These are based on suggestions from Real Mom Nutrition readers plus my own suggestions. Please use your discretion and consult CommonSenseMedia for reviews and advice on what’s age-appropriate when watching with your kids! (I have marked shows I’ve watched and liked with a *)
SHOWS FOR ADULTS (+ POSSIBLY TEENS)
NETFLIX
- Cheer*
- Last Chance U.*
- The Crown*
- Great British Baking Show*
- Firefly Lane*
- Person of Interest
- Wentworth
- Bodyguard
- The English Game
- Heartland
- Love is Blind
- Good Girls
- Grace and Frankie
- Call the Midwife
- Mad Men*
- Atypical
- The Circle
- Virgin River
- Ozark
- Bloodline
- Broadchurch
- Unbelievable
- Arrested Development
- Mind Hunter
- Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings
- Sex Education
- End of the F-ing World
- I Am Not Okay With This*
- Schitt’s Creek
- The Magicians
- Making a Murderer*
- The Good Place
- Godless
- Peaky Blinders*
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend*
- The Social Dilemma* (+ tweens/teens)
- Queen’s Gambit*
- Outlander*
- Nadiya Bakes*
HULU
- Shrill*
- Little Fires Everywhere*
- Handmaid’s Tale
- Sons of Anarchy
- Justified
- The Mindy Project*
- The Good Wife*
- This is Us*
- Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Mary Berry’s Britain’s Best Home Cook
- CSI
- Shots Fired
- Killing Eve
- Brooklyn 99
- Black-ish
- Superstore
- Difficult People
- Chicago series: PD, Med and Fire
- Better Things
- Law & Order: SVU
- M*A*S*H
- Pen 15
- The Pact
- High Fidelity (series)*
- Younger*
AMAZON
- Jack Ryan
- Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- Downton Abbey*
- The Middle
- Vikings
- Catastrophe*
- The Wire
- Miss Fisher’s murder mysteries
- Fleabag*
- Man in the High Castle
APPLE TV
- Morning Show*
- Ted Lasso
HBO
- Big Little Lies*
- Righteous Gemstones
- Game of Thrones*
- Plot Against America*
- The Undoing*
- The Flight Attendant*
- Search Party*
SHOWTIME
- Homeland*
- The Affair*
DISNEY
- Marvel: Agents of Shield
- Fairytale Weddings
SHOWS FOR KIDS & FAMILIES
NETFLIX
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Locke & Key (12 & up)
- Anne with an E.
- Fuller House
- Nailed It!
- The InBESTigators
- Heartland
- When Calls The Heart
- Princess Sofia
- Brainchild
- Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
- Our Planet
- Stranger Things (older kids)*
- Letter For The King*
- Healing Powers of Dude*
- Shadow & Bone (teens)*
AMAZON PRIME
- Survivor*
- Just Add Magic
- The Grand Tour
- Roadkill
- Shuan the Sheep
- Timmy Time
- Nowhere Boys* (for tweens and up)
- Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street*
DISNEY
- The Mandalorian (not for young kids)
- National Geographic shows
- Jane Goodall documentary
- Bluey
- Unlikely Animal Friends
- Dr. Pol
- Phineas & Ferb*
- Hamilton*
HULU
- Amazing Race*
- Alone
- Little Big Shots
- Songland
- Lego Masters
- Making It
- Lost (not for young kids)*
- On Pointe*
HBO
- Sesame Street
- His Dark Materials (teens)*