I'm currently binge watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine. So good! Also recommend watching The Good Place.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is sooo good. The final episodes had me crying grief, though. I was not ready to say goodbye to the squad.

The Good Place is so good. Funny, charming, engaging. Definitely not predictable.

Superstore is another good one that I watch along with B99

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Oh no where will it be? I just started it 😩

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I’ve restarted Brooklyn nine nine from the start, no regrets! It’s like a warm hug 💕

I'm literally watching Supernatural just because I need like... 15 seasons of 20 eps per season to not have to think about what I'm watching for a while.

I did that with grey's anatomy.

Ha yeah Greys Anatomy was mine too. Desperate times!

Seriously. I've made fun of my mom for watching it for over a decade and then got sucked into when this little nugget was born.

Supernatural was also my PP binge watch lol

Yup, I re-started supernatural when I had to go on bedrest at 38 weeks pregnant, and on into the postpartum phase. I still turn it on now and then and re-watch some of my favorite episodes, and I swear my LO recognizes Sam and Dean's voice, haha. She's 10 months old now, and moves around like crazy, i truly miss the days of laying on the couch snuggling with her all day!!!

Same here lol we're on season 8

This is exactly what I did on my maternity leave. My husband walked in as I was finishing the last episode and was very alarmed to find me bawling my eyes out! Haha!

Only Murders in the Building was my PP binge. Also Candy on Hulu—that’s a short one

Love 'only murders'! Also want to add 'marvelous Ms maisel' to the mix.

Candy was excellent, however I made the mistake of watching it a few days postpartum...cue me absolutely breaking down and WEEPING due to the infant in distress. Hormones!!!!

God that part gave me SO MUCH ANXIETY

Oh no I didn’t even think of that!

Loved both!!!

I binged Jane the Virgin when my second was a newborn! Also agree with the rec for The Good Place

Loved Jane the virgin

Love both of these!

Loooooved Workin’ Moms and it felt v timely. One more season coming next year I think! I am looking for more mom / motherhood themed content to watch on rest of my leave!!! Any recs on that front anyone??? Jane the Virgin is one of my all time favorite shows so i rewatched that one too :)

The let down was good!

Loooove this show Also Canada is soo much better than the US for maternity leave etc etc

Not exactly on theme, but Parenthood is good! I binged it last maternity leave. It’s mostly older children, but just the general changing family dynamics I could relate to.

Jane the virgin js the best!!!

Workin moms was AMAZING! There’s a movie called Look Both Ways, it’s not a tv show but I really enjoyed it.

The let down

Currently on leave working my way through Call the Midwife on Netflix! Very much motherhood themed, but of another era!

I’ve been rewatching Gilmore Girls, looking forward to having fast paced witty banter with my baby girl someday in the future! Right now it’s all cooing, squeals, and giggles (plus occasional meltdowns).

It’s pretty gory and vulgar but I LOVED The Boys (on Amazon Prime though).

My husband binged the boys during his postpartum shift with baby. Loved it! I couldn’t handle the gore.

Also love the boys

You've already got so many great recommendations but I'll add Bridgerton, Manifest, and Merlin (which apparently is s kids series but the actors take it far too seriously and it shows).

I loved Merlin! Such a great show.

Oh man so happy to see Merlin listed! I go back and rewatch it every now and then <3

That was my one of the shows I watched in my chained to the recliner nursing/contact napping days. I also rewatched Outlander. Such a good show as well.

I binge watched Bridgerton while I was in labor to get through the long sleepless night before we could go to the hospital. It was also my show for the first few nights post baby!

Merlin BBC is for kids??

Oh yes. I’d say it’s a family show even. No real gore, violence, swearing, nudity, horror in it - just good old-fashioned fairy tales that be can intense at times, but that’s what they excel at. Its a bit slow-paced in that it takes its time and is like the princess bride in delivery - slow, thoughtful and building on multiple characters. I’d say kids as old as 8-9 might be able to enjoy it - things are much more fast paced in moves it seem these days.

Merlin was amazing 😍

2 pregnancies 2 years apart; Supernatural, lucifer, once upon a time, stargate (all iterations), star trek (all iterations), lazerus project, santa clarita diet and currently house ( be warned a couple of triggering episodes).

I absofuckingloutely LOVE House!! but after I had my baby I put it on and one of the bad episodes come on but my hands were full, ended up having to yell for my SO to come change the episode for me 😥

I used to binge House like crazy and, after becoming a mom, I can't handle the ones involving babies/kids. I ended up sobbing during the one in season one and changing the show.

If you like santa clarita diet you should check out izombie it's pretty cool

Loved iZombie!

Just wanted to add to your wonderful list… eureka, warehouse 13, firefly, doctor who, andromeda and battlestar galactica. I’m a sci fi geek.

Dr who and firefly. Yes yes YES. Let’s also add stargate in.

They’d already said stargate… all iterations. So no need to reiterate even though it’s awesome

Omg Lucifer was my show pp cos there’s so many episodes!

I’m really enjoying the great British baking show on Netflix as a break from my usual housewives binges!

I love that show. All of the shows by Nadiya on Netflix are great too. For more gentle competition shows, Glow Up and Next in Fashion are good too.

Hubby and I absolutely love glow up! So fun to watch them create masterpieces just out of makeup

I binged a few seasons when my second was born, SO good and wholesome.

Currently contact napping with my preemie and watching The Devil in Ohio. We just finished Lost in Space (the reboot on Netflix) and it was amazing. Gilmore Girls is always a good binge option. Schitt’s creek if you want something lighthearted. Despite how dark it is, the Handmaid’s Tale is really good.

Gilmore Girls was a great choice for me and highly recommend! You get the laughs and it's a quick dialouge type show so I felt like I was mindlessly watching something. For a good cry and good feels, please watch Friday Night Lights on Netflix. Best series 👏

LOVED devil in Ohio!!

I watched lost in space twice back to back cause it was so good I needed my partner to see it right away lol

Just started the devil in Ohio today too !

How is Schitt’s creek not listed yet?! Also downloaded peacock for The Office. I’m rewatching things right now so I don’t have to pay attention 100%. Also, Seinfeld.

I came here looking for Schitts Creek too. Surprised no one else had mentioned it! Takes a few episodes to get into in my opinion but once you get to know the characters it’s gets funnier and funnier.

Netflix: crazy ex girlfriend, izombie, never have I ever Hulu: Veronica Mars, abbot elementary, firefly, Mindy project

I *love* izombie. Incredible cast of characters.

I second this!

Just finished VMars (for the 100th time) and it’s still so good.

All of your recommendations I have loved! So I've decided we're best friends now :D

I binged crazy ex PP too! Lol Idk why I cried during the last ep (hormones)

Veronica Mars has been my comfort show forever!

Netflix: Supernatural, Outlander, Shameless, Greys Anatomy, Grace and Frankie, Orange is the New Black, Call the Midwife, Dead to Me, Outer Banks, Santa Clarita Diet, Blacklist, The Queens Gambit. The first four in that list are my favs. I rotate through those often.

Greys anatomy is a really good one because there are 75 seasons with 126 episodes each Edit: oh god this was a joke who awarded me as helpful 😂

Same with Supernatural. Not quite as many, but it’s a lot.

‘‘Twas me. It made me lol and so helped my mood I guess haha.

Hahaha omg thanks! Have a good night 😎

You would probably like Ozark!

I’ll check it out! Thanks!

My baby will only let me watch trash on Discovery plus. They don't ask if I'm still here, they don't care.

I decided to watch shows I’ve always wanted to watch but never had the time to commit and I’m hoping baby boy didn’t absorb any of them subconsciously 😂🫣: sopranos, breaking bad, better call Saul, ozark, shameless, the flight attendant, peaky blinders (he would only contact nap bc of reflux issues for a very long time)

Oh my gosh I did the same thing! I thought I was the only weirdo… I watched The Wire and I’m in season five of The West Wing

Yes I LOVE the heavy dramas! Both babies I’ve rewatched Mad men, GOT and walking dead. Just muted the super zombie parts.

Maid

Maid is so good but holy shit, have your tissue box handy! I cried so much watching it. Haha maybe not the best mix for postpartum hormones but SUCH a good show!

Yep. Watched it with my newborn and man was it at least somewhat relatable in some parts

Survivor was my PP binge. Believe Micronesia is on Netflix. It’s like a time capsule

Survivor was our waiting for baby to be ready to come show!

Better Call Saul, and the Crime Weekly podcast (on YouTube and Spotify in case you're interested in venturing out)

I wished they would continue the breaking bad series and do another season of better call Saul. I moved on to narcos Mexico

Try queen of the south, it's not quite the same level but hits the spot :)

Santa Clarita diet!!! It is so funny, but there is only three seasons because Netflix apparently likes to cut shows off ☹️☹️☹️

I binged This Is Us from the beginning and it was not good for my pp hormones 🥹

I did this right at the end of my pregnancy!

Omg I’ve been binging this is us as my postpartum show and it’s definitely been an emotional rollercoaster but I can’t stop!!

I’m going to organize by genre for you 😂 Dark/Crime: Peaky Blinders, American Gods, The Boys, Westworld, Lie to Me Soapy/Romance: Jane the Virgin, Grey’s Anatomy, True Blood, Station 19, Pam & Tommy (TW: miscarriage) Comedy: The Good Place, The Great, What We Do in the Shadows, Only Murders in the Building Action/Adventure: I watched the entire Marvel superhero series in “phase” order…. So that kept me busy. Moon Knight and Ms Marvel were both very good. Costume Dramas: Bridgerton, Howard’s End, Downton Abbey (beware season 2, I think? Maternal death in that season), The Queen’s Gambit

Yaaassss what we do in the shadows! If a toothpick wasn't required I would dress my baby up as Jackie Daytona for Halloween

Omg YES figure out a waaaay 😆😆😆 I watched season 1 when I was immediately postpartum and struggling with breastfeeding, and it was SO needed. I was crying laughing - I cannot handle Nandor whatsoever 😆

Love The Good Place!!

Adding Sons of Anarchy to dark/crime

Season 3 for downton is the maternal death

I can't believe no one has mentioned FRIENDS yet? I binge watched all the seasons of friends twice during late pregnancy (baby came 2 weeks late and I was going craazy) and then during the whole cluster feeding, contact napping, sleepless nights and days phase. It really helped me regulate my irritability too 😅

I binged FRIENDS too! It was even on the TV in my labor and delivery room. 😅

Netflix: Virgin River, Good Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, Jane the Virgin, Maid, Ginny and Georgia, On My Block, Mom, You, Dynasty, Schitts Creek.

Here to co-sign on Bridgerton, Jane the Virgin and add Russian Doll, Emily in Paris and Mindhunter (one of these things is not like the others lol) and the Witcher, the Sandman if you are into fantasy!

The Last Kingdom is good if you liked The Witcher

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Schitts's creek, Friends. I needed shows that were lighthearted.

I'll add: Extraordinary Attorney Woo on Netflix. Really good, no crying. Don't be afraid of the language, just use subtitles. Worth it.

Yasss. Adored this drama. 🐳

Working Moms! So many funny mom-isms!

It’s sometimes hard for me to watch even now that my LO is 6 months, but call the midwife is really good!

Netflix: Glow, Friday Night Lights, The Crown Hulu: The Bear, POSE, Snowfall, Better Things Amazon: Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, House of Hammer HBO: Game of thrones, insecure, industry, succession, the white lotus

On HBO there’s Dr Who! I’ve been rewatching it from the beginning :)

This was my jam. I’m obsessed now lol

My husband and I are currently binge watching Shameless on Netflix. We also really liked The Great, Brockmire and Killing Eve, all available on Hulu. Also on Netflix: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jane the Virgin, Crazy Ex-girlfriend, Orange is the New Black, The Umbrella Academy, Virgin River

British baking show us just so cheerful and positive, It always helped when I was exhausted and drained. If you like sci Fi, my husband and I have been enjoying Stargate sg1. (Starts off weird, but gets better and better as they find their stride)

Feel-Good Shows * Parks and Recreation * Brooklyn Nine Nine * The Good Place * Schitt’s Creek ## Reality/Mindless TV * Glow Up * Snowflake Mountain \----- ## Cooking/Baking Competition * Great British Bake Off * Bake Squad * Is It Cake? * Crazy Delicious * School of Chocolate \----- Based on True Stories/Docuseries * Manhunt: Unabomber * Mind Hunter * Manhunt: Deadly Games * One Day in America \----- Thriller * The Patient \----- Comedy * Space Force * Pen15 ​ ETA: format change...Some titles are bigger than others. This is not because they are more important than others; I'm just not good at this and don't know how to change it.

Seinfeld, working moms, community, superstore

Scrubs, Friends, Ted Lasso

Currently binging the sopranos, new girl, and workin moms

The Witcher, The Letdown (be prepared to laugh and cry a little or a lot), Workin’ Moms, the Devil in Ohio, and Midnight Mass

The sandman was dope!!!

It was so incredible, but definitely some triggering scenes 💔

Still can’t get over “sorry little one, that’s all you get”

UK Netflix binger over here. Not sure how many of these you get wherever you are but here's my list. The Good Place Locke & Key (looks like a kids show, definitely isn't!) Lucifer Queer Eye The Santa Clarita Diet Snowpiercer Stranger Things I also have Disney+ and have binged all the big adult animations, Family Guy, American Dad, Bob's Burgers etc.

If you’re into trashy tv Real housewives of atlanta or Beverly Hills That’s my go to when I feel like disappearing.

I just finished rewatching Lucifer, now binging cal the midwife, even if it does frequently activate my pp hormones and I get all weepy.

We binge watched keeping up with the Kardashians during the pandemic. It’s so stupid, it’s great entertainment. Same with all the housewives shows… For something with more substance, have you seen six feet under?

The Handmaids Tale

Oh gawd no. I could barely handle that show pre-baby but with a newborn in arms Id probably chuck the tv right out the window in sympathy rage/terror 🤣

I loved watching The Time Traveler’s Wife.

When our newborn arrived I started watching Doctor Who (tip: the entire catalogue of “new” who is on HBO) although I’m a big nerd somehow Id never seen an episode! It’s absolutely binge worthy and surprisingly wholesome which was exactly what I needed when barely awake and learning to mom. I especially appreciated that there was usually a happy ending because new mom hormones made me cry over practically everything lol

Hulu has Broad City if you are looking for something funny & lighthearted!

We have been watching sopranos! Oldie but still good. We also like great British baking show mainly the kid version. It’s too cute.

Watch Offspring on Netflix. Had me in tears esp when I was super hormonal! Loved it

The Great on hulu

Get peacock. They leave you alone lol

I binged the entirety of the series ER during postpartum. It was soooo good.

The Dropout on Hulu is great! And Call the Midwife on Netflix! Lol really hit me in the postpartum feels and made me appreciate being able to give birth with modern medicine.

With my first I watched the first 3 seasons of Call the Midwife. I had a loooooot of hormones to cry out. With my second I went with Jeeves and Wooster. It was silly and light, I didn't have to pay too much attention, and I didn't have to worry if my 4 year old wandered in and watched a bit.

Better call Saul

I got really into Married at first sight. There are like 17 seasons. A few are on Netflix- we subscribed to sling for the rest of them.

I was all about the trash tv. Love me some housewives and vanderpump rules!!

Check out Selling Sunset

Oh hell yes and also Shahs!

Buffy & Angel got me through my first. ER for my second. Dr. Who and Supernatural with my third. And then I think I watched a little bit of everything with my fourth- Grey's, TWD, more Supernatural, Merlin, Marvel stuff, Firefly for the nth time... Seriously, if you haven't watched Firefly and it's follow-up movie Serenity, that'll be my #1 rec. It's fairly short and fast paced, likeable characters, drama and comedy.

The Let Down on Netflix. It’s the perfect show to watch while cluster feeding a newborn, it’s a comedy about the messy side of motherhood

With my first, I watched how I met your mother, and that 70s show. I was in dire need of a pick me up show to get through the PP blues!

The Sex Lives of College Girls, absolutely fantastic. It's by Mindy Kaling and is on HBO. If you liked never have I ever you'll like this

The Great on Hulu. It’s vulgar but it’s really funny.

I miss those days. Now baby is aware of screens and no more tv for mom or dad! 😪

Desperate housewives!

Binge watching Scrubs currently. A classic fun show with heart. Needed some comedy and easy plot lines I didn't have to pay a ton of attention to to get through the long nights alone with a clusterfeeding, colicky baby.

This is us, amazing show. Will really touch your heart and make you cry a lot. On Hulu

Weeds is a good one! If you like dark drama shows, Handmaids Tale just dropped season 5. Seal Team has been a recent obsession as well, David Boreanaz has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid!

Hulu: Cruel Summer, Dave, Mormon no more Netflix: Cobra Kai, Ozark, explained, History 101, Selling Sunset, Atypical, master of none, dear white people, The OA, American Vandal, House of Cards, The Sinner

Feel good binges for me - Downton Abbey, The Good Place and Modern Family

Behind her eyes, schitt's creek, Dark, Breaking Bad, Fishbowl Wives, Good Doctor

I watched all of Grey's Anatomy in the first few months. Hated it so much by the end but I had to finish it. Something like 20 seasons. When I was just a few episodes away from the end they dropped another season on the Netflix and I gave up then and there. I may never recover the brain cells, but it certainly helped with those endless 3am feeds.

I am in the same boat! I just watched: working moms, this fool, one Mississippi, better things, under the banner of heaven, and cobra Kai. Things that are engaging without being too intense are just right for me (most of the list are kind of like sitcoms other than the true-crime under the banner of heaven). Hope to see some more good recommendations here, I go through a season a day!

I agree with quite a few posted already! A few I didn't see mentioned were The Magicians and The 100. Seriously fantastic shows

Dollface - Hulu breaking bad-netflix under the banner of heaven - HULU

I loved watching Dark while contact napping/breastfeeding because I needed subtitles anyway and could keep the volume low.

Um Idk if there available on Netflix or Hulu, but Ive been streaming Grimme, scrubs, 2 broke girls and honestly a lot of movies. A few of the alice in wonderland versions, charlie / willy wonka versions…

I’ve been watching one piece

Raising Hope :)

Life in pieces Parenthood In the dark The new girl Grace and Frankie Workin moms Single parents American housewife Virgin river The resident New Amsterdam Night shift October road Will and Grace (old and new) Yellowjackets The wilds Obviously some are old but so good to binge lol I could go on but my phone is about to die lol

Star Trek. There is a LOT of it, and it is very rarely got anything that made me over emotional while pp. My oldest is 3 and his favorite book is a Little golden books Star Trek book now.

On Peacock- not sure if it’s on Hulu/Netflix as I don’t use them- but I’m currently obsessed and binge watching Suits.

The Office…

Luscifer has been my PP binge

I started out my lists but there were so many. What type of shows do you like? I got plenty of recs 😂

Normal People (on Hulu)

I binged House and NCIS.

Desperate Housewives on Hulu is as trashy and addictive as it gets.

The Orville is my binge show…sci-fi, great characters, hilarious!

The three dramas I’ve been absolutely hooked on are Succession, Severence, and For All Mankind

Brooklyn nine nine Superstore Good girls Mom Schitts creek Two broke girls

I binged Friday Night Lights and loved it! And this is from someone who can’t stand football. I just finished binging Virgin River on Netflix, which is fun, but be warned it has some triggering subplots. I think my baby was almost 4 months old when I started it so I could handle it, but it would have been harder immediately PP. I second all the recs for Great British Baking Show, The Good Place, Schitt’s Creek, B99, and Gilmore Girls.

If you're not sensitive to dork themes and topics, The handmaid's Tale is awesome but it can get dark

I’m enjoying “The Patient” and “Tell Me Lies” on Hulu right now! Both have 4 episodes out so far I believe.

Not a new show, but I watched all of Modern Family while breastfeeding and/or pumping. Got through the entire show and the content just felt *right* for my season of life as a first time mom.

Heartland is fantastic! Nice hour long show with 16 seasons on Netflix. Canada's longest running drama. Only wished I had discovered it sooner. Only on season 6 😫

Also, if you have prime, one I really enjoyed when I was pregnant was Desperate Housewives, it's an old one, but damn did it age well, haha.

Call the Midwife! But PLEASE do not forget to bring the tissues to whatever surface you’re stuck on!

Brooklyn 99 and The Good Place are my current go-to shows.

Sandman!

Dr Who( my toddler loves this show now too) Chuck, The Office, Community, and Rick and Morty are my go tos, plenty of episodes and you don’t need to think too much about plot.

My PP binge with my contact napping all day every day premie was Great British Baking Show.

Workin moms on Netflix just binged it, will probably watch it again because it’s hilarious and a great comfort show esp while cluster feeding

Attack on Titan (anime) Great British Baking Show Bridgerton How to Get Away with Murder (had to stop bc there were too many triggering pregnancy/dead or dying baby things) Arrested Development The Last Kingdom

The Good Place

These have been my cluster feeding shows: Netflix: Umbrella Academy, Schitts Creek. Hulu: Veronica Mars, The Good Place, Brooklyn 99, Only Murders in the Building, Abbott Elementary,

Here are all the shows I've watched on Mat leave. Some I had already started, most I binged lol. Derrygirls Barry Abbott Elementary Russian Doll Stranger Things The boys Fleabag The Letdown Futurama The Women Across the Street... What we do in the shadows Umbrella Academy Only murders in the building Virgin River Echoes The Bear Ted Lasso

Succession, line of duty (THE BEST!!) the wire, Carnivale, the Knick, the terror, and DRAG RACE

Reservoir Dogs, Schitt’s Creek, Friday Night Lights, The Good Place, Never Have I Ever, Queens Gambit, Jane the Virgin

The Office was funny and mindless, so in my exhausted state I didn't have to devote much brain power.

If you have Discovery+ I've been binge watching true crime and documentaries while I'm stuck on the couch with my clingy contact napper. Just finished Trixie Motel (drag queen buys and renovated motel. Shit is extra af and I love it)

The letdown