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by 0cf8612b2e1e 273 days ago
I have long thought Netflix should offer such a service. Have a sitcom channel that plays constantly from a slowly evolving list. Even better if I could just pick say Seinfeld and get random episodes from an episodic show. I do not want to have to expend energy picking a season+episode, just trying to decompress.
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Isn't this just Pluto TV? Like, https://pluto.tv/us/live-tv/633354b63df9700007f6a1b7 is the sitcom channel, https://pluto.tv/us/live-tv/66ba495ffe11e5000881f049/details is the channel of just Cheers and Frasier, etc. Just playing non-stop through one episode after another on a schedule as quasi-"live" TV.
That is exactly what I imagined! However, I would prefer a service I already use, free of commercials.

Definitely going to consider using this.

Netflix wants you to watch their own shows, not TV from the 90s that they have to pay licensing fees for.
Ah of course. Naturally there is an economic incentive to not deliver the product I want.
They could still have a random/channel-surf button that plays their own shows in a similar way.
On the radio side, XM radio has a lot of channels like this. A 70s channel, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 10s, etc.

A lot of black-market IPTV services (the kind with "30 000" channels") will have dedicated channels. A Simpsons channel, etc. where you just get whatever episode it's currently playing.

Plenty of other services do this. Plex has a whole cable-style directory of “live” shows
WatchSeinfeld dot net, works on my TV browser.
I think they had this feature at some point. It randomly selected something to watch, with a skip to next button.
youtubeTV in my area has a Portlandia channel, non-stop on a loop. Always thought it was strange that was the only marathon channel.

It is nice not to have to pick an episode.