What escapist shows do you watch?

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Besides Buffy and Angel.

What shows do you like watching that kind of take you out of the moment and act as a bit of an escape? Doesn't have to be your favorite show or the best you've seen or anything like that (although it could be).

For me, I really like watching Veronica Mars for that. I find it's a show I can really get absorbed into.
 
Washburne
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Veronica Mars love. :)
Revenge. I totally cheer on Emily's crazy twisted revenge plans; most of which are totally far-fetched but so fun to watch unfold.

Friday Night Lights. I adore so many of the characters that an episode almost never lets me down. I get totally sucked into Dillon, TX.
 
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FNL! So good!
For me at the moment, it is Doctor Who. I love it, totally takes me into another world, and then when Im not watching it I can day dream about it and escape that way too 😛
 
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Hmmm, I'd have to say Supernatural, True Blood and The Walking Dead 🙂

I was upset the other day and all I could think about was TWD and how I wanted to watch some gory zombies get killed, haha.

It's weird, but I'm one of those people who when I'm upset or angry or whatever, I want to watch a good horror movie. I've discussed this with some friends who feel the same, and for some reason, there is nothing more comforting than a good gory monster movie or a scary episode of one of my favourite shows, haha.
 
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<3 Supernatural used to be an escape for me, but then it turned into a Dean torture show so I got bored.
Laugh all you want, but Glee.

Going all fangirl over Blaine and Kurt being together is my fave activity these days XD

[and there are no risks of disappointment like with TVD or SPN....]
 
Friends is an escapist show for me...rewatching season 4 actually.
How I Met Your Mother
Game of Thrones
X-Files
The Walking Dead
Tudors
and a whole heap more.
 
TV:
Airwolf
Macgyver
New BSG

Cartoons:
Transformers any and all things
Batman the Animated Series

Anime:
Clannad (cant stress enough my love for this series)
 
Arrested development
Friends
Everybody loves Raymond
Merlin
Elementary
The new adventures of old Christine
The Simpsons
Futurama
American dad
Family guy


(damn I watch a lot of tv!)


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For me it's Glee, as well. It's the first show since Buffy that I have totally obsessed over. My reasoning is that it has certain parallels, the outcasts banding together, growing up and overcoming obstacles which on their own they could not face. There's not so much of a supernatural element, I'll admit, but then again Buffy never had the legend that is Brittany S Pierce.

Or maybe I just like show tunes and fancy dancing 😀
 
For me it's probably Crime shows, I don't know why I find them so strangely comforting but I do (perhaps it's a 'catch the bad guy' thing) so Criminal Minds, Law and Order, Castle, Rizzoli and Isles etc etc are my escapism. If I need something lighter then it's Glee for me as well and Sabrina the teenage witch 🙂
 
Other than Buffy and Angel, the shows I 'escape' the most in are Smallville and, odd as it may be, Gossip Girl. I have loads of complaints about GG but it manages to suck me in every time I watch it.
 
I'd say that all shows I watch is some sort of escape. So in a way I could put down every show I watch. That would be a long list... In personal troubled times I just watch some them more often. Which shows it is depends but The big bang theory has been frequent the past few years. Give me laughs and doesn't require a lot of thinking. The same can be said about The middle, Community and Modern Family.

The latest show I escape with is The good wife. During the holidays I'll go through the new seasons of Homeland and Dexter. Good times. Once Fringe has ended I'll go through the fifth season as well.
 
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I'd say that all shows I watch is some sort of escape. So in a way I could put down every show I watch. That would be a long list... In personal troubled times I just watch some them more often. Which shows it is depends but The big bang theory has been frequent the past few years. Give me laughs and doesn't require a lot of thinking. The same can be said about The middle, Community and Modern Family.

The latest show I escape with is The good wife. During the holidays I'll go through the new seasons of Homeland and Dexter. Good times. Once Fringe has ended I'll go through the fifth season as well.
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Big Bang Theory and Modern Family, yes! Lol, I'm actually watching Big Bang Theory right now.

And totally, big props on the Veronica Mars love! I just finished S2 and I'm so into it. I'm watching it like crazy.
 
At the moment it's a tie between TB, TVD and PLL.

As a rule if I want to escape real life I'll watch supernatural based shows; so, well; SPN, The X-Files, Smallville etc.

Then I use comedy; Friends, HIMYM and Family Guy.

I guess it just depends on what I'm escaping =]
 
For me it's Jersey Shore. It always reminds me of my time in the States. Also, right now, this year, most of my friends have moved away because of graduaton, and I miss partying, going out, but also just hanging with them. Jersey Shore kinda distrats me from that, it's like I kinda get some of the excitement from their stories. Still sad they cancelled it 🙁
 
"The Walking Dead", "The Vampire Diaries", "Friends", and "Impractical Jokers" are my favorite ways to escape reality.
 
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