Looking for a long running 'warm' series

[santasnothere]

I find myself needing to watch 30-60 mins of TV to unwind before bed.
I used to read but my eyes aren't what they used to be and they get too tired.

I don't have Netflix or the like at the moment, so I can't have a browse, but happy to pay for a subscription service.

I have loved:

Desperate housewives
Gilmore Girls
Gossip Girls
Mad men

That sort of thing is what I'm looking for.
I love period dramas too, but couldn't get into call the midwife or downtown abbey.

Anything with too much tension or jeopardy doesn't work - I need something gentle!

I'm ideally looking for lots of series to see me through to Christmas!

Life on Mars
Motherland
Alma Isn’t Normal
Afterlife

This is us (Amazon prime)
Good Girls (Netflix)

Marvellous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime.

This is us

Last Tango in Halifax

Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)
Jane the Virgin
The Good Place

Ted Lasso (Apple TV)

Modern Family

Outlander?

I love This Is Us but you may find it a bit emotional before bed (I do!)

The OC is along similar lines to Gossip Girl etc.

White Collar - a great gentle US detective drama with a master forger as his partner. Light, funny and interesting enough to wind down with.

Grace & Frankie on Netflix
Big Bang theory

Another vote for Marvellous Mrs Maisel if you have prime

A Place to Call Home - Aus drama set in the 50s/60s.

Schitts creek was on the ch4 player that's where we watched it it's a delight.

Father Brown is one of those daytime programmes its very gentle and only mild bbc1 peril

I also like a place to call home.

A Place to call home, Australian mini saga 6 series. An excellent drama but cosy and warm at the same time.

Jane the Virgin was my unwind show. Funny and warmhearted. Perfect for bedtime.

I feel the same as you and often need to switch off with 30 mins of TV.

Definitely watch Detectorists! I saw it recommended on here so much and I loved it.

Second Motherland. I’m currently rewatching it in that ‘before bed unwinding slot’ and I find it so funny.

If you like Desperate Housewives - check out Why Women kill.

Never have I Ever.
Ghosts
sex education

This is us.
Schitts creek (seems like a one joke show at the start, but the characters grow on you)
Grays Anatomy
Sex education
The Outlaws (although not that many episodes)
The Kominsky Method
The Good Place

Parenthood! Started watching it with my 11 and 13 year olds to fill the gap left by Gilmore Girls, it definitely does the trick! It has Lorelai from Gilmore Girls and also Nate from 6 Feet Under, if you remember that?

Also, Modern Family- it’s brilliant 😊

The Durrells (ITV player)
Ghosts (BBC)
Modern Family (Netflix)

Also like Miss Fisher another Australian one cheesy but fun and the Brokenwood mysteries like Midsomer murders but in New Zealand

Last Tango in Halifax
Mum
At Home with the Braithwaites

• all are available on Britbox

Virgin River is easy to watch.

On bbc iplayer
Detectorists
Ghosts
Shakespeare and Hathaway
Death in paradise

Poldark is great but no longer on iplayer