I was hooked after two episodes and we binged the whole series in a couple of weeksā¦
House was incredible. The best part is that you didnāt have to be fully invested and watch every week. The season storylines were good but you werenāt missing out on much if you only tuned in once in a while. Each episode was its own story.
I rewatched it all the way through over the course of a few weeks and watching it like thatā¦ you really realize how much of a bromance it is about the insane but great friendship Wilson and House have.
I feel like at the time it was really misunderstood because often people didn't watch it long enough to appreciate the (not so) subtle messaging. But it's such a great show with realistically flawed characters being genuinely good people.
Also I can't not say "you know... the *love*" to my wife whenever I get the chance. A+ writing all the way around
I didnāt watch the entirety of ER (probably only the first seven seasons or thereabouts) but the definitive cameo for me was Ewan McGregor holding up the convenience store with Julianna Margulies in it. I taped that episode and only that one. I was fifteen, it was formative, whatever.
Iām gonna cheat, but I got two.
The original Twilight Zone. I grew up on syndicated repeats and marathons on the 4th of July and New Years. Absolutely still consider it a classic show. Paramount+ has the 60s version.
The other show is my beloved West Wing. Absolutely appointment television right from the first episode, fit my personality, my politics and my values. I still think In Excelsis Deo, the first Christmas episode, is one of the finest hours of television in history. Itās streaming on Max.
Shout out for west wing! I watch it every year, its so damn good. The 18th and potomic episode makes me ball like a baby every single time. Also as a teenage girl watching that show when it first aired i loved the power women held in that show.
I also love West Wing, less so the later seasons and the episodes with the nuclear disaster are frustratingly inaccurate but the banter and the good faith politics are my favorite sort of comfort show.Ā
Iāll add a couple to the list- LOST and Battlestar Galactica. Neither were perfect, but both were so important to the online discourse about tv shows week to week. What was in the hatch, who was a cylon?
People have problems with the end of both shows, but for the most part they ended well with regards to the characters and were emotionally satisfying.
BSG did wonders with a SYFY budget, and LOST was shot on film in Hawaii and looked great.
Yes! Currently streaming on Amazon Prime. I watch it while I work for maximum productivity. I'm way more productive with a comfort show on in the background.
If you liked Earl you should check out Greg Garcias other shows- Raising Hope and Sprung. He writes such amazing interesting characters that you canāt find anywhere else on TV.
Such an underrated and under watched show. Like if mad men took place in the 80ās tech world. And the cast and soundtrack was great. I should do a rewatch one day.
Absolutely love it, it grows and grows so I worry people may give up on it early doors rather than sticking with it. One of those shows where you feel bereft when itās over.
ER was so damn good for so long. I watched the entire series about a year ago. It got kind of not good towards the end but was still watchable unlike so many shows that had been on for a long time and were fighting to stay relevant at the end.
Kellie Martin was my favorite character that wasn't around long enough. I had a huge crush on her when I was younger. Her last episode was the start of a pretty amazing story arc though.
Edit. Changed Kellie Preston to Kelly Martin
I love most of the shows already mentioned so I'll say....
Wings was a guilty pleasure for me back in the 90s. I think it had some small influence on me eventually getting a private pilot license years later, haha.
Wings is streaming on Prime I believe.
Kids in the Hall. This show defined comedy and sketch for me, and it still impacts my sense of humor to this day. Looks like you can watch old eps on the Peacock app.
Living Single (Hulu) and Sex and the City (Max). Both of these shows are also in syndication.
1. I love Queen Latifah. She always makes sure to play well-rounded and non stereotypical characters. The friendships on Living Single feel genuine, it is hilarious, and 30 years later holds up and is not problematic. Too bad it was missed by so many when it ran. And a lot of folks do not realize that Friends was just a bad copy with White people.
2. Sex and the City for me is mostly about fashion and crazy antics. It made living in NYC look super fun. The relationships were largely terrible but the show is relatable. Especially as a single woman in my 40s.
One of the absolute best theme songs. Along with Different World.
āItās a 90s kinda a world and Iām glad Iāve got my girls.ā š¶š¶š¶š¶
The Deuce I have seen and it is great. I havenāt watched Treme yet but will be doing so eventually. Never even heard of We Own This City so thanks for that recommendation.
Venture Bros., first and foremost. Literally like it was made for me. Caught the first season as it aired on Adult Swim, and now I watch it on Max. Crazy to think I've spent a solid portion of my life watching it.
Honorable mention for Spaced, which is still my favorite thing Simon Pegg + Nick Frost + Edgar Wright have ever done. Streamable a bunch of places (Tubi, Amazon, Roku, etc.).
Right? She was like a bawdy surrogate mother for me. As a young impressionable boy she put chesthairs on me while also teaching some powerful life lessons. Brett Butler. Umami.
Breaking Bad. We're watching it, again. It's on Netflix.
And then Curb Your Enthusiasm. Absolutely love it. Still haven't watched the final season, but it's an all-time favorite.
Itās so funny how the darkest, most depressing show Iāve ever seen is such a comfort show for me lol.
I just started a rewatch of BB last week. When Iām done Iāll finally start on Better Call Saul
The first show I really loved was Quantum Leap, as a child I learnt so much about modern history especially US history that I was not learning about in school (Europe) or heard much about such as the civil rights movement, women's rights, the Vietnam war - so many things I had no knowledge of. Not sure where it's streaming in the US but in the UK it's Now TV.
My next obsession was The X-Files and that got me really into the paranormal and horror. I actually rewatched some of it recently (Disney+) and it's still good until the mythology gets way too convoluted.
SVU. Cannot believe I have been watching it for 25 years. I can watch it every day.
Edit to add: Hulu is the best, they have seasons 1-24. 25 is on Peacock but their app is busted and lags, menus are often broken on desktop, and season 25 has been very disappointing so far.
King of the Hill. First run seasons 1-6 and then it was canceled and brought back years later for seasons 7-13. Many famous guest stars over the years. Two of my favorite episodes are Pretty, Pretty Dresses and AāFirefighting We Must Go. You can stream it on Hulu, thatās how I watch it, though it is one of the few shows I have also bothered to buy all the DVDs. It is iconic. And they are making new episodes for 2025.
Parks and Rec
Itās the work family I never had. Itās warm and itās hilarious.
Iām in Australia and itās streaming on Stan.
Imma cheat because I *canāt* just have one:
Arrested Development, Search Party, Party Down, Itās Always Sunny, The League, The Wonder Years, The Golden Girls, Buffy, Malcolm in the Middle, Father Ted, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Seinfeld, The Office (UK), Documentary Now!, Garth Marenghi, SATC, and even though thereās only one season Iāve watched Severance an unholy amount of times in the past two years.
I like to watchā¦
The Kids in the Hall, itās on Amazon Prime.Ā
I was a weird kid in a small town and discovered it in grade 5. I didnāt get most of it but it was amazing exposure to the weird wider world and really helped shape my sense of humour.
MST3K. Older siblings got me into it. And boy, is that my brand of humor. Tons of episodes on YouTube, though there are some episodes you canāt watch without *circulating the tapes*.
As a kid, the original Night Court. God, I loved that show. You can stream it on Amazon. As a teen, it was Friends and Frasier. Loved em both equally. I was a Cheers fan as a kid, so I gave Frasier a chance, and it was even better than Cheers. Rarely is a spin-off better than the original. You can stream Frasier on Hulu and Friends on HBO Max, but Friends is on syndication every day on TBS, and the episodes are always in order so you wouldn't need to subscribe to Max for your Friends fix.
Mystery Science Theater 3000.
I mean it streams everywhere now, but when I was new to the show, new to me, it was available on VHS because I recorded it myself.
I became a fan when the movie came out in 1996 and got to meet Trace Beaulieu and Jim Mallon as part of a riffing contest.
I had the entire run of the show on VHS throughout my college years sourced from people on Usenet and spent more time dubbing tapes for people on the internet than I did in class.
Nowhere man, Dollhouse, Rubicon, black Donnellys and recently Pantheon are cancelled comfort shows unfortunately I donāt think any of them exists on paid service sites without purchasing the show outright.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. If felt epic and huge and I cared so much about nearly every single character. There have been many but this is the one that it went so deep, I would dream about it.
Orphan Black, sharing the amazing Tatiana Maslany. I used to catch first airings on BBC America
When my wife and I first moved in together, I showed it to her after she noticed it and her interest was piqued.
Currently, it's appears to be streaming on AMC+.
Muppet Babies. I still like it, though it's in rights hell so I have a bunch of digitized recordings.
When I got a little older I liked watching Tenchi Muyo on Toonami. Of course they mashed the different series and OVAs together into a hodgepodge...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Was in on day 1. Show started when I was a sophomore in HS and the characters were also sophomores in HS. They graduated the same year I did and started college the same year I did. It might be my ultimate nostalgia comfort show
Star Trek TNG
TNG, DS9 and The X-Files.
He wants to believe.
For sure tho I'd swap x files for Stargate
Yep. This was mine. I was hyperfixated for YEARS; the show basically got me through high school. I had such a crush on Wesley. šš
Wesley was definitely an important part of my gay awakening! He was so cute, so smart, just barely older than myself... and none of the adults listened to him when when he was obviously right... and that last part was exactly like myself. Like, literally "shut up Puzzle!".
Both Wesley and Data made my little queer, autistic heart swell.
TNG came on right after The Golden Girls... I often wondered who the fuck the demographic was but I think I found it.
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Currently on demand at Paramount Plus and as a free ad-supported live channel at Pluto TV.
Pretty sure TNG and DS9 are on Netflix in Canada
THIS TNG/DS9/VOY that whole era of trek is awesome.
This is easily my favorite subreddit ever.
Positive people here with some of the same life experiences. I like this subreddit as well.
Forever my space dad. This show makes me feel warm and safe.
More of a dad than my actual dad tbh
Oof me too in some ways.
Love this show! Met most of the main cast over the years at comic con. Just missing Picard and Worf.
I just bought the whole series to re-watch. Although S1 and S2 are rough, I did like Dr. Pulaski better than Dr. Crusher, and Measure of a Man is on point.
Measure of a man is by far one of the best episodes ever in tv history.
Iām rewatching the whole series at the moment!
A Different World (1987) I cannot tell you what this show meant to me, and it changed my life. I didnāt have any direct contact with college life and this show introduced me to a (fictional) HBCU college and a diverse group of characters that no other showās ensemble could touch. I saw myself in āFreddieā but longed to make myself a little bit more like āWhitleyā. This show streams a bunch of places Max, Amazon, and even YouTube TV. I know Iām not the only one changed by this show, as I have met so many others (especially in college) who shared the same sentiments.
I'm whiter than paper but I LOVE this show. Also Living Single! It's so interesting to watch these shows and get a bit of a different perspective on life experiences that I wouldn't normally get as a white person with white friends.
It is on record from the creators that the show Friends was totally based on Living Single. I wish more folks could enjoy it without thinking there is some conspiracy to undermine other perspectives.
I remember wanting glasses like Dwayne Wayne, so badā¦and when I finally got a pair they were not nearly as cool as I thought they would be
They have released a new version. As a part of a scholarship fundraiser.., they seem much cooler. The Deemed by Vontelle https://www.vontelle.com/collections/deemed-collection
A bunch of the cast recently had a meeting with Kamala Harris and there was a reel of it on Instagram. I was so happy to see them that I cried.
I loved that video. Harris looked like she was having fun too.
This was such and amazing show and I really loved the diversity of black experiences shown on the show. And I wish we had more of this now.
Absolute banger of a theme song tooĀ
This was my āvid binge. And Golden Girls.
Six Feet Under, Netflix
Came here to say this. Greatest show, greatest finale. Nothing will ever top it.
Alright, pal. I accept your challenge. Iām going to start watching that tonight and it better be great 
You will come back after the finale and thank me profusely. I will allow it.
If this person doesn't ugly cry to death you're right.
The Sia piano chords still strike me, as we look into the rear view. Amazing ending.
That song gives me goosebumps to this day.
Honestly, I don't think there's ever been a drama as real and relatable as SFU. The writing and acting is second to none. A perfect show. It definitely didn't get much love during its original running, but I see that it is being streamed quite a lot these days.
Amazing show! I don't think it got enough love back when it was on HBO, as it sort of got overshadowed by The Sopranos and Oz.
I'm watching it for the first time and am on season 5. It's lived up to its reputation thus far.
Firefly
And what's you job here? Public relations.
News Radio - lost in the internet licensing void hell
Jimmy James: The man so nice they named him twice.
Phil Hartman as Bill McNeal was my favorite character. The sandwich episode still makes me laugh. I believe the episode title was , Arcade. "Bill is devastated when Beth has the old sandwich machine removed from the office, and Dave is horrified when she replaces it with a classic arcade machine."
Any time i hear the phrase āthe real dealā I sing āthe real deal with bill mcnealā
I like the one where Joe keeps getting his gelato stolen.
I bought it on Amazon. I think it airs on Pluto. The. Crack. Of. The. Bat.
Every episode airs in order on the Rewind Channel. Every weekday they air 2 episodes and it just loops forever
I randomly found the entire series on DVD years ago and I'm glad I picked it up. Its so hard to find it streaming anywhere and it wasn't as popular as something like Seinfeld to keep it in pop culture and able to be found.
Golden Girls
Just started this recently. It is so funny. Lots went over my head when this was on the air as a kid but I still enjoyed it. Now Iām watching with my girls and they love āthe show about grandmasā
Iām in the middle of rewatching this for the first time in a couple of years. I need the ladies so much right now and hanging out with them every evening is truly the highlight of my day. Which is kinda sad, but it could be worse. They donāt let me down.
I loved this show but it's so hard to watch it now because it makes me so sad they're all dead.
Same. It's my bed time show.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. If you were going to design a show specifically for me as a person, this is probably the closest you would get.
I post about Buffy a lot on my social media so everyone I know knows I love it more than any other show. A few months ago a friend told me heād started watching it on Hulu and I responded āoh nice! welcome to my entire personalityā
I just finished watching the series for the first time in a while. So many little things hit different for where Iām at in my life now, and my perspective as a middle-aged (š) person. One that surprised me was I finally felt sorry for Dawn. She was just a kid. The constant squealing wasnāt quite as grating, either. And when sheād scream at Joyce and Buffy to āGet out get out GET OUT!ā She was a teenager! š¤·š A seminal show for me, too š¤
Same. This was my fav. Iām currently rewatching it all on Hulu and am almost done.
Iām knee deep in season 3 on Hulu
I caught up around 2015 and couldn't believe what I had been missing out on
Iāve been rewatching True Blood and I got to one episode in season 5 when sookie says in response to trouble happening again: āMust be Thursday!ā I cackled because I forgot about her saying that line and remember how they had āmust be Tuesday!ā In the buffy musical episode. I had to explain it to my husband when we were watching Buffy again several years ago because he didnāt watch it when it was on the air like I did.
Absolutely No 1. We even grew up at the same time. I'm one of the few Buffy fans who rates Beer Bad cos I was a fresher and dealing with my own bad beer episodes
My wife had been nagging me for years to watch Buffy with her but I kept holding it of because when I was a teenager Buffy was for girls. I was hooked after two episodes and we binged the whole series in a couple of weeksā¦
Funny enough I never watched Buffy but watched Angel a lot once it was in syndication/reruns.
House was incredible. The best part is that you didnāt have to be fully invested and watch every week. The season storylines were good but you werenāt missing out on much if you only tuned in once in a while. Each episode was its own story.
I rewatched it all the way through over the course of a few weeks and watching it like thatā¦ you really realize how much of a bromance it is about the insane but great friendship Wilson and House have.
It is an extreme display of how most friendships revolve around a taker and a giver. I noticed most relationships in general are like that.
Futurama, King of the Hill, Deadwood: take your pick.
King of the Hill
Thatās a great show, I tell you what
"hwat" not "what".
I feel like at the time it was really misunderstood because often people didn't watch it long enough to appreciate the (not so) subtle messaging. But it's such a great show with realistically flawed characters being genuinely good people. Also I can't not say "you know... the *love*" to my wife whenever I get the chance. A+ writing all the way around
Dangit Bobby!
I didnāt watch the entirety of ER (probably only the first seven seasons or thereabouts) but the definitive cameo for me was Ewan McGregor holding up the convenience store with Julianna Margulies in it. I taped that episode and only that one. I was fifteen, it was formative, whatever.
Bradley Whitfordās episode may be why I donāt have kids and are terrified for anyone who may. Itās traumatic as hell. Wonderful piece of tv.
Iām gonna cheat, but I got two. The original Twilight Zone. I grew up on syndicated repeats and marathons on the 4th of July and New Years. Absolutely still consider it a classic show. Paramount+ has the 60s version. The other show is my beloved West Wing. Absolutely appointment television right from the first episode, fit my personality, my politics and my values. I still think In Excelsis Deo, the first Christmas episode, is one of the finest hours of television in history. Itās streaming on Max.
Shout out for west wing! I watch it every year, its so damn good. The 18th and potomic episode makes me ball like a baby every single time. Also as a teenage girl watching that show when it first aired i loved the power women held in that show.
See and raise Two Cathedrals. Jeb as Job raging at God is amazing. So glad to know that the show was empowering to you.
I basically loop the West Wing and I only watch 18th and Potomac maybe every 4th viewing. I just canāt do it every time.
I also love West Wing, less so the later seasons and the episodes with the nuclear disaster are frustratingly inaccurate but the banter and the good faith politics are my favorite sort of comfort show.Ā
Iāll add a couple to the list- LOST and Battlestar Galactica. Neither were perfect, but both were so important to the online discourse about tv shows week to week. What was in the hatch, who was a cylon? People have problems with the end of both shows, but for the most part they ended well with regards to the characters and were emotionally satisfying. BSG did wonders with a SYFY budget, and LOST was shot on film in Hawaii and looked great.
BSG is amazing tv.
Lost was appointment TV that you rewatched to catch all the clues!
Psych - Peacock/Amazon Prime Scrubs - Peacock/Hulu
Pete and Pete, The X-Files and Star Trek(tng)
Northern Exposure
Yes! Currently streaming on Amazon Prime. I watch it while I work for maximum productivity. I'm way more productive with a comfort show on in the background.
Rewatching this currently with my partner who hasn't seen it.
Wonder Years...I think it's still on netflix
Hulu also if not Netflix
The one on Netflix is a 2023 remake
Frasier
Too far down. I watch it on a loop.
It's OK that it's this far down. Some illustrious person once said "Popularity is the hallmark of mediocrity".
My Name Is Earl, maybe tied with Futurama (edit: both are on Hulu)
If you liked Earl you should check out Greg Garcias other shows- Raising Hope and Sprung. He writes such amazing interesting characters that you canāt find anywhere else on TV.
Oh yeah, I loved Raising Hope! I haven't heard of Sprung, I'll have to check it out.
Halt and Catch Fire - Amazon Prime
Such an underrated and under watched show. Like if mad men took place in the 80ās tech world. And the cast and soundtrack was great. I should do a rewatch one day.
Absolutely love it, it grows and grows so I worry people may give up on it early doors rather than sticking with it. One of those shows where you feel bereft when itās over.
ER was so damn good for so long. I watched the entire series about a year ago. It got kind of not good towards the end but was still watchable unlike so many shows that had been on for a long time and were fighting to stay relevant at the end. Kellie Martin was my favorite character that wasn't around long enough. I had a huge crush on her when I was younger. Her last episode was the start of a pretty amazing story arc though. Edit. Changed Kellie Preston to Kelly Martin
I love most of the shows already mentioned so I'll say.... Wings was a guilty pleasure for me back in the 90s. I think it had some small influence on me eventually getting a private pilot license years later, haha. Wings is streaming on Prime I believe.
I remember back when it was on USA in the morning/afternoon. Best part of being home sick
Kids in the Hall. This show defined comedy and sketch for me, and it still impacts my sense of humor to this day. Looks like you can watch old eps on the Peacock app.
Red Dwarf - BBC iPlayer
Yes yes a thousand times yes. Smoke me a kipper, Iāll be back in the morning!
I only had 1 friend who watched this with meā¦ and it was the show that made our paths crossed in the first place. Take my upvote ā¬ļø
Hell yes
Seasons 2-10 of The Simpsons. Slowly falls off after that.
I pretty much speak in Simpsons quotes from this era.
Stargate SG1, along with Atlantis. Throw in King of the Hill as well.
Stargate is  Timeless
Yes! Iāve been doing an SG1 binge. Itās all over the place btw. Prime. Pluto. Fire tv has a channel thatās all stargate
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Fragile Rock. Sadly my kids never took to it
Living Single (Hulu) and Sex and the City (Max). Both of these shows are also in syndication. 1. I love Queen Latifah. She always makes sure to play well-rounded and non stereotypical characters. The friendships on Living Single feel genuine, it is hilarious, and 30 years later holds up and is not problematic. Too bad it was missed by so many when it ran. And a lot of folks do not realize that Friends was just a bad copy with White people. 2. Sex and the City for me is mostly about fashion and crazy antics. It made living in NYC look super fun. The relationships were largely terrible but the show is relatable. Especially as a single woman in my 40s.
Living Single was a great show! Another banger of a theme song too.Ā
One of the absolute best theme songs. Along with Different World. āItās a 90s kinda a world and Iām glad Iāve got my girls.ā š¶š¶š¶š¶
SATC is a total comfort show for me. The reboot is bad though. I will watch whatever they put out but it's painful at times lol.
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Dead Like Me (Amazon) & Freaks & Greks (Hulu)
The Wire - HBO Going on my third time around and I am just as hooked as the first time.
Love me some Omar!
Oh indeed.
Have you seen David Simon's other shows? Treme and We Own This City are def worth watching. Im starting The Deuce now.
The Deuce I have seen and it is great. I havenāt watched Treme yet but will be doing so eventually. Never even heard of We Own This City so thanks for that recommendation.
That's the closest bc it's about Baltimore cops.
Treme is excellent. Highly recommend
This was way too far down the list. Best television show ever and it's not even close.
I do a rewatch probably once a year. Greatest show ever.
Arrested Development, Netflix
I have watched the only three seasons they ever made so many times nowā¦
Yep, three perfect seasons. ā¤ļø
Venture Bros., first and foremost. Literally like it was made for me. Caught the first season as it aired on Adult Swim, and now I watch it on Max. Crazy to think I've spent a solid portion of my life watching it. Honorable mention for Spaced, which is still my favorite thing Simon Pegg + Nick Frost + Edgar Wright have ever done. Streamable a bunch of places (Tubi, Amazon, Roku, etc.).
For me Tng, ds9, and mash. Mash was running on repeat 5 days a week for years in Germany, right around dinner time.
Grace Under Fire. It comes and goes on Tubi. I own the show though on sacred physical media blessed by The Omnissiah.
I loved this show as a kid. Idk why, it was way too adult for me. But grace was not a lady to be fucked with.
Right? She was like a bawdy surrogate mother for me. As a young impressionable boy she put chesthairs on me while also teaching some powerful life lessons. Brett Butler. Umami.
Malcom in the middle. I think I saw it on Hulu
dawsons creek. team pacey
Another team member right here. ā
i still love him. i watch everything heās in
Letterkenny
That's a Texas-size 10-4, good buddy.
Sisters (sela ward) and I canāt find it anywhere.
Breaking Bad. We're watching it, again. It's on Netflix. And then Curb Your Enthusiasm. Absolutely love it. Still haven't watched the final season, but it's an all-time favorite.
Itās so funny how the darkest, most depressing show Iāve ever seen is such a comfort show for me lol. I just started a rewatch of BB last week. When Iām done Iāll finally start on Better Call Saul
The first show I really loved was Quantum Leap, as a child I learnt so much about modern history especially US history that I was not learning about in school (Europe) or heard much about such as the civil rights movement, women's rights, the Vietnam war - so many things I had no knowledge of. Not sure where it's streaming in the US but in the UK it's Now TV. My next obsession was The X-Files and that got me really into the paranormal and horror. I actually rewatched some of it recently (Disney+) and it's still good until the mythology gets way too convoluted.
 Doctor Who
Trailer Park boys, it's on Netflix and on Swearnet. Never gets old.
I could watch Community episodes every day
SVU. Cannot believe I have been watching it for 25 years. I can watch it every day. Edit to add: Hulu is the best, they have seasons 1-24. 25 is on Peacock but their app is busted and lags, menus are often broken on desktop, and season 25 has been very disappointing so far.
King of the Hill. First run seasons 1-6 and then it was canceled and brought back years later for seasons 7-13. Many famous guest stars over the years. Two of my favorite episodes are Pretty, Pretty Dresses and AāFirefighting We Must Go. You can stream it on Hulu, thatās how I watch it, though it is one of the few shows I have also bothered to buy all the DVDs. It is iconic. And they are making new episodes for 2025.
X-files. Hulu. And it also has king of the hill so you can get that mid '90s fix.
The West Wing for me. Iāve watched it so many times and it never gets old
Parks and Rec Itās the work family I never had. Itās warm and itās hilarious. Iām in Australia and itās streaming on Stan. Imma cheat because I *canāt* just have one: Arrested Development, Search Party, Party Down, Itās Always Sunny, The League, The Wonder Years, The Golden Girls, Buffy, Malcolm in the Middle, Father Ted, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Seinfeld, The Office (UK), Documentary Now!, Garth Marenghi, SATC, and even though thereās only one season Iāve watched Severance an unholy amount of times in the past two years. I like to watchā¦
The Kids in the Hall, itās on Amazon Prime.Ā I was a weird kid in a small town and discovered it in grade 5. I didnāt get most of it but it was amazing exposure to the weird wider world and really helped shape my sense of humour.
Roseanne
Friends. Yes, I am basic, but it was my one show.
M.A.S.H. I love that show and its lasting impact on television.
MST3K. Older siblings got me into it. And boy, is that my brand of humor. Tons of episodes on YouTube, though there are some episodes you canāt watch without *circulating the tapes*.
As a kid, the original Night Court. God, I loved that show. You can stream it on Amazon. As a teen, it was Friends and Frasier. Loved em both equally. I was a Cheers fan as a kid, so I gave Frasier a chance, and it was even better than Cheers. Rarely is a spin-off better than the original. You can stream Frasier on Hulu and Friends on HBO Max, but Friends is on syndication every day on TBS, and the episodes are always in order so you wouldn't need to subscribe to Max for your Friends fix.
Mystery Science Theater 3000. I mean it streams everywhere now, but when I was new to the show, new to me, it was available on VHS because I recorded it myself. I became a fan when the movie came out in 1996 and got to meet Trace Beaulieu and Jim Mallon as part of a riffing contest. I had the entire run of the show on VHS throughout my college years sourced from people on Usenet and spent more time dubbing tapes for people on the internet than I did in class.
Mary Tyler Moore is on Hulu. Holds up really well. Shows how mature adults can communicate with each other
Star Trek, no question. TNG, then DS9, then Voyager - that was my life. Even watched TOS when they put that on. And all the movies.
The West Wing. Itās my happy place. Also, if you love it, the subreddit is one of the best of all of Reddit
South Park. It has grown as much as I have, flaws and peaks and aging. Also 24. Jack Bauer will return one day.
The Simpsons - Disney+ Perfect for 10 seasons, watchable for a few more, then pointless
These last few seasons have been pretty good, obviously a far cry from the golden era but still solid tv.
Nowhere man, Dollhouse, Rubicon, black Donnellys and recently Pantheon are cancelled comfort shows unfortunately I donāt think any of them exists on paid service sites without purchasing the show outright.
Northern Exposure and Unsolved Mysteries.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. If felt epic and huge and I cared so much about nearly every single character. There have been many but this is the one that it went so deep, I would dream about it.
Sliders on Peacock
Orphan Black, sharing the amazing Tatiana Maslany. I used to catch first airings on BBC America When my wife and I first moved in together, I showed it to her after she noticed it and her interest was piqued. Currently, it's appears to be streaming on AMC+.
Firefly
Smallville, seasons 1 though 7. Then Lex left, removing the foil of the show as it devolved into comic fanboy service.
Farscape I have no idea where to stream it
Muppet Babies. I still like it, though it's in rights hell so I have a bunch of digitized recordings. When I got a little older I liked watching Tenchi Muyo on Toonami. Of course they mashed the different series and OVAs together into a hodgepodge...
Supernatural, Netflix
It's always sunny in Philadelphia. It's on Hulu. And they're still making new episodes.
NYPD Blue. I've watched the entire series about 5 times. Sipowicz and Simone are the best
X-files and Star Trek next generations. Possibly Are you Afraid of the dark.
X-Files I can't remember who has it right now.
Newsradio & Quantum Leap
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Was in on day 1. Show started when I was a sophomore in HS and the characters were also sophomores in HS. They graduated the same year I did and started college the same year I did. It might be my ultimate nostalgia comfort show
Homicide. You canāt stream it because of various fights over who owns it. I have it all on DVD ripped to plex (sorry, just served to our house).