The Decider team loves to watch all kinds of TV shows, but each one of us has our own favorites. And while we’re love nothing more than to direct our readers where to find great content across various streaming platforms, even we get disappointed when our favorite shows aren’t available on streaming subscription services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime Instant Video. Sure, the idea of buying season passes for our favorite shows is tempting, it’s also a hard thing to break down and do once

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls was the first thing I ever binge-watched, back when TV-on-DVD was still a revolutionary concept. I had planned to hate-watch the show — I had seen an episode here and there, and thought the fast talking was sooooo annoying. When I was unemployed after college graduation, I found myself having breezed through all of my DVDs, so naturally looked at my roommate’s collection. I didn’t expect to be hooked on the bond between single-mom Lorelei Gilmore and her precocious daughter, Rory, but I loved the relationship. Furthermore, the ensemble cast always brought the show to unparalleled levels (particularly Kelly Bishop as the Gilmore matriarch). I’ve been desperate to re-watch it, but I can’t afford it! —Tyler Coates

Gilmore Girls is available to rental and purchase on Amazon Instant Video.

House Hunters

I know a lot of people say that the one reason they can’t cut the cord on cable is for ESPN, but as an actual cord-cutter, the one channel I miss the most is HGTV. I desperately miss being able to drink a bottle of wine while watching three straight hours of people complaining about beautiful houses I’ll never be able to afford. My love of the show is only matched by my hatred of the modern American’s obsession with double sinks. It is a travesty that HGTV hasn’t fully embraced streaming culture and I am offended that you can only stream a select six episodes of the show on Hulu Plus — and not even on the Hulu Plus Roku app! —Meghan O’Keefe

Selected seasons of House Hunters are available for rental and purchase on Amazon Instant Video; selected episodes are available to stream on Hulu.

Friends

This is probably super unoriginal, but I’m sure the majority is with me on this one: if I could binge-watch Friends on Netflix, I’m certain my quality of life would drastically improve. I used to binge-watch the seasons via DVDs with my roommate in college. Every night, we’d pop in a disc and then eventually have to change them out after six episodes or so. SO much effort. I would donate to a crowd-fund to get Friends on Netflix. STOP HOLDING OUR DREAMS HOSTAGE, NBC. —Olivia Armstrong

Friends is available for rental and purchase on Amazon Instant Video.

Police Squad!

Before The Naked Gun, there was its inspiration and ancestor Police Squad!, a zany and brilliant series from the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker team that did for ’60s-era police procedural dramas what the trio’s Airplane! did for ’70s disaster — namely lovingly and hilariously send up the genre via brainy slapstick, recurring gags, and deeply deadpan wit. If I could binge-watch this on Netflix I could easily find the time, as only six half hour episodes were made before it was cancelled. ‘Ahead of its time’ would be an understatement. —Conrad Doucette

Police Squad! is not available on streaming.

Will & Grace

I realize in writing this, Will & Grace may have been my first binge-watch. One of the networks (USA? Lifetime? Oxygen?) ran marathons seemingly everyday when I came home from high school, and to this day I miss those afternoons where I’d belly-laugh at Jack’s Cher impressions or Karen’s unapologetic drunken quips. I wish the show were streaming not only because I miss its smart writing (both hilarious and touching on social issues that weren’t exactly “mainstream” at the time) and the cast’s amazing chemistry, but also because I think being that it aired in the pre-streaming age, we really missed out on some amazing potential reaction gifs. —Terri Ciccone

Will & Grace is not available for streaming.

Thirtysomething

They say that 40 is the new 30, right? (Even if they don’t, it’s what I want to believe.) As a new(ish) father and also a new member of the 40 Club, I’ve been jonesing to watch thirtysomething something fierce lately. I have a dusty DVD collection of Season 1 hidden in a box somewhere, but what I’d really love to be able to do is spend some quality time with Hope, Michael, Nancy, Elliott, Melissa, Ellyn and Gary on streaming. C’mon, Netflix and/or Amazon Prime, MAKE IT HAPPEN! —Mark Graham

Thirtysomething is available for rental and purchase on Amazon Instant Video.

Seinfeld

I wish I could binge-watch Seinfeld on Netflix. Even though I’ve already watched almost every episode, I still dream of binge-watching the show with a side of black and white cookies.

Being that I recently moved to NYC, I am quickly relating to the passive aggressive craziness that is Larry David and I want to watch his best material more than ever. After hearing the rumors, I regularly check to see if Netflix has added Seinfeld yet. Until then, I will continue to fiddle with my recently downloaded Seinfeld Emoji app and raise a glass of water to George’s extra salty pretzels. —Jaclyn Kessel

Select episodes of Seinfeld are available to stream on Crackle.

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