Gone are the days when there were three sitcoms, and you just had to pick which one to be a fan of. Now, there are so many different series out there that you’d never be able to finish even just the Netflix Originals in your lifetime. That means they can cater to every impossibly niche demographic imaginable, which means that most TV shows won’t be for you. In the industry, this is called the Young Sheldon Effect.
There are, however, some TV shows that just about everyone can enjoy. We all know how to laugh, even if not all of us have the same sense of humor, and we all know how to cry, even if we don’t all have the same life experiences that leave us sobbing messes when we hear “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac. That means universal appeal is tricky, but it is possible, at least according to the Redditors who responded when user El_CM asked r/AskReddit, “What’s a TV series that everyone should give a go?”