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Let\u2019s just get right into it: if you clicked on this piece, we\u2019re on the same page.<\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t need me to explain that Hollywood keeps pumping out moralizing slop for blue hairs and wine moms. You don\u2019t need me to explain why that\u2019s both boring and dangerous. But if you\u2019re here, you might need some suggestions for your next binge. I\u2019m happy to help.<\/span><\/p>\n But first, a few caveats.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m not including classic TV shows like \u201cThe Waltons\u201d or \u201cFather Knows Best.\u201d These shows are obviously not woke, so putting them on this list would be like putting a hospital chapel on a list of worst first date spots.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m also not including \u201c24\u201d or \u201cBand of Brothers\u201d because I know you\u2019ve already seen them. Nor am I listing game shows or singing competitions or professional sports, all of which are inherently apolitical \u2014 although maybe not so much anymore with the NFL.<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, just because these shows are not woke doesn\u2019t mean they are explicitly conservative. Some of them have jokes about Republicans, and pretty much all of their stars and creators are huge liberals \u2014 we\u2019re talking about Hollywood, after all. I acknowledge that, but still think these shows are great. Consider yourself warned.<\/span><\/p>\n Landman<\/b><\/p>\n You had to know this would be on the list. Billy Bob Thornton stars as a Texas oilman battling Mexican cartels and environmental regulators while looking out for his wife and daughter and guzzling Dr. Pepper. His character, Tommy Norris, is proudly not politically correct, loves smoking cigarettes, and is vigilant about his sobriety \u2014 although Michelob Ultra doesn\u2019t count. \u201cLandman\u201d is, like all properties in \u201cYellowstone\u201d creator Taylor Sheridan\u2019s ever-expanding universe, a show by, for, and about real Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n The Man In The High Castle<\/b><\/p>\n This Amazon Prime show imagines a world where the Axis Powers won World War II, and the Nazis and Imperial Japanese divide up the United States. Nothing reminds you of the essential role America has played in defending freedom more than imagining a world where Washington, D.C. is a nuclear crater, and Swastikas fly in Times Square. Rufus Sewell delivers the performance of a lifetime as Obergruppenf\u00fchrer John Smith, an all-American man turned high-ranking Nazi official, whose rejection of his heritage and embrace of fascism slowly eats away at his family and his conscience.<\/span><\/p>\n Frasier<\/b><\/p>\n The \u201cCheers\u201d spinoff stars (prominent conservative!) Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane, a snobby but lovable psychiatrist putting his life back together after a divorce. Sophisticated and smart but never condescending or preachy, watching \u201cFrasier\u201d is like spending an evening in a more civilized time. And while vulgarity was not a dealbreaker for placement on this list \u2014 looking at you, Taylor Sheridan \u2014 \u201dFrasier\u201d is refreshingly genteel, devoid of profanity and bluster.<\/span><\/p>\n 30 Rock<\/b><\/p>\n Tina Fey\u2019s sendup of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d is the greatest sitcom of the 21st century for a number of reasons, but two in particular landed it on this list. The first is Alec Baldwin\u2019s scotch-swilling, hippie-hating, Republican-boosting titan of industry, Jack Donaghy. Is this character a liberal\u2019s caricature of a conservative? Yes. Does that change the fact that he is the show\u2019s indisputable moral compass? No.<\/span><\/p>\n This brings us to the second thing that makes this show borderline conservative: it\u2019s a seven-season story of one woman\u2019s quest to get married and have children. Liz Lemon (Fey) begins the show as a single, quirky artist who loves feminism and living alone in a crappy apartment. Ultimately, with Jack forcing her to be honest with herself, she finds love, has kids, and achieves financial success. It\u2019s the best defense of bourgeois morality since \u201cDemocracy in America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Silo<\/b><\/p>\n Another dystopian drama that highlights the blessings of liberty by imagining a world where it has disappeared. \u201cSilo\u201d is, literally, about a silo: a massive underground bunker where the last remnants of humanity live under the thumb of a merciless surveillance state. Our protagonists don\u2019t know why the silo was built or what happened to the world outside, only that they can\u2019t leave. But even in this hermetically sealed environment, people yearn for truth and freedom \u2014 and that yearning has consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n An aside: if you, like Daily Wire editor-in-chief Brent Scher, find yourself \u201cbored as hell\u201d two episodes into \u201cSilo,\u201d try \u201cParadise.\u201d Similar concept, way more action, and significantly less depressing.<\/span><\/p>\n Gilmore Girls<\/b><\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the most conservative show of all time, but it\u2019s definitely the most pro-life. The entire premise hinges on the notion that a freewheeling bad girl chooses not to abort her unplanned teenage pregnancy, and instead throws herself into becoming a mom. Having children is always portrayed as an unalloyed good in \u201cGilmore Girls,\u201d and essentially every female character has a motherhood arc.<\/span><\/p>\n But \u201cGilmore Girls\u201d is also about the value of classical education, the importance of local government, and the virtues of masculinity. The show\u2019s universe also operates on a pretty old-school moral code: good deeds are rewarded, and bad deeds are punished. Bonus points because this show appeals to all ages and genders \u2014 something you can\u2019t really say for \u201cBand of Brothers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Derry Girls<\/b><\/p>\n That\u2019s right, more girls! Set in Ireland in the 1990s, \u201cDerry Girls\u201d follows a group of high school friends working their way through adolescence in the midst of The Troubles. Though it\u2019s clear that the girls\u2019 lives are shaped by the turmoil of Northern Ireland, they never talk about politics \u2014 they\u2019re just regular teenagers. They spend most of their time trying to pull one over on their parents or Sister Michael, the fantastically droll headmistress of their school. \u201cDerry Girls\u201d is funny and poignant, and maybe the best depiction of cultural Catholicism ever put on television.<\/span><\/p>\n The only downside is that it\u2019s a BBC show, which means there are only 19 episodes across three seasons. The British really do ruin everything.<\/span><\/p>\n For All Mankind<\/b><\/p>\n What if the Russians beat us to the moon by just a few days? That\u2019s the premise of \u201cFor All Mankind,\u201d a sprawling alternate history of the United States from 1969 on. The first few seasons of this show are like \u201cThe Right Stuff\u201d on steroids: riskier space missions, interstellar gunfights with the Soviets, you name it. As we get closer to the present, things get admittedly squishier: there\u2019s a strong implication that increased government funding of science can end racism, for instance. But even as the generations change, the OG astronauts remain on the scene to warn about the dangers of \u201cprogress\u201d and remind everyone that the Soviets are evil. You\u2019ll want to watch this one with an ice-cold can of Schlitz.<\/span><\/p>\n The Righteous Gemstones<\/b><\/p>\n A profane parody of a megachurch pastor and his family may not seem like it belongs on this list, but bear with me. Creator Danny McBride, who also stars as the eldest Gemstone child, clearly knows and loves the type of people he\u2019s poking fun at. And so while the Gemstones are greedy and selfish and over-the-top, deep down they\u2019re good. More importantly, the patriarch pastor, Eli (played to perfection by John Goodman), is never suggested to be lying about his beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Righteous Gemstones\u201d respects and takes the Christian faith seriously, even as it mocks it. And the characters grow over time, learning to become better parents, children, and, ultimately, Christians. That\u2019s a pretty remarkable thing in today\u2019s media landscape. Plus, Walton Goggins\u2019s performance as the Gemstone kids\u2019 uncle, Baby Billy Freeman, is one for the record books.<\/span><\/p>\n Girls<\/b><\/p>\n Relax, I\u2019m kidding! <\/span>Lena Dunham is the worst.<\/span><\/a> Here, watch this \u201cFrasier\u201d <\/span>joke that\u2019s so un-PC<\/span><\/a> it would get a show canceled today.<\/span><\/p>\n