The end of the year is officially coming to a close! With the winter weather and the excitement of a new year ahead, one thing comes to mind- relaxation. This year, a few of my favorite shows are coming back on TV for a new season. Here are 7 shows to binge watch just in time for a new season in the new year:
Yes, it's still on. This ABC drama is a classic and one of my absolute favorites. Even though the original characters are no longer apart of this show, I still enjoy this #TGIT Shonda Rimes classic. Season 13 will return from it's winter break on Thursday, January 19th on ABC.
2) Jane the Virgin
This show is a CW popular hit. After coming across this show on Netflix with my roommate, I binge watched the entire first season in 4 days. This comedic drama involves the daily life of Jane, who after being artificially inseminated with her boss' sperm, has a baby while still being a virgin. This show is in its 3rd season and is on every Monday night on the CW.
3) Vanderpump Rules
This show is very much an upper-class version of 'Jersey Shore'. Lisa Vanderpump from 'Real Housewives of BeverleyHills' owns her own Restaurant, SUR, which is located in West Hollywood. This show follows the tangled lives of the staff at Lisa's Restaurant, who are all caught up in the CA fame. The staff hooks-up, beats one another up, and finds anyway to up one another. It's addicting, trashy, and Season 5 is on every Monday night on Bravo.
4) American Housewife
This show was recommended to me by my boss, and is nothing like 'Desperate Housewives'. This show follows the life of the Otto family who lives in Westport, Connecticut. This made-up family are working to be as perfect as their neighbors, which is not the goal for Mom and Wife Katie. Katie is a plus-size, sassy Mom and Wife, who wants to be nothing like the members of the community she lives in. She voices her favoritism of her youngest child, bonds with her friends daily over lunch, drives a min-van, and works hard around the house while her wacky husband (attempts) to offer a helping hand. This new, ABC show is in its 1st season, and is on every Tuesday night on ABC.
5) Scandal
This show is changing, addicting, and full of secrets every season its on. Olivia Pope works to hide the dirty secrets of the upper-elite in Washingon, D.C. while trying to ward off her feelings for the President of the United States. This show has a great story, things are always connected in ways you would never expect, and Shonda tries to trick us by using characters in this show from past characters in 'Grey's Anatomy'. This #TGIT show is in its 6th season and returns Thursday, January 19th after 'Grey's Anatomy'.
6) Being Mary Jane
This show is the most underrated show on TV right now. Gabrielle Union is the main character, and plays Mary Jane Paul. She is an independent, successful TV reporter trying to make a new for herself as an African American woman in the media industry. Season 4 is in a new city for MJ, as she decides to take on NYC. Hottie Michael Ealy is the newest star on this drama, and will return for an exciting new Season 4 on Tuesday, January 10 on BET.
7) Teen Mom 2
Go ahead, judge me. I can fully admit that I am addicted to this show. After watching '16 and Pregnant', following the girls from 'Teen Mom', and now following the lives of the girls on 'Teen Mom 2', I feel that I am closer in age to the girls on TM2. Kail, Jenelle, Chelsea, and Leah have had so many ups and downs in their lives and have still continued to work hard while being young Mothers. This show comes back to MTV on Monday, January 2 for season 8 on MTV.
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