The holiday season offers the most prime opportunities to experience some quality binge-watching.
Don't spend these weeks with breaks getting to know your family better. Or rediscovering yourself at a wellness retreat. Instead, take this time to check off some real worthwhile goals from your list — like taking in hours of entertainment. That's something you'll never regret.
Business Insider put together a list of shows that will keep you both entertained and caught up on what's coming down the pop-culture pike. You'll always have something to talk about at parties and maybe, just maybe, you'll make others feel horribly insecure about their own lack of pop-culture prowess.
Have a really happy holiday season with these binge-worthy 13 TV shows and movie franchises:
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"Black Mirror"
After British anthology series "Black Mirror" arrived to Netflix, it steadily found an American audience, and a rabid one at that. Even one of our greatest assets, Jon Hamm, deigned to star on its Christmas special last year.
Earning comparisons to "The Twilight Zone,""Black Mirror" explores the line between life and tech.
Netflix is producing the next season of "Black Mirror."
"Twin Peaks"
After a rocky start, Showtime is a bit behind on its revival of director David Lynch's "Twin Peaks." That's okay, because it gives you time to really soak in the show's two bizarre and twist-filled seasons before its 2017 launch date.
The two seasons are available now on Netflix.
"Gilmore Girls"
With Netflix working on a new season of the cult favorite show, here's your chance to find out why it's beloved by so many.
"Gilmore Girls" stars "Parenthood" actress Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore, a young, single mother who's best friends with her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel). Things get complicated when Lorelai's estranged parents come back into the picture with a desire for a relationship with their granddaughter.
All seven seasons of the series are available on Netflix now.
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