An overview of the results of the Near-IR S0 galaxy Survey (NIRS0S) is presented. NIRS0S is a magnitude (m B 12.5 mag) and inclination (< 65 o ) limited sample of ∼ 200 nearby galaxies, mainly S0s, but include also Sa and E galaxies. It uses deep K s -band images, typically reaching a surface brightness of 23.5 mag arcsec −2 . Detailed visual and photometric classifications were made, for the first time coding also the lenses in a systematic manner. The main analysis methods include 2D multicomponent decomposition approach, and Fourier analysis of the non-axisymmetric structures. As a comparison sample, a similar sized spiral galaxy sample with similar image quality was used. The main emphasis were to study whether the S0s are former spirals in which star formation has been ceased, and also, how robust are bars in galaxies. Based on our analysis the Hubble sequence was revisited: following the early idea by van den Bergh we suggested that the S0s are spread throughout the Hubble sequence in parallel tuning forks as spirals (S0a, S0b, S0c etc.). This is evidenced by our improved bulge-to-total (B/T ) flux ratios in the S0s, covering the full B/T range, reaching small values typical to late-type spirals. The properties of bulges and disks in S0s were found to be similar to those in spirals and also, the masses and scale parameters of the bulges and disks to be coupled. It was estimated that the spiral bulges brighter than -20 mag in K-band are massive enough to be converted into the bulges of S0s merely by star formation. Bars were found to be fairly robust both in S0s and spirals, but inspite of that bars might evolve significantly within the Hubble sequence.We review the main results of the Near-IR S0 galaxy Survey (NIRS0S) obtained so far 1 . NIRS0S is a magnitude (mB 12.5 mag) and inclination (less than 65 o ) limited sample of ∼ 200 nearby galaxies, mainly S0s, but include also Sa spirals and 25 late-type ellipticals. Late-type ellipticals were included for not to miss any potentially misclassified S0s. The observations were done in the Ks-band, carried out using 3-4 meter sized ground-based telescopes with sub-arcsecond pixel resolution. The images are deep, typically reaching a surface brightnesses of 23.5 mag arcsec −2 in azimuthally averaged profiles (∼ 2 mag deeper than the 2MASS images), thus allowing the detection of the faint outer disks in S0s. Our main emphasis was to address possible secular evolutionary processes in galaxies by comparing the photometric properties of S0s and spirals, based on similarly selected samples, with similar image quality. ⋆