I'll admit I'm a "binge watcher," too. I'll eagerly start a new series and binge watch it for nights and nights in a row until I'm out of episodes. It's such an amazing guilty pleasure ... I can't even tell you how many times a day I fantasize about curling up in bed and watching whatever series I'm into during that given week.
Anyway, I want to share with you my four favorite television shows that I never once watched during their television runs, but took an extreme liking to via Netflix ...
1) "Lipstick Jungle" - This series was based on a book by Candace Bushnell, the author behind "Sex and the City." Being a huge SATC fan, I thought this would be equally smart and funny with Candace involved. I was so wrong. First of all, Brooke Shields plays one of the female leads and I just can't take her seriously. It's probably because I saw the movie "Furry Vengeance" starring her and Brendan Fraser with my cable-less friend mentioned above, and it's impossible for me to ever take her seriously again. However, the plot is pretty juicy in a very unbelievable way and it keeps me coming back for more. It's worth checking out if you haven't seen it before.
2) "Ally McBeal" - I think I was in late middle school/early high school when this came out, but I don't remember watching it even though everyone was talking about it. If my memory serves correctly, Mommabear thought it was too risqué. That, or she was terrified by the holographic dancing baby, which is equally possible. Either way, I can now say I understand the hype that surrounded this show. It was hysterical during the first few seasons, and it picked back up when Robert Downey, Jr., joined the cast later on.
3) "Dawson's Creek" - Since we didn't have a satellite dish growing up, we weren't privy to the WB network. I'm certain my teen years would've been vastly different with Dawson, Joey, Pacey and Jen in my life, but that's in the past and can't be undone. At least they finally entered my life ... better late than never, right?
4) "Drop Dead Diva" - If there was an Emmy for the most ridiculous show of all time, this would win by a landslide. The premise is that a cranky, plus-sized lawyer dies the same day as a perky model, but something goes awry at the gates of heaven and the model ends up in the lawyer lady's body back on earth. And Rosie O'Donnell and Paula Abdul have recurring roles as judges. If this last sentence alone doesn't make you want to check out the show, then I simply don't know how else I could convince you.
Do you have a favorite show to binge watch on a streaming service? Let me know in the comments below!
Melrose Place, 90210, Melrose 2.0, Friday Night Lights (not a mindless show, but amazing nevertheless, and I never watched it when it aired)... and many many many more, as I have lived without cable since the Great Jeremy Moveout of 2010.... up until mid-August... but it's basic cable and I still never watch it, so it doesn't really count.
ReplyDeleteAlly McBeal was in its heyday during my late college years. We were so into it we went and saw Vonda Shepard in concert at the Brew and View on Belmont. The only song of hers that anyone knew? The theme to Ally McBeal.
ReplyDeleteI binge watch Beverly Hills, 90210. It's my version of comfort food. If am sick, bored, whatever I will turn that show on. But only high school-college. That show really jumped the shark once they graduated.
Where do you stream BH 90210 at? If it's streamable, I'm in trouble. Same with the OC. I'd have no life.
DeleteFelicity. If you have never watched that, you must. All four seasons are on Netflix. You'll thank me later.
ReplyDeleteFrom one binge watcher to another - thanks for getting me hooked on Lipstick Jungle. I started it Thursday and am already on season 2. You should start watching Bomb Girls - set in Canada during WWII, about the factory girls who built bombs. It's full of love, cheating, revenge and lots of other things that every gal loves to watch.
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