What's your go-to comfort tv?

Fionne

What do you watch when you're stressed, tired or just don't want to have to concentrate too hard?

My current favourite is Still Game on Netflix. Two old codgers in Scotland. A bit of a Killinaskully vibe but funnier. Probably quite dated in its humour (not very PC at times) but easy watching.

RTE player has the old series of Frasier so I've started watching that too and Seinfeld on Netflix because although I definitely watched it occasionally when it was originally aired, I didn't watch it every single episode.

Friends. The old reliable.

Schitts Creek is one I only watched earlier this year and loved. Think I'll definitely re-watch but might wait awhile.

Ghosts on BBC (final ever episode coming up this week.) 😕

rob316

My guilty please is Kitchen Nightmares. I know its rubbish but its easy viewing and entertaining.

pjohnson

Modern Family.

Mantis Toboggan

Always sunny in philadelphia

Penn

Taskmaster. Can watch most of the series endlessly.

Northern Exposure.

o1s1n

Brooklyn Nine Nine and Modern Family. Could watch both until the end of time!

ClaudeVercetti

The US office has helped me through some really hard times over the last few years

Hodors Appletart

Anything that has a near-future, often dystopian vibe - or a solid sci-fi show like The Expanse.

Brian CivilEng

Home Improvement on Disney+

NIMAN

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Where do you watch this?

RoryMurphyJnr

Still Game and Only Fools and Horses

HeidiHeidi

Pointless and Richard Osman's House of Games

JP Liz V1

I need a laugh, some comedy, for me can't beat Friends

HildaOgdenx

Frasier (the original)

Friends

All Creatures Great and Small (the original)

samcr440!

Usually The Big Bang Theory

Fionne

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I watched House of Games for the first time yesterday as William Hanson is on it this week. I definitely enjoyed it more than I expected.

Fionne

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I like the new version of All Creatures Great & Small too, think they've done a good job on it and I'd grown up with the original version. Heartbeat is another easy, comfort watch.

I see sheep

Frasier & Seinfeld.

Doctors room ghost

Last of the summer wine. Best show ever made

BlueSkyDreams

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Very chilled vibe.

Doctors room ghost

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That’s the joy of it. Its a classic

Sleepy

Myself and Mrs Sleepy recently finished all 15 seasons of ER via the All4 Player. I'd dipped in and out of it during it's original run (mainly because my Mother used to watch it). The first few seasons are incredibly good but the later seasons had definitely become a bit of a soap opera. Still, good background viewing while doing other stuff on the phone etc.

Since we've finished it, we've decided to do the same with The X Files since they have it too and again, it was a series I never got to watch consistently during it's original run and have never re-watched.

dastardly00

Only Fools & Horses

It never fails to make me laugh and cheer me up

angel eyes 2012

The Office, US or UK version, both excellent. Only Fools and Horses, of course. The Inbetweeners is gas and my guilty pleasure is Miranda, especially at Christmas.

CalamariFritti

Frasier and sometimes The Chase (I know)

Welsh Megaman

Mid-1990s episodes of ‘Home And Away’ - the glory years (Shane and Angel, Shannon and Selina, Jack, Curtis et al).

All on this channel in their entirety…

https://www.dailymotion.com/louisessellingpage

kerryjack

One foot in the grave as I can relate to your man I am a grumpy old man.

Welsh Megaman

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Join the thread! :D

HeidiHeidi

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I was in it for ages!! But rarely get to watch it "live" these days

Loyal Lady

Korean Drama has gotten me through many a tough day

beertons

Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Found the kids watching it, it's hilarious.

Fraiser, American Dad, South Park, Family Guy, Impractical Jokers, 3RD Rock from the Sun, Spin City to name a few

moby2101

Pawn Stars

Frasier

Curb your enthusiasm

Doctors room ghost

Another one I watch is highway to heaven. It’s on great tv on sky.

also if you haven’t seen it look up a detective program called crazy like a fox. It’s a brilliant show.

Doctors room ghost

I was trying to get crazy like a fox on box set dvd but couldn’t find it anywhere. I recorded it on sky. It’s brilliant

trixiebust

Always has to be funnies for me, early Simpsons, Seinfeld, Alan Partridge, US office.

RurtBeynolds

Star Trek TNG.

Hippodrome Song Owl

Mostly Friends. I've always loved it, but also because it's always on Comedy Central, so no need to go looking up Players or trying to find box sets etc.

Also to a lesser extent, Frasier, Cheers, and Dad's Army.

nachouser

The Grinder - Rob Lowe and Fred Savage. It just sits there in my downloaded stuff, waiting to be watched.

Also, ep 1 of Justified if I have an hour to kill.

FortuneChip

Quick Fix where I'm not overly paying attention - it's US Office, Park & Rec or IASIP.

Something of more substance - The Expanse. I've revisited it twice in full since it finished.

Buddy Bubs

US office. Loved the UK version when it was out but only came across US version during covid. Absolutely love it. If I'm home alone I'll rewatch it. I've gone through the entire 9 series a few times now. Sometimes I just listen to it if I'm having a snooze on the couch and I know exactly what is happening, which is worrying!

Others I've done this with in the past are Alan Partridge, the IT crowd. All great comedies

NIMAN

Michael McIntyres The Wheel is perfect Saturday evening family entertainment.

Always worth a watch.

SEPT 23 1989

watching a bit of this lately on ITV

paradise lost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zj_kSDCBlI

castletownman

Scrubs, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Frasier for comic relief.

I would also sooner rewatch a specific episode of a show I have seen a few times before than go through the rigmarole of starting a new series. Examples being 'Garveys at their Best' from the Leftovers, any of the Gyp Rossetti eps in Boardwalk Empire, and the peak era of GoT.

Tell me how

Always Sunny in Philadelphia has very much been this for me over the years.

Trailer Park Boys also

And recently, binged all Hardy Bucks episodes while dealing with Covid. Have lived outside of Ireland the last few years and was surprised at how nostalgic I found it.

Goodigal

Grand Designs - love the ambition people have. And when it all comes good in the end (90% of the time!)

homingbird

Someone said pointless was there favourite show but contestants are only playing for a coupleof hundred quid when the hosts are on 250k a year so they are smiling all the way to the bank the same as tubs & look how that turned out. Its a rubbish show anyhow.

Alonzo Mosley

Can't pay we'll take it away ..... Always nice to see a bit of justice for poor sods !!

Radio5

Early seasons of Endeavour, beautiful music, melancholy Morse, some great supporting actors and a good whodunit.

It ran out of steam in later series but 1-5 or so are really good.

Ash.J.Williams

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Still game is actually very funny 😂😂😂