Proper about now, you’ve most likely watched each present in your listing of lists—finest thrillers, prime 10 crime procedurals, the freshest rom-coms—and are contemplating working your means by way of documentaries … WWII battles anybody?

Nicely, to your viewing pleasure, we’ve put collectively a listing of our favourite tv reveals with a canine theme, all out there through streaming. We’ve centered on dramas and comedies, omitting the favored realm of actuality programming (if that’s your cup of tea, you’ll discover a number of animal-rescue and veterinarian-focused reveals).

In no explicit order, listed here are our memorable TV canine moments:

King of the Hill (Dances with Canine) 2002, Season 7/Episode 5
Hank and son Bobby embrace “canine dancing,” a Canadian craze sweeping the U.S. The satirical animated collection portrays their foray into canine dancing with a candy sincerity, and the scenes of the rotund boy dancing round his front room hand in paw with Ladybird, the household hound, are unironically heartwarming. Accessible on Hulu.

Wilfred (Happiness) 2011, Season 1/Episode 1
Although this unbelievable FX collection (primarily based on an Australian collection of the identical identify) proved a bit of too unusual for American tastes, we discovered it to be extraordinarily humorous, and surprisingly efficient at imagining the canine thoughts of its lead character, Wilfred (a person wearing a canine swimsuit), and the bond he shares along with his neighbor, performed by Elijah Wooden. Droop actuality and method it with an open thoughts! Accessible on Hulu, YouTube, Prime.

Twilight Zone (The Hunt) 1962, Season 3/Episode 19
Shortly into this basic story, Rod Serling voices the story’s teaser in his inimitable type: “An outdated man and a hound canine named Rip, off for a night’s pleasure in quest of raccoon. Often, these evenings finish with one drained outdated man, one battle-scarred hound canine … however as you could suspect, that won’t be the case tonight. These hunters received’t be coming house from the hill. They’re headed for the backwoods—of the Twilight Zone.” Accessible on CBS All Access.

Downward Canine (The Full Bundle) 2017, Season 1/Episode 4
For individuals who missed this short-lived ABC sitcom, you possibly can watch all eight episodes and ponder why it by no means obtained picked up. The present follows the adventures of Martin, a philosophizing canine, and Nan, his human. Regardless of the “speaking canine” gimmick, the present is extremely entertaining. Accessible on Prime, YouTube.

Depart It To Beaver (Beaver and Poncho) 1958, Season 1/Episode 23
Beaver makes a commerce with Larry Mondello: a glass doorknob for a Chihuahua. When Beaver brings the little canine house, Ward tells him that somebody’s most likely searching for the canine, and he’ll want to position an advert within the newspaper’s lost-and-found part. Not surprisingly, Beaver tries to discover a method to preserve the pup. Accessible on dailymotion.com.

Andy Griffith Present (Canine, Canine, Canine) 1963, Season 3/Episode 30
A state inspector is on his method to go to the Mayberry courthouse as a way to decide whether or not the sheriff’s workplace wants extra funds. Earlier than he arrives, Opie brings in a stray canine who’s adopted by 10 of his four-legged pals. Fortunately, the inspector occurs to lift canine himself. He befriends the dog-loving sheriff and deputy and sees to it they get the cash they want. Accessible on Netflix.

The Dick Van Dyke Present (The Ugliest Canine within the World) 1965, Season 5/Episode 4
In a parody of My Truthful Girl, which had been launched the earlier yr, Rob and Laura quickly undertake a particularly scruffy canine, however are unable to maintain her. All ends properly, as a canine salon proprietor pretties up the canine, then asks to maintain her. Accessible on dailymotion.

Particular Moments: The scene in the back of a cab in Seinfeld’s ninth season, when Elaine factors out an instance of an aggravating pet peeve—a canine with its ear flipped up—then screams out the window, “Fold your canine’s ear again!” Inside Amy Schumer’s “Doggy Daycare” skit, which captures ladies dropping off their pooches and evaluating notes on how unlucky their pets had been earlier than they rescued them. Jack Paar exiting his final Tonight Show (1962) look along with his canine (at 54.48 min. within the retrospective), and a a lot later Tonight Present (1981) look by James Stewart, who recites his poem, an ode to his departed canine Beau, bringing the viewers and host Johnny Carson to tears. All viewable on YouTube.