Binge worthy TV – The ultimate list

This post has been a long time in the making.  In fact, if you add up the hours spent ‘researching’ this post then I reckon it would be pretty terrifying just how much time has been spent in front of that black box over the past years…  (ok, it’s no black box – we upgraded to a Samsung Frame a year or so ago and it is money I have never regretted spending).

Honestly I do not have as much time now for tv as days gone by but that wee hour at the end of the night, when the tinies are tucked up in bed, my pj’s are on, the cup of tea is in my hand and I can get lost in an episode of something wonderful, well, that wee hour is just delicious.

So here we have it – the ultimate list of binge worthy tv.  I have broken it down into a few basic categories and I will let you take it from there (scroll down to the end of the post so you don’t miss any).  These are all shows I have enjoyed for different reasons but I urge you to watch a trailer before diving in.  Small caveat, I am not a fan of anything set in the past nor zombies nor sci-fi nor anything that might give me nightmares and generally prefer US made shows but of course there are exceptions to every rule (Peaky Blinders I’m looking at you).

If you think I missed any must sees drop me a comment at the end and I promise to check them out.  Go forth and binge…

 

SHORT EASY WATCHING

Modern Family (Netflix & Now TV – 11 seasons)
Workin’ Mums (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Schitt’s Creek (Netflix – 6 seasons)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Netflix – 6 seasons)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Friends From College (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Dead To Me (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Atypical (Netflix – 4 seasons)
Space Force (Netflix – 1 season)
New Girl (Netflix – 7 seasons)
Grace & Frankie (Netflix – 6 seasons)
You Me Her (Netflix – 4 seasons)
Lovesick (Netflix – 3 seasons)
The Let Down (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Love (Netflix – 3 seasons)
Special (Netflix – 1 season)
The Good Place (Netflix – 4 seasons)
Dream Home Makeover (Netflix – 3 seasons)
Superstore (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Motel Makeover (Netflix – 1 season)
On The Verge (Netflix – 1 season)
Uncoupled (Netflix – 1 season)
Wellmania (Netflix – 1 season)
A Man on the Inside (Netflix – 1 season)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix – 1 season)
No Good Deed (Netlfix – 1 season)

The American Office (Amazon Prime – 7 seasons)
Catastrophe (All 4 & Amazon Prime – 4 seasons)
Life in Pieces (Amazon Prime – 4 seasons)
Red Oaks (Amazon Prime – 3 seasons)
Casual (Amazon Prime – 4 seasons)
The Big C (4 seasons)
Mammals (1 season)

Nurse Jackie (Now TV – 7 seasons)
Entourage (Now TV – 8 seasons)
30 Rock (Now TV – 7 seasons)
Smilf (Now TV – 2 seasons)
Breeders (Now TV – 1 season)
Veep (Now TV – 7 seasons)
Hello Ladies (Now TV – 1 season)
I Hate Suzie (Now TV – 1 eason)
Sex and The City (Now TV – 6 seasons)
And Just Like That (Now TV – 1 season)
Romantic Getaway (Now TV – 1 season)

Fleabag (BBC iPlayer – 2 seasons)
Love Life (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)
Motherland (BBC iPlayer – 3 seasons)
Shrill (BBC iPlayer – 3 seasons)
Colin From Accounts (BBC iPlayer – 2 seasons)
Daddy Issues (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)

Trying (Apple TV – 3 seasons)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV – 3 seasons)
Physical (Apple TV – 2 seasons)
Platonic (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)

Only Murders In The Building (Disney+ – 2 seasons)
The Bear (Disney+ – 1 season)

Divorce (3 seasons)
The League (7 seasons)
Silicone Valley (6 seasons)

 

LONG EASY (*MOSTLY) WATCHING

The Crown (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Sex Education (Netflix – 2 seasons)
You (Netflix – 3 seasons)
Orange is the New Black* (Netflix – 7 seasons)
Planet Earth (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Our Planet (Netflix – 1 season)
Blue Planet (Netflix – 2 seasons)
How to Get Away With Murder* (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Suits (Netflix – 9 seasons)
Making a Murderer* (Netflix – 1 season)
Safe* (Netflix – 1 season)
Away (Netflix – 1 season)
Selling Sunset (Netflix – 3 seasons)
Firefly Lane (Netflix – 1 season)
Call My Agent (Netflix – 4 seasons)
The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix – 1 season)
The White Lotus (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Nine Perfect Strangers (Netflix – 1 season)
Lupin (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Maid (Netflix – 1 season)
Inventing Anna (Netflix – 1 season)
The Flight Attendant* (Netflix – 2 seasons)
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Netflix – 1 season)
The Bold Type (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Parenthood (Netflix – 6 seasons)

This Is Us (Amazon Prime – 6 seasons)
New Amsterdam (Amazon Prime – 3 seasons)
Little Fires Everywhere (Amazon Prime – 1 season)
Friday Night Lights (Amazon Prime – 5 seasons)
Chuck (Amazon Prime – 7 seasons)
Hanna (Amazon Prime – 2 seasons)
Unreal (Amazon Prime – 4 seasons)
Below Deck (Amazon Prime/Hayu – 8 seasons)
Daisy Jones & The Six (Amazon Prime – 1 season)

Big Little Lies* (Now TV – 2 seasons)
The Affair* (Now TV – 5 seasons)
The Good Doctor (Now TV – 2 seasons)
Riviera* (Now TV – 2 seasons)
Delicious (Now TV – 3 seasons)
The Newsroom (Now TV – 3 seasons)
Californication (Now TV – 7 seasons)
Temple* (Now TV – 1 season)

The Morning Show* (Apple TV – 3 seasons)
Defending Jacob* (Apple TV – 1 season)
Palm Royale (Apple TV – 1 season)
Slow Horses (Apple TV – 4 seasons)
Bad Monkey (Apple TV – 1 season)

Pam & Tommy (Disney+ – 1 season)
The Dropout (Disney+ – 1 season)
Welcome To The Chippendals (Disney+ – 1 season)
Rivals (Disney+ – 1 season)

Normal People (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)
This Is Going To Hurt* (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)
Your Garden Made Perfect (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)
Your Home Made Perfect (BBC iPlayer – 3 seasons)
The Split (BBC iPlayer – 3 seasons)
One Day (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)

The Good Wife* (7 seasons)

 

 

LONG ‘EDGE OF THE SEAT’ WATCHING

Ozark (Netflix – 4 seasons)
Peaky Blinders (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Breaking Bad (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Manhunt : Unabomber (Netflix – 1 season)
Bloodline (Netflix – 3 seasons)
Designated Surviver (Netflix – 3 seasons)
House of Cards (Netflix – 6 seasons)
Prison Break (Netflix – 5 seasons)
Homeland (Netflix – 8 seasons)
Dirty John (Netflix – 1 season)
Unbelievable (Netflix – 1 season)
Mindhunter (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Bodyguard (Netflix – 1 season)
Mare of Easttown (Netflix – 1 season)
Liar (Netflix – 2 seasons)
The Sinner (Netflix – 2 seasons)
Black Doves (Netflix – 1 season)
The Perfect Couple (Netflix – 1 season)
Baby Reindeer (Netflix – 1 season)
Eric (Netflix – 1 season)

The Americans (Amazon Prime – 6 seasons)
Start Up (Amazon Prime – 3 seasons)
Animal Kingdom (Amazon Prime – 3 seasons)
Lost (Amazon Prime – 6 seasons)
The Handmaid’s Tale (5 seasons)

Ray Donovan (Now TV – 7 seasons)
Billions (Now TV – 5 seasons)
24 (Now TV – 8 seasons)
Game of Thrones (Now TV – 8 seasons)
The Black List (Now TV – 7 seasons)
Chernobyl (Now TV – 1 season)
Dexter (Now TV – 8 seasons)
Strike Back (Now TV – 8 seasons)(seasons 1 – 5 were incredible then it all went wrong…)
Succession (Now TV – 4 seasons)
The Staircase (Now TV – 1 season)
Your Honor (Now TV – 1 season)
The Undoing (Now TV – 1 season)

Dopesick (Disney+ 1 season)
The Old Man (Disney+ 1 season)

Line of Duty (BBC iPlayer – 5 seasons)
Sherlock (BBC iPlayer – 4 seasons)
Killing Eve (BBC iPlayer – 3 seasons)
Vigil (BBC iPlayer – 1 season)
Happy Valley (BBC iPlayer – 3 seasons)
Snowfall (BBC iPlayer – 6 seasons)

Yellowstone (Paramount – 6 seasons)
Landman (Paramount – 1 season)

Bad Sisters (Apple TV – 1 season)
Five Days at Memorial (Apple TV – 1 season)
Presumed Innocent (Apple TV – 1 season)
Dear Edward (Apple TV – 1 season)

Love and Death (ITV – 1 season)

Damages (All4 – 5 seasons)

Madmen (7 seasons)
The Killing (4 seasons)

 

And here are the ones that got away…  so far.  Is there anything better than curating a list of tv series to keep in the vault for a rainy day?  I think not.

 

ON THE WATCH LIST

Unorthodox (Netflix 1 season)
When They See Us (Netlfix – 1 season)
Time – The Kalief Browder Story (Netlfix – 1 season)
Self Made (Netlfix – 1 season)
The Stranger (Netflix – 1 season)
Narcos (Netflix – 3 seasons)

The Fall (Amazon Prime – 3 seasons)
Grey’s Anatomy (Amazon Prime – 16 seasons)
The Good Fight (Amazon Prime – 3 seasons)
Vikings (Amazon Prime – 6 seasons)
The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Prime – 4 seasons)

Run (Now TV – 1 season)
The Wire (Now TV – 5 seasons)
Funny Woman (Now TV – 1 season)

The A Word (BBC iPlayer – 3 seasons)
The Nest (BBC IPlayer – 1 season)
The Tourist (BBC IPlayer – 1 season)

Severance (Apple TV – 1 season)
Tehran (Apple TV – 1 season)
Surface (Apple TV – 1 season)
Five Days At Memorial (Apple TV – 1 season)
Bad Sisters (Apple TV – 1 season)
Shrinking (Apple TV – 1 season)
Dear Edward (Apple TV – 1 season)

Yellowstone (5 seasons)
The West Wing (7 seasons)

 

This post contains some affiliate links and gifts

 

OUTFIT DETAILS

knit – Ganni
pyjama shorts – Asceno
mayberry slippers – Emu Australia

 

 

ROOM DETAILS

the frame tv – Samsung
besta unit – Ikea
leather trunk handles – Superfront
Ralph Lauren lamp – TK Maxx
vases – La Redoute & Heals
elephant – vintage
armchair – Sofology
blot mug – Habitat

 

 

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6 Comments

  1. Gaylesbury
    11 Jun / 12:09 pm

    That’s dedication!!!!!

    • Thankfifi
      Author
      11 Jun / 9:30 pm

      It’s a tough job…

  2. 12 Jun / 4:12 pm

    Oh my word Wendy this is so SO helpful! I’ve watched probably 20% of your recommendations which means I have some catching up to do! Something I am MORE than happy to dedicated myself to Thank you for putting in the hours!

    Monica x

    • Thankfifi
      Author
      16 Jun / 11:55 am

      An absolute pleasure to keep you busy Monica! Let me know what you think of them.x

  3. 13 Jun / 5:24 am

    What an awesome knit you’re wearing! πŸ™‚

    This is a really great list too, thank you! I have watched a lot on your first list, I like little things like that to watch, the good place was one of my favourites!

    Hope you are having a lovely weekend πŸ™‚

    • Thankfifi
      Author
      16 Jun / 11:56 am

      Me too – those wee short easy watches at the end of the night are such a great way to wind down.xx

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