We all have our favorite TV shows that we watch over and over and over. And when the opportunity comes up to recommend them to people, oh baby, you better watch out, because TV ignites passion! For me, those shows include GLOW, Steven Universe, 30 Rock, Survivor, and Stranger Things (I’m a Season 5 apologist, SUE ME!!!!!).
Recently, Redditor sunt0es asked, “What’s a TV series you’ll never get tired of recommending to someone?” Unsurprisingly, thousands of people chimed in (as I said, TV ignites passion), and the conversations about people’s fave shows were poppin’. Here’s what people had to recommend:
1. “My dad and I loved Freaks and Geeks when it aired. I bought him the series on DVD when it came out. I could watch that show anytime. Such a bummer it was only 18 episodes, but so worth the watch nonetheless.”
©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
2. “Arrested Development is my recommendation for sure. I don’t think there has ever been a funnier show on television.”
Courtesy Of Netflix / ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection
3. “Somebody Somewhere. It’s like there’s nothing going on, but also everything going on at the same time.”
—u/DogOk1726
Related: 23 Awful TV Storylines That Were So Bad, The Writers Should 100% Be Ashamed Of Themselves
4. “I’m not a Star Wars fan, but Andor is one of my favorite TV shows of all time. A person who has never seen anything Star Wars-related could watch Andor, and the quality would still shine through. Watch it as just a political espionage thriller, understand the empire is the fucking devil, there is a resistance growing, and that people are risking their lives every day for the most minuscule information. Every single character is interesting, from the series leads to those who are in a single episode. What a show, man.”
©Disney+/Lucasfilm /Courtesy Everett Collection
5. “Shrinking. It’s such a calming show, everyone is likeable, and Harrison Ford is excellent. Just a nice show to watch and decompress from life.”
Kevin Estrada /©Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection
6. “Derry Girls is genuinely a perfect show and one of the funniest to ever air.”
©Netflix/Sky TV / Courtesy Everett Collection
7. “Just finished Orphan Black. My wife and I cannot understand why Tatiana Maslany isn’t a household name. Like, the ‘playing multiple characters’ trope has been done well before, but nowhere near as seamlessly and with such deft subtlety. The way Allison’s soccer mom lips are always slightly pursed. The easy balance of bloodthirstiness and comedy from Helena. Yeah, maybe some dead people come back a little too often à la X-Files, but the series was overwhelmingly successful from start to finish.”
©BBC America/Courtesy Everett Collection / ©BBC America/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection
8. “The humor in Malcom in the Middle was kinda ahead of its time, TBH.”
9. “Fleabag is absolutely brilliant. So much depth for a (darker) comedy. Its brilliance really hit me when I discovered who she was really talking to the whole time.”
©Amazon / courtesy Everett Collection
10. “What We Do in the Shadows is one of the funniest shows of the last couple decades.”
Russ Martin / ©FX / Courtesy FX via Everett Collection
11. “Friday Night Lights is so fucking good and was honestly ahead of its time. The representation of non-nuclear family structures, the portrayal of complicated racial issues that don’t get neatly wrapped up, kids dealing with a lot of heavy shit that they shouldn’t have to — it’s very real and raw. I tell everyone I recommend it to that it’s not a show about football, football is just a vehicle to tell the story they want to tell. For a coach, Eric Taylor is one of the best portrayals of non-toxic masculinity I’ve ever seen.”
©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
12. “I made my partner watch The Good Place because I’d watched it before and knew he would love it. Lots of laughs, and a few pull-at-your-heartstrings moments. After the final couple of episodes, he was jokingly mad that I made him watch it, because he was so sad it was over.”
Justin Lubin / ©NBC / Courtesy Everett Collection
13. “Big Little Lies. I’ve watched it four times, and it just keeps getting better and better.”
—u/Catwoman1948
14. “Fall of the House of Usher is a great series that’s only one season of eight episodes and resolves without any cliffhangers.”
Ricardo Hubbs / ©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection
15. “The first few seasons of Futurama are still top-tier TV. They are a masterclass in script writing.”
©Hulu/Disney / courtesy Everett Collection
16. “I’m not even a fan of soccer or most sports, but Ted Lasso may be the most wholesome, down-to-earth show I’ve ever seen. For anyone who hasn’t seen it, soccer is only about 5% of the show. The other 95% is behind the scenes, character development, comedy, and straight-up genuine wholesomeness. 💖”
©Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection
17. “Mrs. Davis on Peacock. I really love the message behind the show. It changed my life, and if I feel like I’m struggling, then I just remember the very last scene of the last episode (I won’t spoil it). It just reminds me to be a better person. I wish everyone would watch this show.”
Colleen Hayes / ©Peacock / Courtesy Everett Collection
18. “Psych was an incredible mix of humor, intrigue, creative writing, and stupidity. I loved every second of it.”
©USA Networks/Courtesy Everett Collection
19. “Just finished the first season of The Pitt and I loved it. It’s an emotional roller coaster, and as a parent, I found myself getting so teary-eyed at any scene involving a child. Extremely well made, and I look forward to starting Season 2.”
—u/Ok-Storm-5704 **
20. “The impressive thing about Parks and Rec is that the humor isn’t mean. All the characters are loved and appreciated (yes, even Jerry). To make the funny happen, they just dialed all the personality quirks up to the extreme and let them bounce off each other.”
©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
21. “Bojack Horseman is a true masterpiece! To take something as inane as a horse from an outdated sitcom, animate it, and then have it turn out so heady and deeply moving is nothing short of brilliant — so many layers.”
NETFLIX / ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection
22. “I just finished watching Firefly again after years, and it’s so endearing! I was having dreams about it every night, which is always a sign that something is deeply effective. It seemed like it was really hitting its stride by the final episode, even the production values seemed higher. Such a loss, but so worth watching.”
©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection
23. “Golden Girls is completely timeless.”
Courtesy Everett Collection
24. “Six Feet Under still holds up pretty well for a 20+ year old show.”
“The final episode is such perfection. I love returning to the show just to get to the end, as silly as that sounds.”
“It’s so good! I watched it in my 20s before my mom died, and then again in my mid-30s, and it was like a different show. I related to Claire my first watch before kids, and then Ruth after. There’s something so cathartic about addressing death so head-on, the way it does. It might be time for a rewatch.”
25. “I absolutely adore Broad City. I’ve rewatched it SO MANY TIMES, and it still makes me laugh as much as the first. It’s such a great comfort show, too.”
©Comedy Central/Courtesy Everett Collection
26. “Dark, and no one listens to me. 😒”
©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection
27. “The Expanse is such a great show. One of the only good things Bezos has ever done in his life is paying to finish making that show.”
©Amazon / courtesy Everett Collection
Related: Everyone Has A “Gilmore Girls” Soulmate, And This Quiz Will Reveal Yours
28. “Righteous Gemstones. I’ve never, ever laughed harder at a show. I’ve cocked my head back in a sudden burst of laughter and banged my head on the wall/headboard twice because of it.”
“Walton Goggins steals every scene he’s in with that character.”
—u/Darius2112
29. “For me, Better Call Saul is a must after watching Breaking Bad. There’s no such thing as one without the other.”
Greg Lewis / ©AMC / Courtesy Everett Collection
30. “Schitt’s Creek is truly a masterpiece. The riches-to-rags concept totally works, and every single person in the cast is hilarious.”
©CBC/POP / courtesy Everett Collection
31. “Slow Horses. If you’re a Gary Oldman fan and haven’t seen it, you’re missing out on one of the best performances of his career. Every single cast member is on their A-game, and the writing is impeccable.”
Jack English /©Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection
32. “That season one finale of Severance is one of my all-time favorites. I watched it at like 5 AM after getting up with my newborn, and I was practically screaming.”
©Apple TV+ / Courtesy Everett Collection
33. “The Wire will never get old. It’s a classic that I watch every year now. Just finished my rewatch in January.”
“Best five seasons of TV there is!”
34. And finally, “The fact that I first watched The Simpsons when I was a teenager, and I’m still watching it in my 50s, says a lot. How many other shows can say they’ve stayed entertaining for decades?”
©Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection
What are your favorite shows that you’d recommend to anyone? Tell me which show and what makes it so great in the comments, or use the anonymous form below. Your response could be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed article!
Your daily brain workout: Most People Can’t Finish This Weekend Mega Word Chain — Can You?
Also in TVAndMovies: No One Born After 1993 Can Identify 18/21 Of These Rare Disney Characters From A Single Screenshot
Also in TVAndMovies: This May Be The Hardest “Friends” Quiz Of All Time, So I Highly Doubt You Can Score Higher Than 25%
