Best new TV show of 2014?

Dep!

A close call between True Detective and Fargo for me.

You?

ricero

True detective for me. wonderfully filmed, great plot and most importantly excellent performances by the two male leads.

i haven't bothered to watch Fargo is it any use ?

Lucas Hood

How to get away with murder. first 9 episodes were brilliant.

Alfred Borden

Have watched both and although TD is decent but very overrated, Fargo blows it out of the water for me. BBT was just sublime in it.

The Missing and The Affair are worth a shout too.

the ax murderer

I can't think of many besides the two you mentioned and I rate TD higher.

FloatingVoter

Happy Valley. Fargo a close second.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

The 100 - first 5 episodes are so aren't the best, but then it finds itself and really enjoyable since.

S.M.B.

Transparent.

Longest I've ever had to wait between watching a pilot and jumping into the second episode but it was well worth the wait.

Still surprised with the lack of attention it gets on this board.

The series was sublime.

Dont be at yourself

I loved True Detective. Also liked Fargo and The Knick a lot.

Rjd2

True Detective was immense, but dragged a little towards the end, thought Happy Valley rocked my boat more ultimately.

jimmii

Raf32 wrote: »

Have watched both and although TD is decent but very overrated, Fargo blows it out of the water for me. BBT was just sublime in it.

Totally agree! I wasnt really interested in watching Fargo to be honest but certainly glad I did!

pickarooney

Not sure if Hinterland was first shown in 2014. If not then of the few new shows I've seen the affair narrowly beats true detective.

Never heard of transparent. Must rectify that.

don ramo

havent got around to Fargo yet, i liked TD but it is fairly overrated, the ended was a massive let down, up to the last 2 episode it would have been a great season of tv, but sadly it was not meant to be,

2 new shows that i really enjoyed this year were Tyrant and Satisfaction, not really stand out shows by any means but both were pretty solid series from start to finish, and ones that im really looking forward to coming back,

probably the worst new series i seen myself this year was The Strain, such a massive let down, i real missed opportunity

Agent Coulson

Z Nation for just pure mindless crazy fun.

colinod0806

The Leftovers is by far the best new series I've seen this year.

gazzer

Fargo, Happy Valley, Broadchurch and The 100 for me.

red dave

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Z Nation for just pure mindless crazy fun.

I'd second this.

- Radioactive zombies
- Meth zombies
- Stoned zombies
- Fast and slow zombies
- King of the zombies

This show has it all. Super fun

expectationlost

The 100

sioda

The 100 and agents of shield for me with scorpion as the guilty pleasure

don ramo

expectationlost wrote: »

The 100

sioda wrote: »

The 100 and agents of shield for me with scorpion as the guilty pleasure

neither are new shows, both started last year,

Also Starring LeVar Burton

don ramo wrote: »

neither are new shows, both started last year,

The 100 started in March 2014, so for all intents and purposes it definitely falls under the heading of "Best New TV Show of 2014"...

don ramo

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

The 100 started in March 2014, so for all intents and purposes it definitely falls under the heading of "Best New TV Show of 2014"...

i stand corrected, thought it was last year seeing as it came back in october,

Slippin Jimmy

Where can I watch Fargo?

ynwa_17

Aside from the ones mentioned so far, I've really enjoyed How to get away with murder. Kinda tough to get into at first, but definitely worth a watch

TwoShedsJackson

The Knick.

The Black Oil

I didn't latch on to many new shows this year, Manhattan and The Affair spring to mind.

smilerf

Enjoying The Knick

FloatingVoter

...oh ans Ripper Street is back with a vengeance. Its airing this year in Amazon Prime and on naughty sites but will be on terrestrial next yeat. Completes my top 3 as stated before

Happy Valley (please don't screw up the sequel)
Fargo (ditto)
Ripper Street

Rjd2

Duffff-Man wrote: »

Where can I watch Fargo?

It is out and about to buy.

Also on the Dutch netflix.

Harry Palmr

Meh - USA USA USA **** off. The answer is The Detectorists.

Slippin Jimmy

Rjd2 wrote: »

It is out and about to buy.

Also on the Dutch netflix.

Thanks I'll add it to the list!

smilerf

I enjoyed Silicon Valley

Son0vagun

Was mrs brown 2014? Or 2013?

don ramo

Son0vagun wrote: »

Was mrs brown 2014? Or 2013?

2011

Slippin Jimmy

Son0vagun wrote: »

Was mrs brown 2014? Or 2013?

Surely we couldn't class that as one of the best shows

duridian

red dave wrote: »

I'd second this.

- Radioactive zombies
- Meth zombies
- Stoned zombies
- Fast and slow zombies
- King of the zombies

This show has it all. Super fun

How could you forget

Viagra zombies

:-D

Lovely Bloke

any good comedies I might be missing out on?

Ally Dick

The tv series Fargo was outstanding. True Detective was sublime. McConnaughey Harrelson and Michelle Monaghan all incredible. It was a creepy Gothic masterpiece. Best script I ever heard. Existential and thought provoking.The theme song was great too

Agent Coulson

I forgot Power which was a top notch show on Starz.

sadie06

True Detective was just perfection in every way. So many people have told me they found it too slow, but having absorbed all it had to offer at what I now deem to be a perfect pace, I'm finding other series so rushed in comparison. It's one of the best pieces of work I've seen in years (TV or cinema) but I don't think I could re-watch it as it took me slightly beyond my wimpy threshold of fear.

I'm loving The Knick 9 episodes in.

I'm just slightly disappointed that the addiction storyline has become so central a theme, as I much prefer the medical and social history angle. 'Doctor on Drugs' has been done to death on TV in recent years.

I mistakenly started out this post with Peaky Blinders, which is brilliant also, but alas debuted in 2013. Looking forward to checking out some of the recommendations.

SherlockWatson

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

any good comedies I might be missing out on?

Rick and Morty if you haven't watched it.

smilerf

Silicon Valley was pretty good

Kaizer Sosa

A few standouts for me were:

Top of the Lake - Atmospheric mystery beautifully set in a gorgeous rural New Zealand community. Excellent performances and exceptional cinematography. Weird Kiwi accent from Mad Men's Peggy.

True Detective - I shouldn't have liked this. I usually hate Matthew McConnaughey and am not WH's biggest fan either but this show was sublime. Loved MMc's performance.

Gomorrah - In a year that Love/Hate was being shoved down everybody's throat as one as a cross between the Wire and Soprano's, Gomorrah actually achieved something much closer. Excellent action scenes reminiscent of Michael Mann's Heat and compelling performances from most of the principals added to a great score and camera work. Cannot wait until the second season.

evilivor

Kaizer Sosa wrote: »

A few standouts for me were:

Top of the Lake - Atmospheric mystery beautifully set in a gorgeous rural New Zealand community. Excellent performances and exceptional cinematography. Weird Kiwi accent from Mad Men's Peggy.

True Detective - I shouldn't have liked this. I usually hate Matthew McConnaughey and am not WH's biggest fan either but this show was sublime. Loved MMc's performance.

Gomorrah - In a year that Love/Hate was being shoved down everybody's throat as one as a cross between the Wire and Soprano's, Gomorrah actually achieved something much closer. Excellent action scenes reminiscent of Michael Mann's Heat and compelling performances from most of the principals added to a great score and camera work. Cannot wait until the second season.

Wasn't Top of the Lake a 2013 show?

Slippin Jimmy

evilivor wrote: »

Wasn't Top of the Lake a 2013 show?

Yeah it was 2013.

s8n

Fargo was top notch as was TD. Really liked Silicon Valley also

Slippin Jimmy

s8n wrote: »

Fargo was top notch as was TD. Really liked Silicon Valley also

Started watching fargo yesterday. Some really good actors in it. Really enjoying it so far!

northgirl

The Leftovers by a mile..

gavmcg92

Lucas Hood wrote:

How to get away with murder. first 9 episodes were brilliant.

+1 for how to get away with murder. Also watching true detective now and it's amazing.

theteal

S.M.B. wrote: »

Transparent.

Longest I've ever had to wait between watching a pilot and jumping into the second episode but it was well worth the wait.

Still surprised with the lack of attention it gets on this board.

The series was sublime.

I've fallen out of love with Amazon instant video (you get into a series, get through season 2, click to start season 3. . . .and they're looking for more money :mad::mad:) but I stumbled across Transparent recently and I do agree that it's very very good. My vote for 2014 will go to True Detective though.

Can't wait for Bosch which starts this month iirc!

red dave

Kaizer Sosa wrote: »

Gomorrah - In a year that Love/Hate was being shoved down everybody's throat as one as a cross between the Wire and Soprano's, Gomorrah actually achieved something much closer. Excellent action scenes reminiscent of Michael Mann's Heat and compelling performances from most of the principals added to a great score and camera work. Cannot wait until the second season.

I didn't hear of that show until you posted that comment. Just finished season 1 now and wow.

I'll definitely watch it again. Absolutely fantastic.