We asked Chicagoans: What’s been your best pandemic binge-watch — and what’s next on your list? Some answers have been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
“I’ve been binging past seasons of ‘The Great British Bake-Off.’ It’s like comfort food for my soul.” — Laurie Alfaro
“‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ Never ever watched it, and now I have 16 [past] seasons to watch.” — Beth Plutino
“ ‘Virgin River,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek’ (over and over), ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ ‘Last Tango in Halifax,’ ‘Dead to Me.’ ” — Cindy Lee Nielsen
Ozark and Money Heist. Not sure what's next but probably something on HBO Max since I just signed up for that.
— DBxRT (Random Thoughts) (@Okitech623) December 4, 2020
“I binge-watched all seasons of ‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘PD’ and ‘Med’ from start to finish! Now, I’m onto ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ Only 12 seasons left to go!” — Emily Gunn
“I did the ‘Andy Griffith Show’ right away. The era seemed calming at the time. Then, it was ‘Breaking Bad’ again. Currently working through ‘Supernatural,’ again. Just started ‘Schhitt’s Creek.’ I’m all over the place.” — Tharran Hobson
“ ‘Schitt’s Creek!’ It is such a heartwarming and funny show. I love it.” — Melissa Consuelo
“‘ Yellowstone.’ Who doesn’t love some Kevin Costner.” — Cassandra Crist
The new season of Dead To Me was probably my favorite quarantine watch. Just love @1capplegate!
— Lindsey Murphy (@LindseyGMurphy) December 4, 2020
“BBC mysteries for the win. ‘Hinterland.’ ‘Wallander.’ ‘Shetland.’ ‘Vera.’ ‘Poirot.’ I have a long list. Plus ‘Bleak House’ and a bunch of others. Seriously, they’ve got the best stuff ever. But ‘Queen’s Gambit’ was awesome, too.” — Marion McLaughlin
“ ‘Outrageous Fortune’ and ‘Westside’ — absolutely hilarious, lewd, NSFW or kids, wild and thought-provoking fun from New Zealand. Next? ‘The Expanse.’ ” — Carmie Daugird Callobre
Usually don't watch TV or binge watch for that matter, but it has been lots of Outlander, the World War II series The Pacific, and The Goldbergs. Next in the queue is Queen's Gambit. And taped final episodes of the wonderful Alex Trebek hosting Jeopardy!.
— Andrew (@A_Lindemulder) December 5, 2020
“ ‘Ozark’ and ‘Breaking Bad.’ Similar plot lines and lead characters. Both awesome shows, and I rarely look at television.” — Marcel Wormsley
“ ‘Orange Is The New Black,’ ‘Luke Cage,’ ‘Trial 4,’ ‘Pandemic.’ ” — Alfie Wells
“Binge-watched ‘Letterkenny,’ ‘Veronica Mars,’ ‘Tiger King’ (yeah, that was this year even though it seems like a lifetime ago), ‘McMillions,’ ‘Umbrella Academy’ and ‘Dark.’ Up next is ‘The Expanse’ and ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ later this month!” — Megg Romei
“ ‘The West Wing!’ ” — Deborah Sorensen Savage
“ ‘Hell On Wheels.’ If you like ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Longmire,’ you will like this Western.” — Maria Kovass
“ ‘The Waltons!’ All nine seasons! Sad when it was over.” — Sarah Beck Byrd
The Undoing had me HOOKED
— Michael Allardyce (@mikedyce) December 4, 2020
“‘Sweet Magnolia,’ ‘Virginia River’ and ‘Northern Rescue.’ ” — Arlene Nick Cortese
“I introduced my husband to ‘Bosch’ on Amazon Prime and rewatched it with him. I got hooked on the show after reading all the books.” — Gloria Warshaw
“‘Designated Survivor’ and ‘The Crown.’ Now, I’m watching ‘The Undoing.’ ” — Janice H. Milner
Schitt's Creek and Better Call Saul. I'm thinking Fargo next, but maybe just the Carrie Coon season because it's Carrie Coon. pic.twitter.com/EjXoda7wr1
— I am Skipper's Human (@SkipperIsMyDog) December 4, 2020
“All the seasons of ‘Midsomer Murders’ and ‘Silent Witness.’ I love those British shows! I never watched that much TV before now!” — Beverly Hajek Cooper
“ ‘The Office!’ Loving it!” — Patricia L. Ward
“ ‘Spartacus.’ It is action-packed, with treachery, drama, heroics, romance and many battles! But not for children nor the faint of heart!” — John Owens
Love #TheRepairShop! 😀 I’m a bit bummed that there’s only one season up on @netflix (S3), when there used to be more — but I’ll take what I can get.
— arctichamster 🐼😎🐒 (@arctichamster) December 4, 2020
The work they do is just extraordinary… 🙂
“ ‘Better Caul Saul!’ And waiting for next season of ‘Russian Doll.’ ” — Angès Fontana Wynhant
“ ‘Downton Abbey’ followed by the movie, now rewatching ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.’ ” — Eileen Meiers Moy
Brooklyn Nine-Nine and now I’m onto the Sopranos
— Joe Kirsch (@ChrisFarleysSon) December 5, 2020
“‘Utopia’ was awesome on Netflix!” — Lisa Marie
“The old ‘Scooby Doo’ and ‘I Love Lucy.’” — Kathleen Georgen
“‘Supernatural.’ All 15 seasons. Over 300 episodes. Fun!” — Cathy Gargas
I literally did not watch anything but baseball and Masterchef: Australia from about mid-April to October.
— Infield Fly Girl (@infieldflygrl) December 4, 2020
“ ‘The Blacklist.’ I didn’t see it on NBC.” — Fātima Mohammed
“The Sopranos.” — Jessica Pamela Walley
The Dog House on HBO Max. It's like a dating show but with abandoned pets and people who adopt them.
— (((🌎Adam Engle🌍))) (@AdamSEngle) December 5, 2020
“Rewatching ‘Game of Thrones.’ ” — Alisha Pearson
“ ‘Undercover’ and ‘Narcos Mexico’ on Netflix.” — James Gonzalez
“ ‘Shameless!’ ‘13 Reasons Why!’ ” — Perla Mares-Padilla
“ ‘Below Deck’ and ‘Below Deck Mediterranean.’ ” — Tina Livesay Kaberlein