Chilly weather keeping you indoors? ‘Tis the season for a good binge! Curl up with your favorite blanket and dive into one of these cozy TV series — from the comfort of your couch. All titles are available to check out from the library, and some of these (and similar shows) can be streamed anytime on Kanopy.
Period Dramas
Downton Abbey. Follow the aristocratic Crawley family in post-Edwardian England throughout six seasons and multiple films.
The Gilded Age. Recently renewed for a fourth season on HBO, this series features an ensemble cast navigating old money versus new money values in 1880s New York.
All Creatures Great and Small. Join a trio of rural veterinarians and their friends and family on their adventures through Yorkshire in the ‘30s and ‘40s.
Comedies
Abbott Elementary. The silly and touching escapades of a group of teachers in an underfunded Philadelphia public school.
The Good Place. Kristen Bell stars as Eleanor Shellstrop, a dead woman who has trouble navigating the afterlife when she believes she’s been mistakenly assigned to the heavenly “Good Place.”
Psych. A Californian crime consultant uses his photographic memory to convince police that he has psychic abilities.
Spooky
Twin Peaks. Who killed Laura Palmer? This question is just the tip of the mysterious, sinister iceberg in the town of Twin Peaks.
Stranger Things. When a young boy vanishes into thin air in 1983 Indiana, the entire town searches for answers. What they find turns everything they know about Hawking upside-down. Literally.
The Haunting of Hill House. This adaptation of the iconic Shirley Jackson novel forces a broken family to confront the secrets hidden in their old home.
British Mystery
Miss Marple. Joan Hickson portrays the classic Agatha Christie detective in this adaptation, filmed from 1984 to 1992. Also available on Kanopy.
Broadchurch. When the body of 11-year-old Danny Latimer is found on the beach in the fictional town of Broadchurch, two detectives are called to investigate. As national attention grows, secrets begin to unravel. Also available on Kanopy.
Death in Paradise. This 14-season (and still going!) fish-out-of-water story begins when a British detective is sent to investigate a murder on a tiny island. Also available on Kanopy.
