Sort of relaxed, slow-paced, not a ton of plot.
Home Movies (cartoon)
Schitt’s Creek
Corner Gas
Painting/Fishing with John
Father Ted
ghost in the shell, i couldnt understand that show for the longest time, until near the end of its life.
OG medical shows; ER predates house by like 10years, and went on like 12+seasons. only stopped at the later seasons, because house was better at that point.
Cosmos by Carl Sagan. It a science miniseries that I love dearly, but it’s like video Quaaludes.
The sequel with Neil deGrasse Tyson is also really good.
Modern family.
It’s just funny enough to be entertaining and has some loose plot that’s fine to follow. Easily forgettable, but great for throwing on. Also, it’s cool to watch the kids on that show grow up over its 10 year run.
Community
Parks and rec
Are others I would toss on for easy to watch. Although community and P&R hide a TON of jokes that make it even funnier if you pay attention.
Animal Control is like if Community had a baby with Parks and Rec.
Joe Pera Talks With You
Ultimate example.
Detectorists
i loved this one lots.
Early Doors is another one I recommend to people who like Detectorists. Another slow burn, slice of life show. Definitely worth checking out :)
Came in here to say detectorists, now I’m leaving with a new show to rewatch, score!
I hadn’t heard of this one, I’ll have to add it to my list. Thanks for the rec!
My lil comfort show
Northern Exposure is an amazing and very gentle show, if you can handle 90s tv.
Watch it on Amazon or the music wont make sense
I’ve always had a soft spot for this show, but I haven’t seen it in years.
Man how has no one said Friends? That’s basically a white noise machine on loop for our house.
white noise
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j/k. I miss when Friends were still coming out with new episodes. Those were less complicated days.
Friends is a really funny show if you skip over all the Ross and Rachael garbage. Chandler and Monica was a better love story.
I gotta throw Scrubs in the ring here. Skip season 9.
Rewatching Malcolm in the middle, has a lot of the same comedy style, I’m willing to bet same writers. Good shit all around.
Sometimes I don’t understand downcotes.
Malcolm in the middle is one of the best series ever. (imho seriously)
It ends at season 8, there’s no season 9 😁
Yup, I don’t know what I was thinking. Must have been thinking of some other show with 9 seasons. 🥸
The IT Crowd, and Black Books.
IT crowd is neat.
ARE YOU STRESSED?
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
What was Wenger thinking bringing Walcott on so early?
No. What did I miss?
Season 3, episode 2 I believe.
Caw! Caw!
I’m disabled!
0118999…
You wouldn’t download…
So many great things. Even the later episodes even if it’s no longer IT much
Basically any sitcom made for TV and not a streaming service.
Tales from the Loop. I describe it as Eldritch Mundanity.
This was a beautiful show!
It’s based on a art book that’s very good. Electric State was based on a another book also by Simon Stålenhag.
We do not acknowledge the existence of Netflix’s The Electric State
Hey it looks good. That’s the only good thing I can say about it.
Dead Like Me is fairly slow, but really interesting. Same with Coupling. Two great shows.
Letterkenny. Mostly character driven
Burn Notice, Royal Pains
Basically anything made during the heyday of USANetwork. “Dramas” without intensity.
burn notice was my favorite for USAnetworks, then they did a small hiatus thats when i stopped watch. suits was right after BN, i never got into it, and its dramatized version of a law show, compared to other law shows. RP was interesting take on a doctor-esque show, too bad i lost interest when they did a wierd hiatus between the final season.
Psych probably too
Good answer. Some of the comedies that have been mentioned have a lot of subtle stuff going on that really require your attention (they’re mostly still good if you’re not paying attention, though). The USA stuff was pure fluff. Much of it was actually kind of boring if you paid attention!
