Can anybody recommend me a series that's light and soapy but well acted?

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I'm watching The White Lotus but I'm finding it quite dark and depressing. I loved Nashville and Desperate Housewives back in the day. Is there anything with a similar vibe on any of the streaming services? I don't have Apple but I have Netflix and Now.

have you watched Jane the virgin?

Gilmore Girls! Brilliant stuff

I'm into Heartland at the moment.

Grace and Frankie

Sweet Magnolias on Netflix I was gutted when I finished them all

Virgini river
Cheapseprak shores
Magnolias

If Shtisel is still on Netflix, I’d recommend it. It’s a well written soap/drama about an Orthodox Jewish community; I found the cultural stuff really interesting and got involved with the characters.

The brief was well acted 😂

Thanks. I've seen Virgin River and Grace and Frankie but not Gilmore Girls. Maybe it's time to give that a go.

Shakespeare and Hathaway - superb cosy mystery series, and well worth watching. BBC.

i’m not sure it’s well acted but is entertaining and easy… sweet magnolias, Chesapeake shores, ginny and Georgia, sirens- all Netflix. If you have sky I have recently gotten into watching ‘and just like that’ (sex and the city follow on)

A Place to Call Home
Heartland

Schitts Creek on Netflix
Bad Boys on Channel 4.
for me both of those were beautifully written, properly funny, but had deep hearts and were so moving. I absolutely loved both of them and am jealous if you are going to watch them for the first time

Oooh yes a place to call home is amazing.

5 bedrooms is good too. It’s on iplayer I think.

This is Us - brilliant

The Split is amazing if it's still on IPlayer.

malory towers on iplayer

Seaside Hotel on Channel 4’s streaming service is delightful.

Parenthood on Netflix

I’m enjoying Stick on Apple.

Have you seen Last Tango in Halifax on IPlayer? If not you’re in for a treat.

try peaky blinder
it was the top trendy series of 2023
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totally agree with you

It’s not exactly ‘light and soapy’ as the OP asked for though, is it?!

We enjoyed 800 words, set in New Zealand, a widower and his teenage children move there from Australia. 800 words is the amount of words he has to write as a journalist .