When you run out of newer TV shows and movies to watch, what are old favorites you go back to?

I just, can't imagine running out of tv shows????? I have probably 8 or so on my to-be-watched list, and the list only gets longer. I've watched 1 season each of 2 shows (Foundation S1 & Golden Compass S2) this YEAR. Oh and maybe Rings of Power was this year, too.

It happens pretty quickly for me. I usually watch a whole season in one sitting though. I absolutely will not watch a TV show unless it has multiple seasons for this reason.

I typically resort to reading when I run out of good shows to watch.

An an animation geek: Steven Universe, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Gravity Falls, Over The Garden Wall, Spectacular Spider-Man, Apple & Onion, Bob's Burgers, and Ugly Americans are all shows I seem to go back to every year or two.

Otherwise, I feel like Arrested Development, Better Off Ted, Mr. Robot, Party Down, Psych, Santa Clarita Diet, Schitt's Creek, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, We Are Lady Parts, and the first season of Twin Peaks are all great re-watches.

My list would get too long if I listed all the movies I think are worth rewatching, but Coraline is a fun one to come back to because they packed more detail into that movie than one person could pick up in over a dozen viewings. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is another awesome one to rewatch because it's just pure fun.

30 Rock.

re-watching it now. Such a remarkably consistent show.

Eureka is the first that comes to mind. No matter how many times I watch it, it’s still awesome. Jurassic park (like the original couple/few) is the same.

For me, SpongeBob up until the first movie, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Adventure Time, old Top Gear, King of the Hill, and the king of them all is Futurama.

Ive watched sg-1 the most, for sure. Yet, I keep revisiting old favorites and rewatching in a cycle. Sopranos, the wire, star trek tng, ds9, mr robot, the shield, sons of anarchy, peaky blinders are some ive rewatched in the past 2 years. It has become more like a revolving door in the past few years rather than one certain favorite.

Im planning on binging the bear s1 and s2 when ive finished with s2 as I feel I missed some details that could be good during a rewatch.

@LeafyBirch SG-1 and Atlantis here, too. As Time Goes By. West Wing. Daria. Eerie, Indiana.

We're currently re-watching Extraordinary Attorney Woo, and I think it'll join the rotation.

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Frasier
Star Trek The Next Generation
MASH
Star Wars The Clone Wars
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Mission Impossible (original series)
Thunderbirds

Seinfeld, Star Trek (TNG, DS9 mostly), Mitchell and Webb shows, British Panel shows, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Monty Python, etc

Frasier - I sleep to this and its 11 season have held up very well over the years

Futurama - I often sleep to this, too

King of the Hill - My first venture into a life of piracy occurred when Netflix first stopped streaming this. RIP Johnny Hardwick

The Office - It’s The Office. If you get it, you get it.

Home Movies - H. John Benjamin’s best character will always be McGirk

InuYasha (dubbed) - Your first anime obsession will always have a place in your replays

Family Matters (Urkel) - The 2nd - Fifth seasons are delightfully funny, and they always make me feel like a kid again

Bob’s Burgers - If I don’t know what to watch, I’ll just turn on the Belchers and things just sort of work out for themselves

Bewitched - I used to watch this as a kid with my mother who used to watch this as a kid with her mother. Not all the episodes hold up perfectly, but it’s still extremely entertaining

Brooklyn 9-9 - Never gets old for me. It’s playing in front of me right now!

The Office, Parks and Rec & Brooklyn 99 in no particular order

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Dragon Ball - Dragon Ball Super

Shogun

Avatar TLA

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Futurama

What We Do in the Shadows

Scrubs

Depends on my mood but probably - Bojack, Mr. Robot, Parks & Rec, Community, Trailer Park Boys or Brooklyn 99.

I always go back to peep show.

King of the Hill. I worked for a bit "remotely" from my wife and I only had that series and few movies to watch (mostly because the internet was straight garbage where I was).

Ended up alright! There's enough KOTH episodes that I could have it on as background noise without it getting old.

The Office, Seinfeld

Star Trek: The Next Generation. Watching that is the TV version of getting comfy under a warm blanket.

Married With Children

Sanford And Son

I dunno, just a couple random shows that came to mind.

Firefly.

My days of not taking you seriously are definitely coming to a middle.

For tv shows, I usually go for Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teen Titans, Firefly, Monk, and Psych. I watch Avatar, in particular, at least once every 18 months or so.

For movies, my top rewatches are usually Jurassic Park, Sahara, Mulan, Hercules, and Black Panther. They're my "I just need to turn my brain off for a bit" helpers.

Star Trek Next Gen, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager are my go to bidges. Sometimes I just have them on as background because I've seen them so many times.

The Pokemon anime is a reliable watch for me when I'm feeling nostalgic. Also great for practicing my Japanese listening skills on Netflix Japan.

Avatar the Last Airbender and Korra. Love the worlds these shows create, and I always seem to catch new details through each rewatch.

Steven Universe- On my second watch through, and am actually starting to prefer the slice of life episodes more than the first time around. God tier music.

We Bare Bears- Such a cute wholesome show. Definitely a great comfort show.

Monk, House, and Psych- There was a time where I just watched a lot of TBS, and these were my favorite shows from there. Sean and Guss from Psych is probably one of my favorite bromances from television.

Might add more if I think of anything else.

Malcolm in the Middle is one of those shows that is always running with my setup (Plex Server and DizqueTV).

Girls Gone Wild

Off the top of my head, Battlestar Galactica (the reboot, never watched the original) and Firefly

Battlestar Galactica (the reboot

Thanks for reminding me. I need to re-watch that sometime.

True Detective

My list of shows i have watched multiple times when i don't know what to watch, not all old shows but still.

MacGyver
Lucifer(s1-4)
The expense
A-team
Stranger things

Buffy

Mad Men

Eighties episodes of Late Night With David Letterman, particularly the earlier ones, from '82 to '86, before things started getting just a little too polished.