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Some shows deserve more than one viewing — or even a second, third, or fourth rewatch. These days, it’s easier than ever to consume television on a whim, whether at home, on the go, or across multiple screens. With streaming services offering hundreds of shows on demand, it’s effortless to switch from one series to another in seconds, no longer tied to traditional broadcast schedules or weekly viewing habits.
However, there are still certain shows that are simply too good to leave behind after a single watch. Call them comfort television or essential rewatches — these are the kinds of series that keep you on the edge of your seat as the momentum builds toward its peak. And sometimes, reaching that peak once just isn’t enough. Featuring stories that reward repeat viewing, here are the seven most satisfying TV show rewatches of all time.
1 'The Boys' (2019–2026)
Image via Prime VideoIt’s hard getting your hands on the most dangerous superhero on the planet. However, The Boys has made that five-season wait for revenge all the more worth it. When the show first aired, it started with a simple premise: take everything audiences know about Marvel-style heroes — all their strong moral values and larger-than-life heroism — and completely twist them in the opposite direction. What viewers get instead is a world filled with selfish, arrogant people gifted with extraordinary powers they abuse on a whim.
The battle between Billy Butcher’s (Karl Urban) crew and Homelander’s (Antony Starr) Seven has always been riddled with missteps. Just when Butcher seems to gain the upper hand, he slips, and Homelander escapes yet again. It’s this cycle of “almosts” that drives the show forward, pushing the characters closer and closer to their breaking points. But when Homelander finally gets a taste of his own medicine, nothing beats the satisfaction of seeing Butcher really lay into the would-be dictator — crowbar and all.
2 'Schitt's Creek' (2015–2020)
Image via CBC TelevisionIt’s sad watching people lose everything they have overnight, but it's a little amusing when those people happen to be a group of out-of-touch, highly conceited, spoiled brats. Schitt’s Creek shows that literally anything can happen to you and that money doesn’t guarantee long-term security — especially after your accountant betrays you. With the government confiscating their assets and the family officially kicked out of their mansion, the Rose family is forced to find a new place to stay.
Luckily, patriarch Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy) once jokingly bought a town back in the day: Schitt’s Creek. Thus begins the “formerly rich family versus middle-of-nowhere small-town” storyline. For all their flaws and snobbery, the family’s eccentricity makes audiences root for them as they slowly learn to succeed on their own terms. Their whole lives, they believed their worth came from their money. In reality, they were always capable of goodness — they just needed to be surrounded by people who saw it in them.
3 'Jury Duty' (2023–Present)
Image via Prime VideoTake the nicest person you know and put them in situations that constantly test their patience: that’s Jury Duty in a nutshell. Essentially a large-scale prank show, Jury Duty introduces audiences to juror Ronald Gladden, a real-life person who believes he has been summoned for jury duty. What he doesn’t realize is that the entire courtroom experience is staged, and everything happening around him is carefully orchestrated.
It sounds like a cruel hoax in theory, but the beauty of Jury Duty is watching Ronald consistently respond with genuine kindness, no matter how strange his fellow “jurors” become. The same spirit carries into its Season 2 continuation, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, starring Anthony Norman, who believes he has been hired as a temporary worker for a family-owned business. Unbeknownst to both of them, Ronald and Anthony become heroes of their own stories — not because they suspect it’s a prank show, but because of their sincere willingness to accept people’s quirks and help whenever it’s needed.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz
Which Taylor Sheridan
Show Do You Belong In?
Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
FIND YOUR WORLD →
01
Where does your power come from? In Sheridan's world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
ALand, legacy, and a name that's been feared and respected for generations. BKnowing the deal better than anyone else in the room — and being willing to walk away first. CReputation. I've earned it the hard way, and everyone in the room knows it. DBeing the only person both sides will talk to. That makes me indispensable — and dangerous.
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02
Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan's universe is always absolute — and always costly.
AFamily — blood or chosen. The ranch, the name, the people who carry it with me. BThe company — or whoever's signing the cheques. Loyalty follows the contract. CMy crew. The men who stood with me when it counted — I don't abandon them for anything. DMy community — even when my community is a powder keg and I'm the only thing stopping it from blowing.
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03
Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it's crossed.
AQuietly, decisively, and in a way that sends a message to everyone watching. BI outmanoeuvre them legally, financially, and politically before they even know I've moved. CDirectly. Old school. You cross me, you hear about it to your face — and then you deal with the consequences. DI absorb it, calculate the fallout, and find the move that keeps the whole system from collapsing.
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04
Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan's worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
AWide open land — mountains, sky, silence. Somewhere you can see trouble coming from a mile away. BThe oil fields of West Texas — brutal, lucrative, and indifferent to whoever happens to be standing on top of them. CA mid-size city where the rules haven't quite caught up yet — fertile ground for someone with vision and nerve. DA rust-belt town built around a prison — where everyone's life is shaped by what's inside those walls.
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05
How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
AI do what has to be done to protect what's mine. I'll answer for it eventually — but not today. BGrey is just business. The line moves depending on what's at stake, and I move with it. CI have a code — it's not the law's code, but it's mine, and I don't break it. DI've made peace with it. Keeping the peace requires compromises most people don't have the stomach for.
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06
What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they're defending.
AA way of life that the modern world is doing everything it can to erase. BMy position — and the leverage that comes with being the person everyone needs to close a deal. CRelevance. I've been away, I've been written off — and I'm proving that was a mistake. DWhatever fragile order I've managed to build — because without it, everything burns.
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07
How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan's world is never given — it's established, maintained, and constantly tested.
ABy example and force of will. People follow me because they believe in what I'm protecting — and because they know what happens if they don't. BThrough negotiation and leverage. I don't need people to like me — I need them to need me. CBy being the smartest, most experienced person in the room and making sure everyone quietly knows it. DBy being the calm centre of a situation that would spiral without me — and accepting that nobody thanks you for it.
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08
Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
AThey'll learn. Or they won't. Either way, the land was here before them and it'll be here after. BI figure out what they want, what they're worth, and whether they're an asset or a problem — fast. CI was the outsider once. I give them a chance — one — to show they understand respect. DNew players destabilise everything I've built. I assess the threat and manage it before it manages me.
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09
What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
AMy family's peace — maybe their innocence. The ranch demands everything, and I've let it take too much. BRelationships, time, any version of a normal life. The job eats everything that isn't nailed down. CYears. Decades in some cases. Time I can't get back — but I'm not done yet. DMy conscience, mostly. And the ability to ever fully trust anyone on either side of the wall.
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10
When it's over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan's characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
AThat I held the line. That the land is still ours and everything I did was worth it. BThat I was the best at what I did and that no deal ever got closed without me at the table. CThat I built something real, somewhere nobody expected it, and I did it on my own terms. DThat I kept the peace when nobody else could — and that the town is still standing because of it.
REVEAL MY SHOW →
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you're complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world's indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you're willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family's weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what's yours, you don't escalate — you finish it. You're not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone's world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn't make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You're a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they'll do to get it. You're not naive enough to think this world is fair. You're smart enough to be the one deciding who it's fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you're not above reminding people that the two aren't mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they'd be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they're more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don't need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you're the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky's world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You've made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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4 'The Avatar: The Last Airbender' (2005–2008)
Image via NickelodeonAvatar: The Last Airbender might be marketed as a kids’ show, but its expansive world-building, moral dilemmas, and strong character development make it a series that adults take just as seriously. In a world divided into four nations — each representing an element: Water, Earth, Fire, and Air — an unlikely 12-year-old hero must step up to save the kingdoms when the Fire Nation attempts to imperialize the entire continent for itself.
But before confronting the Fire Lord, Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen), Sokka (Jack De Sena), and Katara (Mae Whitman) must first learn what it truly means to become warriors. At the beginning, they are children who naively believe their sheer determination alone is enough to bring down a king. Over time, through new friendships, repaired relationships, and hard-earned lessons shaped by brutal realizations, the group discovers that while the mission is the goal, it is the journey that ultimately shapes who they become.
5 'Peaky Blinders' (2013–2022)
Image via BBCThere’s a lot that goes into building a family business like the one in Peaky Blinders. Set in post–World War I England, Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is the de facto “king” of Small Heath, Birmingham — a cesspool of alcoholism, public indecency, and violence never more than a gunshot away. With hopes of bringing financial security to his family, Tommy elevates their humble betting shop into a legitimate and increasingly powerful business.
There’s an undeniable artistry to Tommy’s way of doing business. On one hand, he is unmistakably known for going on relentless rampages against rival gangs, always the first to draw his gun before anyone else can strike. On the other hand, Tommy is also a charismatic and highly skilled negotiator. He knows exactly who to connect with — whether political figures or even Winston Churchill himself — and has a way of maneuvering them like pieces on a chessboard in his pursuit of power.
6 'Ted Lasso' (2020–2023)
Image via Apple TVSoccer (or as the Brits call it, football) gets a generous dose of Southern hospitality in Ted Lasso. Coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) has no real understanding of how soccer works, let alone what the Premier League or Champions League even are. And yet, AFC Richmond’s owner, Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham), hires the American to coach her very English team. In reality, it’s all part of Rebecca’s plan to sabotage Richmond as revenge against her cheating ex-husband, the former owner who cared more about the club than anything else.
Everybody could use a Coach Lasso in their lives. He starts with absolutely no knowledge of soccer, but consistently believes in people when no one else does. The Brits may not be impressed by someone as bumbling as Lasso leading them toward the big leagues, and not every match succeeds. However, his positivity is too infectious to ignore. They might not always win on the scoreboard, but they gain life lessons worth far more than any championship.
7 'Succession' (2018–2023)
Image via HBOA modern-day Aristotelian tragedy, Succession first built a quiet sleeper following before becoming a cultural juggernaut in its final seasons. The Roy family sits at the top of the global media empire through Waystar RoyCo. But every king must eventually leave the throne, including CEO Logan Roy (Brian Cox), and heavy is the head that wears the crown. With his four children all vying for a share of the Waystar RoyCo inheritance, “family business” takes on an entirely new meaning.
When you get a group of billionaire children trying to impress, outmaneuver, and betray one another on the way to the top, it becomes deliriously addictive to watch just how far they’ll go to destroy each other — even when it defies any sense of family loyalty. The troubling part is that Logan seems to enjoy watching his children compete for his approval. But what they fail to realize is that no matter how feared their last name is, someone else lurking in the shadows always has an equal chance of stealing the empire right out from under them.
Release Date 2018 - 2023
Network HBO Max
Showrunner Jesse Armstrong
Directors Mark Mylod
Writers Jesse Armstrong
English (US) ·