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Title: 2 Broke Girls
Cast: Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs and Garrett Morris
Genre: Comedy Sitcom
Description:Sassy, streetwise Max works two jobs just to get by, one of which is waiting tables during the night shift at the retro-hip Williamsburg Diner. Sophisticated Caroline is an uptown trust fund princess who's having a run of bad luck that forces her to reluctantly give waitressing a shot. At first, Max sees Caroline as yet another in a long line of inept servers she must cover for, but she's surprised to find that Caroline has as much substance as she does style. When Caroline discovers Max's knack for baking amazing cupcakes, she sees a lucrative future for them, but they first need to raise the start-up money.
Links:imdb Wikipedia CBS
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Title Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Cast Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford. With guest performances from the likes Sting and cameos from other personalities.
Genre Drama
Description A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.
Links:
IMDB
Watch this if you like
Sorkin's other work - The Newsroom, West Wing and Social Network.0 -
Title: Shark
Cast: James Woods
Genre: Legal/crime
Description:
Top defence lawyer has a crises of consience after one of his freed clients goes home and commits a murder.
He's a superb lawyer so the mayor hires him to be assistant district attorney and head up a team to tackle crimes
So he has gone from defence to prosecution
Links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_(TV_series)
Watch this if you like:CSI
It's pretty light, not a heavy serious show
James Woods is superb in his role, the rest of the cast are pretty forgettable
It's good but not great
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Title: Sherlock
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, Rupert Graves, Andrew Scott
Genre: Drama | Crime | Mystery
Description: A modern and award-winning retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth and his efforts to solve 21st century London's most infamous crimes with the aid of a doctor and war veteran.
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)
Watch this if you like: Any crime/mystery series, quality television productions, witty dialogue, terrific acting and of course, the original stories...
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Title: Farscape
Cast:Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Virginia Hey, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Paul Goddard, Lani Tupu, Wayne Pygram, Jonathan Hardy
Genre: scfi
Description: Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187636/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farscape
Watch this if you like: FireFly
IMDB rating: 8.4
Taken from a review from IMDB:
"I watched about ten minutes of each of a couple of series 1 Farscape episodes and hated it. Cliched plots, characters blatantly lifted from other shows, and *muppets*. Might as well watch the Phantom Menace.
However, after persistent nagging from a hooked friend, I gritted my teeth, sat down and actually watched a whole show. Oh wow. Oh WOW
Farscape isn't a plot show, it's not a gadget show, it's not even an effects show. It's primarily a character show, and it's a great one, aimed squarely at adults."
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Title: Cardinal Burns
Cast: Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns
Genre: Comedy sketch show
Links: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/cardinal-burns/4od
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Title- The Larry Sanders Show
Genre- Comedy
Cast- Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor , Hank Kingsley, Wallace Langham, Rip Torn , Penny Johnson, Janeane Garofalo, Linda Doucett
Description- A revolutionary comedy show that takes a behind the scenes look at a late night talk show.
Links-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Larry_Sanders_Show
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103466/
Status- Ran for six seasons (1992-1998)
Watch this if you like: Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, The Office0 -
Title- Epitafios
Genre - Thriller
Cast - Julio Chávez, Paola Krum, Antonio Birabent
Description - Five years after a high-school tragedy where four teenagers are burnt to death, everyone indirectly involved is on the hit-list of a psychopath bent on revenge.
Links-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitafios
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423646/
Status - Two 13-part series, five years apart (2004,2009)
Watch this if you like: Forbrydelsen, 24, Se7en0 -
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Title: Bored To Death
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Zack Galifanakis
Genre: Comedy
Description: A write whose strugggling to write his second novel, becomes an "unlicensed private detective"...
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255913/
Watch this if you like: Ted Danson in his best role imo...0 -
Wow, I am surprised no one has mentioned this show before, especially considering somebody actually recommended 7th Heaven...
Title:My So-Called Life
Cast:Claire Danes, Wilson Cruz, Devon Gummersall, A.J Langer, Jared Leto
Genre: Teen Drama
Description:Long before Claire Danes was an emotionally charged CIA officer,she had much bigger battles to face, as Angela Chase and her daily struggle with teenage angst.
My So-Called Life is the self-aware, teen drama, that didn't put a gloss on how things were, in those awkward teenage years.
It chronicles Angela Chase as she tries to deal with growing up, appearances, old friends and new ones, family, love, and what it meant to be your average teenager, as well as tackling important social and political issues. It also feautured a rocking soundtrack
The only bad thing about this show is that it only lasted one season.
Links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_So-Called_Life
Watch this if you like: Freaks and Geeks, the only teenage drama on par with My So-Called life for its rawness, perhaps even more so0 -
Title:Jekyll
Cast: James Nesbitt, Michelle Ryan, Gina Bellman, Denis Lawson
Genre: Mystery Horror (Primetime TV, not gory)
Description: 6 Part Mini Series by Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Doctor Who). Excellent modern Adaptation of the Classic story, overlooked on it's release but well worth checking out.
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497298/
Watch this if you like: Anything by Steven Moffat.0 -
Title: American Gothic
Cast: Gary Cole, Lucas Black, Nick Searcy
Genre: Drama/Horror/Thriller
Description: I'll just copypasta this from wikipedia.
The story takes place in the fictional town of Trinity, South Carolina, and revolves around Caleb Temple (Lucas Black) and the town's corrupt sheriff, Lucas Buck (Gary Cole). Though appearing affable and charismatic, Sheriff Buck is a murderous rapist whose powerbase is backed by apparent supernatural powers, which he generally uses to manipulate people to "fulfill their potential" and make life-changing choices (usually for evil).
Caleb Temple is a normal child whose paternity masks a horrific secret: Lucas Buck is his biological father, having raped his mother in front of Caleb's older sister Merlyn (Sarah Paulson). The horror of watching her mother being sexually assaulted caused Merlyn to become severely emotionally traumatized and withdrawn from the rest of the world, made even worse when her mother committed suicide after giving birth to Caleb.
During the pilot episode of the series, Sheriff Buck murders Merlyn in cold blood and manipulates Caleb's "father" (Sonny Shroyer) into committing suicide in order to eliminate Caleb's family and claim his biological son for his own. However, the newly arrived Dr. Crower (Jake Weber) begins to uncover the sheriff's role in the death of Merlyn and Merlyn's father and with help from Caleb's out-of-town cousin Gail Emory (Paige Turco), struggle to prevent Lucas from corrupting young Caleb. They are aided in part by Merlyn's ghost, who personally appears before Caleb throughout the series in order to try to keep him from Buck's corrupt grasp.
Watch this if you like: dark horror and twisted morality plays
It only got one season, I remember watching it when i was a child and liking it quite a bit. Been watching it again this week and I'm loving it. So many times you watch a show you loved back in the 90's and it's just... weak but American Gothic is a strong, clever show that gets darker than I thought it would, remembering so little about it.
Im wondering what the hell my parents were doing letting me watch it tbh.0 -
Cast: Andrew Stevens, Tom Bosley & Kim Cattrall
Genre: Drama but the title is comedy
Description: Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution.
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077212/
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Title: The Americans
IMDB Rating: 8.2
Cast: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru
Genre: Drama
Description Cold war drama. Centers on Russian sleepers operating in the United States in the 1980s.
Taken from IMDB: The premise of this series is partly based on the true story that broke in 2010 of a cell of Russian Sleeper agents who had been "hiding in plain sight" in the United States for decades. Several of them had had children, coworkers, friends, and neighbors who all had no idea that they were spies. These agents were ultimately returned to Russia in a trade for some Americans who were being held by Russia.
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149175//
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Title: The Following
IMDB Rating: 8.2
Cast: Kavin Bacon, James Purefoy, Natalie Zea
Genre: Crime / Serial Killer
Description The FBI estimates there are currently over 300 active serial killers in the United States. What would happen if these killers had a way of communicating and connecting with each other? What if they were able to work together and form alliances across the country? What if one brilliant psychotic serial killer was able to bring them all together and activate a following?
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2071645/?ref_=sr_1
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Title: Legit
IMDB Rating: 7.7
Cast: Jim Jefferies, DJ Qualls, Dan Bakkedahl
Genre: Comedy
Description: Legit is an American comedy television series created by Jim Jefferies and Peter O'Fallon. The series premiered on January 17, 2013 on the American cable television network FX
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2400391/
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Title: Titanic Blood & Steel
Genre: Period Drama
Cast: Kevin Ziegers, Derek Jacobi, Liam Cunningham, Neve Campbell, a few faces from Fair City and Glenroe!
Status: One series
Network: Irish Film Board funded. There isn't a specific network here
Description: Follows event 1909-1912, right up to the launch.
Covers lots of issues like Catholics vs Protestants, politics, class, poverty, Fenians and of course the love stories
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic:_Blood_and_Steel
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Title: The Venture Bros
Cast: Patrick Warburton, James Urbaniak, Doc Hammer, Christoper McCulloch
Genre: Animated Comedy, Dark Comedy, Action
Description: The series mixes action and comedy together while it chronicles the adventures of the Venture family: well-meaning but incompetent teenagers Hank and Dean Venture; their emotionally insecure, ethically challenged super-scientist father Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture; the family's bodyguard, originally the ultra-violent and macho secret agent Brock Samson and his later replacement, reformed super villain and "cured" pedophile Sergeant Hatred; and the family's self-proclaimed arch-nemesis, the Monarch, a butterfly-themed super villain.
Links: http://video.adultswim.com/the-venture-bros/index.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417373/
Watch this if you like: Archer, maybe a bit of ATHF in it too0 -
Cool new show, Vikings , just been aired in the States is a History channel production is really well done. Its filmed in Ireland with Gabriel Byrne in a lead role. Perfect viewing till Game of Thrones returns
Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods, legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306299/
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Title: Accused
Cast: New cast every week so I deliberatly leaving this out
Genre: Drama
Description: Every episode someone is in court and then you are told the story why they are there through flashbacks.
You don't see much of the case at all or lawyers talking but at the end the judge and jury will give a verdict.
The point of the show is to show you how they got there
Seasons: 2 seasons
Network: BBC
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accused_(TV_series)
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Title: The Quatermass Experiment / Quatermass II / Quatermass and The Pit
Cast: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Hugh Kelly, Paul Whitsun-Jones.
Description: There are some shows that change everything.
Quatermass is one of them. It's influence and legacy are still visible in many
"original" TV shows today.
Only the first 2 episodes of the Quatermass Experiment survived.
The seques Quatermass II and my favourite, Quatermass and The Pit are
complete series.
In the first installment, British rocket scientist, Professor Bernard Quatermass must
stop an alien attack after a space flight goes terribly wrong.
Later in Quatermass II, our hero must again lead the resistance against a worldwide
alien conspiracy.
Finally in Quatermass and The Pit, a mysterious object is uncovered in
at an archaeological dig in London. It's intent and purpose may answer
questions fundamental to our existence, if insanity does not first overcome all
who come in contact with it.
This series was broadcast at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s.
Communist advances into space meant that invasion by a technically
superior and malevolent force was increasingly probable.
Routine space travel seemed very possible. No-one fully understood the
effect space would have on humans, or if there was life on other planets
in our solar system. If there was would this life be peaceful? Or would
they seek to destroy us and seize our home planet?
But one of the most interesting facts about this series was that they were transmitted live.
It's an alien concept to many of us, but this show went out live on TV every
Saturday. No second takes, complex sets or fixing shots in the edit, just plain old-fashioned
storytelling and quality acting on a creaky stage. This and many other fine
television programmes were the work of Nigel Kneale, a very talented and inventive writer.
The pictured DVD box set, which I have, features a 48 page booklet
that comprehensively details the background of the show's production and reception.
Quatermass and The Pit was included in the British Film Institute's
top 100 TV shows of all time.
There have been sequels and remakes, (which are on my list of shows to watch)
but this remains an original and fantastic series.
Seasons: 1 incomplete first season of 2 episodes.
2 complete Series of 6 episodes per series at 30 to 35 minutes per episode.
Network: BBC 1953 - 1959
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatermass_Experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kneale
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045436/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_TV_100
Watch this if you like:
Most Science-Fiction, Doctor Who, Cold War paranoia thrillers,
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