20 TV shows that are perfect to fall asleep to

The Office theme song may as well be classified as a lullaby at this point. Thanks to streaming, more and more people are discovering and falling in love with the antics of a paper company, and once it’s adopted as one of these new fan’s go-to shows, the cycle of Scranton, PA being the place where dreams happen continues.

When Frasier says, “I’m listening,” it’s a viewer’s job to say, “I’m dozing off.”

Falling asleep to the positivity of Leslie Knope can guarantee waking up fresh the next day. Just try not to nod off when April or Ron are around. Just kidding!

Once one gets incredibly hyped about the intro, they can wind down with four best friends and Maxine Shaw’s sarcasm.

The best type of politics to watch before bed!

Who doesn’t love a show about friends in New York City?

Friends was destined to be a syndication sedative from the get-go.

Jason Bateman’s dry humor is somehow the most comforting thing aside from an actual comforter.

Ted Allen should look into putting his voice on a sleep app. This isn’t a diss. He’s just narrated so many people’s nightly ritual of scrolling before their eyes close for the day.

Yes, the crime, but also seeing Shemar Moore and Matthew Gray Gubler before bed is a true gift.

Nick at Nite really set up I Love Lucy to be a before-bed classic.

One of the most common shared experiences of people in the 2000s is waking up in the middle of the night, seeing The George Lopez Show, and allowing it to play as you fell back into bed.

Cheers was one of the most-watched shows in the ‘80s, and by the ‘90s, it was one of the most popular shows to recline to catch a wink.

The goal is to make it through the cold open and then hit the pillow.

House M.D. was almost always the same, so if you got a bit drowsy before things wrapped up, you could bet that House was complaining about something in his personal life, then a random thing would occur to induce an epiphany, and bam! Medical issue solved. It’s knowing exactly how things will go that allows the body to rest and accept sleep.

The second Modern Family entered its rerun era, it was on, and the snooze button was off.

The Big Bang Theory is one of those shows that feels like it was created just to be a tool utilized to sleep. It’s simple yet comical, but not a show that begs for one to pay close attention to. That’s what one wants when it’s time to clock out at the end of the night.

Abbott Elementary is holding network television on its shoulder, but in streaming, it’s just like all the other sleepy-time TV goodies on this list.

Watching people make horrible housing decisions is truly one of the best nightly rituals one can have before bed.

Olivia Benson is the Mother Goose of television shows that are perfect to fall asleep to.