Anyone else have a steadily growing list of “shows to watch”? In this age of streaming entertainment, the queue is the thing: it’s where we stash every good intention to watch all manner of readily available content. Thanks to a glut of digital entertainment, I consider myself well-versed in honey badger behavior, and my BBC vocabulary has increased dramatically. “Call the Midwife!” “Sherlock!” David Attenborough! Hurray!

Movies have taken somewhat of a back seat to Binge TV. Watch a series in a rapid succession of episodes and it becomes one big movie, anyway. Oftentimes the drama far exceeds anything the great film directors might throw at us. See also: “The Sopranos,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Breaking Bad.” Some serialized stories are epics.

And then there’s the series you just happened to miss when they aired and now wish to experience because everyone and their mother has recommended it to you — which is probably why you didn’t watch it in the first place, according to the Nothing Popular Can Possibly Be Any Good law of the universe.

Or, maybe you caught a few seasons of, say, “X-Files,” and now you want to do the whole story arc and identify just when it was that Mulder and Scully fell for each other. (Maybe it’s just me...)

It's debatable as to whether we can have it all, but it would appear we can pretty much watch it all.

And so the list of “shows to watch” (or re-watch) grows, and with it my fussy rules that I watch them somewhat systematically: go in hard and dedicated and crank that series out. This is why I don’t love watching multiple shows at a time, because as much as I’d love to hang in cookie pants all day, I am not a member of the Crawley family and must therefore work. And as a champion-level Forgetter of Things, I find the more immersion in a series, the better in keeping track of a storyline.

But the recommendations keep pouring in, and here I am, scrawling them down on sticky notes and later carefully weighing whether to add “An Honourable Woman” to my already busy schedule of “Californication” and “Gilmore Girls.” It’s exhausting. There’s just too much great content out there and not nearly enough lounge time in which to watch it, so one must have priorities. So one must be systematic. One must identify reliable sources of recommendations (and just smile and nod when their non-reliable peers recommend “The League”) that one can weigh against other data and therefore add or jettison it from any queues, stickies, or napkins.

This space will be my effort at keeping track of it all — my own Goodreads space of the good, the bad, and the just plain weird of the streamiverse (don’t get me started on how much time I’ve spent watching YouTube videos on the couch). Blogs on currently airing programs are found elsewhere. Here, I’ll share feedback on my latest bingeings, offer (and gladly take) recommendations, and otherwise keep a better tab on what’s worth my precious couch time.

And so, I present, Binge Report #1. 

WHAT I’M BINGEING

“Californication”

Status: We’ve only just cracked this series, available on Netflix; just finished episode 3 of season 1.

Thoughts: I’m still in. I’ve held a torch for David Duchovny since the “X-Files” days, and seeing him in a decidedly un-Mulder role is pretty darn gratifying. Even better, the show is well written and wickedly funny thus far.

 “Gilmore Girls”

Status: Somewhere in season 3. Suki and Jackson just got engaged.

Thoughts: In for the long haul. Love, love, love this series. While it can sometimes get a little precious and stage-y, the great writing always saves the day in the form of some fabulous one-liner, usually from any one of the Gilmore girls themselves. P.S. I love Luke, backwards baseball cap and all. And I know there's other boys to come, but for now, I'm hereby rooting for Jess over Dean for Ms. Rory.

RECOMMENDED

“Sherlock”; watched via Netflix

Why: As it turns out, sometimes hype is accurate. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are fantastic in this BBC One reboot of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a quirky gumshoe. Modern updates — our heroes use cell phones; Watson chronicles their adventures on his blog — and clever presentation — we can sometimes watch Sherlock’s thought process — enrich the already great stories and grab the viewer almost immediately without knocking anyone over the head with overly ambitious effects (see also the final season of “Spartacus.” There’s really no need for that much slow-mo bloodshed. Get on with it!) The show is so well done, you’ll be more than happy to hang in for the requisite 90 minutes per episode. 

UNDER CONSIDERATION

“Transparent” on Amazon: “Arrested Development” fans know of series star Jeffrey Tambor’s genius. Critics have given lots of love to this program.

“An Honorable Woman” on Netflix: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s lauded series about a woman, who, per IMDB, "inherits her father’s arms business and finds herself in a international maelstrom when as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.” I’ve heard fans of “Homeland” (me) will absolutely love this series.

"Peaky Blinders" on Netflix: This one's been recommended by two good sources. I love me a good gangster story (I still miss "The Sopranos"; doubly so the late, great James Gandolfini), and anything with Cillian Murphy guarantees creepy intrigue. Those blue eyes! That intensity! His performance in "28 Days Later"! Anyway, "Peaky Blinders" considers the story of a gang of thugs led by Murphy's Tommy Shelby in post-World War I England. Bonus: The fabulous Sam Neill portrays the Irish cop from Belfast who's keeping tabs on Shelby and co.