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17 Shows to Binge Watch in 2017

Start your year off with a break

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Good news: 2016 is finally over! After a long, tiring, sad, divisive, and enlightening 366 (it was a leap year too) days, we're finally free to start over. New year, new us, right?

With each new year comes new goals, priorities, and opportunities! It's super exciting and motivating, but we have to start it off right. Before we become our new and improved selves this year, let's take a minute to make sure we're all rested up. Before we power through a great year, maybe we should catch up on Power, you know?

If this year is going to be even half as long as 2016, we'll need a little break first. We can kick back and take a moment to regain our sanity by numbing our minds with some great TV. Let's set the tone for a great and (mostly) productive 2017 by binge watching some great and/or trashy TV. Here are 17 of my favorite binge-worthy shows that are available stream:

  1. Shameless
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1-6
    3. Best time to watch: When you need to know that your familycould be worse.
  2. Orange is the New Black
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1-4
    3. Best time to watch: When you want an idea of how one terrible decision could lead to years of terrible decisions.
  3. Flavor of Love
    1. Streaming on: Hulu
    2. Seasons available: 1 & 2
    3. Best time to watch: When you want to laugh while seeing how people will do anything for 15 minutes (or several seasons) of fame
  4. I Love New York
    1. Streaming on: Hulu
    2. Seasons available: 1 & 2
    3. Best time to watch: When you need to know why Tiffany Pollard is the queen of reality television.
  5. Black Mirror
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1-3
    3. Best time to watch: When you need a break from reality while also getting a glimpse at what the future could be like.
  6. Parks and Recreation
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1-7
    3. Best time to watch: When you need a gut laugh while wondering where your tax dollars may be going.
  7. Insecure
    1. Streaming on: HBO Now
    2. Seasons available: 1 (8 episodes)
    3. Best time to watch: When you need to laugh while being reassured that other people are going through it too.
  8. Chewing Gum
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1 (6 episodes)
    3. Best time to watch: When you need laugh and/or know that there are people that are more awkward than you
  9. Westworld
    1. Streaming on: HBO Now
    2. Seasons available: 1 (10 episodes)
    3. Best time to watch: When you need your mind blown by amazing acting and insane ideas
  10. Difficult People
    1. Streaming on: Hulu
    2. Seasons available: 1 & 2
    3. Best time to watch: When you want a good laugh and/or reassurance that you're not the worst type of person.
  11. Stranger Things
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1 (8 episodes)
    3. Best time to watch: When you need a little scare and a big blast from the past.
  12. Project Runway
    1. Streaming on: Mylifetime.com
    2. Seasons available: 6-15
    3. Best time to watch: When you need to see a bit of drama and a lot of fashion.
  13. Girlfriends
    1. Streaming on: CW Seed
    2. Seasons available: 2-8
    3. Best time to watch: When you need a reminder of how awesome and hilarious black women are.
  14. Jane the Virgin
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1 & 2
    3. Best time to watch: When you need an equal amount of drama and laughs.
  15. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1 (18 episodes)
    3. Best time to watch: When you need to laugh and know that you're not really crazy.
  16. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
    1. Streaming on: Netflix
    2. Seasons available: 1-10
    3. Best time to watch: When you need to laugh at a group of friends who constantly find themselves in outlandish situations.
  17. The Real Housewives of Atlanta
    1. Streaming on: Hulu
    2. Seasons available: 1-8
    3. Best time to watch: When you need to let out a good laugh while learning how to read.
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