Whether you are swearing off the big game because you're still pissed Green Bay is out, or you only watch CFL (some of us!), or you just don’t care who wins the sportsball tournament event, there are other options on The Sunday besides decrying our nation’s inability to see cool Superbowl ads, at least until the next day on the Internets.
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Here’s what to watch instead:
LIVE TV
Not football, and yet, these shows still go with nachos.
- A NEW episode of Downton Abbey is airing on PBS, so you can feel superior about your TV choice, yet secure in your nachos.
- Get your shame-watch on with America’s Funniest Home Videos on ABC.
- Put on your pantsuit and take in a double header of Madam Secretary followed by The Good Wife on CBS, or counter-balance by filling up your extra large wine glass and wearing your boa to watch episodes of Real Housewives on Bravo.
- Relive Sunday nights from your teen years and watch the Fox animation slate.
- Put away that skateboard (before you trip on it) and collect your kids to show them futuristic time travel from the 1980s with a Back to the Future trilogy marathon on ABCFamily, or show them that Grandma & Grandpa were once very groovy with the doc The Sixties on CNN.
- Scare yourself to sleep with back-to-back (repeat) episodes of The Walking Dead on AMC. (Or, sweet dreams for those of you who worship The Reedus.)
- Make it a warm & fuzzy night with CBC: 101 Dalmations (live action version) followed by Heartland (horsies!)
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GREAT SPORTSBALL MOVIES
If you like a good contest in which you are absolutely assured of the outcome, bet on these favourites or choose from this perfect list:
- A League of Their Own — Because “There’s no crying in baseball!”
- Major League — also a great history lesson about times when Charlie Sheen was merely slightly dangerous and not sad and gross.
- Rudy and/or Brian’s Song — call your husband into the room to do something at the correct moment just to start his waterworks.
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby — Funniest grace in a movie ever. Also: is driving a car really a sport? Discuss.
- Eight Men Out — so much handsome…uh, I mean, scandal.
- Field of Dreams — More waterworks. “Hey, uh, Dad? Wanna have a catch?”
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SPORTY ABOUT THESE SHOWS
If no sportsball contest has ever held your attention, these shows might:
- Orange is the New Black on Netflix - binge-watch all 26 episodes to prep for Season 3.
- Beaches on DVD or Netflix - pretty sure this BFF weeper is the exact counter-balance in the universe to football.
- Any romantic comedy on DVD: Preferably starring Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Reese Witherspoon or Rachel McAdams (as long as there is pink, rain, or adorably befuddled suitors on the cover art).
If you're really out of ideas but you just want to get to those snacks and relax, Shomi subscribers can browse through the streaming service's “collections” and let someone else choose great shows for you. Because nacho cheese doesn’t stay warm forever.
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