Overlooked TV shows

Skerries

sorry didn't see the other thread if the mods want to remove this

The Leftovers
For All Mankind
Solar Opposites

Solar Opposites.
Final Space.

the purple tin

Atlanta - Comedy from Donald Glover.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4288182/

Hippies - Funny Simon Pegg sitcom that flew under the radar.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187646/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - Spoof 80s horror/action show. A cult classic that everyone should see.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397150/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

The Black Oil

Threads merged.

JP Liz V1

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

I think Friday Night Dinner never got the credit it deserved.

The tv show was far superior to the film, Kyle and Connie and the young break out cast were awesome

_Kaiser_

py wrote: »

Another +1 to The Shield. Watch S01E01 and you'll be hooked.

mike_cork wrote: »

+1

After seeing a recommendation on boards a few weeks back, I have been watching the shield.
4 episodes left....What a cracking show.
As another poster said, watch the first episode and you will be hooked.

This... I have watched the whole thing several times now and it's still fantastic.

Even the pre-credits opening scene of S01E01 is amazing and sets the tone for the rest of the show in mins!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBN06etVMs

If you haven't watched it yet, get on it!

odyssey06

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The tv show was far superior to the film, Kyle and Connie and the young break out cast were awesome

Only a matter of time before Friday Night Dinner & Friday Night Lights got mixed up

* I enjoyed the FNL movie though, the series goes much deeper

Did you smash it

Cracker is probably not known to people under 30 so overlooked and would be enjoyed by those with a taste for gritty smart characterization

RandomViewer

Did you smash it wrote: »

Cracker is probably not known to people under 30 so overlooked and would be enjoyed by those with a taste for gritty smart characterization

VM1 has repeated it the last few months and time hasn't been good to it, Morse stands the test of time much better

RandomViewer

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

This... I have watched the whole thing several times now and it's still fantastic.

Even the pre-credits opening scene of S01E01 is amazing and sets the tone for the rest of the show in mins!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBN06etVMs

If you haven't watched it yet, get on it!

Chiklis was better in the Commish and I cannot stomach CCH Pounder in anything,

Did you smash it

RandomViewer wrote: »

VM1 has repeated it the last few months and time hasn't been good to it, Morse stands the test of time much better

In what way has time not being kind to cracker?

JP Liz V1

Was Rectify by Ray McKinnon mentioned already

RandomViewer

Did you smash it wrote: »

In what way has time not being kind to cracker?

It looks old, its seems stale, they've repeated the utterly bland Wycliffe from around the same time, both shows are stodgy in my opinion

JP Liz V1

odyssey06 wrote: »

Only a matter of time before Friday Night Dinner & Friday Night Lights got mixed up

* I enjoyed the FNL movie though, the series goes much deeper

:D

CastorTroy

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

This... I have watched the whole thing several times now and it's still fantastic.

Even the pre-credits opening scene of S01E01 is amazing and sets the tone for the rest of the show in mins!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBN06etVMs

If you haven't watched it yet, get on it!

I don't even know if I'd ever heard of Armenians before The Shield, but was well aware after.

castletownman

Saw someone mention The Knick a couple of pages back. Superb show. Rewatching it again with the GF. Forgot just how good Clive Owen is in it. Shame it only got two seasons, as the whole story is great and indictive of the era it's set in.

Anyone else stumble across a show called The Black Donnellys? Was on late at night on RTE a few years ago. Thought it was good everytime I watched it, though never watched the entire series, so maybe contradicting myself.

I think Shameless USA is far superior than the UK version, and doesn't get the same recognition as other dark comedies. Lip has one of the best character arcs from any show.

GottaGetGatt

Not gonna name the popular ones cause we all know them but
Mr Robot is cinematic masterpiece , ever since I saw Rami Malek as Snafu in The Pacific, I knew he had a good future ahead of him. This show I can’t recommend enough. When the Title card comes up at 1x7, you’ll know what I mean.
The Leftovers, the acting and the score by Max Richter
The Expanse, Don’t need to explain this , no other show build tension and suspense better then this
Black Sails, An Intro that I’ve never skipped once and probably the best character development in a show
Banshee, This show led Anthony Star as Homelander and Tom Pelphrey in Ozark. Enough said there
Legion, from the creator of the Fargo tv show. Don’t need to say anymore there. I probably missing another one

Mantis Toboggan

Better caul Saul gets largely overlooked I think probably because it's a spin off.

Mikey..

AmyMurphy22 wrote: »

Is the sopranos really that good?

Carmella nearly makes it unwatchable

I'm not sure if anyone has posted it before, but Barry is really worth a watch.

Henry Winkler and Bill Hader are so good.

Season 2, Ep 5 is probably the best stand-alone ep I've ever watched on TV.

fryup

Trust - The 8 part mini series about the Paul Getty Jr kidnapping was excellent

gormdubhgorm

I just want to say this thread is fantastic. Plenty of mentions of programmes, I have forgotten about. And others I never heard of.
I have a lot a binge watching of the Detectorist tv programme (on you tube) which I would have been oblivious to otherwise.

Staplor

castletownman wrote: »

Saw someone mention The Knick a couple of pages back. Superb show. Rewatching it again with the GF. Forgot just how good Clive Owen is in it. Shame it only got two seasons, as the whole story is great and indictive of the era it's set in.

Anyone else stumble across a show called The Black Donnellys? Was on late at night on RTE a few years ago. Thought it was good everytime I watched it, though never watched the entire series, so maybe contradicting myself.

I think Shameless USA is far superior than the UK version, and doesn't get the same recognition as other dark comedies. Lip has one of the best character arcs from any show.

Black Donnellys was grand, one season, not up to much, but a couple of good characters drove it on from what I remember. They ended up pulling it and showed the second half of the season online.

nervous_twitch

The OA.

smilerf

Justified
Orphan Black
Bates Motel

Arghus

American Vandal.

Probably my favourite show on Netflix. A lot of people couldn't get past the knowingly silly humour that was front loaded for the first few episodes, but what made it so great was that it was a much smarter and deeper show than it had to be - it had lots of true and prescient things to say about the pressures of social life and the stratification of teenage life. And all of this was wrapped up in a pitch perfect piss take of true crime tropes and toilet humour. It was smart, funny, emotionally resonant and bloody gripping, season two reached near Hitchcockian levels of suspense. It's such a great show, but it never found much traction with people because at first glance it came across as just a spoof. Seriously slept on show.

Did you smash it

Toast of London is a show most people would not have seen. It’s the funniest show I’ve seen since the inbetweeners. Graham Linehan is the writer.

Not sure if it's overlooked or not, but Ted Lasso is a huge amount of fun.

The DayDream

Did you smash it wrote: »

Toast of London is a show most people would not have seen. It’s the funniest show I’ve seen since the inbetweeners. Graham Linehan is the writer.

I love Toast. Strange to compare it to the Inbetweeners tho as it's much more offbeat and unique. I got great craic out of the Inbetweeners but it is very sophomoric, like a British TV version of American Pie.

Toast of London's theme song is killer, too, the star of the show wrote it and the video on youtube is worth a gander.

BrenMar

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Not sure if it's overlooked or not, but Ted Lasso is a huge amount of fun.

Good call.

grassylawn

Did you smash it wrote: »

Toast of London is a show most people would not have seen. It’s the funniest show I’ve seen since the inbetweeners. Graham Linehan is the writer.

I also like it. Graham Linehan was not involved though. It was written by Matt Berry (who is Toast) and Arthur Matthews. Arthur Matthews co-wrote Father Ted with Linehan. Matt Berry was the second CEO in The IT Crowd, which was written by Linehan.

I agree with the post above that it is not like The Inbetweeners.

the purple tin

Neverwhere. Excellent 90s miniseries from Neil Gaiman.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115288/

TomTomTim

I hope that Blacksails was mentioned here at some stage, as it was easily the most overlooked show of the last 10 years. Most people who've watched it love it, but sadly many people have never even heard of it.

JP Liz V1

Nikita

odyssey06

TomTomTim wrote: »

I hope that Blacksails was mentioned here at some stage, as it was easily the most overlooked show of the last 10 years. Most people who've watched it love it, but sadly many people have never even heard of it.

Immense performance from Toby Stephens in that show.

JP Liz V1

odyssey06 wrote: »

Immense performance from Toby Stephens in that show.

Quite funny in BBC comedy Vexed with Lucy Punch

khaldrogo

Sense 8
The AO
Banshee
Spartacus

the purple tin

Bored To Death. Very funny but never made a big splash.

smilerf

Nowhere Man back in the mid 90s
Only 1 series I can't figure out why

Nigel Fairservice

smilerf wrote: »

Nowhere Man back in the mid 90s
Only 1 series I can't figure out why

Loved it. Watched repeats of it in the late 90s. It used to be on really late mid week on Network 2. I haven't seen it repeated anywhere since. First Wave was on after it.

odyssey06

smilerf wrote: »

Nowhere Man back in the mid 90s
Only 1 series I can't figure out why

Had a Prisoner / Fugitive vibe. Really enjoyed it. Bruce Greenwood was v good in the main role.

odyssey06

Slings & Arrows. It was a big hit in its native Canada but didn't seem to get much traction this side of the Atlantic.

A sparkling comedy drama set behind the scenes of a Shakespeare festival starring Paul Gross (Due South) and an early role for Rachel McAdams in season 1.

JP Liz V1

Midnight Texas

RandomViewer

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Midnight Texas

It wasn't great

JackTC

Thanks for the feedback so far.

One show that keeps popping up here is Banshee so I may give that a watch.

Mythic Quest - it's very nerdy and I kind of like and hate it in equal parts, but it's fun.

Sawduck

Deleted User wrote: »

Mythic Quest - it's very nerdy and I kind of like and hate it in equal parts, but it's fun.

I love the cast its got mac from Its always sunny in Philadelphia, Abed from Community and the legend F. Murray Abraham. They also had a great Lock down episode

RandomViewer

JackTC wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback so far.

One show that keeps popping up here is Banshee so I may give that a watch.

Big fight scene every episode,

Pussyhands

Anyone ever watch Reaper? I remember watching it maybe 10-15 years ago at like 1am on RTE.

Also Underbelly was similar, late at night.