TV Shows I Will Rewatch Forever

I could live in these shows.

Joshua Beck
8 min readOct 9, 2021

I’ve heard that we rewatch tv shows to cure anxiety. And you know what? I totally believe it; during the last two years alone, I’ve rewatched at least six complete series, and a large portion of several other shows (and that’s not even including the many, many movies I’ve revisited). And we know how much anxiety 2020 and 2021 have brought to us all.

But there are a few shows that I will always rewatch; it won’t matter if I just watched it a few weeks ago, or even if I just finished the last episode- I’ll always rewatch them, just like I’ll always rewatch the Harry Potter movies.

The shows on this list are definitely ones I find comfort in, and all of them are considered favorites. When I revisit them, it won’t matter if I start at the beginning or if I just catch a random episode on television, but almost every single time, if I watch one episode, before I know it I’m three seasons in.

Downton Abbey

Image Credit: PBS

Let’s start with British television. I watch a lot of British tv- from Doctor Who to Monty Python to Taskmaster- but nothing has ever hooked me like Downton Abbey. And that, in and of itself, was a surprise to me.

I didn’t catch this show at all while it aired; in fact, I had ignored it, believing that it…

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