{"id":215747,"date":"2026-01-04T03:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215747\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T03:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:08:07","slug":"8-tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-miss-the-early-days-of-stranger-things-eg-evergreen-slideshow-stranger-things-television-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-vide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215747\/","title":{"rendered":"8 TV Shows to Watch If You Miss the Early Days of \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 | EG, evergreen, Slideshow, Stranger Things, Television | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos | Just Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/03\/8-tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-miss-the-early-days-of-stranger-things\/\" alt=\"8 TV Shows to Watch If You Miss the Early Days of &#039;Stranger Things&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab First<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/03\/8-tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-miss-the-early-days-of-stranger-things\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab Previous <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/03\/8-tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-miss-the-early-days-of-stranger-things\/3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dark<\/p>\n<p>Dark is basically the de facto recommendation for anyone looking for another show outside of Stranger Things, but I think it\u2019s especially worth watching now if you were disappointed by the ending of Stranger Things.<\/p>\n<p>Dark was tightly plotted from start to finish and only runs three seasons, but it\u2019s a near-perfect show in terms of storytelling. <\/p>\n<p>It starts very similar to Stranger Things, beginning with a small-town mystery centered on the disappearance of children. Instead of focusing on spectacle, this show is more of a slow, atmospheric burn with some jaw-dropping twists that build over time while still keeping its scope contained. It has a heavy emphasis on family, secrets, and how trauma can impact an entire community.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/03\/8-tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-miss-the-early-days-of-stranger-things\/\" alt=\"8 TV Shows to Watch If You Miss the Early Days of &#039;Stranger Things&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab First<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/03\/8-tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-miss-the-early-days-of-stranger-things\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab Previous <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/03\/8-tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-miss-the-early-days-of-stranger-things\/3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00ab First\u00ab Previous Continue \u00bb Dark Dark is basically the de facto recommendation for anyone looking for another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-215747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}