Best NEW tv shows 2010

Richard Dower

A poll centric thread, if i miss something do let me know or please alert mods so the poll can be updated. We're covering NEW shows that appeared in 2010, covering mostly US cable and network tv, i've added Sherlock because it's great.

I'm focusing on the most talked about and popular shows on the forum, people i'm sure won't agree or that i missed stuff out.

krudler

Boardwalk Empire definitely.

RVD420

Boardwalk Empire & The Walking Dead for me...

JohnK

For me it'd be Boardwalk Empire followed by Nikita & The Walking Dead tied for second place. Probably put No Ordinary Family after those.

Richard Dower

Sorry lads, took time to add the poll...hope i covered the best/big shows.

Richard Dower

I voted for Spartacus.

Skerries

Boardwalk Empire, Walking Dead, Raising Hope, Rubicon, The Event, The Lost Girl and Nikita

previous user

krudler wrote: »

Boardwalk Empire definitely.

Is boardwalk coming out on Irish tv, I hears its pretty good.

phasers

Misfits isn't new, it started in 2009

Richard Dower

phasers wrote: »

Misfits isn't new, it started in 2009

Spotted that alright, maybe the mods can insert something else?

Rjd2

The Trip and Rev easily the two best British comedies of the year.

Viktor.

The Walking Dead, Spartacus, Nikita and Haven for me.

I voted Haven, it's my favorite out of the lot.

Should The Pillars Of The Earth and The Pacific really be poll options? Don't get me wrong, both were great shows, but are one off kind of series. The poll strikes me more as for shows that aim at running long term?

Pacifico

Men of a certain age is 2009 too

expectationlost

its got to be treme

ixoy

Is Nikita actually that good? How serious is it?

RuggieBear

terriers for me.


absolutely brilliant. shame it was canned after season 1

expectationlost

ixoy wrote: »

Is Nikita actually that good? How serious is it?

its much better then you think it is, it could only be called overly serious

expectationlost

RuggieBear wrote: »

terriers for me.


absolutely brilliant. shame it was canned after season 1

fantastic but flawed, occasional too convient so i couldn't choose it.

Colmo52

previous user wrote: »

Is boardwalk coming out on Irish tv, I hears its pretty good.

It'll be starting on Sky Atlantic (Ch108) in February.

Fighting Irish

Spartacus: Blood & Sand >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any of that muck

Dman001

Surprised with how many voted Spartacus. I enjoyed the series but thought is way over the top and nothing more than a turn-off-your-brain type series.

ronnie3585

expectationlost wrote: »

its got to be treme

By a country mile.

Davei141

Dman001 wrote: »

Surprised with how many voted Spartacus. I enjoyed the series but thought is way over the top and nothing more than a turn-off-your-brain type series.

It doesn't pretend to be anything else and thats why its awesome.

Definitely Treme anyone know when it's back?

ixoy

Didn't enjoy Tréme. I don't like jazz and it never grew on me. A shame as I'm a big fan of David Simon.
Only just started on 'Boardwalk Empire'. Really like what I've seen so far so it may be a serious contender. From the valid choices above, I'd go with Spartacus.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Had to go with the Walking Dead.
But having said that, I've heard great things about Boardwalk Empire, Terriers, Lost Girl and Spartacus, so gotta check them out soon.

JP Liz V1

Justified closely followed by Raising Hope for me

Venom

Has to be Spartacus for me. Just such an epic show.

Boardwalk Empire and Walking Dead very close tho.

mike65

51st state...

gandalf

Sherlock got my vote as it was excellent entertainment and a damn good modern reworking of the SCD original.

Honourable mentions to

Spartacus was good brain dead fun with dodgy CGI at times but hey we got to see Lucy Lawless's baps

Raising Hope has me and the missus chuckling quite a bit as well.

One of the exceptions is.....

The Walking Dead would get my vote for the biggest disappointment. After an excellent opening it just kind of fell flat.

Syferus

Rubicon was the most beguiling and interesting thing commited to television this year, but obviously it was about as attractive to advertisers as a bag of rotten fruit.

Broadwalk Empire would easily be number two for me and it's probably one of the most fully formed shows to come along in a good while. The setting gives the story a real timeframe, my only wish is that they briskly move through the decade or so of prohibition and the ultimate decline of Atlantic City.

The Walking Dead is a good show with a boatload of potential and the only other show that started this year that I've seen that deserves a mention. It flirted with brilliance (those first two episodes in their enterity) and badly excuted ideas (blinding white light, the boat scene, the shower montage). Defintitely looking forward to the second season, though.

Poochie05

Justified for me with honourable mention for Terriers.

pickarooney

Poochie05 wrote: »

Justified for me with honourable mention for Terriers.

I voted for Misfits even though I knew it was 2009. I have only seen 1.5 eps of Bordwalk Empire and everything else on the list that I've seen is seriously underwhelming.

RolandIRL

Lost Girl for me with honourable mention to Nikita and Haven. didn't feel Walking Dead was anything special, didn't live up to the hype after the pilot imo.

If you got past the jazz in Treme, it was a lovely character piece with such great acting. There's one scene I'll always remember and thats

after John Goodman's character committed suicide and his wife is walking, I think as part of the black woman's son's funeral, and there's just so much emotion playing under her face

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e5kOaLb_Vo

This is the clip I was referencing in the spoiler tags.

2:16-2:34 - just think how her face changes is just superb

LisaRoy

I love pretty little liars! They need to hurry up with season 2 though!

Richard Dower

LisaRoy wrote: »

I love pretty little liars! They need to hurry up with season 2 though!

Not long!...Monday!

don ramo

i gave it to Spartacus, thought it was excellent, started off very average but after 3 episodes i was hooked and the show got better with each passing episode, the prequel and season 2 have a lot to live up to, hope they can pull it off with andy whitfields replacement,

im still working my way through Boardwalk Empire, tbh i havent seen anything epic from it, ill still watch what i have backed up,

honorable metion i suppose goes to, Haven, Nikita, and Hawii Five-0 which for some reason has no votes, seeing as it averages 10 million viewers in the US i thought it might get midtable,

thought the biggest dissapointment was The Pacific, the show probably suffered more from the 2-3 year hype surrounding it, with people expecting BoB in the pacific, i just didnt like the format they chose, they should have followed a company like in BoB, it wasnt tripe by any means, and i do plan on a rewatch at some point in the next year, but it sadly didnt live up to expectations, on the first watch anyway,

killbillvol2

Treme, by a long way.

Boardwalk Empire in second.

I also enjoyed Nikita, Hawaii Five-0, and RJ Berger but they're not in the same league. Walking Dead was a terrible disappointment after a brilliant first episode.

I watched a bit of Spartacus because of people raving about it on here. What a load of sh1te. I can get my soft porn elsewhere.

Poochie05

don ramo wrote: »

...
honorable metion i suppose goes to, Haven, Nikita, and Hawii Five-0 which for some reason has no votes, seeing as it averages 10 million viewers in the US i thought it might get midtable,
...

In fairness Hawaii 5-0 has been rubbish the last few episodes, just because 10 million Americans watch isn't a reflection on quality!:D

MagicMarker

Thank you OP for starting the thread! I've been meaning to catch up on some shows and the poll gives me a place to start, think I might get started on Treme tonight

Out of what I have seen though, I'd have to give it to Spartacus. I watched the first episode and had to laugh tbh, it was so overly cheesy with poor CGI and soft porn, and none of this in a good way, but I decided to give it a chance and I'm glad I did because it turned out to be absolutely fantastic, as good as if not better than 'Rome' imo.

2nd place goes to The Walking Dead for it's sheer awesomeness.
3rd place goes to Boardwalk Empire, which would rank higher if it didn't move at such a snail's pace.

LisaRoy

Richard Dower wrote: »

Not long!...Monday!

you just made my day!

Richard Dower

Fecks sake, Misfits is skewing the poll...it's a 2009 show, i'm rendering the votes for that show INVALID!, so don't waste your time voting for it.