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Curb Your Enthusiasm. It's on Amazon Prime Video, and I just started watching it. Will normally get an episode and a half in before falling asleep, and then the next day I'll jave to find the point when I fell asleep, but man what a great show, and there's so much of it!

 

[wbsmcs]

Archer for me, although I started using Top Gear.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

The Miami dolphins. What a train wreck.

 

[Entropia]

I usually do: King of the Hill, The Simpsons, 30 Rock, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Bob's Burgers

 

[RetroMG]

My wife has been watching Psych. It's great for this.

I also like falling asleep to cooking shows.

 

[| Praxis |]

Cheers or Frasier, not because they are bad but because they're so relaxing.

 

[ArtistDude88]

Ancient Aliens. Nothing beats the soothing ruminations of ancient astronaut theorists.

What if, as ancient astronaut theorists believe, people falling asleep during the show was part of a conspiracy by aliens to cover up the truth?

This show is always great to doze off to. Usually get some hella weird dreams because of it, though. Haha!

 

[lunchtoast]

Mister Rodgers is on Netflix now.

 

[i am unagi]

Bob's Burgers and Futurama.

 

[Good Guy Gone Bad]

Charmed
Law and Order (pick any)
X-Files

These are my go-tos

I'm not into Anime, but recently Bleach has been fitting the bill as well.

My go-to Netflix shows for bed:

Roseanne

This isn't on Netflix :/

 

[Shadow2222]

Agatha Christie's Poirot. Such a great show, but surprisingly relaxing.

 

[Ryaaan14]

The Office is the one show I play when I go to sleep every night.

 

[Zombine]

NCIS is good to fall asleep to. Also Bobs Burgers and Bojack Horseman. All shows I enjoy, but I do pass out real quick when I put them on. Same goes for Family Guy and American Dad.

My girlfriend puts SpongeBob on before she goes to sleep.

 

[GloveSlap]

I agree with the Bob Ross mentions. Antiques Roadshow works really well too.

 

[x24hrs2livex]

South Park
The Simpsons
Family Guy
American Dad
Seinfeld

 

[Liberty4all]

Friends ... I think a part of it is that I've seen every episode some of them multiple times.

 

[BytheShinigamiflowers]

The Office (US) and Futurama ( both are my favourite tv shows btw)

 

[Who]

I like putting on an old tv show without laugh tracks. Like from the 20s-40s.

Something about that crackly audio feed.

EDIT: Whoa bro, same ^^

Well, favorite comedies.

 

[ATF487]

Any sitcoms where multi-episode plots are either nonexistent or nonessential.

Friends, Frazier, the Simpsons, Seinfeld, any of those boring law enforcement procedurals if that's your thing, etc

 

[RageWaffles]

Nature and historical documentaries (like Planet Earth, Ken Burns stuff, and any PBS-produced stuff) are my go-to for this.

 

[akira28]

Oh my God PBS is so good for this. Antiques Roadshow, or their home and crafts channel

 

[Klotera]

Gotta go with something light hearted, so generally a comedy. Episodes you've seen before are best, because you don't have to be engaged in it. Personally, I do episodes of Family Guy or Sunny in Philadelphia. Stand-up comedy that you've already seen is good, too. Been doing some of George Carlin acts recently. A constant voice is good.

Falling asleep to something is great. With silence, I get caught up in my own thoughts.

 

[Currygan]

BBC One's Bargain Hunt is the nanny I never had. So relaxing

 

[nampad]

Watching Zoo as background noise right now. It seems like it fits the bill, it is quite mediocre and you don't really miss much by not looking.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Frasier or Golden Girls..

Watching Zoo as background noise right now. It seems like it fits the bill, it is quite mediocre and you don't really miss much by not looking.

Mister Hands Zoo? I don't wanna listen to that before sleep..

 

[Linkyn]

Shame you've tried Grey's Anatomy already. That usually works for me. Nice, long episodes with tons of dialogue and not too much else happening. First you watch, then you listen with your eyes closed, then you fall asleep. ER works for the same reason for me.

 

[krameriffic]

Pawn Stars, How it's Made, Planet Earth. Documentary-esque, educational shows. Sometimes its just the recipe I need for sleeping.

 

[Ladekabel]

Anything Navy CIS and Criminal Minds do it for me.

 

[IISANDERII]

Star Trek: TNG (once you get past the super-loud opening credits)

Yes, I've been doing the star treks for years and it's worked wonderfully, however I've seen them so many times I think I have most memorized[tng, DS9, voyager].

 

[Dishwalla]

Always use cartoons for this, usually Boomerang, though sometimes the 90s Are All That block works too.

 

[Arthrus]

I'm not a big fan of using Star Trek TNG for falling asleep, since it has some bright flashes of light here and there that I notice even with my eyes closed (plus the loud opening credits).

Sitcoms are generally good. Frasier would probably be my pick. Planet Earth and Life have also been helpful when falling asleep.

 

[chris121580]

Friends is my go to show for this.

Mine as well. I turn on nick at nite on my tv every night while i'm falling asleep

 

[KaoticBlaze]

for me its Bob's Burgers, and How It's Made. They arent bad shows by any means, but they tend to knock me out for some reason lol

 

[Epcott]

The Universe on Netflix. Informative and zzz inducing.

 

[razgriz417]

Friends and futurama are my go tos

 

[Lys Skygge]

King of The Hill is the goat of tv shows to doze off too. I wish it would come back to streaming services ((

 

[Rokal]

I like to watch classics to fall asleep, like I Love Lucy (Amazon Instant) or Simpsons (FXX).

Home Movies is also a great choice, but isn't on any free streaming services IIRC.

 

[XGRaViSmOrSX]

I usually run playlists on youtube/vlc. I have a couple that I tend to cycle through every few weeks/months.

Nostalgia Critic /AVGN
Top Gear specials
Space flight /aerospace docs
history and/or science docs

 

[Archer]

Animal Kingdom.

 

[old manatee]

I got a collection of old Mr Rogers videos I put on if I can't sleep in the middle of the night.

 

[Topper]

The West Wing for me, puts me out cold everytime.

 

[lightus]

In no particular order:

• Futurama (though the last few seasons has some louder audio mixing so you may want to avoid those)
• Bob's Burgers
• Psych (there's an episode with an air horn which drives me insane once every few months though)
• Parks and Rec
• Gamegrumps on Youtube. Stick to the longer Dan and Arin series as the other ones tend to be more loud.

I want to say Archer but in general there's too much yelling.


Oh! By the way, if you're randomly in the mood to listen to something instead of watching something to bed try Max Richter's Sleep.

It's an 8 hour long set made to induce relaxation/sleep. It's not just repetitive ambient noises either. Sometimes I listen to it while I do homework just to stay focused and relaxed. A sample of it called From Sleep (or day dream) is here.

 

[Data West]

MST3K puts me out even when I'm trying not to sleep.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

The original Cosmos, and any documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough give me a nice warm feeling to fall asleep to!

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

The GOAT.

 

[kaskade]

This is why I wish netflix would have a random episode button for a series. I like just watching friends but it'd be nice to just have it pick an episode for me.

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

How It's Made. It's not a bad show at all in my opinion, but it's perfect for something like this.

 

[Rizific]

for the past i dont know how many years, ive been falling asleep to forensic files or similar programs. whatever is on the investigation discovery channel is all similar to forensic files.

 

[Alex Stroud]

New Girl fits all your criteria, OP. Lightning-quick dialogue, it's a sitcom with few outdoor shots, so there's little chance of loud horns or gunfire, and while all the actors are attractive, it never gets "sexy" unless it's played for laughs.

 

[Twilight Gap]

adult swim/boomerang

GOAT hotel channel