Shadowing

Best shadowing list for you

What I would personally choose for your shadowing system

For you, I would use:

Main teacher source:
Speak English With Vanessa

Main TV source:
A Man on the Inside

Second TV source:
The Good Cop or Shrinking

Occasional advanced source:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel or Superstore

That gives you a very balanced system:

Vanessa = clear pronunciation and confidence
A Man on the Inside = modern polite conversation
Shrinking = emotional modern English
The Good Cop = calm, clear dialogue
Maisel/Superstore = advanced speed and rhythm practice
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Shadowing-only ranking

For shadowing, I would rank the sources differently from general ESL usefulness. The best shadowing source is not always the best show. For shadowing, we want:

clear pronunciation,
natural rhythm,
short repeatable lines,
useful everyday patterns,
safe language to imitate,
not too much shouting, slang, or overlapping speech.

Best shadowing list for you

Important point about Vanessa

For shadowing only, Vanessa’s videos may actually be better than most TV shows, especially at your current goal of moving from B2 toward C1.

Her channel presents itself as helping learners speak “naturally, confidently, and fluently,” and the YouTube channel posts regular English lessons.

Why she is strong for shadowing:

She speaks clearly.
She often uses natural but learner-friendly English.
Her sentences are easier to repeat than TV dialogue.
You can imitate pronunciation, rhythm, reductions, and intonation without fighting too much background noise or overlapping speech.

The only limitation: because she is a teacher, her speech is sometimes cleaner and more careful than ordinary native speech. So it is excellent for training your mouth, but you still need TV shows for real conversational rhythm.

Best combination for you

I would divide your shadowing practice into three levels.

Level 1: Clean shadowing

Use this when you want accuracy, pronunciation, rhythm, and confidence.

Best source:
Speak English With Vanessa

Use 30–60 seconds. Repeat until your mouth feels comfortable. This is the best “training-room” material.

Level 2: Natural but clear TV shadowing

Use this when you want real American conversational rhythm but still need clarity.

Best shows:

1. A Man on the Inside
2. The Good Cop
3. Shrinking
4. The Lincoln Lawyer
5. Elsbeth
6. Everwood

This should probably be your main TV-shadowing group.

Level 3: Advanced / difficult shadowing

Use this only occasionally, when you want a challenge.

Best examples:

Superstore — excellent everyday English, but fast and overlapping.
Parks and Recreation — useful, but irony and comedy timing are hard.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — amazing language, but difficult to imitate naturally.