It’s a common frustration: During the TV season, you hear everybody talking about a great new TV show, but you’re so swamped with your regularly scheduled viewing that there’s no time to check it out.
By our calculations, there are two more days before life goes back to normal, and everyone has to shake off the winter break slump. That’s the perfect amount of time to binge-watch a new show that you may have missed this year. Plus, it’s totally doable in a single weekend, because you only have to catch up on one season (or half of one season) and they’re all between eight and 10 episodes.
Here are seven suggestions, with an emphasis on shows that received a lot of Golden Globes love:
• “Fargo” (FX), the hit crime drama based on the great 1996 Coen Brothers movie. Ten episodes of the show starring Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman and Alison Tolman are available on iTunes and Amazon. Season 1 aired in the spring, and we should get a second season this fall. With 10 hour-long episodes, this is a bit more of a commitment than most on this list, but you will be so up to speed by the time the Globes roll around next month. The critically beloved show cleaned up at the Emmys, including a win for Best Miniseries, and is poised to do well at the Globes with five major nominations.