My Favorite TV Shows

 I've never really thought of TV shows like books until more recently, but I probably should. Especially since, these days, I can read them like texts, go back, rewind, repeat, stop there and think. I can stop a screen, and start writing how I'm feeling and reacting to characters and plot and setting on screen. I can return to favorite scenes again and again. And I can always compare the show and the book(s) because for some reason, a lot of my favorite shows are based on books--can't imagine why. Happy Top Ten Tuesday!

Some of My Favorite TV Shows

1. All of the Star Treks, but right now, I'm enjoying Star Trek: Picard (The TNG cast especially my favorite Geordie!!!) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (love the episodic nature and modern sensibility and LOVE Anson Mount's Captain Pike).

2. Gilmore Girls--ultimate comfort TV, love that weird quirky impossible town. 

3. New Girl--came to this a bit late, but I love how it's a wackier, quirkier spin on the sitcom with friends and ISN'T set in NYC. And I love Zooey Deschanel, and yes, my personality and life do have some similarities with Jess's.

4. Charmed--both new and old--I watched ALL of it for the first time during the pandemic. Come for the magic, stay for the gothic aesthetic.

5. The 100--the first few seasons--at first it seemed like a whiny teen show and then it got really real and had some brilliant thoughtful episodes--also based on books, and I read the first three. They were a little different than the show.

6. The Magicians--I loved the first season of the TV show and went back and read the last two books in the trilogy. I had read the first book a long time ago but found it too depressing--I enjoyed rereading it. I think it was just too hard to read when I was too close to that experience of being a teenager. Both the show and books were brilliant, and I love how they both riffed on each other and went in different directions.

7. Babylon 5--Even though I haven't watched the last episode yet, I really enjoyed watching this years after it came out. I feel like it would fit in so much better today, and I really hope there is a remake.

8. Lost--also watched this years after it came out, and I really enjoyed it and the focus on the characters and their stories. The ending doesn't bother me. 😜

9. On My Block--I thought this Netflix comedy was really funny and real, and I also enjoyed the Goonies vibes.

10. Stranger Things--Speaking of Goonies vibes and all things '80s, even though I wasn't really around then, I appreciated the nostalgia of this series and also just love the characters and twists and turns. Hoping for a strong ending.