I'm thinking of the non-fiction, non-drama reality series types of programs. Here's a few that I like quite a lot:

* Home Town (HGTV): Erin & Ben Napier renovate old homes in Laurel, Mississippi

* Treehouse Masters (Animal Planet): Pete Nelson builds over the top treehouses. Season 12 of this show is currently cancelled.

* Gold Rush (Discovery Channel): Tony Beets, Parker Schnabel, and others hunt gold in Alaska, California, Colorado, Arizona, and other locations.
Dave Turin's Lost Mine is a spinoff of "Gold Rush" and is very good. The poignant loss of Jesse Goins and how Turin's team took care of Jesse's family afterwards was top notch.

I also enjoy almost all of the science related series, like "How the Universe Works", and I catch or record all of the historic programs, especially those about World War II.

Anyone else binge new TV series instead of mindlessly absorbing cable and network news, which I find boring and depressing?