Everyone seems to have recommendations for entertaining ourselves during quarantine . . . but this isn’t a long weekend, it’s LITERALLY indefinite at this point.
“USA Today” put together a modest list of 100 shows that will keep you busy for weeks of social distancing, and they even broke it into different MOODS. Here’s a sampling:
- When You Need Something, Unabashedly, Positively Joyful: “The Carol Burnett Show” (Amazon), “Fixer Upper” (Hulu), “The Great British Baking Show” (Netflix), “Making It” (Hulu), and “Puppy Prep” (Hulu).
- When You Want to Travel to a New World: “Battlestar Galactica” (Syfy), “Charmed” (Netflix), “A Discovery of Witches” (Sundance Now), “The Expanse” (Amazon), and “The Mandalorian” (Disney+).
- When You Want to Watch a Comedy with the Whole Family: “Black-ish” (Hulu), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Hulu), “Golden Girls” (Hulu), “One Day at a Time” (Netflix), and “Superstore” (Hulu).
- When You Want to Watch a Comedy After the Kids Go to Bed: “Catastrophe” (Amazon), “Cheers” (Netflix), “High Maintenance” (HBO), “Key & Peele” (Hulu), and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon).
- When You Want a Taste of Reality: “Blown Away” (Netflix), “The Big Family Cooking Showdown” (Netflix), “Survivor” (CBS All Access), and “Top Chef” (Hulu).
- When You Want to Bond with the Teens (And Still Be Entertained): “American Vandal” (Netflix), “Derry Girls” (Netflix), “Friday Night Lights” (Hulu), and “Pretty Little Liars” (Netflix).
- When Adult Animation Beckons: “Archer” (Hulu), “BoJack Horseman” (Netflix), and “The Simpsons” (Disney+).
- When You Want to Hang with Detectives and Lawyers: “Alias Grace” (Netflix), “Damages” (Hulu), and “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” (Amazon).
- When You Want to Finally Figure Out What All the Fuss Is About: “The Americans” (Amazon), “Atlanta” (Hulu), “Fleabag” (Amazon), “Game of Thrones” (HBO), “Insecure” (HBO), “Justified” (Hulu), and “Mad Men” (Netflix).
- When You Need Soapy Drama to Keep You Glued to the Screen: “24” (Hulu), “Downton Abbey” (Amazon), “Scandal” (Netflix), and “You” (Netflix).
(Hit up USAToday.com to see the whole thing.)