Alexandria Supplemental Post #1

 Is there any emerging scholarship about the idea of “comfort shows,”  the shows that people go back to time and time again for comfort? I guess we can relate this idea of comfort shows to what McCarthy wrote about “TV While You Wait” in terms of how she writes about ambient television being placed in particular spaces to help facilitate waiting or even Modaleski’s writing about soap operas that women could engage with while doing household activities. Comfort shows are similar in that people sometimes make rewatching these shows part of their daily routines—like something they put on to help themselves fall asleep each night. But they’re also really different because of the way comfort shows are related to mental health. People come to be reliant on certain shows and rewatching them in order to cope with challenges like depression. I see particular fan spaces on Twitter write about even having comfort characters or comfort ships that fulfill a similar role. It’s a really interesting topic and I wonder if there’s anybody out there doing work on it.