Sort of relaxed, slow-paced, not a ton of plot.

Home Movies (cartoon)

Schitt’s Creek

Corner Gas

Painting/Fishing with John

Father Ted

  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Dead Like Me is fairly slow, but really interesting. Same with Coupling. Two great shows.

  • crozilla@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Burn Notice Royal Pains

    Basically anything made during the heyday of USANetwork. “Dramas” without intensity.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      burn notice was my favorite for USAnetworks, then they did a small hiatus thats when i stopped watch. suits was right after BN, i never got into it, and its dramatized version of a law show, compared to other law shows. RP was interesting take on a doctor-esque show, too bad i lost interest when they did a wierd hiatus between the final season.

    • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Good answer. Some of the comedies that have been mentioned have a lot of subtle stuff going on that really require your attention (they’re mostly still good if you’re not paying attention, though). The USA stuff was pure fluff. Much of it was actually kind of boring if you paid attention!

  • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Modern family.

    It’s just funny enough to be entertaining and has some loose plot that’s fine to follow. Easily forgettable, but great for throwing on. Also, it’s cool to watch the kids on that show grow up over its 10 year run.

    Community

    Parks and rec

    Are others I would toss on for easy to watch. Although community and P&R hide a TON of jokes that make it even funnier if you pay attention.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I really liked the premise but I felt like they didn’t steer hard enough into it and it was so esoteric as to be borderline impenetrable half the time.

      Short version: not enough cool politics/plot, way too fucking weird lol

      Very stylized, everyone is giving it their all, it just does not come together for me

  • Tim_Bisley@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m a big fan of the Inspector Morse series. Theres the original series called Inspector Morse made in the late 80s. Then a show called Lewis made in the early 2000s. Then Endeavour which is a prequel to Inspector Morse which was made recently. All are good in their own way. These are all very slow, methodical, and long episodes made by ITV in the UK. There are loose overarching plot elements in each show that roll out slowly over the seasons. I have to be in a mood to watch them though. Usually late winter, or fall is when that happens.

  • Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I’d argue anything is a slow show if you watch it in a slower cadence. Our current lunch run rotates between the following shows on different weekdays:

    • I Love Lucy
    • Parks & rec
    • Mary Tyler Moore
    • Only Fools & Horses
    • Corner Gas
    • All in the family
    • Big Train

    I didn’t grow up in North America and have never seen some of these older “classics”, so its been fun. Cheers was in there for awhile, but we noped out in S6 when the stories got too silly.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      white noise

      thatsracist.gif

      j/k. I miss when Friends were still coming out with new episodes. Those were less complicated days.

  • artifex@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    Any hallmark channel original content is like white noise for your brain. If you like to have something on in the background but want to have absolutely no stake in the content it’s a good choice.

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      We throw on bobs burgers or American dad on random for background stuff sometimes. Works well. Scrubs and the office the same