Class

a genuine classic, Class is currently streaming on and with a 6/10 audience score that speaks for itself. 0 episodes — the right length to tell the story it's telling.

Originally commissioned by Lewis John Carlino, Class quickly became exactly the kind of show that viewers rearrange their evenings for. Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school. It aired in 1983.

The kind of show you put on in the background and find yourself actually paying attention to.