Recommend some TV Shows for me...

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Summer is approaching, and I've spent most of my holidays catching up on my archive of TV shows meaning that I'll need to add a few more shows to my repotoire so I don't die of boredom this Summer (I'd much prefer to die of exhaustion!).

These are all the shows I presently have. As you can see, a lot of mainstream stuff so I'd like to see some more niche shows thrown in

24
Arrested Development
Battlestar Gallactica
Californication
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Entourage
Family Guy
Father Ted
Firefly
Friday Night Lights
Grey's Anatomy
Gossip Girl
Heroes
House
Jericho
Las Vegas
Lost
One Tree Hill
Prison Break
Pushing Daisies
Rome
Sex and the City
Scrubs
Skins
Supernatural
The Sopranos
The IT Crowd
The Kill Point
The OC
The Wire
Veronica Mars
Weeds

estebancambias

Perhaps ''The War at Home''. A very 'bold' American tv show. Perhaps not to some peoples liking, but one of my favourite shows. Its a good dark comedy sitcom.

AlmightyCushion

Breaking bad is pretty good as is chuck unfortunately both are still in their first season so there aren't that many episodes.

Peyton Manning

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Breaking bad is pretty good as is chuck unfortunately both are still in their first season so there aren't that many episodes.

+1 for Breaking Bad.

Really loving it. Hal out of Malcolm in the Middle plays the lead role, and does so quite sensationally. One of the best shows to come out in years.

estebancambias

Archimedes wrote: »

+1 for Breaking Bad.

Really loving it. Hal out of Malcolm in the Middle plays the lead role, and does so quite sensationally. One of the best shows to come out in years.

'One' also being ''The War at Home''.

:cool:

LuckyCharms

Yea i can vouch for breaking bad also, good craic
Some others : Reaper , My Name is Earl , Terminator :SCC,Dirty Sexy Money,The Big Bang Theory

For Terminator, if you watched and liked the films , you will like it,That spaced out chick from Firefly is in it.

Not sure why Stargate isnt on your list but i'm guessing you must not like it cuz its abit ridiculous to presume you haven't heard of it

johnny_ultimate

Flight of the Conchords perhaps? Very funny HBO show about a New Zealand 'folk parody duo' trying to break into America. Hilarious show, and terrific music.

And if you haven't seen Freaks & Geeks, it is always recommended.

AlmightyCushion

Archimedes wrote: »

+1 for Breaking Bad.

Really loving it. Hal out of Malcolm in the Middle plays the lead role, and does so quite sensationally. One of the best shows to come out in years.

Yeah I seen the thread about it and decided to give it a go. Didn't think it would be as good as it is. These forums have introduced me to some brilliant shows.

*hugs boards*

iwincosimcool

underworld, some australian gangster thing getting good reviews, i watched it and it's good

iwincosimcool

underbelly i mean LOL LOL LO0L LOL[FDPBXZJDPFT[#JSBRHBPK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underbelly_(TV_series)

It's good mate! (australian accentr)

iwincosimcool

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underbelly_(TV_series)

Basq

Gossip Girl

Oh... you BIIGGG pansy. Girlfriend watches this tripe.

Let me think.. I'll mix in some mainstream with not so mainstream.

* This Life - excellent British BBC drama / comedy from the mid-90's about a bunch of barristers. Re-watching it at the moment.
* Breaking Bad - cannot recommend this enough. Absolutely fantastic show.. and one of the best new shows of the year.
* Spaced - the funniest comedy EVER MADE. Sorry Seinfeld and Arrested Development but this just pips you at the post.
* Black Books - another fantastic British sitcom.
* Undeclared / Freaks & Geeks - both from the brillant minds of Judd Apatow and Paul Feig. Absolutelt essential viewing.
* Life On Mars / Ashes To Ashes - 'Life on Mars' is essential viewing and although you could probably without 'Ashes to Ashes', it still is entertaining.
* The Mighty Boosh - quite daft but it's in it's charm. And it's absolutely hilarious - Noel Fielding and Julian Barrett are fantastic.
* The League Of Gentlement - quite dark and not for everyone but very enjoyable if you like your humour mixed with a bit of drama / surrealness.
* Planet Earth - it's a documentary series but YEARS ahead of it's time. Absolutely stunning!

I'll add more later..

kerash

+1 for Reaper, My name is Earl and Big bang Theory, Terminator

All the Law and Orders are good, Criminal Intent my fave.
Criminal Minds, Brothers and Sisters, Medium, Smallville, Supernatural, Cold Case, Without a Trace.

+1 Mighty Boosh (how could it slip my mind)

enfant terrible

The Larry Sanders Show

The Office US
http://www.sidereel.com/The_Office/_watchlinkviewer/348

Curb Your Enthusiasm
http://tvliveshows.com/free.php?id=40206

FearDark

I cant reccomend the US office enough, my fave show of all time is probarbly OZ though, its yet another HBO show set in a prison and follows the lives of inmates and their gangs in the prison, pretty much everyone in it has made it big in other shows since. Seriously check it out.

Just noticed your into family guy, ok u gotta check out southpark season 11, if that doesnt make you laugh id check your pulse.

+1 for jericho and dexter

eamon234

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - comic genius at it's best especially if you're a fan of the IT Crowd/Mighty Boosh

DeepBlue

Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Damages

AlmightyCushion

Darkplace. How could I forget that. Pity there was only 6 or 7 episodes.

estebancambias

I heard once about a good show called ''The War at Home''

Top stuff. Or Shark with James Woods.

Xavi6

Underbelly - Mentioned already but a really great show.

Burn Notice - About an agent who has been burned and doesn't know why but wants to know. Really, really good and very funny in a dry kinda way.

Dirty Sexy Money - Mentioned as well but it's class.

EDIT: Feckin forgot Top Gear! That's an essential!

ronnie3585

FearDark wrote: »

I cant reccomend the US office enough, my fave show of all time is probarbly OZ though, its yet another HBO show set in a prison and follows the lives of inmates and their gangs in the prison, pretty much everyone in it has made it big in other shows since. Seriously check it out.

+1

OZ is really good. Some of the most fu*cked up stuff ive ever seen on a TV series. I still have memories of "bend over prag, we gonna spoon" *shudder*

Will it ever make an appearance on TG4 again?


As for other TV shows; The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Fast Show and Seinfield are in my opinion the best TV shows of all time. The Shield is also pretty good.

KnifeWRENCH

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Flight of the Conchords perhaps? Very funny HBO show about a New Zealand 'folk parody duo' trying to break into America. Hilarious show, and terrific music.

+1,000,000!!!!:pac::pac:
I cannot recommend this show enough. It is BRILLIANT!!:D:D
Also another brilliant show from New Zealand I'd recommend is Outrageous Fortune. It's kinda like Shameless
(if you've never seen Shameless I recommend that too!!:D)

EDIT: You seem to like all the mainstream American TV programmes, so you should watch Brothers & Sisters. I saw an episode the other night, and it was good. And it's pretty big in America (Sally Field & Calista Flockhart are in it)

adox

Millenium

In Treatment

Eli Stone

Das Kitty

+1 for Spaced and Black Books.

I'm also thoroughly enjoying 30 Rock and How I met Your Mother

From our DVD shelf:
Jeeves & Wooster

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LuckyCharms wrote:

Not sure why Stargate isnt on your list but i'm guessing you must not like it cuz its abit ridiculous to presume you haven't heard of it

I like the show, but the thought of having to catch up on so many episodes is frightening!

various wrote:

Breaking Bad

Seems to have earned a lot of +1's so far, so I'll go investigate!

johhny_ultimate wrote:

Flight of the Conchords perhaps? Very funny HBO show about a New Zealand 'folk parody duo' trying to break into America. Hilarious show, and terrific music.

And if you haven't seen Freaks & Geeks, it is always recommended

I remember hearing good things about both of those and have certainly flirted with the idea of getting Freaks and Geeks on more than one occassion. Will look into both of them, thanks

iwincosimcool wrote:

underbelly

Wikipedia article looks promising, thanks.

basquille wrote:

Gossip Girl

Oh... you BIIGGG pansy. Girlfriend watches this tripe.

Yeah it was an ex of mine that got me into watching The OC a few years back. At the time, Mischa Barton was being a lesbian, so I've been following the genre of similar shows ever since.

basquille wrote:

* Spaced - the funniest comedy EVER MADE. Sorry Seinfeld and Arrested Development but this just pips you at the post.

I loved Arrested Development, so I'll have to give this a whirl!

basquille wrote:

Planet Earth - it's a documentary series but YEARS ahead of it's time. Absolutely stunning!

I've seen this available in HD so I'm going to try get that if only to be able to say "WOW" at each action shot and close up!

As for everything else you suggested, I'll get around to them eventually. As someone who's ever present in all the various TV forums, I trust your judgement.

Xavi6 wrote:

Burn Notice - About an agent who has been burned and doesn't know why but wants to know. Really, really good and very funny in a dry kinda way.

This was a series that I was watching closely when it was announced (it looked to be one of the more promising new series of the year but forgot all about it. Another show added to my list

Xavi6 wrote:

EDIT: Feckin forgot Top Gear! That's an essential

While this is another show I enjoy, like StarGate, the prospect of watching every single episode is daunting. I think I'll continue to just dip in and out of it when it's on TV rather than sit down one week for a marathon session!

FearDark wrote:

I cant reccomend the US office enough, my fave show of all time is probarbly OZ though, its yet another HBO show set in a prison and follows the lives of inmates and their gangs in the prison, pretty much everyone in it has made it big in other shows since. Seriously check it out.

Just noticed your into family guy, ok u gotta check out southpark season 11, if that doesnt make you laugh id check your pulse.

Aye, I've been meaning to get into the US Office for quite some time. As for OZ, from what I can gather it's very similar to The Wire and I'm ashamed to say that I haven't got through that yet so I'm going to wait until The Wire is out of the way before I dive into OZ.

Southpark and Futurama are on my todo list

DeepBlue wrote:

Damages
Mad Men

The Boards thread for Damages sounds very interesting. I've also found period dramas to be very iffy though, so I'm not too sure about Mad Men.

I'm going to look up some of the other shows that people suggested later on and see if they sound like they'll pacify me! If you've got anymore suggestions, keep em coming!

KevIRL

A lot of the ones mentioned above but Id also include

The West Wing. (brilliant brilliant tv)
Sleeper Cell.
Entourage

daisy123

If you like Grey's Anatomy, then the spin off Private Practice is worth a look!! I like it anyhow!!

estebancambias

Grey's Anatomy or The War at Home.

tvnutz

Step 1: Stay clear of the War at Home. Sorry estebancambias but it is just terrible and has already been cancelled.

Step 2: Once you are finished with the brilliance that is the Wire,definatly check Oz out. Saw the first season in Zavvi the other day so I picked it up and once I had finished watching it I ordered seasons 2 and 3 right away. Very good show.

I will also throw in another vote for Breaking Bad. Very good show despite only having 7 or so episodes.

estebancambias

LMAO. Yeah I guess anyone who lists Lizzy Maguire as his favourite show shouldn't really be listened to when it comes to selecting tv shows. I like quirky ****.

ronnie3585

Cant believe I forgot Trailer Park Boys. Check it oot eh - most awesomest Canadian TV show!

JPA

I've been watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia lately.
Brilliant stuff. Recommended.

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Watched the first episode of Breaking Bad just there and must say I was mightily impressed. I thought that Bryan Cranston would always be typecast as Hal from Malcolm in the Middle in my mind, but his performance in this show is sublime. Not quite sure I agree with the tash though....

FearDark

Wow, cant believe so many people liked OZ, everyone i tell say "Is that like the wizard of OZ" lol... Umm no!

tvnutz

FearDark wrote: »

Wow, cant believe so many people liked OZ, everyone i tell say "Is that like the wizard of OZ" lol... Umm no!

Ye not so much indeed! lol started watching it last tuesday and am now making my way through season 4. its that good.

ixoy

FearDark wrote: »

Wow, cant believe so many people liked OZ, everyone i tell say "Is that like the wizard of OZ" lol... Umm no!

A mistake poor George Michael made in "Arrested Development" with very funny results

Hrududu

If you like Skins you should check out Shameless. A much better show from the same makers. But only watch series 1 and 2. I also agree with the Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia recomendations.

I heard once about a good show called ''The War at Home''

I didn't like this show at all, it just seems like the usual by the numbers sitcom. Very few laughs.

Pigman II

FearDark wrote: »

Wow, cant believe so many people liked OZ, everyone i tell say "Is that like the wizard of OZ" lol...

Must start using that as a descriptor.

Augustus Hill = Tin Man
Cyril O'Reilly = Scarecrow
Schilinger = Cowardly Lion
Beecher = Dorothy.

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Watched the first episode of Flight of the Concordes tonight. The small cast work well together and it's constantly reminding me of shows like the IT Crowd.

johnny_ultimate

|.Murderer.| wrote: »

Watched the first episode of Flight of the Concordes tonight. The small cast work well together and it's constantly reminding me of shows like the IT Crowd.

Its gets better as it goes along too. Wait til you get to the tour episode - hilarious stuff. Check out there youtube videos too - songs are much better live.

pH

The Office (UK & US)
Deadwood (2nd best TV series ever made ... the wire just pips it)
If you liked the wire then the Shield is pretty decent too

airetam_storm

I dont know if they've been mentioned but

Dexter - Drama about the titular miami cop/serial killer, its won several awards and it really is worth a watch.
Rome - Drama loosely based on the rise and fall of Ceaser, it also won a rake of awards.
Heroes - Drama about ordinary people who discover that they have superhuman abilities, its incredibly addictive! Won lots of awards.

JPA

^^^^^^^ Last two posts get the thumbs up from me.

For a while I found Rome a bit slow but you get sucked in without realising.
But there's some violence in it. :eek:

tulipandthistle

Has anybody seen Cane? Great series with Jimmy Smit - swoon.... We loved the series!

Thistle

JP Liz

I recommend Dexter and Burn Notice

nycman

Boston Legal is sublime

Rand_alThor

Gotta agree with most of what's been said. The great shows;

The Wire, Deadwood (Cancelled after S3 though so it's unfinished. Huge shame), The Shield, Battlestar Galactica (S1 & 2 of the new version at least), Arrested development, Carnivale (cancelled after S2 of a 3 season story arc so also unfinished), Extras (very good, more straight-up comedy than the office), Flight of the Conchords (pure genius! Apart from the last 1 or 2 eps).

The very good;

Breaking Bad, Dexter, Rome, Studio 60 (starts very strongly, dips alot actually, but finishes well enough (forced early)).

And the terrible;

'The War at Home' is just plain bad. The main male lead is rubbish. The man can't act so he just constantly waves his hands around.

I realise I haven't offered any new suggestions. To be honest I've just trawled this thread for new idea's. In the words of Buster Bluth " I'M A MONSTER!'

Hardrain

'Brotherhood' Great Irish mob/political drama

ratinakeg

Ross Kemp on Gangs. New series starts tonight at 9 on Sky One, should be one to watch

ratinakeg

Also 'The Cup' is a great show(half 9 Thursday night BBC2). If you like sport and humour watch this.

Hardrain

Hardrain wrote: »

'Brotherhood' Great Irish mob/political drama

Brotherhood is fantastic. Superior even to Sopranos and only trailing behind The Wire and Oz in my favourite shows of all time list.