The 15 Best TV Shows to Fall Asleep To

Low stakes, familiar voices, nothing that jolts you upright at 1am. Pick the one you have already half-watched a hundred times.

1. 1
   The Office

   The most-streamed show in America in 2020, and the one people leave running overnight.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Friends

   Ten seasons of familiar apartments and a laugh track that never spikes.
   670pts
3. 3
   Star Trek: The Next Generation

   Calm bridge conversations and a constant engine hum.
   627pts
4. 4
   Schitt's Creek

   A family losing everything and slowly deciding that is fine.
   434pts
5. 5
   Cheers

   One bar, the same regulars, eleven seasons of small talk.
   376pts
6. 6
   Gilmore Girls

   Fast talking in a small Connecticut town where nothing bad really happens.
   376pts
7. 7
   Seinfeld

   Nothing happens, repeatedly, for nine seasons.
   376pts
8. 8
   The Golden Girls

   Four women, one Miami kitchen, and cheesecake at two in the morning.
   310pts
9. 9
   Bluey

   Seven-minute episodes about an Australian family of dogs.
   310pts
10. 10
    Planet Earth

    David Attenborough narrating over slow aerial photography.
    310pts
11. 11
    New Girl

    Loft arguments with no consequences, at a steady volume.
    310pts
12. 12
    Parks and Recreation

    Seven seasons of Pawnee, warm enough that nothing in it will jolt you awake.
    234pts
13. 13
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine

    Cases solved inside twenty-two minutes with no real jeopardy.
    234pts
14. 14
    Bob's Burgers

    Low-stakes family plots and songs, with an unusually gentle sound mix.
    234pts
15. 15
    Frasier

    Radio-booth conversations and a theme song about tossed salads.
    39pts