Does anyone binge a few favorite TV shows to avoid the media propaganda?

[FarPoint]

I have been binging the Walking Dead and all it's spin offs...ever since the first of the year.... The main Walking Dead series has 11 seasons! It also plays on YouTube TV 24/7....I do have AMC Plus...

The thing I find about this show is that it is 100 x better binging than weekly x show..... each episode has details, excellent acting...I catch the flow from season to season and feel the characters point of view...

I find it an empowering storyline during these tRump chaos days and dystopina society we have to deal with....The show shows that people can unite and win...take a few tragic losses but ultimately win.... You also see how ugly people can get and we see ugly today!

Just sharing...I find it comforting...

[Walleye]

1. I like to binge watch the BBC murder mysteries. I find them very calming.

I will also indulge in some 50s, half hour black-and-white western series just to observe the technical aspects. And admire their ability to show violence without really showing it.

[FarPoint]

5. Excellent, healthy diversion choices.

[samnsara]

21. the first time trump was fake prez i swore off all news and binged all the westerns....

...and Ive never watched westerns before.. This time Ive sworn off all news..havent watched msm since the election and im finding so much other stuff to watch. Mostly Brit tv....you can binge Midsomer Murders for months! But anything clossic b/w I will watch!

But other shows are Tacoma FD ( hilarious cuz I live in Wash State)..Friday NIght Dinner ( Brit and Brilliant) A Place to Call Home ( Brit and Beautiful but intense).. The Ranch ( this is my comfort food show..Damn you, Danny)....Only Murders in the Building ( Classic Steve Martin and Meryl Streep and Martin Short are a thing now in real life!)....BONES!!!!! I can NOT get enough of this show.

I TRIED to watch White Lotus but couldnt even get thru the pilot.

Im open to more suggestions!

[Walleye]

22. Watching those old westerns brings back some hazy childhood memories for me. I was about five when we got our first TV.

[Diamond_Dog]

31. Me, too, Midsomer Murders is my favorite!

[WmChris]

33. Ditto

We donated to Iowa Public Television and can watch all the old and some new series without commercials. Much more relaxing than the standard fare available on regular TV station programing.

[Freddie]

2. Bobs Burgers

I’ve seen most episodes multiple times and it’s still my comfort show.

[FarPoint]

6. I completely understand....

You validate me!

[Brainstormy]

3. CSI and Criminal Minds

I find serial killers and anything with autopsies strangely comforting during these times.

[FarPoint]

8. I think such shows give us a sense of accomplishment thru the investigation process.

I like them too.....

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

4. Yes

Dick van dyke ... bewitched ... Andy Griffith... simpler times good writing

[markie]

7. I never watched

'Northern Exposure' when it was popular.... just started watching an episode every night to catch up

[tulipsandroses]

9. I've been hooked on FBI lately - Eye opening to all the possibilities of surveillance and facial recognition

It's unnerving thinking about all the ways that you can be tracked and recorded. Big brother is watching! LOL.

[FSogol]

10. My rec: Detectorists. It is sweet comedy about a metal detecting club in England.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/
20 episodes over 3 seasons. Highly recommended.

[Walleye]

23. I like that one too, great writing interesting characters

[Lulu KC]

34. THE BEST SHOW EVER

My husband and I rewatch the whole thing every spring.

[wcmagumba]

11. I'm rewatch binging "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Ted Lasso" and "The Middle". All favorites of mine...

[Aristus]

12. My wife and I binged the BBC "Poirot" mysteries with David Suchet all through Donnie Diaper's first term.

Some of it was nostalgia; we watched the mysteries together when we first started dating (thirty years ago! )

The rest was just pure escape. It's weird when murder mysteries offer a pleasant relief from the shitstorm of modern life.

[Walleye]

24. I think it's because you know right away. Justice will be done by the end of that episode.

[DBoon]

13. old episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000

For free!

[bif]

15. Same here. Plus...

Cinematic Titanic, The Film Crew, and Rifftrax.

[Xavier Breath]

38. Back in January of 2010, my ex and I saw CT live in Royal Oak, Michigan.

It was a great show, and we owned all of their DVDs. I wish they had continued with it.

[bif]

39. I saw Joel and the crew a few years ago.

I think it may have been at the State Theatre downtown, Detroit. Fun show!

[Xavier Breath]

14. I see your point, and there are some advantages to binging as mentioned.

However, there is also something to be said for watching a series in real time. I'm a big Star Trek fan, and while too young to have seen the original series "live," I watched each series after as it premiered, with the exception of DS9. A show set on a space station did not appeal to me. Thirty-plus years on I only recently started watching it. And, while I'm enjoying it, it isn't the same as being with these characters for years on end, recapping episodes with friends the next day, and anticipating the next season while waiting through a long summer.

In other words, it doesn't seem to resonate with me as much. It's like microwaving a burrito and earing it at the sink versus preparing and sitting down for a multi-course meal. Either way you get fed, which is the point, but it seems like some enjoyment is lost in the process. My .02.

[FarPoint]

17. Just look at my name...Farpoint...

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Yea, I too am a Star Trek fan....watch it thru Paramont Plus....especially Enterprise.... I also watch the D-Con- Chamber on YouTube....

https://www.youtube.com/@thedconchamber

This has podcast show with Dominic Keating and Conner Trinier...many Star Trek guest...

[Walleye]

25. I was in high school during the original Star Trek series. It was one of the few things I actually watched after

I got my drivers license. Looked forward to it every week. We thought it was brilliant. Many things on that show have actually come true.

[bif]

16. A few of my favorite comfort shows are...

Gilmore Girls, Raising Hope, Corner Gas, Detroiters, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

[Xavier Breath]

30. It was a shame that Detroiters didn't have a larger audience.

It departed much too soon.

[bif]

35. There are rumors that there might be another season or two.

[LessAspin]

18. ♦️Wild Cards ♠️

Prefer shows that tell pretty good stories but keep it light with a sense of humor too.

So help me Todd, Elsbeth, NCIS Hawaii, High Potential, Whiskey Cavalier, Limitless, and Wild Cards..

Link to tweet

[TommieMommy]

19. The Munsters, King of the Hill, Mike and Molly and Everybody loves Raymond help me keep my sanity

[FarPoint]

20. I think these shows help us stay sane....

They trigger our time loop thoughts back to when life was more " safe" and trusting... these shows aired from the 70's thru 2000....like music triggers back to a time we experience a life of predictability...we think of when we first heard the song, people we were with and mostly fond memories...

This helps us stay grounded thru the dystopian regime....

The Walking Dead....it shows me we can survive this tRump/puttin toxic waste environment.......The Walking Dead characters, they show us many varieties of dysfunction responses to the doom....if we stick together and fight with some sense of morality and respect...we survive.

[mucifer]

26. Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith. I used to enjoy watching American Greed because

they showed so many scammers getting caught and going to prison. Now they are all in the white house and the republican party.

[underpants]

27. "Mythic Quest" Apple TV is very good

Rob McIlhenney of Sunny in Philadelphia
It’s the the office of a video game. Very well written and very funny.

[RoadRunner]

28. Nah

Just The Pitt, Reacher, Matlock, High Potential, Will Trent, Twilight Zone, Nikita, Slow Horses, and about a dozen more.

[no_hypocrisy]

29. My friend is addicted to the cable channel that just shows westerns.

Good guy/Bad guy. Western justice.

[Shermann]

32. Walking Dead fan checking in

The original series accomplished the impossible and made the far-fetched concept of a zombie apocalypse REAL. It was immersive and engaging and terrifying. The early seasons drove the plot forward and were very bingeable.

After a few seasons the show trailed off as it settled into a big bad/monster of the week formula. The lack of plot progression was palpable, and I don't believe binging them would be very satisfying. I think this downturn began with the prison thread in Season 3. I did watch all 11 seasons as they came out.

[blm]

36. South Korean dramas are keeping me sane.

[greatauntoftriplets]

37. Immediately after the election, I watched the entire "ER" series.

When I finished that, I watched "Grey's Anatomy". Now I'm re-watching all of "St. Elsewhere".

[electric_blue68]

40. My rebingers: The Treks, Person of Interest, Fringe, The Good Fight, Babylon 5, BSG reboot. I'll catch a newer show...

too, as i can, if it sounds interesting.