100+ Best Clean TV Shows That Are Family-Friendly (2026)

Are you searching for the best clean TV shows available right now? I was a little skeptical when I started looking for shows to recommend. I didn’t think I would find fifty clean, family-friendly TV shows worth watching.

Let’s face it: there’s a lot of trash out there, especially on network television.

Fortunately, I decided to ask people on my personal Facebook page, Mom Remade, and my Christian Family Living Group to tell me about their favorite clean TV shows for the family. I also asked a few Christian parenting and family groups.

And, boy, did they deliver! There are plenty of options that cater to audiences seeking clean,  family-friendly, wholesome entertainment.

I have spent hours compiling these recommendations so you would have a quick reference for some good, clean TV shows, plus information on profanity filters and Christian streaming services.

I am constantly updating this list to serve your family best, so send me your recommendations! There are now over 100+ shows for you to check out!

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100+ Best Clean TV Shows That Are Family-Friendly (2026)

Check out these clean TV shows on Amazon, Netflix, and other streaming services. These shows can be found on many channels, Christian or secular.

Best Clean TV Shows-Old School (Classics)

Here are some great classic shows for the whole family. These wholesome TV shows from the past will make you nostalgic for the good ol’ days.  Thankfully, we can still enjoy them now.

• The Andy Griffith Show

• The Waltons

• Little House on the Prairie

• I Love Lucy

• The Dick Van Dyke Show

• Happy Days

• Father Knows Best

• Hazel

• The Brady Bunch

• Westerns (Rawhide, Big Valley, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, The Lone Ranger)

• Petticoat Junction

• Green Acres

• Gomer Pyle, USMC

• Gilligan’s Island

• The Beverly Hillbillies

• Leave It to Beaver

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What Can I Watch on Netflix with the Whole Family?

Check out the best family-friendly TV shows on Netflix. These clean TV shows for families will keep you entertained for hours.

• Highway to Heaven

• When Calls the Heart

• Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

• NCIS series (violence)

• Fuller House

• Heartland

• Is It Cake?

• Sweet Magnolias

• The Crown

• Anne of Green Gables

• Gilmore Girls

• Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Sister, Sister

• Crash Landing On You

• Anne with An “E”

• The Great British Baking Show & Juniors Version

• H2O Just Add Water

• Nailed It!

• Pawn Stars

• Cobra Kai

• Free Reign

• Fuller House

• Heartland

• Virgin River

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Clean Shows on Amazon Prime, Apple +, Hulu, and CW 2026

Check out these clean TV shows on Amazon. They also hop around on Apple +, Hulu, Roku, and other streaming services. It’s not hard to find them if you Google their name. It will tell you where they are streaming right now.

• Making It

• Psych

• Green Acres

• Bleak House

• The Gilded Age

• Cedar Cove

• Andy Griffith

• Monk

• Pride and Prejudice ( w/ Colin Firth)

• Heartland

• Sullivan’s Crossing

• Sherlock and Daughter

• River Monsters

• When Hope Calls

• Star Trek: The Next Generation

• The Astronauts Wives Club

• MacGyver

• These Stones

• White Collar

• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

• Little Men

• Mythbusters

• The Young Riders

• Murder, She Wrote

• 7th Heaven

• Last Man Standing

• Mercy Street

• Sullivan’s Crossing

• The Middle

• Madame Secretary

• America’s Funniest Home Videos

• Friday Night Lights

• Dr. Thorne

• Chuck (not Chucky!)

• When Hope Calls

• Sue Thomas F.  B. Eye

• Home Improvement

• Leverage

• Planet Earth

• Touched By an Angel

• Hawaii Five-O

• Army Wives

• The Wonder Years

• Malcolm In The Middle

• JAG

• Jamestown

• Gilmore Girls

• Chesapeake Shores

• Touched By An Angel

• Duck Dynasty

• North and South

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Clean TV Shows On Hallmark or Great American Pureflix

Hallmark has many clean TV shows for families to watch together. These feel-good shows will keep you entertained for hours and warm your heart.

• When Calls the Heart

• When Hope Calls

• Hope Valley: 1874

• Heartland

• Ainsley McGregor Mysteries

• Crossroad Springs (Really Good!)

• County Rescue (Good too!)

• Duck Dynasty and Duck Dynasty: The Revival

• Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou

• Shadrach

• Chesapeake Shores

• A Thousand Tomorrows

• Cedar Cove

• Signed, Sealed, Delivered

• I Love Lucy

• Reba

• The Way Home

• Ride

Clean TV Shows For Adults on Network Television (2025)

Check out these clean TV shows for adults on network television. If you have more suggestions, please add them to the comments below. Sadly, I struggled to find many family-friendly shows on traditional network stations.

• Bluebloods (violence)

• NCIS (violence)

• American Idol

• The Voice

• The Amazing Race

• American Ninja Warrior

• America’s Got Talent

The Best Home Reno Shows to Watch (2026)

Luckily, making a home reno show trashy is hard, so anything on Magnolia Network or HGTV will be clean programming. Magnolia Network is owned by Chuck and Joanna Gaines, who are upstanding people, so I know whatever they produce will be high quality.

Listed are the most popular home renovation TV shows. Do you have a favorite?

• Love It or List It

• Home Town

• Farm House Fixer

• Christina on the Coast

• Restored by the Fords

• Rock the Block

• First-Time Fixer

• Celebrity IOU

• Van Go

• Property Brothers

• Fixer Upper

• Flip or Flop

• This Old House

Clean (or mostly clean) TV Series On PBS, PBS Passport, Amazon PBS Masterpiece, BBC, or Britbox

Our friends on the other side of the pond (Britain) have good taste in TV programs. Some of these shows are a little racy, but not as much as American network programming. You still need to be on the lookout for junk because they slip it in occasionally.

These shows are for more adult audiences because they are period dramas, but older teens may find them enjoyable. As a bonus, many of these shows hop around on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple +, Roku, YouTube, or other streaming sites.

I promise you will be addicted once you start watching!

• Father Brown

• Victoria

• Pride and Prejudice

• Mr. Selfridge

• Bleak House

• Poldark (borderline but it’s good)

• Downton Abbey (Soooo good!)

• Call the Midwife

• Sister Boniface Mysteries

• Antiques Roadshow

• Rick Steves’ Europe

• Lark Rise to Candleford

• Endeavour

• Poirot

• Sherlock Holmes

• Atlantic Crossing

• Around the World in 80 Days

• The Paradise

• Sanditon

• Cranford

• Upstairs, Downstairs

• Miss Scarlet  (violence)

• Little Women

• All Creatures Great and Small (Sooo good!)

Chosen App/ YouTube

This is my FAVORITE series. It is sooo good. You must download The Chosen app and watch it on your phone or screen mirror it on your television.

You can also get it on YouTube or BYUtv. (Who knows when they will flag it and remove it from YouTube?) The Chosen is not inappropriate in any way; it is the Bible in living color. (There are a few unbiblical accounts.)

Dallas Jenkins (son of Jerry B. Jenkins, Left Behind Series) has gone to great lengths to ensure it is scriptural. For your information, start with Season 1, Episode 3, and then return to Episode 1. Episodes 1 and 2 will make more sense and not feel as slow.

• The Chosen 

Is There a Christian Streaming Service?

Check out these alternative Christian streaming services, such as Netflix. They offer Christian-themed movies, clean TV shows, documentaries, Christian comedy, and children’s programming.

They all vary in cost and payment plans. Check out their websites for more information.

• Hallmark Channel

  This was my favorite channel, but they have strayed from traditional values. I still watch it, but I must be more vigilant about what comes across the screen.

• Angel Studios

Angel Studios offers an extensive library of free, family-friendly streaming content, including its most famous show, The Chosen. There are also movies, documentaries, Christian comedies, and cartoons for kids.

While it’s free, by “paying it forward,” you keep the content free for other viewers.

• BYUtv

BYUtv is another free streaming service. Download the app, watch it on Frndly, or go to byutv.org. You must have Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Roku, Android TV, Windows, Xbox One, iOS, or an Android.

 There are lots of shows. I just found The Chosen on there. Yay!

• Great American/Pureflix

PureFlix/Great American subscription service offers Christian movies, shows, comedy series, and children’s programming. This is the best Christian streaming app, in my opinion. The quality is superb. They own their studio, so they produce many of their programs.

• Christian Cinema

This is a no-commitment, no-subscription platform. You pay as you go. They offer faith-based content as well as mainstream media. The movie selections look similar to what is provided on PureFlix. There is programming for both kids and adults.

• Frndly TV

Frndly TV is a subscription service that offers many channels with the choice of live TV, and On Demand. You can also record a bunch of shows. There are no contracts, and you can cancel at any time.

They have three Hallmark channels, UP TV, BYU, Great American, Ion, and Insp. They also have unlimited DVR. I have this service and love it!

• Dove Channel

The Dove Channel offers old classics as well as new content. Some of it is free, but you must pay for the good stuff. There is both mainstream content for adults and children.

• Up Faith & Family

Up is an uplifting faith and family paid streaming service, just like it says. It is included on the Frdly app if you don’t want to stream it alone. There are TV series, movies, and kids programming. Many familiar titles are offered.

CrossFlix+

CrossFlix+ is an inexpensive streaming platform that offers faith-based, family-friendly movies and children’s programming. It also allows churches to stream their services.

Their goal is to entertain and educate. They are available on Roku.

• FaithLifeTV

FaithLife TV offers movies, documentaries, and children’s programming and constantly adds more. It has three tiers: free, pay-as-you-go, and subscription service.

• Tween Xstream

Tween Xstream is a Christian streaming platform for tweens. It was recommended on a Christian parenting site I am on. It just started in September 2020.

It’s a streaming service from South Africa, so don’t be surprised when you see the cost on your bill; it will be in South African Rand (ZAR).

• Yippee

Yipee is like Netflix, but for kids. It’s a subscription service that is slightly cheaper than Minno. They have many VeggieTales, YouTube-style videos, cartoons, Backyard Bible Camp, and other choices. I’m hearing good things from parents about this one.

• Smile of a Child

This 24-hour Christian children’s network offers animated and live-action faith-based programming for kids. Jay-Jay the Jet Plane, Veggie Tales, and other well-known programs are offered.

You can get it through Verizon, Roku, AT&T, Glorystar, TBN, or their website.

• Right Now Media Kids

Right now, media caters to adults and children. It is a free service offered through many churches. Ask your church for a special link to access your account.

Veggie Tales, Superbook, and the StoryKeepers are just a few of their offerings. Their catalog is impressive and worth checking out.

• Minno Kids

This is a Christian subscription streaming platform for young kids. They have 50+ episodes of just VeggieTales. They also offer Superbook, Owlegories, and much more. There are 140+ shows in all. It’s available on Apple, Google, Roku, and Amazon and can be accessed on your phone, tablet, TV, or computer.

• Answers.TV

Answers.TV offers live streaming and on-demand video content, including nature shows, adventure programs, family-friendly educational videos, and science content based on a biblical worldview.

This streaming service partners with well-known programs such as the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and Answers in Genesis.

Best Deals on Streaming Services

• Dish Network

  Sign up for the basic package, including locals, some news, Hallmark, HGTV, and a few other channels. You must talk to a Dish representative to get the basic package, especially if you are not a new customer. It is available. Push until you get it!

• YouTube TV 

YouTube TV gives you locals, sports channels, news channels, Ion, Hallmark, the Dove Channel, and HGTV, among other things. This may be the way to go if you like sports and clean TV shows.

• Stream channels without cable /dish service

If you have an Apple box, you can stream whatever you want. Choose the channels you like without anyone forcing you to add channels you don’t need or want. You can finally have it your way!

• Spectrum

Spectrum has different plans that offer local channels for a meager price. If that is all you want, it will get you the news and a few movies. It is great as a base if you are adding streaming services.

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Best Profanity Filters For TV

After much reading and research, I found these services to be the most optimal for families. They all have their pros and cons. It just depends on what services you are currently using and how they will specifically work for you.

Check out all of them periodically because they are constantly upgrading and changing what they can do. Prices change depending on the type of service you get.

• VidAngel– there are three ways to use the filters. You can skip nasty scenes that include violence, block nudity, and mute words you don’t want to hear. It works with streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, Amazon Prime, and HBO.
• TVGuardian: works with standard definition and high definition TVs. It works anywhere with closed captioning, such as Dish Network, cable, DVRs, TV antennas, satellite, DVD, and Blu-ray players. It will not work on streaming services, computers, or game systems.
• ClearPlay– they offer an app that works with streaming services that are purchased or rented. You can automatically skip over scenes and language you do not want to hear or see. It works with Netflix, Amazon, and Blu-ray discs.
• Controls on your TV—Check the manufacturer’s instructions for the filters on your TV. All smart TVs have a parental control option. Many streaming services allow you to create a dedicated profile for your children and adjust the parental controls as needed.

What Sites Can You Watch TV For Free?

Freevee is a premium, free TV streaming service. You can download the Freevee app to enjoy thousands of movies, shows, and Freevee originals. It is free because it has commercials, so beware!

Another free channel is KERA (PBS). Most people get this channel through their local programming. Sadly, you have to watch out for some of their programming. The shows are good, but they slip in a few immoral things here and there.

Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs, and The World on Fire are just a few of the shows from the Masterpiece series. PBS isn’t just for little kids. It’s for big kids too! Check it out.

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Finding Family-Friendly TV Shows

Check out Movieguide or Pluggedin to get the latest in family-friendly entertainment. They have ratings and reviews for every movie and TV program that is worth exploring.  If your family is stuck at home more than usual, these shows will keep them entertained for a long time.

I highly recommend doing other things besides watching TV, but sometimes it is nice to sit down and chill.

You can watch these clean TV shows together as a family. It will make it much easier to avoid constantly changing the channel or starting over with something else.

What clean TV shows do you recommend? Comment below. Also, let me know if these shows are not what they claim to be. 

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