19 feel-good shows to start 2019 off right

2018 was undoubtedly a rough one. These feel-good shows will help make it a distant memory, and start brand new with lots of warm and soft feelings.

2018 has been a long, hard slog through disappointing national events, unpredictable and destructive weather patterns, questionable celebrity antics, and just general malaise. But we feel hopeful that 2019 is going to turn us around, and if not, then we can just watch these 19 feel-good shows and pretend for just a little while.

In terms of TV trends, times are a-changing. We’ve had enough of broody, tortured white guys who are doing terrible things, but for the “right reasons.” We need something to cheer us up, inspire us, and fill up the place where our hearts used to be — the hearts we had before every morning brought news of a fresh hell for us to contend with.

These shows might not all take place somewhere over the rainbow, but they have a few things in common that might lift you up as we head into the new year. They offer hope, human connection, and are honest about who we are, and who we could be. Some will make you laugh, while others will make you sob into your jammies, but you know, in a good way. If you need a reminder that we can, indeed, have nice things, watch a few of the shows on this list.