What to watch to get through coronavirus crisis: Our readers are turning to Buffy, Succession, Catastrophe naturally – Gold Derby

Goodness only knows how many industries will end up shut down indefinitely due to the coronavirus, or for how long, but our readers are doing their best to stay sane by catching up on new TV or revisiting old favorites. Scroll down to read some of their comments below in case you need ideas for how to pass any extra time you may have on your hands if the pandemic has you on lockdown. And join the discussion to let us know what shows are keeping your spirits up.

My comfort food of choice is usually nostalgia, which often means old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, MythBusters or What Not to Wear or all of the above. Watching back episodes of How the Universe Works on the Science Channel is also good in a pinch; nothing puts your concerns in perspective like trying to wrap your head around supermassive black holes and dark matter.

Im not the only one indulging in re-watching. Some of our readers told us theyll be dipping back into The Americans and Big Little Lies. Others are sampling past shows theyve never seen before, like The Leftovers and Battlestar Galactica both pretty dark choices, but sometimes a crisis calls for a safe, cathartic place to process heavy emotions. One reader is jumping into Amazons comedy Catastrophe, whose title couldnt be more fitting to our current moment.

Still others are hoping to catch up on current shows like The Morning Show, Succession, Watchmen and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, plus others that are airing new episodes this spring including Westworld, Little Fires Everywhere, This is Us and How to Get Away with Murder. It just goes to show that there are no shortage of options regardless of whether youre bored, scared, angry or optimistic. See what some of our readers have to say below.

DylanMcPhee: Im watching Catastrophe for the first time, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney are hysterical in it and Im really enjoying it. Im also re-watching Homecoming because I cant understand how Julia Roberts didnt get nominated at the Emmys for that show. I had her WINNING. Its such a quick paced, Hitchockian piece of television.

wolfali: I recently started a free trial with AppleTV and started The Morning Show. Next I will re-binge The Americans, then Ill re-binge Big Little Lies before Hollywood and The Eddy are released on Netflix.

Heptapod: Finally going to get around to finishing The Handmaids Tale season 3. Will also likely be fully jumping on the Succession train (never got past episode four). Might try out The Americans or The Leftovers. Will also probably be keeping up with more weekly-releasing premieres over the next few months just because Ill have more time for more shows.

Reis: I am watching Buffy for the first time (finishing season one). But I am thinking about watching Battlestar Gallactica first.

Gabarnes43: Im isolating for two weeks so need some good things to watch. Im thinking maybe Ozark as its on Netflix (in UK so dont have HBO or anything). Im also waiting for Hollywood to come out on Netflix. I started Stranger Things last year but never got to finishing it so Ill probably give that the ok. I also wanna watch Killing Eve again before the new season comes out.

Luca: Well, between the 100 of YouTube videos Im watching about the coronavirus (which is maybe not the best way to stay sane), I have been watching Succession S1. I will start S2 very soon, then will watch Watchmen S1 and Maisel S2-3. Of course, I also have my weekly shows (Westworld, This Is Us, Little Fires Everywhere and hopefully The Plot Against America). HTGAWM returns in two weeks, yay! But sometimes I just need my occasional episode of Glee, too.

Incarille: Well here in France the biggest cable network offered to all his subscribers all the channels. So I think I gonna start watching Barry and Succession. And Ill maybe catch up with The Golden Girls.'

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