Some TV shows are meant to gulp down like a shot of espresso, your streaming miniseries and anthology seasons and multi-part docuseries. But others are made to linger over like a fine glass of wine, only getting better with time. These long-running titles are the latter: programs that have been allowed to deepen in complexity, expand in character and refine their essence.
If you’re looking for a series to binge not over the course of a weekend but over weeks, maybe months, these decade-spanning shows…