What are some "slow" shows?
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Burn Notice, Royal Pains
Basically anything made during the heyday of USANetwork. “Dramas” without intensity.
Psych probably too
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Sort of relaxed, slow-paced, not a ton of plot.
Home Movies (cartoon)
Schitt's Creek
Corner Gas
Painting/Fishing with John
Father Ted
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Nichijou and High Maintenance are two that come to mind. Sort of opposite ends of the spectrum, but both are slice of life shows that are much more about vibes than plot.
Also if you like Home Movies then Dr Katz is a must
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Cosmos by Carl Sagan. It a science miniseries that I love dearly, but it’s like video Quaaludes.
The sequel with Neil deGrasse Tyson is also really good.
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We do not acknowledge the existence of Netflix's The Electric State
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Hey it looks good. That's the only good thing I can say about it.
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Sort of relaxed, slow-paced, not a ton of plot.
Home Movies (cartoon)
Schitt's Creek
Corner Gas
Painting/Fishing with John
Father Ted
The Red Green Show
Easy-going comedy with minimal plot, mostly there to tie together an episode of shorter skits. Some Boomer humor, but not too cringe, I think.
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I gotta throw Scrubs in the ring here. Skip season 9.
It ends at season 8, there's no season 9
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IT crowd is neat.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Caw! Caw!
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So many great things. Even the later episodes even if it's no longer IT much
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Sort of relaxed, slow-paced, not a ton of plot.
Home Movies (cartoon)
Schitt's Creek
Corner Gas
Painting/Fishing with John
Father Ted
The Simpsons comes to mind. There's usually a plot, but it's not too complicated and each episode is self contained for the most part. Seinfeld is similar with possibly less plot (it is a show about nothing after all).
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It ends at season 8, there's no season 9
Yup, I don't know what I was thinking. Must have been thinking of some other show with 9 seasons. 🥸
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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.
Corner Gas is a favorite of mine
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Rewatching Malcolm in the middle, has a lot of the same comedy style, I'm willing to bet same writers. Good shit all around.
Sometimes I don't understand downcotes.
Malcolm in the middle is one of the best series ever.
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Corner Gas is a favorite of mine
I saw someone else mentioned Kim's Convenience which is also on my list.
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Burn Notice, Royal Pains
Basically anything made during the heyday of USANetwork. “Dramas” without intensity.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]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.
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The Simpsons comes to mind. There's usually a plot, but it's not too complicated and each episode is self contained for the most part. Seinfeld is similar with possibly less plot (it is a show about nothing after all).
early to mid simpson was golden, modernized version isnt tha tgood, and shouldve ended the show long time ago.
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Sort of relaxed, slow-paced, not a ton of plot.
Home Movies (cartoon)
Schitt's Creek
Corner Gas
Painting/Fishing with John
Father Ted
wrote on last edited by [email protected]OG medical shows; ER predates house by like 10years, and went on like 12+seasons. only stopped at the later seasons, because house was better at that point.
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Sort of relaxed, slow-paced, not a ton of plot.
Home Movies (cartoon)
Schitt's Creek
Corner Gas
Painting/Fishing with John
Father Ted
ghost in the shell, i couldnt understand that show for the longest time, until near the end of its life.
