# What programs should go on your personal "Comfort TV Channel"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 27, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312 "2021-10-27T13:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/21 "2021-10-27T20:35:21Z")
We had a thread on the old board where people were asked to pick their favorite L&O detective combo and their favorite ADA. For the former, I chose Briscoe & Green. I never cared for any of the ADAs. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/22 "2021-10-27T21:42:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wonder if Wiki is including ALL the L&Os. This was for the franchise, which would include ones like Trial by Jury and True Crime (13 and 8 episodes) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/23 "2021-10-27T21:46:37Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > ‘Monolith Monsters’ I remember that one. My best friend and I watched in his basement. We were in high school. We were also very, very stoned. The most comforting thing I could watch would be a rerun of Game 7 of the 2019 World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/24 "2021-10-27T21:55:29Z")
I’m defining comfort shows as shows I like to fall asleep to: Star Trek (all of them) Cosmos (Sagan’s and NDT’s) Brian Green’s docs How the Universe works Mysteries of the Bible (FTR I’m atheist) Basically any doc where the narrator has that “voice” that puts you to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/25 "2021-10-27T22:10:30Z")
In no particular order: Doctor Who (New and Classic) The Odd Couple The Three Stooges Bugs Bunny & Friends Star Trek (TOS) The Carol Burnett Show Barney Miller The Electric Company Sesame Street (Pre-Elmo) Bob’s Burgers The Untouchables All in the Family The Beverly Hillbillies Bonanza (before Adam left) Fawlty Towers Monty Python Everybody Loves Raymond Roots Soap F Troop Law & Order with Lenny And others I haven’t thought of yet. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/26 "2021-10-27T22:14:52Z")
nevermind ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/27 "2021-10-27T22:45:24Z")
The Great British Bake Off Nova (the PBS show) Secrets of the Dead (the PBS show) The original Magnum, PI All those old TV detective shows: Cannon, Simon and Simon, Mannix, Banacek, etc. The Muppet Show ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/28 "2021-10-27T22:54:48Z")
Nova is a good suggestion. I would add Mysteries at the Museum with Don Wildman to my list. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/29 "2021-10-27T22:58:06Z")
Let’s go with a short list… Doctor Who (old/new) Star Trek (Any) The Big Bang Theory Downton Abbey How the Universe Works Beat Bobby Flay Chopped Dirty Jobs Then for some fun… Are you being Served. Phineas and Ferb Dangermouse And a bunch of original Looney Toons. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/30 "2021-10-27T23:08:15Z")
Star Trek (TOS only) Twilight Zone Mythbusters Chopped Burn Notice Leave It to Beaver Seinfeld Midsomer Murders (Original Barnaby only) Forensic Files Mission: Impossible Dirty Jobs How It’s Made > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Letterman reruns Excellent choice. I wish there was an official source for these. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/31 "2021-10-27T23:13:44Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Excellent choice. I wish there was an official source for these. Coming from two networks, I wonder if there ever will be. I’d settle for partial. Another one for my list: WKRP. One of the reviewers on amazon says: > If (like me) you’re a big fan of this highly underrated sitcom, you probably remember Fox’s God-awful season 1 DVD release from a few years back, loaded w/music substitutions, voice overdubbing and (in some cases) use of syndication cuts rather than the original network versions. Thankfully, Shout Factory (well-known for going above and beyond to bring TV shows to DVD w/their original music fully intact, as was the case w/Freaks and Geeks) has really gone the extra mile, not only using the original network masters for all 88 episodes, but securing the rights to as much of the original music as possible (over 100 artists worth!). ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/32 "2021-10-28T01:31:48Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > The most comforting thing I could watch would be a rerun of Game 7 of the 2019 World Series. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/7HGX1Q1.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/7HGX1Q1) I’d watch _every_ postseason win of the 2019 Nationals. Deep Space Nine, Avatar: The Last Airbender, How It’s Made. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/33 "2021-10-28T23:21:53Z")
Funny, I watch old basketball games on youtube. British Bake Off and Downton Abby are very warm and fuzzy. My other go to is Glee ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/34 "2021-10-29T02:36:04Z")
I watch a lot of the mentioned shows… but what the heck? no love for The Walton’s? I am currently recording 3 shows each weekday. I grew up in the are depicted in the show from age 7 to 12 though not quite as long ago as the shows timeline. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/35 "2021-10-29T02:52:15Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > wouldn’t say no to an all-PBS classic channel, a menu of ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’, ‘Poldark’ (the original series and the remake), ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ (original and I suppose the remake) and ‘Downton Abbey’. I wouldn’t either. That’s where Call The Midwife is after all. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/36 "2021-10-29T14:36:08Z")
I also want the complete Saturday Night Live… ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/37 "2021-10-29T14:50:08Z")
Nearly every show I would have named has already been listed except Better Off Ted and Pushing Daisies, so let me add a few DVDs to the pile. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/38 "2021-10-29T15:01:58Z")
Antiques Roadshow. I can watch that for hours. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/39 "2021-11-04T21:24:31Z")
My personal channel features the following: I Love Lucy Friends Seinfeld Beverly Hillbillies Sex and the City America’s Test Kitchen/Cooks Country Rockford Files and/or a rotation of those 1970s Sunday Night Mysteries (Columbo, McMillan & Wife, etc.) Vintage cartoons (early 1940s – early 1960s) This Old House/Ask This Old House ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312/40 "2021-11-04T21:57:37Z")
> [@Proudest\_Monkey](#): > > Rockford Files and/or a rotation of those 1970s Sunday Night Mysteries (Columbo, McMillan & Wife, etc.) Another vote for Rockford. Especially if it’s an episode featuring Angel or Isaac Hayes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-should-go-on-your-personal-comfort-tv-channel/953312.md?page=3)