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[stufte]

Mad Men. Barely anything happens from episode to episode and it's (usually) pretty mellow.

 

[Twilight Gap]

The GOAT.

Nope. This is on all the time while i'm trying to asleep and it always wakes me up. Can't stand that guy's voice.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Nope. This is on all the time while i'm trying to asleep and it always wakes me up. Can't stand that guy's voice.

Mark Tewksbury hasn't hosted the show in like a decade.

 

[NewGame]

Pretty much all television. I don't know how people can enjoy the endless tropes and laugh tracks thrown at them nonstop.

 

[MikeDown]

Agents of Shield, cause that show is an absolute bore. Total snooze fest, not even 1 redeemable aspect beyond helping you get to bed at night.

 

[Kangi]

How It's Made and I Love Lucy are my go-to's.

 

[Andodalf]

The military channel. At least, when they had documentaries.

 

[BrahReally]

I've been watching Portlandia to fall asleep lately. It's actually pretty good too, but something about it makes me sleepy.

 

[PaleFolklore]

Fear the Walking Dead

 

[Mossybrew]

Friends is my go to show for this.

Yep me too, also Parks & Rec

 

[Doug Heffernan]

King of the Hill or The Office.

Edit: Mythbusters or Planet Earth are also good if you want a longer runtime.

 

[Choomp]

How I Met Your Mother sounds pretty good for this.

This is mine. Really enjoy the show, but now that I've seen like all of it it's a good show to just chill too. Family Guy and The Office work for me too.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Adventure Time has been my go-to since I started watching it last year. I'm 37, so that might seem a little weird, but that show is great bed-time material.

 

[turnbuckle]

I LOVE baseball and this series but it's great to sleep to.

Runner up: twilight zone

 

[Zoolader]

WWE

 

[HylianTom]

The Twilight Zone

Absolutely.

I like this one for several reasons:
- the opening credits in most of the seasons has that dreamy harp playing.
- it has that classic "old television show" sound to it.. reminds me of childhood when local TV stations played a lot more syndicated TV shows from the 50s & 60s. Oddly comforting.
- the actors & actresses' voices were so soooooothing back then.

(I'd say MST3k, and I still sleep to it a ton - at least a few nights per week - but sometimes the screams of "MOVIE SIIIIIGN!" would awaken me.)

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Absolutely.

I like this one for several reasons:
- the opening credits in most of the seasons has that dreamy harp playing.
- it has that classic "old television show" sound to it.. reminds me of childhood when local TV stations played a lot more syndicated TV shows from the 50s & 60s. Oddly comforting.
- the actors & actresses' voices were so soooooothing back then.

(I'd say MST3k, and I still sleep to it a ton - at least a few nights per week - but sometimes the screams of "MOVIE SIIIIIGN!" would awaken me.)

Yes sir.

MST3K is another go-to for me. Usually Joel episodes.

 

[Human Resources]

I will second Poirot. Dude, you haven't slept until you've lulled off to the pleasant tones of an affable Belgian fellow named Hercule.

 

[Prez]

Frasier is the best for this purpose.

 

[Amory]

I doze off to Let's Play videos. It's great.

 

[tearsintherain]

Haven't there been a number of studies that show doing stuff like watching TV or spending significant time right before bed looking at electronic screens can heavily impact the quality of your sleep?

Wife and I got rid of the TV years ago in the bedroom, maybe its just psychological but I feel I sleep a lot better without it.

 

[Ourobolus]

MST3K

I still haven't finished Hamlet because it's so. goddamn. boring. Even with the jokes. It's my go-to for insomnia.

 

[FriedConsole]

Mine is Xena. Haven't finished an episode in a year but Netflix thinks I have seen them all. Watch it using the Wii Netflix and luckily it doesn't do that autoplay.

 

[Bert409]

Nature documentaries, preferably David Attenborough ones. Quite a few on Netflix, and they seem to be adding more all the time.

 

[LoneTraveler]

I think HGTV is perfect for this...

Shows like Property Virgins and House Hunters are perfect to doze off too.

Something about the music they use on those shows, it just emits calm and relaxing.

 

[Koriandrr]

Mad Men.

I like the show but my God, I lack the patience for it. 2min spent getting in the car, 3min spent typing something, etc.

 

[Woody Invincible]

X-Files. Next evening I always have to back up three episodes that autoplayed after I passed out.

 

[MisterNoisy]

How It's Made is practically a prescription-strength sleeping aid.

 

[deejay8595]

Forensic Files baby!

 

[spliced]

King of the Hill as long as it's not a Peggy or Hank's dad episode.

Documentaries you've already seen, because they're too interesting and a waste to sleep through the first time.

Twilight Zone? Really?! The stories of a messed up world causing anxiety and screwing folks over is calming?

 

[DamnBoxes]

Dunkey's playthrough of Megaman 2 is my bedtime story.

Everyone should learn the tale of Stienfield.

 

[Timu]

M.A.S.H.

Every episode puts me to sleep!

 

[Generate]

A lot of Science documentaries will do it, particularly shows about space.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Just let Jeff Bridges whisk you away to Dreamland....

 

[StopMakingSense]

MST3k is perfect. The talking is very consistent, and the movies themselves are EQed so they don't overlap too much with the audio.

 

[Aureon]

It's anime, but:
Mushishi.
Seriously.
Call it relaxing, call it boring, all i know is that if i need to sleep, 20min of Mushishi will do the trick, pronto.

 

[Currygan]

watched a Stargate SG-1 episode for the first time yesterday, fell asleep after three minutes