What's your go-to comfort tv?

artvanderlay

The US Office, Seinfeld, Alan Partridge, Only Fools, One Foot, Blackadder, Eastbound and Down, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Sopranos, Curb, Bottom, early Simpsons, Phoenix Nights, Larry Sanders.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121403225#Comment_121403225

Not so marvellous on politics.

https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/the-hotel-inspector-voted-leave-brexit-caused-problems-with-recruitment-1071867

spurious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121422455#Comment_121422455

That's disappointing. She always struck me as reasonably smart. Being in that industry she should have known the mess Brexit would cause.

Gamergurll

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121342763#Comment_121342763

Ah sunset beach the memories! The UK soaps really drag out storyline but it's nothing compared to sunset beach, someone could be having a row and they would have that one scene drag on for a week 😂 Used to be a frustrating watch because it was so slow but enjoyed it all the same ^^

Pringle queen

One of mine is the golden girls. Some great one liners..

Karppi

The West Wing, particularly the first six or so seasons. Full of hope, aspiration, humour, conviction and a sense of common purpose. If only!

niallpatrick

I'm new to IPTV and VOD, I have a roku box and the X-files on C4's app is pretty sweet snuggle down night time TV. Roku's home app type in x-files and you're not offered anything but premium pay for per season. C4's app has the entire box set for free, a few adverts at the start and then no breaks. Pretty damn sweet.

trashcan

I like Pointless and House of Games, also have a weakness for The Chase. George Clarke’s property programmes can be good too. Probably spend more time on YouTube than watching TV these days though.

briany

Has to be Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends. That's just cosy stuff.

AndrewJRenko

Frasier and Cheers - always some good laughs, even though I could recite many of the episodes at this stage.

HalloweenJack

When I want to switch off and get some easy laughs in without having to pay too much attention, Frasier, Arrested Development, Always Sunny, Malcolm in the Middle, Community, Modern Family all do the trick.

Scrubs is now on some platform. I loved it back in the day but I gave up around the sixth season. It's one I'll keep an eye out for next time I'm out of ideas.

RabbleRouser2k

Scrubs is a bit like The Simpsons... great, until you get to Season 9. Don't watch Season 9. It's awful. It's new residents, new characters, and its just unfunny.

Stephen_Maturin

River Cottage

Industrial Revelations with Mark Williams

Water John

House of Games and Only Connect. Really a mix of great quizzing and people, with excellent hosts and feck all prize money.

Other than that, any bleak noir. Vera, Shetland, Wycliffe.

Hyperbollix

Watched one of the old Top Gear specials where the three go in search of the source of the Nile in estate cars. It was uploaded to Youtube in HD and was great viewing of a Christmas night.

enfant terrible

The Barchester Chronicles

BaywatchHQ

I used to watch Two and a Half men when ITV used to air it. It is on their app now so I refuse to watch all those ads. I have the DVD collection but it is always a nuisance to get the discs out. Baywatch too but I no longer have Amazon Prime, it is on ITVX and Freevee but with ads. The Baywatch Blu Rays are very expensive for some reason. I watched the 9 season run of Baywatch on multiple free trials of Amazon Prime.

_Whimsical_

US Office (Ill never tire of it), Seinfeld, Fraiser, Arrested Development, Extras, Peep Show (losing it's grip on me though)

Party Down and The Other Two don't get a mention here but if you like the above you'll like these two, takes an ep or two to get into them but once you do they're great, distracting and comforting in the same way as the classics!

Arghus

I love The Chase.

Jaymacc

Loved still game and started watching two doors down lately. It is brilliant. Gilded age is always great. Enjoy!

Stephen_Maturin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121550382#Comment_121550382

Ecclesiastical politics…those guys really knew how to do a fücking number on eachother

mojesius

Buffy! But once I start rewatching, I can't stop. Same with the UK office, game of thrones, sopranos and the wire.

I also fall into WW2 stuff like band of brothers or the world at war.

gmisk

Rewatching Friday night dinner very fun

samo

Winter season watching at the moment is Rod Serlings original Twilight Zone after buying it on blu ray (156 episodes!). Legend were showing it at one point but seem to have stopped.

Some great kindred spirits on this thread also watching the Golden Girls, Fraiser, Diagnosis Murder, Murder She Wrote,, I’d also add Hart to Hart to the mix and if it’s lashing rain, A place in the sun!

Hippodrome Song Owl

I've recently been rewatching Yes Minister and really enjoying it as an easy watch. Still great satire.

Fionne

I'm currently watching The Detectorists for the first time - it's real calming, slow tv, with a bit of humour as well.

sekond

The West Wing. I do a full binge watch every couple of years, but dip in and out of certain episodes or story arcs every now and then.

I also worked my way through the various crime/medical dramas over Covid, and go back to them occasionally (Bones, Death in Paradise, Rizzoli and Isles, The Mentalist, Castle etc). Ongoing story lines that make you want to keep watching, but the main issue of each episode wrapped up within the episode. Perfect for mindless watching.

bullpost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121622700#Comment_121622700

This - I dont know why an absurd show about two grown men in a club searching for metal is so good, but it is.

pjohnson

Lucifer was great craic when I binged it.

Welsh Megaman

Hooray! (First two seasons, nowhere near as good when David Marciano left) 🙂