Dead to Me is coming out in the summer or fall?!? 
Is that for certain?
Another series my DH and I really like is the reboot of Lost in Space on Netflix. Itās really nostalgic for me because I loved the series when I was a kid. I think theyāve done a great job modernizing the storylines with the reboot. Hoping the next season comes out by the end of the year. We are also looking forward to the next season of Stranger Things, but not sure when that will happen.
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Nothing announced. But IMO itās unlikely to be that soon.
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We really enjoyed Parenthood. I think it was our 2nd binge series (after FNL), in the early days of being delighted about no commercials / watch anytime. It seems like there were not season-end cliffhangers (others could confirm)ā¦ ie maybe could watch just one season.
Other older shows we both liked (originally on USATV), which may not be currently available:
White Collar (spies/criminals)
Royal Pains (concierge Dr to wealthy folks in Hamptons)
Blacklist (spies/criminals)
Blind Spot (")
Fairly Legal (lawyers and mediator)
Rush (concierge Dr to criminals)
Covert Affairs (spies)
Burn Notice (spies/criminals)
Suits (lawyers),
Pysch (investigators, funny)
Monk ( " )
Looking at the USATV ātop 20ā list, I am also reminded of Mr Robot. We started to watch, but it was just too dark for me. My husband liked it better. He also watched Breaking Bad.
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Kids have urged us to watch Brooklyn 99 and Schittās Creek. Done. Worth it.
Their next suggestion is The Good Place. Up next. Have heard good things about it.
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I was the complete opposite. Loved FNL, but not as much as Parenthood. @abasket , you need to fit it in somehow.
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The Good Place is excellent!
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@amsunshine no I donāt know that Iām just starting to see Netflix ads for shows including t that one and know that some shoes are going back in production. A series like that only has what, 8-10 episodes? Not as intense as a 20+ network to series.
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You are a ā blue skiesā show fan like me. Loved almost all of those. Was obsessed with White Collar and Burn Notice. Have you tried Izombie? I know itās weird but it fits in with alot. of the tone of those other shows. Not interested in zombies? Tell you what. Watch just the first 12 min of the first episode. You might be very pleasantly surprised. I was.
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To me, binge watching Grace and Frankie was like eating too much chocolate cake. I love it, but got tired of it. Too much of a good thing, I guess. Not sure how many more episodes there were that I missed.
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I like Grace and Frankie, but my husband does not. So I watch them slowly over time on my own. Ditto for Schittās Creek.
Yes, @maya54 ā¦ I do prefer āblue skiesā shows. My family knows I prefer movies that are ānot darkā both in content and in literal lighting (hate it when most scenes are outside at night). I can tolerate some explosion and shooting scenes but prefer minimal blood and gore.
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I liked Grace and Frankie, but I do think it went on a bit too long.
I also really enjoyed White Collar. We recently saw the guy who plays the FBI agent as a bad guy in Lucifer and it was driving me crazy trying to figure out why he looked so familiar.
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Any thoughts about Lost? Iāve watched two episodes and am a little underwhelmed so far. But I know a lot of people loved the show.
My husband loved Lost. I didnāt like it. Itās been a while since we watched it when it was first released, but I found it to be too weird and nonsensical. I didnāt find the acting to be very good either. Iām usually ok with weird but something about the show just got on my nerves.
Agree about Lost. It was too interested in its own weird storyline and not enough in its characters. My favorite shows are fundamentally about friendship and love but donāt need those things to drive the show because when they do they ( to me) fetishize dysfunction in the relationships. Thatās why I canāt stand a show like This is Us. Or The Affair. If your entire plot is about relationships you need to fuel the plot by having the relationship go bad. Yuck! If your story is about people working together to solve crimes, you can build ā beautiful friendshipā without constantly having to induce drama into the relationships. Thatās why I have found that, for example White Collar, Grimm, and Izombie tell more interesting stories about friendship and/or love than any show thatās supposed to be about those things.
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We watched back when it was on, and my husband even suggested that maybe if we binge it it would make more sense. It seemed like there were mysterious plots that were never solved.
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I just finished season 1 of Call My Agent, and really enjoyed it even though it was all subtitled. I did pick up bits and pieces from my high school French. It was a change of pace to not recognize half the actors - no one to identify from Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Outlander, etc.
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I thoroughly enjoyed Call My Agent. I donāt speak French, but I loved listening to itā¦especially catching the words that are so similar to English. Great story, acting!
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Hereās one I donāt think Iāve seen mentioned. āAfter Lifeā. Two short seasons on Netflix. Ricky Gervais is a widower trying to get on with his life. I was neither a lover nor a hater of Ricky Gervais, but I really liked him in this. Lots of British small-town scenery and accents may have been the tipping point that won me over.
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Iām currently watching Doctor Thorne on Prime. Julian Fellowes has adapted it. (Downton Abbey). Iām really enjoying it.