watchable
adjective
watch·able
ˈwä-chə-bəl 
ˈwȯ-
: worth watching
a minor but highly watchable film
watchable
noun
Examples of watchable in a Sentence
a minor but highly watchable film
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Directed by Michael Mazzola, who previously helmed UFO documentaries like Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind and Unacknowledged, Plague of Corruption is currently only watchable by RSVPing for livestream events on the Amigo Film Studios website.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
As critics such as The New York Times‘ James Poniewozik increasingly note, streaming shows don’t seem to be as re-watchable as even recent hits from the golden age of cable TV, such as Mad Men.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
Julian Fellowes’s Downton-esque fantasia on American themes was always watchable, with its cast of theater heavyweights and a proclivity for treating the mundane as melodrama.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Tale is replete with the excess, speedy cigarette boats and other stuff that made Miami Vice so watchable.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
As critics such as The New York Times‘ James Poniewozik increasingly note, streaming shows don’t seem to be as re-watchable as even recent hits from the golden age of cable TV, such as Mad Men.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
Julian Fellowes’s Downton-esque fantasia on American themes was always watchable, with its cast of theater heavyweights and a proclivity for treating the mundane as melodrama.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Tale is replete with the excess, speedy cigarette boats and other stuff that made Miami Vice so watchable.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Watchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchable. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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