10 TV Shows From the 2000s You Can Watch All Over Again on Disney Plus

(SPOT.ph) If you spent your high school years in the 2000s without a cable subscription, chances are you were tuned in every night to Studio 23 (cue: "Kabarkada Mo" jingle) or RPN 9 to catch your favorite TV series. Or you probably scoured the nooks and crannies of Quiapo (and the Internet) for copies.

Fast forward to more than two decades later, television entertainment already made great strides in terms of accessibility and convenience. Gone are the days when you have to wait a whole week for a new episode, run to the bathroom only during commercial breaks, or wait for foreign shows to become available locally. Binge-watching is now a trend, and there's no turning back, especially now that Disney Plus has arrived on our shores.

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Here are the 2000s TV shows you can watch again and again on Disney Plus Philippines:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 to 2003)

Produced by The WB, Buffy the Vampire Slayer by writer and director Joss Whedon was shown on ABS-CBN-owned Studio 23 every Monday (right before Charmed) back in the early 2000s. The supernatural drama follows Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a gifted young woman from a family of vampire slayers. She has the coolest weapons, including the glowing Dagon Sphere and the good ol' stake she calls Mr. Pointy. It ran for seven seasons with 144 episodes.

Why watch it again: Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Tara Maclay (Amber Benson) gave us so much hope in the then-very-thin TV landscape of queer representation. Look how far we've come...maybe.

Criminal Minds (2005 to 2020)

A police procedural crime drama series, Criminal Minds tells the story of criminal profilers who use behavioral analysis to investigate crimes. But more than the cases they solve, it also tackles the personal struggles of its seven main characters: Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). 

Criminal Minds has a total of 16 seasons, all of which are on Disney Plus Philippines. You can also stream two seasons of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016 to 2017) and one season of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011).

Why watch it again: It may be problematic to follow cop shows in this ACAB-ridden world, but at least these profilers follow the evidence.

Lost (2005 to 2010)

Created by J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Jeffrey Lieber, Lost wowed its fans with the show's well-developed characters and archetypes. It centers on how the surviving passengers of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 deal with being trapped on a remote tropical island following the plane crash. The past and present lives of these characters, including Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews), Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia), James "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway), and so many others, are explored in six seasons.

Why watch it again: This is the perfect time to catch the recurring Easter eggs that you missed the first time that you watched it.

Desperate Housewives (2004 to 2012)

Desperate Housewives' fictional Wisteria Lane is so much more than its white picket fences and manicured lines. The eight-season show follows the nuanced lives of four housewives: Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross), and Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria)—and how they may or may not be involved in the unexpected suicide of Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong).

Why watch it again: These housewives break all stereotypes and we're here for it.

Scrubs (2001 to 2010)

Known for its fast-paced slapstick jokes and dream-like vignettes, Scrubs centers on John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff) and his co-workers at the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital. You have, of course, his best friend Christopher Turk (Donald Faison), reluctant mentor Perry Cox (John McGinley), love interest Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), and other members of the cast.

All nine seasons of Scrubs are on Disney Plus.

Why watch it again: Like many sitcoms that were products of their time, some of Scrubs' jokes did not age well. But if you can skip those parts, the show has feel-good themes and no-brainer storylines that are great for washing off a tiring day.

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White Collar (2009 to 2014)

In White Collar, Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) is a white-color criminal that carries out fool-proof forgery and high-profile robbery. FBI Special Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) is always on his heels, fully aware of Caffrey's genius as a con artist. It's six seasons of crime, but with a complicated and unconventional friendship between a criminal and a person of the law.

Why watch it again: Neal Caffrey is a genius—'nuf said.

The X-Files (1993 to 2001, 2016, and 2018)

This sci-fi series started in the '90s, but ran all the way until the 2000s. Its first nine seasons followed FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they try to investigate paranormal phenomena. The show was revived with a six-episode 10th season in 2016, then again with a 10-episode 11th season in 2018. The X-Files is the longest-running science fiction series in U.S. TV history.

Why watch it again: The X-Files is all about fact-checking "fake news," even before the phrase became popular.

Alias (2001 to 2006)

From the same creator as Lost, Fringe, and Felicity, the spy drama Alias by J.J. Abrams stars Jennifer Garner as double-agent Sydney Bristow. It's five seasons of secrecy, undercover, police chase, kidnapping, terrorism, and more. 

Why watch it again: J.J. Abrams is a master of suspense.

24 (2001 to 2010)

In 24, every episode takes place over the course of one hour, which means the events happen almost in real time. Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), who works for the Los Angeles–based Counter Terrorist Unit, only has these 24 hours to prevent terrorist attacks or chase down the people involved in these attacks.

Why watch it again: We always complain there aren't enough hours in a day, but Jack Bauer proves that isn't always true.

Ally McBeal (1997 to 2002)

This comedy-drama series stars Calista Flockhart as the quirky Boston-based lawyer Allison Marie McBeal. Extremely character-driven, the narrative also puts the spotlight on McBeal's law school classmate Richard Fish (Greg Germann), her ex-boyfriend Billy Thomas (Gil Bellows), and Billy's wife Georgia (Courtney Thorne-Smith).

Why watch it again: There's an Ally McBeal in all of us—an idealistic individual living in a chaotic world.

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Bonus:

Grey's Anatomy (2005 to present)

If Grey's Anatomy was a person, it's now old enough to move out of its home. And if you religiously watched it during your college years when it came out in 2005, you're probably old enough to stream it on your own wide-screen smart television with surround sound.

You can catch all its 18 seasons and half of its 19th season (before the latter returns in February 2023 after a three-month break), and look back at the time when Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), and George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) were still at the "bottom of the surgical food chain." Now, we barely know who the people are in its latest season.