TV at bedtime?

I don’t know about you guys, but I cannot go to sleep unless there is something playing on the TV. Partially for me I enjoy the white noise. And I don’t like complete darkness.

I tend to watch things that I’ve seen 1 million times thinking they’ll fall asleep and then never works. My current bedtime guilty pleasure is Smallville. What’s yours?

I struggle to sleep if I see a light. I do enjoy having the fan on to block out noise but that’s only when it’s a hot night,

That’s the opposite of me I sleep with a fan on year round even when it’s 2° outside.

I’m definitely a comfort show at bedtime person 😂 Friends is my usual go to because I’ve seen it about a million times and can practically watch it with my eyes closed 🤣 At the moment I’ve switched to How I Met Your Mother though. Apparently I refuse to let go of sitcoms from the 2000s 😂🙈

On Sep 16, 2026, JustASmallTownGirl said:

I’m definitely a comfort show at bedtime person 😂 Friends is my usual go to because I’ve seen it about a million times and can practically watch it with my eyes closed 🤣 At the moment I’ve switched to How I Met Your Mother though. Apparently I refuse to let go of sitcoms from the 2000s 😂🙈

Smallville came out in 2001. I’ve seen it a million times, friends too!

On Sep 16, 2026, JustASmallTownGirl said:

I’m definitely a comfort show at bedtime person 😂 Friends is my usual go to because I’ve seen it about a million times and can practically watch it with my eyes closed 🤣 At the moment I’ve switched to How I Met Your Mother though. Apparently I refuse to let go of sitcoms from the 2000s 😂🙈

Scrubs ❤️
They just did a reboot too.

Oh man, I haven’t watched that in forever! Thanks you just gave me the idea of what I’m going to watch when I finish Smallville. Lol

On Sep 16, 2026, zimmbi said:

Oh man, I haven’t watched that in forever! Thanks you just gave me the idea of what I’m going to watch when I finish Smallville. Lol

John C. McGinley is amazing. He’s not in the reboot that much 🙁

On Sep 16, 2026, Gizmo said:

Scrubs ❤️
They just did a reboot too.

SCRUBS!! 😭💕 Oh god, there’s another one I haven’t watched in forever!! At this rate this thread is just going to become a list of shows I now need to rewatch 🤣

Or on the tablet all night 😛 watching

On Sep 17, 2026, Empire said:

Or on the tablet all night 😛 watching

That’s still probably better than doom scrolling TikTok cat videos. Haha

I don't watch TV; I only watch things online—usually on YouTube—so if I want to sleep with something playing in the background, I use YouTube.

If you ever get used to sleeping with some background noise, it's going to be very difficult to sleep without that kind of noise again. This is currently happening to me.