10 Best Small-Town Shows For Virgin River Fans & Where To Stream Them

10. Parks and Recreation ( 2009–2015)

One day, Leslie, a midlevel bureaucrat, realizes that she doesn’t make people’s lives better at her job. She decides to turn an abandoned construction site at her small town into a community park. A noble aspiration and a pretty simple task, right? Not really: both her colleagues, the site’s neighbors, and everyone else opposes her.

You can stream Parks and Recreation on Peacock, Max, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

9. Friday Night Lights (2006–2011)

The small town of Dillon, Texas isn’t famous for anything but its high school football team — Dillon Panthers, one of the best teams in the US. When a new coach joins the team, he finds himself struggling with finding the balance between what’s right and what would lead the team to victory; after all, he’s only being paid for the latter.

You can stream Friday Night Lights on Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

8. Sweet Magnolias (2020–Now)

In Sweet Magnolias, the plot revolves around the three women who live in a small town in South Carolina. Having been best friends since childhood, they’ve maintained their unique bond throughout the years, and now guide each other through the treacheries of career, love, and life, supporting and helping each other.

You can stream Sweet Magnolias on Netflix.

7. Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)

When a filthy rich family of infantile adults and their unbelievably spoiled young adult children loses everything, they have no choice but to move into the small town of Schitt's Creek — the community they bought years ago for fun’s sake and completely forgot about. There, they’ll have to learn to live like ordinary people, and they hate it.

You can stream Schitt's Creek on Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

6. One Tree Hill (2003–2012)

The small town of Tree Hill is home to two very different boys who seemingly have nothing in common… Except for their father. The two half-brothers are rivals in everything: they compete for being basketball stars, for a girl’s attention, and for their father’s affection — but the more time they spend together, the closer they become.

You can stream One Tree Hill on Hulu, Max, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

5. The Vampire Diaries ( 2009–2017)

A teenage girl finds herself attracted to the new boy in school, but she doesn’t realize that he’s part of their small town’s biggest mystery. He’s a peaceful vampire who tries to live a calm life among humans, but his brother, on the other hand, is as bloodthirsty as they come. The love triangle with the unsuspecting girl is set up…

You can stream The Vampire Diaries on Max, Netflix, and Prime Video.

4. Stranger Things ( 2016–Now)

When a young boy goes missing, the inhabitants of a small town are understandably frightened: such things don’t happen there, they say. But stranger things have been happening all along, as the town becomes central to a large hidden conflict between the supernatural forces, and the local kids are the only ones who stand in their way.

You can stream Stranger Things on Netflix and Apple TV.

3. Superman & Lois (2021–Now)

Being a superhero is hard; but being a working parent, as it turns out, is hard. Superman and Lois decide to leave their big city dreams behind and head for the small town of Smallville in hopes of leading a peaceful life. But neither their old problems vanish, nor new avoid the couple, who now face villains while raising kids.

You can stream Superman & Lois on Max, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

2. Hart of Dixie (2011–2015)

A young doctor from New York takes a stranger’s offer to relocate to a small southern town and join his medical practice. Upon arrival, she finds the man dead, and the practice was left to her in his will. Caught off-guard, the woman tries to settle down in her new place which is inhabited by the most eccentric and weird people.

You can stream Hart of Dixie on Max, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

1. Gilmore Girls ( 2000–2007)

Two girls live in a small town near Harvard; they are best friends with shared interest in everything, and they get along perfectly. The truth is, they’re a mother and a daughter whose little paradise is poisoned by their forced weekly visits to the matriarch of the family, the strict and cold woman who pays for the daughter’s tuition.

You can stream Gilmore Girls on Netflix, Apple TV, and Prime Video.