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IF YOU WANT A SHOW DEVOID OF CYNICISM: PARKS AND RECREATION (NETFLIX)

A group of bighearted municipal employees in Indiana manage to remain unflaggingly optimistic and funny as they sort through the bureaucracy of local politics. Comfort food at its finest.

IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH FAMILY: SCHITT’S CREEK (NETFLIX)

After losing their fortune, a family must move to a tiny motel in the middle of nowhere, bond and reassess their priorities for the better in this delightfully deranged comedy created by father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy.

IF YOU NEED A ROM-COM TO SIMULCAST WITH YOUR CRUSH: LOVESICK (NETFLIX)

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