8 Comfort Shows to Get You Through a Breakup

Breakups play out differently for everyone, and platitudes often fall flat. Sometimes the relief you need comes from a brain-soothing TV binge that replaces advice with distraction. For comforting calm, The Great British Bake Off delivers a tented setting, friendly camaraderie, and the silly humor of presenters like Noel Fielding, even when judges such as Paul Hollywood offer blunt critiques.

MasterChef Junior restores a sense of joy with remarkably creative children, a focus on teamwork, and on-set therapists; moments like Season 2 contestant Abby Major’s imagined 'Horses and Courses' are hard not to smile at. From the mind of Issa Rae, Insecure examines life after a breakup through a Black female perspective and highlights how new beginnings often grow from friendship.

If you need catharsis, Grey’s Anatomy centers on Meredith Grey and her colleagues in a medical drama that frequently delivers gutting monologues and big emotional payoffs.

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