One of my guilty pleasures is to binge watch TV shows on Netflix which comes in handy while I am on a marathon cleaning session, stuck beneath a nursing baby or just need some background noise as I am getting through long and tedious tasks. And sometimes, there's nothing more relaxing than curling up on the couch and watching every single episode of a TV show you can possibly fit in.
Here is my list of best shows to binge watch on Netflix, grouped with other shows that would appeal to the same audience.
Complex, sometimes heavy, dramas. These are shows that require full attention and maybe a cocktail to follow.
- House of Cards, the story of a DC power couple's strategic rise and potential fall.
- House, a brilliant diagnostician with a complex personality.
- Damages, if Cruella Deville were a lawyer with a host of ulterior motives.
- The Good Wife, the post affair life of politician's wife.
- Law & Order SVU, long running episodic police drama.
- Lost, a total what the eff of a puzzle show about plane crash survivors.
- Mad Men, a 1960's drama about the life of a complex ad man.
- Friday Night Lights, a family based drama about a high school football coach in the heart of football country (not sure it belongs here but it doesn't belong anywhere else on my list.)
- How I Met Your Mother, my generation's Friends which follows a group of 5 from their early 20s into their mid 30s in New York.
- Parks and Recreation, co-workers and friends that are all ridiculous characters working for small town government.
- The Office, predecessor to Parks and Rec but set in a paper company office.
- 30 Rock similar to Parks and Rec and the Office, except set in a Saturday Night Live type studio workplace.
Science fiction that even non-nerds will enjoy.- Battlestar Galactica, the show you will stay up until the sun comes up to watch even if you've never liked any sci fi show before.
- Dr. Who, a cult classic campy as hell story about a time lord who travels through space and time with various companions who are all so endearing.
- Torchwood, a spin off of Dr. Who where another time traveler is stuck in modern day England with a team who is tasked with keeping all the unusual alien activity in check.
- Black Mirror. A modern day twilight zone that is extremely thought provoking.
- Heroes. A huge cast of people who have different super powers, like a new version of X-Men.
- Warehouse 13. A campy group of government agents are tasked with capturing artifacts, or historical items, that are imbued with magical powers as a result of their ties to extreme emotion.
- Eureka. A town of the world's geniuses live in a idyllic small town where their inventions and intelligence cause cheesy science fiction problems.
British all the things. This is a mishmash of all the great things the Brits added to Netflix that have appeal to viewers who like British sensibilities. - IT Crowd, a hilarious comedy about an IT team in a company run by an idiot.
- Downton Abbey, a period drama that starts after WWI and continues through major world events of the time, following a family with title and their service staff.
- Peaky Blinders, a post WWI organized crime drama of an Irish bookie family's rise to power under the sheer will of its brilliant middle brother.
- Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch and that guy from the Hobbit/Love Actually are Sherlock and Watson in modern day England.
Unconventionally toned dramedies.
- Veronica Mars, a teenage crime noir with pithy dialogue set in the equivalent of Malibu, CA starring Kristen Bell.
- Dead Like Me, a hard to describe story of a group of death reapers.
- Pushing Daisies, a mystery drama that feels like the movie Big Fish in its hyper-realistic cinematography and Dr. Seussy setting.
- Orange Is The New Black, a privileged tall blonde bisexual ends up in a woman's prison with a cast of interesting characters and back stories.
- Breaking Bad, a high school science teacher's journey through the meth drug trade and his battle with cancer.
- Weeds, a privileged suburban widow's journey through the weed drug trade with her family.
- Sons of Anarchy, a family's outlaw motorcycle gang legacy loosely based on Hamlet.
- Arrested Development, a wonderful comedy about a wealthy Orange County, CA family that started with a Banana Stand which was inexplicably cancelled.
- Community, a group of students at a community college which has free form evolved over time through different movie genres and re-piloting which was also constantly on the verge of cancellation until it was finally cancelled and picked up by Yahoo!
- Portlandia, a skit based comedy about the many quirks and communities in Portland, OR.
- The League, a foul mouthed group of friends who like to haze each other in the name of fantasy football.
- Archer, a ridiculous cartoon based comedy about a private intelligence agency and its narcissistic head spy.
- Workaholics, three best friend and roommates from college who work in a telemarketing company by day, party with booze and drugs by night resulting in hijinks.
Demons, hauntings, huntings, oh my. - Walking Dead, the best zombie apocalypse drama I have seen in forever.
- American Horror Story, each season is a different plot line revolving around ghosts, hauntings, and other spooky creepy crawlies with the same amazing cast in different roles.
- Supernatural, two brothers become demon hunters with a lot of seasons full of twists and turns along the way.
- Chef's Table, a series about the food philosophies that make top world renowned chefs so amazing.
- The Layover, Anthony Bourdain has 48 hours in one city each episode to make the most of it.
- No Reservations, Emmy award winning series where Bourdain goes to different parts of the world and immerses himself in the culture.
- Parts Unknown, Bourdain goes to places most people wouldn't choose to travel to in order to share authentic travel experiences.
- The Mind of a Chef, each season follows different chefs as they source their foods, develop their recipes and find inspiration.
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