Classic Netflix TV Shows You Should Totally Watch Right Now
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Classic Netflix TV Shows You Should Totally Watch Right Now

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Classic Netflix TV Shows You Should Totally Watch Right Now

As an avid Netflix binge-watcher, I have felt the pain that we all feel when we finish a TV show. It's like a little part of our world has ended, and we're not sure what to do with ourselves. Of course, Netflix helpfully provides other suggested titles, but eventually we come to the point that we fear — we seem to have seen them all.

So what do we do now? Well, on my journey through the lesser known TV shows Netflix offers, I have come up with five that you should start right now that you probably haven't heard of or just haven't gotten around to watching yet.

1. "Frasier" (1993-2004)

This show staring Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin is a spin-off of the beloved classic sitcom "Cheers" (which you do not have to have seen to enjoy this "Frasier"). Dr. Frasier Crane is a renowned radio psychiatrist and first-class snob who, following the end of his marriage, moves home to Seattle. While adjusting to his newly single life, he hits many speed bumps which take human form in his wacky family and co-workers. His father Martin, a retired detective, moves into Frasier's apartment after being injured in the line of duty and brings Daphne Moon, his live-in physical therapist. There is also Frasier's younger brother Niles — a fellow psychiatrist and snob who takes the phrase "first-world problems" to a whole new level — and Frasier's producer Roz — who has slept with half of Seattle. This witty comedy is sure to keep you clicking to watch all 11 seasons.

2. "The West Wing" (1999-2006)

If you liked "House of Cards," then you're sure to like this classic political drama. The series is set primarily in the White House during the fictional democratic administration of Josiah Bartlet (played by Martin Sheen) and follows all of the drama that surrounds being some of the most powerful and influential people in the country. "The West Wing" was created by, and epitomizes the style of, Aaron Sorkin who also created "Sports Night" and "The Newsroom" and wrote the screenplays for "The Social Network," "Moneyball" and the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic.

3. "M.A.S.H." (1972-1983)

A Korean War story that is actually a comedic satire on the Vietnam war. It follows the antics of a team of mobile army surgical hospital (M.A.S.H.) surgeons as they struggle with the absurdities of war. Based on the movie of the same name, the war in the show is set in Korea instead of Vietnam despite the fact it is supposed to be about the struggles in Vietnam because the producers thought that the wounds of the Vietnam War were still too fresh to be made into a comedy. This show lasted on air for 11 years (four times as long as the actual Korean War), and its 1983 series finale still ranks as the most-watched television episode of all time.

4. "The Munsters" (1964-1966)

A satire on monster movies and the classic American family, this comedic sitcom follows the Munster family of monsters as they navigate life in California while trying to be an average American family. Think of a working-class and outgoing version of "The Addams Family."

5. "3rd Rock From the Sun" (1996-2001)

This is a domestic comedy about a group of four aliens who have come to earth to learn as much about the human population as possible. They take on human form and lives in an effort to fit in on earth and find that as weird as they are, humans are even weirder. Dick Solomon (John Lithgow) is the leader of the expedition and takes on the role as the "father" and as a physics professor. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character Tommy is the information officer but has been given the body of a teenager and is forced to enroll in high school. Security officer Sally (Kristen Johnston), is put in the body of a human woman with all of the drama and hormones that go with it, and Harry (French Stewart) really has no other purpose but to cause trouble for the rest of them.


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