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Here's How Long it Takes to Binge-Watch More Than 50 Popular TV Shows

Bryce Dallas Howard stars in an episode of Black Mirror.
Bryce Dallas Howard stars in an episode of Black Mirror. | David Dettmann/Netflix

Recent circumstances may have left you staying home with a lot of time on your hands. One popular way to fill that time is by bingeing an absurd amount of television. But just how much time will you need to invest if you want to watch all of Game of Thrones in a single sitting? Stacker put together a list of exactly how long it will take for you to binge your favorite TV shows—or the ones everyone has been telling you to watch for years now.

If you’re looking to waste a little—or a lot—of time while social distancing, see just how long it will take you to watch an entire series below.

  • General Hospital—11,398 hours (474 days, 22 hours)
  • Days of Our Lives—11,281 hours (470 days, 1 hour)
  • Saturday Night Live—1308 hours (54 days, 12 hours)
  • Pokémon—513 hours (21 days, 9 hours)
  • Law and Order: Special Victims Unit—460 hours (19 days, 4 hours)
  • NCIS—379 hours (15 days, 19 hours)
  • Grey's Anatomy—343 hours (14 days, 7 hours)
  • The Simpsons—334 hours (13 days, 22 hours)
  • Criminal Minds—317 hours (13 days, 5 hours)
  • The X-Files—218 hours (9 days, 2 hours)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation—178 hours (7 days, 10 hours)
  • House—176 hours (7 days, 8 hours)
  • The Vampire Diaries—171 hours (7 days, 3 hours)
  • Dragon Ball Z—170 hours (7 days, 2 hours)
  • Family Guy—165 hours (6 days, 21 hours)
  • The West Wing—154 hours (6 days, 10 hours)
  • Gilmore Girls—153 hours (6 days, 9 hours)
  • South Park—152 hours (6 days, 8 hours)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer—144 hours (6 days)
  • The Big Bang Theory—139 hours (5 days, 19 hours)
  • Cheers—138 hours (5 days, 18 hours)
  • The Walking Dead—131 hours (5 days, 11 hours)
  • M*A*S*H—129 hours (5 days, 9 hours)
  • King of the Hill—127 hours (5 days, 7 hours)
  • Gossip Girl—121 hours (5 days, 1 hour)
  • Lost—121 hours (5 days, 1 hour)
  • Friends—121 hours (5 days, 1 hour)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants—120 hours (5 days)
  • Shameless—110 hours (4 days, 14 hours)
  • Sons of Anarchy—105 hours (4 days, 9 hours)
  • How I Met Your Mother—104 hours (4 days, 8 hours)
  • That 70s Show—102 hours (4 days, 6 hours)
  • The Office—99 hours (4 days, 3 hours)
  • Dexter—96 hours (4 days)
  • Mad Men—92 hours (3 days, 20 hours)
  • Orange Is the New Black—91 hours (3 days, 19 hours)
  • Seinfeld—90 hours (3 days, 18 hours)
  • The Sopranos—86 hours (3 days, 14 hours)
  • Fresh Prince of Bel-Air—74 hours (3 days, 2 hours)
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia—71 hours (2 days, 23 hours)
  • Adventure Time—70 hours (2 days, 22 hours)
  • Game of Thrones—70 hours (2 days, 22 hours)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine—65 hours (2 days, 17 hours)
  • Parks and Recreation—63 hours (2 days, 15 hours)
  • Breaking Bad—62 hours (2 days, 14 hours)
  • Futurama—62 hours (2 days, 14 hours)
  • The Wire—60 hours (2 days, 12 hours)
  • Downton Abbey—56 hours (2 days, 8 hours)
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender—30 hours (1 day, 6 hours)
  • Black Mirror—21 hours
  • Stranger Things—20 hours
  • Rick and Morty—15 hours

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