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Easy watching

Easy watching TV Series

Low-demand television where half your attention is enough.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 1192 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

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1,192 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Drunk History

★ 7.8
14K 72 2013–2019
Chaotic energy · Absurdist
8/10

Early Edition

★ 7.6
14K 90 1996–2000
Episodic · Hopeful · Feel-good
8/10

The Dick Van Dyke Show

★ 8.5
13K 158 1961–1966
Sitcom · Family-safe · Episodic
8/10

The Neighborhood

★ 6.8
13K 154 2018–2026
Sitcom · Warm humor
8/10

CHiPs

★ 6.5
13K 139 1977–1983
Procedural · Episodic
8/10

Outsourced

★ 7.6
13K 22 2010–2011
Workplace · Sitcom · Easy watching
8/10

Man with a Plan

★ 7.0
12K 69 2016–2020
Sitcom · Family-safe · Episodic
8/10

With Love, Meghan

★ 3.2
12K 17 2025–present
Lifestyle reality · Family-safe
8/10

The Beverly Hillbillies

★ 7.3
12K 274 1962–1971
Sitcom · Family-safe
8/10

Disjointed

★ 6.8
12K 20 2017–2018
Sitcom · Workplace · Easy watching
8/10

Timon & Pumbaa

★ 7.0
12K 85 1995–1999
Kids & family · Slapstick
8/10

Perfect Strangers

★ 7.2
12K 151 1986–1993
Sitcom · Feel-good · Wholesome
8/10

Tacoma FD

★ 8.1
12K 49 2019–2023
Workplace · Sitcom · Warm humor
8/10

Car Masters: Rust to Riches

★ 8.2
12K 48 2018–2024
Lifestyle reality · Easy watching
8/10

BB Ki Vines

★ 9.2
12K 84 2015–present
Sketch & variety · Indian TV
8/10

Liv and Maddie

★ 6.4
12K 80 2013–2017
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

The Yogi Bear Show

★ 6.6
12K 33 1961–1962
Kids & family · Family-safe
8/10

Samantha Who?

★ 7.3
12K 35 2007–2009
Redemption · Easy watching
8/10

The Hills

★ 3.9
12K 114 2006–2010
Lifestyle reality · Easy watching
8/10

NCIS: Hawai'i

★ 6.8
12K 54 2021–2024
Procedural · Easy watching
8/10

Duck Dynasty

★ 6.2
12K 132 2012–2017
Lifestyle reality
8/10

Shark Tank

★ 7.6
12K 380 2009–present
Episodic · Reality competition
8/10

Frasier

★ 6.8
12K 20 2023–2024
Sitcom · Witty banter
8/10

The Late Late Show with James Corden

★ 5.5
11K 1199 2015–2023
Talk & panel · Episodic
8/10