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Interesting that with all the great educational and documentary fare available on Netflix, every one of you guys is recommending escapist entertainment. OK, Orange is the New Black is pretty good. So is Lillyhammer. If you like sci-fi action and aren't offended by gay folk being portrayed as normal people, check out Sense8.
 
But 90% of what I watch on NF is non-fiction. I became a Rush fan after seeing Beyond the Lighted Stage on Netflix. Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) is a must-see. Ditto for other biographies Chasing Sound (Les Paul), The Language of Music (Tom Dowd), and Atlantic Records (Ahmet Artegun). Then there are the making-of docs such as Classic Albums: Making Of Dark Side of the Moon.
 
And don't forget the concerts. Pulse (David Gilmour), Hell Freezes Over (Eagles) and Premonition (John Fogerty) are three that offer outstanding performances and great audio quality.

I am a little surprised by all the comments and recommendations that this inquiry generated. Apparently there are others beside myself that still enjoy a good TV show. It seems in the past that when someone asked about TV, there would be a bunch of responses basically saying something like 'I don't waste my time on TV nonsense'. Personally I can respect this feeling should the person wish to engage in other creative endeavors. I myself have been a long-time believer though that TV does have a lot to offer, if you search it out. Granted much of it is purely for relaxation purposes, but nothing wrong with that (assuming you don't do this everyday for 12-16-hours). Many of today's shows are just incredible in their production (e.g., Game of Thrones), at least as far as what TV shows used to be like. And with cable, the restrictions are looser which can offer more gritty type shows (although am sure to the dismay of many though). 

I don't waste my time on TV nonsense.

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Majority of shows have good production/graphics, but the lacking in solid content. Netflix is nice because there aren't any commercials......just have to search for "good" shows.
Generally speaking of TV, it's very difficult to find a true "family oriented" show (even children's shows like Sprout have commercials that promote contraception or some other adult oriented material that's targeting mothers).
 
My wife & I have a tough time selecting stuff from cable TV for our 4 little ones to watch, but we've seen the Andy Griffith show (all seasons) at least 2 times :). On the other hand, the cartoons coming out now are practically just garbage with pop/hip/hop themed music......the children of course are drawn to the colors/characters/graphics.
So happy they all love to read books......and the library is our friend.  

 
Well, Netflix streaming is nice if all you want is TV shows. Their offerings of movies are paltry and abominable--a lot of stuff that they could not even go direct to DVD. And every movie shows up in a dozen different "categories," so one movie is like a comedy, drama, action, adventure, independant, sci-fi, thriller, romance, kung-fu, musical, foreign film. They claim to have thousands of offerings, but that can only be if they count each TV episode separately. They have a bunch of kid's stuff, but that is not much use to me, and they have recently stocked a bunch of Mexican soap operas, that are not much good to anyone. Bitflipper is right that there is a lot of good documentary stuff, that did a first run on PBS or National Geographic or BBC.  Their user preference robot seems a bit weird. The Suggestions for Slartabartfast list seems to be full of stuff they think I will hate (1 star).

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I was thinking that there was some of the old stuff that might be found, in there, though I doubt it.
 
Of interest:
 
Ken Russell's biographies, specially Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his version of Isadora Duncan
 
I, Claudius -- still way out there!
 
Sharpe - the series, all 17 shows, including the last two that are not about England/France. There is some good stuff there.
 
Lillie Roundtree - (Lillie). Was really good until the last 2 episodes that got a bit over written and they tried to revive it, but couldn't. It was all good as long as Bertie was there, and then died!
 
Mile High - A stewardess thing, that was not great, but had a couple of excellent performances. Fun watching stuff, though.
 
For more recent, I will get the unexpurgated Game of Thrones when it comes out. I am not a fan of censored television at all!
 
Monarch of the Glen - Also some fun performances, specially the doggie and the old man, otherwise OK.
 
Cracker - Had the guy that went on to do some Harry Potter, and this show, was incredibly good and non-sentimental. It had some great moments!
 
And, lastly, I miss Absolutely Fabulous ... love to see those two women drunk! That show would probably go well in Broadway with a double bill of the French films about the rich .... and his butler ... and ... (don't watch the Robin Williams film if you saw the originals!)