Chillin’ Island
Super dumb and non consequential but goddamn if its not mellowing. Perfect show for any kind of burnout or blahs
When I was having long term medical problems Shark Tank helped me survive. Every episode is exactly the same and nothing really bad happens.
Here’s a list:
- Shark Tank (didn’t want to leave it out)
- Taskmaster which has full episodes on YouTube
- Pawn Stars (uncountable numbers of episodes)
- Forged In Fire
- Lego Masters
Taskmaster, every season has 5 comedians complete a set of tasks and be judged on them by The Taskmaster. All so they can win a golden effigy of the Taskmasters head.
Very good show Season 18 just wrapped up. There are some other countries that did good spinoffs like New Zealand and Australia, and others that didn’t America.
Forged In Fire. Each episode 4 blacksmiths compete to create a blade with limited time which each round someone being voted off by judges. When the last 2 are remaining they are sent home for a week to make a historical weapon to be tested by the judges.
Very wholesome, judges are kind and will explain how it went wrong and how they can improve their techniques. One of the early winners even goes on to become a judge.
Britbox has a category called Cozy Mysteries. They’re all formulaic and easy watching.
Death in Paradise
Beyond Paradise
Murder in Suburbia
Father Brown
Sister Boniface
Agatha Christie’s Marple
The Mallorca Files
I always liked No Reservations when I wanted to zone out. Anthony Bordain not being here anymore bums me out though.
Edit: Community , Shaun the sheep, and Good Eats
Not sure if anime fits your bill here but Mushi-shi is incredibly relaxing and even though i don’t really watch anime anymore it still jumps out to me when i think of chill/mellow/relaxing. Traveler investigating forest spirits and whatnot, soft Japanese music score, taps hard into those nature vibes, more of a rainy day relaxing though not really happy-chill.
I usually just go track down Bob Ross episodes streaming in a thousand different places nowadays.
