Sitting at home with nothing to do? Prioritizing everything except for school? Cozy up under your comforters with a nice, warm cup of green tea and dive into one of these great TV shows listed in four different genres. You will laugh until you cry, sob until you feel sick and maybe even question a few typical societal morals and behaviors.

 Top Sitcoms

FRIENDS: FRIENDS is rated among the 50 Greatest TV Shows of all time. Watch FRIENDS to become a part of the lives of Monica, Chandler, Rachel, Ross, Joey and Phoebe. Experience their life struggles, achievements, companionship and support for each other through ten seasons over ten perfect years. FRIENDS takes you through the journey of the everlasting bond between these six friends, and by the end, you will be crying when you have to say goodbye.

Modern Family: Modern Family follows the lives of three extended families and how they interact with each other. Through crazy mishaps, misunderstandings, culture clashes and awkward family bonding moments, they create one of the most unique, perfect in their own way, modern families.

 How I Met Your Mother: Future Ted tells us the story of how he met his wife, the mother of his children. He flashes back to when he was 25 years old and is in search of the woman of his dreams with the help of his four best friends. He takes the audience through different women he dated and dumped till he finally finds the perfect woman of his dreams.

 Top Crime Dramas

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) focuses on crimes that are sexual in nature. Often based on real-life felonies, each episode of Law & Order: SVU centers itself around the detectives of the fictional 16^th Precinct of the New York Police Department, as they solve puzzles and prosecute sex offenders.

Castle: Richard Castle, a well-off and published mystery novel writer, follows around Kate Beckett, a homicide detective of the New York Police Department, in order to help spark inspiration for his novels. Although initially unwilling to cooperate with Castle, Beckett learns to tolerate him and, with time, the two reach a level of understanding and affection.

Bones: Forensic Anthropologist, Dr. Temperence “Bones” Brennan and cocky, yet charming FBI agent Seeley Booth work together to solve the most difficult of crimes. As the two further over the seasons into more difficult cases, they are pushed closer together and are taught to understand each other.

 Top Medical Dramas

Grey’s Anatomy: Grey’s Anatomy follows the lives of the veteran and incoming surgeons working in the same hospital over ten seasons and how they balance their work and person lives. The show mainly follows the life of Meredith Grey, the protagonist and lives of her colleagues. Together, the doctors find comfort in and face ordeals with each other while discovering the painful, yet beautiful meaning of life: real life is not black and white, but rather full of shades of grey.

House: Dr. House is viewed as a cynical and cruel man who does what he wants when he pleases. What most people do not see is the side of him that actually does what he believes is most beneficial for the patient. More often than not, he comes into conflict with the ethical side of medicine, but watch House M.D. to see how this genius gets away with the things he does.

Scrubs: Scrubs focus on the life Dr. John Dorian, aka “J.D.” along with other doctors Turk and Eliot, nurse Carla and the janitor who is unnamed until the end of the show. J.D. is kept in line by the sarcastic, Dr. Cox and the chief of medicine, Dr. Kelso. This show creates a bridge between comedy and tragedy, showing that the contrasting themes can cross paths.

Top American Teen Drama

Gossip Girl: Gossip Girls takes the audience through the opulent nature of being among of the wealthiest and classiest of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Centered specifically on the affluent lives of Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodsen, Nate Archibald and Chuck Bass, as well as Brooklyn’s Dan Humphrey and his sister Jenny, the audience is journeyed through a lavish and turbulent adventure of relationships, sex and drama.

Pretty Little Liars: In the fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, Alison DiLaurentis, the alpha chick of a group of teenage girls, goes missing without leaving behind any trace or evidence. The story revolves around the fallout of her four friends and how they reunite once each of them begin receiving mysterious threats from an anonymous sender called “A.” The girls come together to solve the mystery, while trying to keep their deepest and darkest secrets from resurfacing.

The Vampire Diaries: The immortal vampire brothers, Damon and Stefan Salvatore, return to Mystic Falls, where they were originally converted to vampires. Stefan, harmless and unwilling to hurt other human beings, spends his time trying to control his bloodthirsty brother. They move around from place to place in an attempt to keep their non-aging unnoticed. Amidst the chaos, Stefan falls in love with Elena Gilbert, a high school student who bares a striking resemblance to his past love. The story revolves around their romance, witchcraft and mystery.

There are an endless number of television shows out in the world, and some find it quite difficult to find one that truly and wholly captures their attention, so in order to help you make the decision, start one of the above television shows based on your favorite genres.  All the shows on this list may or may not entirely interest, but there has to be at least one that will manage to hook you. High school is not always easy for everyone, and sometimes, we high school-ers deserve a break from reality and a new TV show might just be the way to do it.