Netflix subscribers are celebrating after Monk, one of the most well-regarded television shows of the 21st century, landed on the service.
The comic detective series starred Tony Shalhoub, 70, as the private detective Adrian Monk, who helped police with unsolved crimes even as he battled his own obsessive–compulsive disorder and a debilitating fear of germs.
The show, which ran for eight seasons from 2002 to 2009 on the USA Network, was such a hit with fans that Peacock revived the character for a follow-up film, Mr. Monk’s Last Case, late in 2023.
Now that Netflix has upgraded its offerings with the classic comedy, fans of the show expressed their excitement on social media, with plenty saying they planned to stay in to binge Monk.
‘Netflix just made my day by adding Monk!!! So so happy!!’ gushed one fan.
Netflix subscribers are celebrating after Monk, one of the most well-regarded television shows of the 21st century, landed on the service; Tony Shalhoub pictured on Monk
Netflix now offers all eight seasons of the USA Network show, which ended its run in 2009
Other posters said they ‘screamed’ with delight when the found their next show to watch.
‘Y’all they just added Monk to Netflix! The way I literally screamed when I saw it. I’m so happy,’ wrote another person on X (formerly Twitter).
Others were just focused on sharing the good news with their followers.
‘Monk is on Netflix. All of it. This is not a drill,’ wrote one fan
Another added: ‘This probably won’t get any press as it’s an old show, but all eight seasons of the brilliant Monk are now on Netflix. You’ll thank me later…’
One fan said that Monk’s arrival on Netflix was ‘the best thing to have happened in months.’
Others were willing to go to extremes to free up some time to binge all eights seasons of the classic series.
‘All eight seasons of Monk on Netflix? Can someone please break my leg so I have an excuse to stay home with Tony Shalhoub for a while?’
The comic detective series starred Tony Shalhoub, 70, as the private detective Adrian Monk, who helped police with unsolved crimes even as he battled his own obsessive–compulsive disorder and debilitating phobias; still from Mr. Monk’s Last Case
Now that Netflix has upgraded its offerings with the classic comedy, fans of the show expressed their excitement on social media, with plenty saying they planned to stay in to binge Monk
Other posters said they ‘screamed’ with delight when the found their next show to watch
Others were just focused on sharing the good news with their followers
One fan said that Monk’s arrival on Netflix was ‘the best thing to have happened in months’
Others were willing to go to extremes to free up some time to binge all eights seasons of the classic series
Tony Shalhoub was specifically praised by several fans, including one who described him as a ‘master of comic timing’
Another person gushed that they were ‘so happy,’ while one fan said they were ‘about to have a ball’ thanks to Monk’s new home
Last year, Peacock released the movie Mr. Monk’s Last Case, in which Tony Shalhoub’s title character came out of retirement to solve one final mystery
Tony Shalhoub was specifically praised by several fans, including one who described him as a ‘master of comic timing.’
Another person gushed that they were ‘so happy,’ while one fan said they were ‘about to have a ball’ thanks to Monk’s new home.
Fan previously got good news late last year when Peacock revived Monk for the follow-up movie Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie.
The streaming film reunited Shalhoub, who most recently appeared on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, with the original case as his character Adrian Monk came out of retirement to solve one last mystery.
