Sleep Shows

[SimonBolivar 10958]

@ernest_t_bass mentioned in another thread that he uses Seinfeld as his show that he goes to sleep to at night. The Mrs can't sleep having a tv on so I've compromised with headphone and the YouTube Vanced app that keeps videos playing without the screen being on for free. My current rotation is a mix of Yale history profs, Carl Sagan's Cosmos, and Ricky/Karl/Steve's XFM shows from the early 00s.

 

 

Does anyone else like having some media on as they drift to sleep? If so what do you have?

[RPM 26339]

I have tinnitus and always have the TV on low in the background. Usually it's TCM.

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Just now, RPM said:

I have tinnitus and always have the TV on low in the background. Usually it's TCM.

My parents used that as their living room at 8PM nap time thing that olds do growing up so I got a healthy dose of all things 40s and 50s in childhood. I love me some TCM to this day. 

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

The West Wing

[SimonBolivar 10958]

2 minutes ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

The West Wing

Interesting choice. I generally like to pick comedies or things that I don't need to keep up with for a plot. I guess if you've seen it enough it doesn't matter.

[Js1 85507]

I fall asleep to Bob's Burgers a lot in the background. 

[Catpfish 618]

Frasier has always worked for me

[ztejas 43528]

Simpsons. Family Guy. South Park. 

[Deej 76893]

I put a podcast on the smart clock next to my bed. It's like being in class. Instantly fall asleep. Too much light with a tv.

[Jiggy-Z 3435]

Cowboys games.  Too soon?

[smuggs 9353]

Forensic Files.

And in my 20's I spent many hungover Sunday afternoons on the couch drifting off to Bob Ross and the PBS Joy Of Painting double shot.

 

 

 

Edited January 18, 2022 by smuggs

[Zepol87 9190]

Always sunny, bobs burgers or the office 

[ChickenSandwich 9849]

Law and order, cold case files and forensic files. Love how with newer TVs you can simply turn off the picture and listen. 

[Texzilla58 4742]

Nfl network most nights

[NeverMarryAStripper 21920]

I have to have the tv on in the background when I sleep.  My goto used to be Ancient Aliens.  I found something about that narrator very soothing, but after playing every episode of all 15 seasons about 50 times I finally had to give it a rest.  I tried Law & Order for a while, but that gong sound got annoying.  Now I'm using King of Queens and Everyone loves Raymond

[Tom 2959]

Usually something light like a sitcom and something I've already seen so I don't care when I end up sleeping through 2 or 3 episodes before Netflix or Hulu asks if I'm still watching and inevitably shuts it down.

IASIP, Cheers, Taxi, Frasier, Friends, Seinfield, The Simpsons, Happy Endings, KOTH are all shows to fall asleep to.  

Back in the day in my 20's and before streaming I'd always fall asleep to Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.  TBS used to also be pretty reliable with a steady stream of 90's and 00's sitcom reruns like King of Queens.  Although it would sometimes be jarring when the 4:00 paid programming shows would come on and wake you up because they'd be twice as loud as the normal shows.

Edited January 18, 2022 by Tom

[bluto 4940]

So the tv runs all night or set a sleep timer? You people are savages in general

[Js1 85507]

30 minutes ago, bluto said:

So the tv runs all night or set a sleep timer? You people are savages in general

I don't fall asleep to the TV at night.  Don't have a TV in my room.

It's more for afternoon naps on the couch. 

[52-80 19226]

wife likes to have random tv on

in college i used to sleep with music on headphones on.  sometimes i'd be waken up in the middle night to blaring fucking guitars by neil young or mogwai or my bloody valentine. 

if you need just any sort of noise - particularly to drown out ambient sounds - playing pink noise is a good option

[TankedBevo 2485]

I have to have something in the background but can't fall asleep to the brightness of a TV. I bought a whitenoise machine for babies instead, works like a charm.

 

Edit: To add to the thread, NYPD Blue or similar type shows worked for awhile

Edited January 18, 2022 by TankedBevo

[TonyTexas 10521]

Golf is my go to for weekend naps. 

Edited January 18, 2022 by TonyTexas

[TrashMaster G 17584]

13 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Golf is my go to for weekend naps. 

This.

[SimonBolivar 10958]

1 hour ago, bluto said:

So the tv runs all night or set a sleep timer? You people are savages in general

When I was in my early 20s in the time before Plex then I'd have all of my tv shows/movies/plays on VLC in random order then I'd love having my TV on 24 hours a day as background noise and that way I could wake up at 3AM and be like "oh cool that is on" and go back to sleep. I've never had issues going back to sleep once I am out. I do have some problems in a quiet house where I'll sit down and freak out that I'm about to be unconscious for the next 6-8 hours. If I have something on the TV/headphones then that helps to drown that out.

 

[Tom 2959]

1 hour ago, bluto said:

So the tv runs all night or set a sleep timer? You people are savages in general

 

All night TV before streaming came along.  Streaming services will usually stop at some point on its own to ask if you're still watching.  I'm sure if I ever get married again I'll have to adjust my sleeping habits but for now savage confirmed.

[Knoxtnhorn 6065]

Bowl season is perfect for this, which is why I'll never complain about too many bowl games.

To add to Seinfeld and Frasier, I'd also go with Impractical Jokers.

Edited January 18, 2022 by Knoxtnhorn

[bluto 4940]

And I’ll admit I need white noise (box fan) to sleep at night and can nod off for a nap sometimes watching tv, but having a full tv/music going at actual bed time is indeed savage. 
 

question going to random question/thought plan… why the f don’t hotels have box fans to ‘rent out’ at $5 or $10/night. I’d pay every damn time 

[DougO 5256]

I have more waking up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep shows. Around 3am I'm often catching several consecutive episodes of Match Game 75, 76, 77 or whatever on BUZZR channel. 

[Biff Tannen 45709]

I lived across the street from a fire station in college, so I can sleep thru damn near anything. I used to fall asleep to full on thrash metal. 

[Ten Bears 2483]

Shows on space like The Universe played at a very low volume puts me out instantly.  The volume has to be high enough hear but so low I can't make out what they are saying.  

[Capt. Squints 176]

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, The Office, 48 Hours.

[BrickHorn 18267]

I prefer nonfiction shows as an insomnia aid. Anything presenting interesting and even off-the-wall ideas. Shows about astronomy, history, conspiracy theories, true crime, etc. There was a stretch where I would fall asleep every night in the middle of a Carlo Rovelli YouTube lecture about the physics of time. 

But I cleaned up my sleep hygiene a few months back and don’t rely on background TV nearly as much as I used to.

[billfromlaketravis 11522]

The SEC 2:30 game. It’s only thing I can nap to during the day. 
 

Honorable mention : SAP Training. 

[Wild Bill 324]

WWE Wrestling with a sleep timer set for 15 min.

[WhatTheBuck 28797]

The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross can’t be beat.

[C-Man 27253]

Usually South Park on Comedy or Archer on FXX.

My first wife couldn’t have any TV or light on anywhere in bedroom. Like the red “idle or “off” light on the TV would drive her nuts. She’s certifiable. My current wife can sleep even with the TV blaring in background.

[ballrific 215]

The Honeymooners...my old man got me started on it when i was a pup

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[mackavelli 183]

Everyone loves Raymond. King of queens.

And then this….

[bluto 4940]

No love for aerial America or how it’s made (both narrators voices, hell maybe same guy), shocking

Edited January 19, 2022 by bluto

[RPM 26339]

3 hours ago, bluto said:

No love for aerial America or how it’s made (both narrators voices, hell maybe same guy), shocking

Jim Conrad (also the voice of The Ticket).

[South Austin 52561]

6 hours ago, mackavelli said:

And then this….

I’ve slept with this for at least a decade, probably longer, and I usually pack it when I travel. My kids also have one in their rooms.

I can nap in the afternoon with sports on. But I don’t have a TV in my room and can’t get any quality sleep with it on.

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

19 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

 the office 

This is another one for me, especially late in the series, where I care less and less about what happens.  I've been through the series 3-4 times.

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

I don't have a television in my bedroom.  But this thread nicely reminded me of watching Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" with my Dad when I was a kid.   Well, I played with whatever toy I had at the time while Dad watched it.  Dad has always had a great interest in science of all types.  So the subject didn't bore him.  But Sagan's soothing voice never failed to eventually lull him to sleep.   Dad is still alive, but this memory was a good one for me that I had not thought about in a long time.  Thanks.