9 TV shows that feel like a deep breath after a long day

Sometimes movies and TV shows can also lift up your mood when you’re feeling low. With their comedy, witty characters, dialogues, and storylines, these feel-good shows successfully make us relate to them, oftentimes.

These TV shows, such as Gilmore Girls and Heartstopper, introduce lighthearted and humorous moments, and also several heartwarming moments that make these characters relatable. From easy-going sitcoms to breezy TV shows, in this article, we have listed 9 such shows that can cure your burnout in just a couple of episodes.

Disclaimer: This article is based on the writer’s opinion. Reader discretion is advised.

9 TV shows that feel like a deep breath after a long day

9) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Rob McElhenney with Kaitlin Olson in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Image via FXP

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia revolves around the story of a group of outcasts, known as ‘The Gang’. They run a pub called Paddy’s Pub in South Philadelphia.

The eccentric sitcom showcases the lives of the members of the group and their various escapades. For instance, the show’s portrayal of the relationship between the twins, Dennis and Dee Reynolds, is humorous and at times relatable as well. Both the brother and sister tend to create embarrassing situations for the other, but also at times come forward to save each other, making it one of the most quirky TV shows.

8) New Girl

Zooey Deschanel in New Girl | Image via Chernin Entertainment

New Girl follows Zooey Deschanel’s Jess, who breaks up with her boyfriend and goes on to live in a loft with three men.

This is one of the feel-good TV shows that showcases the friendships and relationships these people go on to make with humorous and light-hearted moments. For instance, Jess goes on to fall in love with one of her roommates, Nick. Their on-and-off relationship is shown in the TV show, which also includes some heartwarming and tender moments between the characters, who at the end of the series get engaged.

7) Raising Hope

Lucas Neff in Raising Hope | Image via 20th Century Fox Television

Raising Hope is the story of a 23-year-old James "Jimmy" Bon Jovi Chance and how he struggles to raise his infant daughter, Hope, after her mother, a serial killer, is arrested and executed.

The show shows the relatable struggles of a young man trying to raise a child on his own. He also receives help from his orthodox family, who want to help Jimmy in the surprising life event.

6) Community

Joel McHale in Community | Image via Universal Television

After getting suspended from his law firm for lying about having a degree from Columbia University, Jeff Winger goes to a Colorado community college to earn a real degree.

He forms a study group to spend more time with Britta Perry, his classmate and crush. The show focuses on the friendships of the eccentric members of the study group, who are all different from each other. For instance, it includes a socially awkward Abed Nadir, an overachiever, a football star, and a single mother.

It is one of the most relatable and funny TV shows with great characters and powerful storytelling.

5) Modern Family

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Modern Family is an American sitcom revolving around three different types of families living in LA. The show humorously depicts the family dynamics with humorous and relatable moments.

For instance, the show depicts the life of Jay Pritchett and his life with his new Colombian immigrant. Furthermore, it also shows his children’s lives, like Claire and her husband, Phil Dunphy’s, struggle in raising three kids, and her brother, Mitchell, and his partner, Cameron Tucker’s life as they get married and adopt a baby, naming her Lily.

4) Schitt’s Creek

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When the wealthy Rose family loses all of their wealth, they shift to Schitt’s Creek, the only asset left of their wealth.

Initially, they try to sell the remote by making the mayor of the town sign the papers that permit them to sell the town, but later adjust their lives and start living in the town by becoming a part of the remote town. At the beginning, the well-to-do family faces many challenges, for instance, Moira, the matriarch of the family, does not even think of it as a huge issue, as she sees it as a temporary problem in their lives. However, later the town helps in bringing the family closer, making it one of the funniest and light-hearted TV shows.

3) The Good Place

Kristen Bell in The Good Place | Image via Universal Television

This heartwarming show follows Kristen Bell’s Eleanor Shellstrop, who is sent to a place in the afterlife called The Good Place, where only good human beings are sent after they die.

After realising that she and another newcomer, Jason, do not belong in this place, she vows to change herself and make herself worthy of living in the good place. Her assigned soulmate, Chidi, tries to help both of them become deserving members of the good place, making it one of the most creatively thoughtful and heartwarming TV shows.

2) Derry Girls

Cast of Derry Girls | Image via YouTube: Channel 4

This British TV show follows Erin and her friends’ lives in Northern Ireland during the conflict years.

It shows how the teenagers navigate their lives as they attend a Catholic school during a period of political unrest. The teens often find themselves in absurd situations, such as going to a concert in Belfast and encountering various difficulties on the way, or when they are arrested by the police, who accuse them of being part of the men who stole computers from their school.

The show depicts the life of these teens humorously, making it one of the best feel-good and relatable TV shows.

1) Ted Lasso

Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, and Nick Mohammed in Ted Lasso | Image via Universal Television

Ted Lasso revolves around the story of an American football coach who was hired to destroy the image of AFC Richmond, a football club, by the owner, Rebecca, in an attempt to take revenge on her ex-husband.

The show has many heartwarming moments as Ted slowly but steadily wins everyone around him with his positive outlook on life. We see several characters, including Ted, becoming downhearted sometimes, but they stand back up with the help of each other.

While Ted is dealing with a personal issue of divorce and trying to stay connected with his son, who lives in the US, he still tries to cheer up the team and makes the once losing team one of the best teams in the English league. With moments like this, this is one of the best feel-good TV shows on the list.