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I generally do not binge-watch shows due to my spouse’s preference for programs that involve war, pandemics, alternate history (and not the cheerful sort that imagines a better world), various sorts of apocalypses, fascist governments, etc.
Many of these shows have great storytelling…but they are also heavy. Characters die or get hurt regularly, so after one episode I’m ready to turn off the TV and go do something peaceful.
Here are a few shows that I have been able to binge-watch in the past in large part because they are either sitcoms or have enough humour in them to balance out any scary or sad scenes in them. I’m trying very hard not to repeat any answers here that I shared in a recent WWBC post about shows we’re currently watching:
The links above will take you to their respective Wikipedia articles. While I don’t have very niche tastes, I didn’t want to make assumptions about which shows my readers might or might not already be familiar with.