Great TV Shows Available on Netflix Instant (plus a few DVD only shows that should be there)

I’m always desperately searching for a “new” television show that I can watch instantly on Netflix...maybe you are too? I’ve thrown in a few shows that are limited to DVD in the hopes that they’ll be joining Netflix Instant soon.

1. Parks and Recreation (Netflix)—Amy Poehler. Comedy. Trials and tribulations of a small town’s parks and recreation department.
2. 30 Rock (Netflix)—Tina Fey. Craziness of the behind the scenes production of a Saturday Live like production.
3. Arrested Development (Netflix)—Watch a broken family try to come together again. They fail miserably. And it’s hilarious.
4. Better Off Ted (Netflix)—Inter-office relationships at a research and design company. Hilarious.
5. Bones (Netflix)—Mystery, forensics, and comedy rolled into one. David Boreanaz (see: Angel) co-stars. Also, Emily Deschanel is there.
6. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix)—This show is a little hit or miss. But it’s like ER for the romantic set/high drama approving set.
7. Gavin and Stacey (Netflix)-BBC production. So they have accents. My friend refused to watch this because the actors were “too ugly”. But if you can deal with ordinary looking people in comical situations this is the show for you.
8. Dexter (Netflix)—Serial killer. And he’s the protagonist. Plus, his sister is a cop who’s kind of hot.
9. Law and Order: SVU (Netflix)—More hot cops! And disturbing cases.
10. Rizzoli and Isles (DVD)—A hot female cop! And a hot medical examiner. Plus less disturbing cases than ‘SVU’.
11. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Netflix)—If you’ve never seen this you have to. Also, it takes a little trying at first to get past the very ‘90s outfits, but once you do this show is priceless.
12. Angel (Netflix)—It’s a spin-off of ‘Buffy’, so watch that first. Young David Boreanaz is in it. He’s hot.
13. Brothers and Sisters (Netflix)—I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch this again. Too much drama. But it’s wonderful and time-sucking during the first viewing.
14. Friends (DVD)—The show that America was obsessed with. It doesn’t seem so brilliant now, but oh the memories.
15. Monk (Netflix)—Kooky detective with OCD. Solves cases that are way less scary than those SVU ones.
16. Gilmore Girls (DVD)—Mother and daughter relationship through high school and beyond. Somehow this was a hit show with mother and daughters around the USA. Wonder why.
17. NCIS (DVD)—Sort of a combination of ‘SVU’ and ‘Bones’. Plus it’s Navy related cases.
18. Wonderfalls (DVD)—The fact that this has so few episodes is a travesty. In the way that ‘Arrested Development’ being cut short was a travesty. Sarcastic college grad works retail and talks to inanimate objects. It’s funny. Really.
19. Ally McBeal (Netflix)—I obsessively watched this all the way through. But now that I’m done I don’t think I’ll ever watch it again: ‘Brothers and Sisters’ syndrome.
20. How I Met Your Mother (DVD)—It’s funny! Stars Alyson Hannigan of ‘Buffy’ fame.