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What are some "slow" shows?

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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

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    Burn Notice, Royal Pains

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

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    • C [email protected]

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

      Home Movies (cartoon)

      Schitt's Creek

      Corner Gas

      Painting/Fishing with John

      Father Ted

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      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.

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      • C [email protected]

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

        Home Movies (cartoon)

        Schitt's Creek

        Corner Gas

        Painting/Fishing with John

        Father Ted

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

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        • C [email protected]

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

          Home Movies (cartoon)

          Schitt's Creek

          Corner Gas

          Painting/Fishing with John

          Father Ted

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          The Young Pope

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          • C [email protected]

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

            Home Movies (cartoon)

            Schitt's Creek

            Corner Gas

            Painting/Fishing with John

            Father Ted

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            #9

            Joe Pera Talks With You

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              The Young Pope

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              ::: spoiler spoiler
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              :::

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              • C [email protected]

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

                Home Movies (cartoon)

                Schitt's Creek

                Corner Gas

                Painting/Fishing with John

                Father Ted

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                Detectorists

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                • C [email protected]

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

                  Home Movies (cartoon)

                  Schitt's Creek

                  Corner Gas

                  Painting/Fishing with John

                  Father Ted

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                  I think Blackadder aged pretty well.

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                  • C [email protected]

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

                    Home Movies (cartoon)

                    Schitt's Creek

                    Corner Gas

                    Painting/Fishing with John

                    Father Ted

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                    I don't think it gets any slower than Fishing with John

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                    • C [email protected]

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

                      Home Movies (cartoon)

                      Schitt's Creek

                      Corner Gas

                      Painting/Fishing with John

                      Father Ted

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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.

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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

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                        #15

                        The Sopranos

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                        • C [email protected]

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

                          Home Movies (cartoon)

                          Schitt's Creek

                          Corner Gas

                          Painting/Fishing with John

                          Father Ted

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                          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.

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                          • C [email protected]

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

                            Home Movies (cartoon)

                            Schitt's Creek

                            Corner Gas

                            Painting/Fishing with John

                            Father Ted

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                            #17

                            Northern Exposure is an amazing and very gentle show, if you can handle 90s tv.

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                            • C [email protected]

                              Burn Notice, Royal Pains

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

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                              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!

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                                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.

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                                Animal Control is like if Community had a baby with Parks and Rec.

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                                • C [email protected]

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

                                  Home Movies (cartoon)

                                  Schitt's Creek

                                  Corner Gas

                                  Painting/Fishing with John

                                  Father Ted

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                                  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.

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                                  • C [email protected]

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

                                    Home Movies (cartoon)

                                    Schitt's Creek

                                    Corner Gas

                                    Painting/Fishing with John

                                    Father Ted

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                                    Man how has no one said Friends? That's basically a white noise machine on loop for our house.

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                                      Man how has no one said Friends? That's basically a white noise machine on loop for our house.

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                                      white noise

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

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                                      • C [email protected]

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

                                        Home Movies (cartoon)

                                        Schitt's Creek

                                        Corner Gas

                                        Painting/Fishing with John

                                        Father Ted

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                                        I gotta throw Scrubs in the ring here. Skip season 9.

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                                          I gotta throw Scrubs in the ring here. Skip season 9.

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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.

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