• Girlboss Daily
  • Posts
  • Why We Love Watching TV Shows About Work (After Working All Day)

Why We Love Watching TV Shows About Work (After Working All Day)

Let’s unpack your Netflix queue.

In partnership with

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Talking Points

A GIF from Tubi's "The Z-Suite" with Lauren Graham and Nico Santos turning around.

We’re going to take a shot in the dark and guess that at least one of these TV shows is on your must-watch (or all-time favorites) list: Severance, Industry, Abbott Elementary, Succession, Younger, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, The Bold Type, The Office. Were we right? Well, there’s a reason. They’re all about work. And apparently, after “being at work” all day, when it’s time to finally log off and unplug, we seem to gravitate towards entertainment that reflects our 9-5 lives back to us. We watch the characters go through some very real struggles of what it’s like being in corporate America and suddenly feel less alone. 

TV shows about work are trending again (maybe they’ve never stopped being popular?) and we have two brand-new shows to add to your list. Let’s unpack your [insert streaming service of choice here] queue, shall we?

Subscribe to keep reading

This content is free, but you must be subscribed to Girlboss Daily to continue reading.

I consent to receive newsletters via email. Sign Up Terms of Service.

Already a subscriber?Sign In.Not now

Reply

or to participate.