What to Watch While You Crochet: TV Show Suggestions
One question I see almost daily in the crochet groups is “what do you watch while you crochet? I need tv show suggestions.” I mean, we all like to Netflix and Crochet, right?
Actually, I asked this same question in the Blackstone Designs Crochet Community group one day when I was feeling stuck feeling like I’d already watched everything there was to watch.
So, I decided to make you a list of some of the great shows out there, organized by genre, so you can easily find tv shows you will love!
Most are pulled right from that post; suggestions from fellow crocheters! I made sure to include anything that was suggested several times!
I have also included tv ratings and which streaming app you can find them on. Note: I am listing monthly subscription streaming services, but you can likely find these shows as “pay per episode” on Amazon Prime, Vudu, Apple TV…etc.
The shows that are “kid friendly”, or should I say the shows that are rated TVPG or better, are highlighted in bold text.
Although there are also some great movies out there, due to them being like one long episode, I didn’t include any in this list.
You have to pay attention a bit more when watching movies than you do when you’re watching TV, so it’s harder to find movies good to crochet to.
Without further ado, here is my suggestions for what to watch while you crochet!
COMEDY (SITCOMS)
| Show Title | Additional Categories | Rating | Where to Watch |
| American Housewife | TV14 | Hulu | |
| Beverly Hillbillies | NR | Roku | Tubi | |
| Big Bang Theory | TV14 | Hulu | |
| Black-ish | TV14 | ABC | Hulu | |
| Designing Women | TVPG | Hulu | |
| Frasier | TV14 | Paramount+ | Hulu | |
| Friends | TV14 | HBOMax | |
| Ghosts | TV14 | Paramount+ | |
| Gilmore Girls | Drama | TV14 | Netflix |
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Drama | TV14 | Netflix |
| The Goldbergs | TV14 | ABC | Hulu | |
| The Golden Girls | TVPG | Hulu | |
| Grace and Frankie | TVMA | Netflix | |
| Grace Under Fire | TVPG | Peacock | |
| Hot in Cleveland | TVMA | Paramount+ | |
| It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | TVMA | Hulu | |
| Modern Family | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu | |
| Mom | TV14 | Hulu | |
| The Neighborhood | TV14 | Paramount+ | |
| Never Have I Ever | Drama | TV14 | Netflix |
| Only Murders in the Building | Mystery | TVMA | Hulu |
| The Ranch | TVMA | Netflix | |
| Reba | TVPG | Hulu | |
| Schitt’s Creek | TVMA | Netflix | |
| Shameless | Drama | TVMA | Netflix |
| Ted Lasso | TVMA | AppleTV+ | |
| Two and a Half Men | TV14 | Peacock | |
| Young Sheldon | TV14 | Hulu | Paramount+ | CBS |
COMPETITION TV SHOWS
| Show Title | Additional Categories | Rating | Where to Watch |
| Alone | Survival | TV14 | Discovery+ | Roku Channel |
| The Amazing Race | Physical | TV14 | Paramount+ |
| American Idol | Music | TV14 | ABC | Hulu |
| American Ninja Warrior | Physical | TVPG | Peacock | Hulu |
| America’s Got Talent | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu | |
| America’s Next Top Model | Fashion | TV14 | Netflix | Hulu |
| Baking It | Cooking | TVPG | Peacock |
| Big Brother | Physical | TV14 | Paramount+ | CBS | Hulu |
| The Challenge | Physical | TV14 | Paramount+ | Hulu |
| Chopped | Cooking | TVPG | Roku Channel |
| The Circle | Social | TVMA | Netflix |
| Face Off | Art | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu |
| Hell’s Kitchen | Cooking | TVMA | Fox Now | Hulu |
| Ink Master | Art | TV14 | Paramount+ | Netflix | Hulu |
| Making It | Craft | TV14 | Peacock | NBC | Hulu |
| MasterChef | Cooking | TV14 | Hulu | Fox Now |
| Nailed It | Cooking | TVPG | Netflix |
| Project Runway | Craft | TV14 | Hulu | Peacock | NBC |
| The Real Dirty Dancing | Dance | TV14 | FoxNow | Hulu |
| RuPaul’s Drag Race | Fashion | TVMA | AppleTV | Hulu | Paramount+ |
| So You Think You Can Dance | Dance | TV14 | FoxNow | Hulu |
| Survivor | Physical | TV14 | Paramount+ | CBS | Hulu |
| Top Chef | Cooking | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu |
| The Voice | Music | TVPG | Peacock | Hulu |
CRIME TV SHOWS
Fictional Crime
| Show Title | Additional Categories | Rating | Where to Watch |
| 24 | TV14 | Hulu | |
| Blue Bloods | Drama | TV14 | Paramount+ |
| Bones | Medical | Mystery | Drama | TV14 | Hulu |
| Bosch | Drama | TVMA | Amazon Prime Video |
| Breaking Bad | TVMA | Netflix | |
| The Cleaning Lady | Drama | TVMA | Hulu |
| Castle | Comedy | Drama | TV14 | Hulu |
| CSI ___ | Thriller | Mystery | Suspense | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| Dead to Me | Dark Humor | Drama | TVMA | Netflix |
| Dexter | Drama | TVMA | Hulu | Showtime |
| Dexter: New Blood | Drama | TVMA | Hulu | Showtime |
| FBI | Drama | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| FBI: Most Wanted | Drama | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| FBI: International | Drama | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| Godfather of Harlem | Drama | TVMA | Hulu |
| Good Girls | Comedy | Drama | Action | TVMA | Netflix |
| Justified | TVMA | Hulu | |
| Law & Order ____ | Thriller | Action | TV14 | Peacock | NBC | Hulu |
| Law & Order SVU | Thriller | Action | TVMA | Peacock | NBC | Hulu |
| Longmire | Modern Western | Drama | TVMA | Peacock | Hulu |
| Lucifer | Fantasy | Drama | TV14 | Netflix |
| Mayor of Kingstown | Thriller | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| The Mentalist | Mystery | Drama | TV14 | Roku Channel |
| Monk | Comedy | TV14 | Peacock |
| NCIS | Mystery | Adventure | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| Orange is the New Black | Comedy | TVMA | Netflix |
| Ozark | TVMA | Netflix | |
| Prison Break | Adventure | Drama | TV14 | Hulu |
| Psych | Comedy | Mystery | TV14 | Peacock |
| Queen of the South | Action | Drama | TVMA | Netflix |
| Reacher | TVMA | Amazon Prime Video | |
| The Rookie | TV14 | Hulu | ABC | |
| Son’s of Anarchy | TVMA | Hulu | |
| S.W.A.T. | TVMA | Paramount+ | |
| Wentworth | Drama | TVMA | Netflix |
True Crime
| Show Title | Rating | Where to Watch |
| American Greed | TV14 | Peacock |
| Betrayed | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Bloodline Detectives | TV14 | Peacock |
| Buried in the Backyard | TV14 | Peacock |
| Cold Case Files | TV14 | Peacock |
| Crime to Remember | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Dateline ___ | TV14 | Peacock |
| Deadly Women | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Disappeared | TVMA | Discovery+ |
| Evil Lives Here | TVMA | Discovery+ |
| Fear Thy Neighbor | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Fear Thy Roommate | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| The First 48 | TV14 | Peacock |
| Forensic Files | TV14 | Peacock |
| I Almost Got Away With It | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| I Survived a Serial Killer | TV14 | Hulu |
| Killer Couples | TV14 | Peacock |
| Nightmare Next Door | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| People Magazine Investigates | TV14 | Hulu |
| See No Evil | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Snapped | TV14 | Peacock |
| Stalked: Someone’s Watching | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Surviving Evil | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Unsolved Mysteries | TVMA | Peacock | Hulu | Discovery+ | Netflix |
| Web of Lies | TVMA | Discovery+ |
| Who the (Bleep)… | TV14 | Discovery+ |
| Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? | TV14 | Discovery+ |
DRAMA TV SHOWS
| Show Title | Additional Categories | Rating | Where to Watch |
| 1883 | Western | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| 9-1-1 | Medical | Action | Crime | TV14 | Hulu | Fox Now |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Medical | Action | Crime | TV14 | Hulu | Fox Now |
| All Creatures Great & Small | Comedy | Animals | TV14 | Amazon Prime Video |
| A Million Little Things | TV14 | Hulu | ABC | |
| Anne with an E | TVPG | Netflix | |
| Better Call Saul | Crime | TVMA | Netflix |
| The Book of Boba Fett | Sci-fi | Action | TV14 | Disney+ |
| Bridgerton | Romance | TVMA | Netflix |
| Call the Midwife | Medical | TV14 | Netflix |
| Chicago Fire | Medical | Crime | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu |
| Chicago P.D. | Crime | Thriller | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu |
| Chicago Med | Medical | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu |
| Criminal Minds | Thriller | TVMA | Hulu |
| The Crown | TVMA | Netflix | |
| Dinotopia | Fantasy | Adventure | TVPG | Crackle |
| Downton Abbey | Historical | TV14 | Peacock |
| ER | Medical | TV14 | HBOMax |
| Game of Thrones | Fantasy | TVMA | HBOMax |
| Ghost Whisperer | Fantasy | Mystery | TV14 | Roku Channel |
| The Good Doctor | Medical | TVMA | ABC | Hulu |
| Greenleaf | Religion | TV14 | Netflix |
| Grey’s Anatomy | Medical | TV14 | Hulu | ABC |
| The Handmaid’s Tale | TVMA | Hulu | |
| Heartland | TV14 | Hulu | |
| Hell on Wheels | Western | TVMA | The Roku Channel |
| The Last Kingdom | Historical | TVMA | Netflix |
| Little Fires Everywhere | TVMA | Hulu | |
| Madam Secretary | Politics | TV14 | Paramount+ | Netflix |
| The Mandalorian | Sci-fi | Action | TV14 | Disney+ |
| Manifest | Sci-Fi | Mystery | TV14 | Netflix |
| New Amsterdam | Medical | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu |
| Once Upon a Time | Fantasy | TVPG | Disney+ |
| The Originals | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | TVMA | Netflix |
| Outlander | TVMA | Netflix | Starz | |
| Raising Dion | Sci-Fi | Drama | TVPG | Netflix |
| The Resident | Medical | TV14 | Hulu |
| Saints & Sinners | Religion | TV14 | Hulu |
| Scandal | Politics | TVMA | Hulu |
| Sweet Magnolias | Romance | TV14 | Netflix |
| This is Us | TV14 | Hulu | Peacock | NBC | |
| The Vampire Diaries | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | TVMA | Netflix |
| Vikings | Historical | TVMA | Peacock | Hulu |
| Vikings Valhalla | Historical | TVMA | Netflix |
| Virgin River | Romance | TV14 | Netflix |
| The West Wing | Politics | TV14 | HBOMax |
| The Witcher | Fantasy | Action | TVMA | Netflix |
| Yellowstone | Modern Western | TVMA | Paramount+ | Peacock |
HORROR TV SHOWS
| Show Title | Additional Categories | Rating | Where to Watch |
| American Horror Story | Thriller | Drama | TVMA | Hulu |
| Bates Motel | Thriller | Drama | Suspense | TVMA | Peacock |
| Black Summer | Action | Drama | TVMA | Netflix |
| Evil | Paranormal | Mystery | Drama | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| Fear the Walking Dead | Sci-Fi | Drama | TVMA | AMC+ |
| The Stand | Thriller | TVMA | Paramount+ |
| Stranger Things | Sci-Fi | Thriller | TV14 | Netflix |
| Supernatural | Sci-Fi | Drama | TVMA | Netflix |
| Them | Paranormal | Drama | TVMA | Amazon Prime Video |
| The Walking Dead | Sci-Fi | Drama | TVMA | AMC+ |
REALITY TV SHOWS
| Show Title | Additional Categories | Rating | Where to Watch |
| 90 Day Fiancé | Romance | Dating | TVMA | Hulu |
| The Bachelor(ette) | Romance | Dating | TV14 | Hulu | Discovery+ |
| Bachelor in Paradise | Romance | Dating | TV14 | Hulu | ABC |
| Basketball Wives | TV14 | Paramount+ | |
| Crikey! It’s the Irwins | Animals | TVPG | Discovery+ |
| Dr. Jeff | Animals | TVPG | Hulu | Roku Channel |
| Fixer Upper | Home Renovation | TVG | Discovery+ | Hulu |
| Good Bones | Home Renovation | TVPG | Discovery+ |
| Home Town | Home Renovation | TVPG | Discovery+ | Hulu |
| I Survived… | TVMA | Roku Channel | PlutoTV | |
| The Incredible Dr. Pol | Animals | TV14 | Disney+ |
| Love is Blind | Romance | Dating | TVMA | Netflix |
| Married at First Sight | Romance | Dating | TV14 | Hulu | Discovery+ |
| Married to Medicine | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu | |
| Property Brothers | Home Renovation | TVPG | Hulu |
| The Real Housewives of _______ | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu | |
| Queer Eye | Fashion | TV14 | Netflix |
| Selling Sunset | Realty | TVMA | Netflix |
| Shahs of Sunset | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu | |
| Southern Charm | TV14 | Peacock | |
| Summer House | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu | |
| Vanderpump Rules | TV14 | Peacock | Hulu |
THRILLER TV SHOWS
| Show Title | Additional Categories | Rating | Where to Watch |
| The Blacklist |  | TVMA | Peacock | Hulu |
| Bloodline |  | TVMA | Netflix |
| Cruel Summer | Drama | Mystery | TV14 | Hulu |
| Locke & Key | Drama | Horror | TV14 | Netflix |
| The Old Man | Crime | Drama | TVMA | Hulu | ABC |
| Salem | Fantasy | Drama | TVMA | CW | Hulu |
| Shining Girls | Mystery | Crime | Drama | TVMA | AppleTV |
| True Blood | Fantasy | Drama | TVMA | HBOMax |
| Welcome to Eden | Adventure | Sci-Fi | TVMA | Netflix |
| You |  | TVMA | Netflix |
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Did I miss a really great suggestion for what to watch while crocheting?
Let me know in the comments!
Happy Crocheting!
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