TV Shows To Watch Over Spring Break

     With spring break right around the corner, here are some one-season wonders that are easy enough to binge watch whether you are on vacation in Aruba or chilling at home for the week. 

Virgin River (Netflix)

     Virgin River follows the story of Mel Monroe as she tries to escape her past life in busy LA with a move to the small town, Virgin River. She takes a nursing job with the town doctor known as “Doc”. Local bartender, Jack, helps her navigate and adjust to the characters and struggles of the small town. If you like the Gilmore Girls, this show is a must. It has already been renewed for a second season on Netflix. 

Love is Blind (Netflix)

     Love is Blind is Netflix’s new dating show, but is it really a dating show if the contestants can not see each other? After deciding through a screen if the couple wants to get engaged, couples are then able to advance to a honeymoon phase where they meet each other face-to-face. After this short time, it is the wedding. Time will tell how successful this show is as it is a three-week event. 

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist  (Hulu)​

     Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is network TV’s latest attempt at a new Glee. Coder, Zoey, gains the power to hear people’s inner thoughts through music after she was stuck in a MRI machine during an earthquake. She juggles this new “superpower”, along with a job promotion, love triangle between her colleague and best friend, and her sick father who is unable to communicate. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist currently only has three episodes, but comes out every Sunday on NBC with streaming on Hulu following the next day. 

High Fidelity (Hulu)

     High Fidelity stars the immensely talented, Zoe Kravitz, in the title role of Rob. The show has been adapted from the 2000 movie of the same name starring John Cusack. Rob owns a record store in gentrified Brooklyn with the help of her two best friends, Cherise and Simon. Rob explores her top five heart breaks through an amazing soundtrack of music. The show is just worth watching to listen to some great music from every decade. 

High School Musical: The Musical The Series (Disney Plus)

     High School Musical: The Musical The Series welcomes a new groups of Wildcats to East High! Set at the real school where High School Musical was shot, the school has never put on their own production of the movie. This all changes with the new drama teacher, Miss Jenn. The students must come together to overcome the status quo and to put on the best show. The series features the classic High School Musical songs, as well as some new original songs. The show has been renewed for a second season in which the students will be preparing for a production of Beauty and the Beast. 

Time to binge. Happy Spring Break!