Library Guide to Binge-Watching

Libraries are commonly known as centers for books and learning, but sometimes you just want to vegetate on the couch for a few hours with some escapist television. We're happy to oblige, and will also take this opportunity to remind you that we can also recommend books and other media that are similar in theme to your favorite series.

It's a fact that people aren't sitting down to watch their favorite show on a regular night anymore, and are instead timeshifting, streaming (and sometimes binge viewing.) For more data, see The Total Audience Report December 2014 (PDF)  from Nielsen.

Want to know how long to budget for your binge? Nielsen Top Ten has a series of handy infographics so you can estimate your screen time.

Just How Long Is A TV Marathon?
Binge Watching Part 2: Become A TV Time Lord
Gotta Watch Em All: Binge Watching Animation

Here is just a sampling of the many fine television shows in our collections available for you to borrow, along with our recommendations for further entertainment. Because after you finish up all three seasons, some binge-reading is probably in order.

What are you watching now? Let us know in the comments.

• 24
• 30 Rock
• Adventure Time
• American Dad!
• American Horror Story
• The Americans
  • If You Like The Americans (FX) - KGB and Cold War Reads
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Archer
• Arrested Development
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Battlestar Galactica
• Beavis and Butthead
• The Big Bang Theory
• Boardwalk Empire
  • The Bookshelves of Boardwalk Empire
• Bob's Burgers
• Breaking Bad
  • Breaking Bad: If Only They Had a Library Card

  • When They Trod the Boards: Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad-Ass on Broadway

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Californication
• Community
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Damages
• Daria
• Dexter
• Doctor Who
  • Climb Aboard the TARDIS: A Classic Doctor Who Starter Kit
  • Buried Treasure and Lost Adventure: Rare Doctor Who at the Library
• Downton Abbey
  • Waiting for Downton Abbey

  • Waiting for Downton Abbey 2015!

• Dragon Ball Z
• Empire
  • Waiting for Empire Reading and Viewing List
• Enlightened
• Family Guy
• Firefly
• Freaks and Geeks
• Friday Night Lights
• Fringe
  • Sci-Fi Summer Television We Love to Watch: Fringe
• Futurama
• Game of Thrones
  • Game of Thrones Reading List
  • Game of Thrones is Back! Now Where Is It Going?
• Gilmore Girls
• Glee
  • The Triumph of the Gleek!
  • Give Glee a Chance: Interview with a Gleek
• The Good Wife
• Grey's Anatomy
• Homeland
• House of Cards
• How I Met Your Mother
• I Love Lucy
  • When They Trod the Boards: I Love Lucy Edition
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Justice League Unlimited
• Justified
• The Killing
  • Missing The Killing? Crime Series Set in the Northwest
• Law and Order: SVU
• Little House on the Prairie

  • Little House on the Prairie of Horrors: Memories of Charles and the Gang

• Lost
• Mad Men
  • The Mad Men Reading List
  • The Sally Draper Reading List
  • The Glen Bishop Reading List
  • A Mad Men Mystery Solved

  • Mad Men on the Menu

• Modern Family
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
• Nashville
• NCIS
• Northern Exposure

  • "Chris in the Morning" Reading List

• The OC
• The Office (US)
• The Office (UK)
• Orange is the New Black
  • Orange is the New Black: A Reading List
• Outlander
  • Waiting for Outlander
• Parks and Recreation
• Pokemon
• Pretty Little Liars
  • Pretty Little Liars: Better Than the Book?
• Quantum Leap
  • Sci-Fi Summer Television We Love to Watch: Quantum Leap
• Ren & Stimpy
• Scandal
• Sex and the City
  • Sex and the City at the New York Public Library  
  • What Do the Ladies of SATC Have In Common With the Patrons of NYPL?
• Sherlock
• The Simpsons
• Six Feet Under
• Sliders
  • Sci-Fi Summer Television We Love to Watch: Sliders
• The Sopranos
• South Park
• Spongebob Squarepants
• Star Trek
  • 10 Best Spock Moments in Star Trek: The Original Series
  • When They Trod the Boards: Star Trek Edition
• Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Sci-Fi Summer Television We Love to Watch: Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Suits
• True Blood
• True Detective
  • The King in Yellow in Digital Collections and HathiTrust
• Twin Peaks
• Vampire Diaries

  • For Newbies - A DVD to Bite Into: The Complete First Season of The Vampire Diaries

• VEEP

  • VEEP! A Review

• Walking Dead
  • Walking Dead: Libraries vs. Zombies
• Weeds
• The West Wing
• The Wire
• The Wonder Years
  • The Wonder Years: Music and References from Season 1
• X-Files
  • Sci-Fi Summer Television We Love to Watch: The X-Files
• Yo Gabba Gabba!

  • 158 Yo Gabba Gabba: More Help Than Yo' Self Can Handle