TV Series - Your Favorites & Recommendations

[Moonfish]

I watched the first couple of episodes and then lost interest.  I did follow some of the recaps at avclub, and apparently the writing got very bad very fast.

Lately I've been following The Missing, which is a pretty standard thriller, but very well done.

I agree as that was exactly my own experience. I was a bit amazed by the farfetched soap opera relationships in the pilot episode so it was not a very promising beginning.

[SonicMan46]

Received the complete Breaking Badseries on Blu Ray as a gift ..

James - boy, there are just TOO many TV series to contemplate - I've never seen this one, but can stream it on Netflix - you try a season (or more if 'up my alley'!  Dave

[SonicMan46]

Hulu Plus question on a Roku device - currently using a one week 'free subscription' (after $8/month) and started to watch the 10th season of Bones, as shown below; typically, I either wait until it shows up on Netflix (which probably won't be for nearly a year) or when released as a season for purchase (which I did w/ Season 9 and @ a decent price vs. paying $2-$3/episode).

SO, last night I was watching S10/E1 on Hulu and was constantly interrupted by commercials, which I cannot tolerate anymore - if I do decide to go to the paid version of the Hulu Plus service, are commercials still part of watching these shows - would be a 'deal breaker' for me?  Dave

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Frasier, although it has probably been mentioned in this thread ten thousand times already.

[drogulus]

     At the moment I'm absorbed with:

     Downton Abbey

     I just finished S1. I'm an old Upstairs, Downstairs hand so I knew if this lived up to the consensus I would be all in one day, and the day arrived. Unlike the original US/DS production values perhaps outrun literary merit, too purty and not cultishly artistic enough for discriminating viewers, but then you know that don't you?

     Seinfeld

     There's no question here of not meeting the standards of TV phobes, it's you that's wanting if you can't cope. I had a feeling that when I finally watched I'd be convinced right away that the most mercilessly "values" fucking comedy ever to get network approval would be everything I wanted when I found out it was possible to want this.

     Inspector George Gently

      Love all those Detective Chief Inspector whodunits that have festooned Public TV in America ever since when? Of course you do! Of course I don't, and this one is for me. I get to watch something I like, don't I? Agatha Christie would recoil in horror at this series set in Durham (!) in the 1960's. It's got.....people in it, and genuine feeling, and it's not exactly light hearted.

[Moonfish]

Hmm, I just finished Marco Polo on Netflix. It was very good as long as you disregard most of what you know about Polo. It is similar to Shogun if you are familiar with that story although this one takes place in Mongolia/China rather than Japan.  It seems to have received a lot of negative reviews but I found it very entertaining. Recommended if you are looking for an adventure!


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Seinfeld

There's no question here of not meeting the standards of TV phobes, it's you that's wanting if you can't cope. I had a feeling that when I finally watched I'd be convinced right away that the most mercilessly "values" fucking comedy ever to get network approval would be everything I wanted when I found out it was possible to want this.

There's no question that this is my favorite sitcom of all-time. Completely unconventional and the characters are all exactly what we're supposed to not like in normal society but somehow we can't help watching the misgivings of these sad souls. This may be the last 'great' sitcom of our time.

[rockerreds]

Everwood
thirtysomething
My So-Called Life
Once & Again

[The new erato]

My So-Called Life

....should strike a resonance here!

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Married... with children.

[milk]

True Detective

[drogulus]

     I started watching Better Call Saul expecting something less than the best I hoped for and guess what?!? I'm appointed, totally! Thankyouthankyouthankyou Vince Gilligan, Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean, Jonathan Banks and assorted others. As Tuco sez "Tight! Tight!" I finished the season jonesing for the next one, as much as The Americans, that much.

[Brahmsian]

You really should be listening to music, but among recent boob tube fare I'll recommend The Knick, a hospital drama that takes place in 1900. 

Also, the Wallander series with Krister Henriksson, a police procedural set in Ystad, Sweden.   

I've been really, really enjoying this series with Krister Henriksson.

[71 dB]

I have been enjoying a lot The X-Files Season 10/Revival or whatever you want to call it. Only one episode left. 

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Macgyver.