I’ve found the links I’d posted, it answers to your query. I’ll also add to it a bit.
● What I like is the relatability, that they are people who dream, hope, love, hate, fight, lose, win, yet, have the courage, and faith, to face the challenges in the arena of life.
● It’s definitely not a passing fad, yet, regarding being addicted, it’s definitely a go-to,it challenges, and inspires the many desires irl, relationships, failures, achievements, work, travel etc.(here I’ve answered a question I’ve asked: What void does it fill?)This too becomes my primary reason
● Thus, there is no need to give up watching, I have taken breaks, but I do return to experience another adventure.
● There are TV/movies of other country’s I’ve watched, but the comparison is like night, and day.
yet, regarding being addicted, it’s definitely a go-to, it challenges, and inspires the many desires irl, relationships, failures, achievements, work, travel etc. (here I’ve answered a question I’ve asked: What void does it fill?) 
This too becomes my primary reason