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Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
edited March 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I think I might have finished TV for good, I just finished watching The Sopranos. Is there any other series that even comes close to the perfection that is The Sopranos? I have already seen The Wire (awesome, but a little too gritty) and BSG (good but OTT corny) is there really anything else to look into as far as dramas go?

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  • Greg343Greg343 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    You can try checking out other showtime and HBO shows. Deadwood is always fun.

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  • Bliss 101Bliss 101 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I've been enjoying Damages a lot.

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  • TheFallOfHenryTTheFallOfHenryT Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Generation Kill, Band of Brothers, and The Pacific.

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  • CygnusZCygnusZ Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Watch Korean TV.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2010
    Mad Men

    Breaking Bad

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  • W2W2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    In my opinion, Breaking Bad blows The Sopranos totally out of the water, and I really enjoyed The Sopranos.

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  • Jimmy KingJimmy King Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I really liked the first few seasons of 24. Well, I liked all of them so far, but only the first few were really, really good, then it gets a bit predictable.

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The Shield. (Especially Season 5)

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Six feet under is some goddamn impressive storytelling. The finale makes my wife cry like a baby and me... god, there must be some dust in my eye or something. ;)

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  • JayrichoJayricho Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dexter

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Really enjoying Six Feet Under, Mad Men & Oz.

    Despite recommendations, not enjoying Deadwood or Damages :(

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    breaking bad is my favorite thing

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  • claypoolfanclaypoolfan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    LOST

    Mad Men

    Six Feet Under

    Certain seasons of 24

    Dexter

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  • kuhlmeyekuhlmeye Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Jayricho wrote: »
    Dexter

    It is the best TV show.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Breaking Bad.

    No, seriously, why aren't you watching Breaking Bad right now. Holy shit it's the best show.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    kuhlmeye wrote: »
    Jayricho wrote: »
    Dexter

    It is the best TV show.

    Seasons 1 and 2 of Dexter are amazing. Loses a bit of steam in 3 in my opinion but it's still a great show.

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  • WassermeloneWassermelone Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Monoxide wrote: »
    Mad Men

    Breaking Bad

    These and the first two seasons of Dexter are pretty much the best thing.

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  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    kuhlmeye wrote: »
    Jayricho wrote: »
    Dexter

    It is the best TV show.

    Seasons 1 and 2 of Dexter are amazing. Loses a bit of steam in 3 in my opinion but it's still a great show.

    John Lithgow was awesome in the last season.

    The first season of Rome was good. The second season went all wtf and got cancel 83% of the way through.

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  • NargorothRiPNargorothRiP Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Japanese Soap Operas are good.

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  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Band of Brothers is the best series ever.

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  • ZeromusZeromus Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Mad Men, Mad Men, Mad Men

    Creator Matthew Weiner even worked on The Sopranos!




    Mad Men.

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  • NoquarNoquar Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Well - personal opinion here - Dead Like Me was pretty damn good I thought. Psych has been a great show as well. Two days ago I just started watching Weeds, and so far I am impressed.

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  • Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    If you want to include comedies, then I'll throw in The Office (BBC) and I'm Alan Partridge + Knowing Me, Knowing You for reference and I guess The Day Today because it's far and away the best news parody show of all time, ever, period, and also was the genesis of Alan Partridge.

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  • jefe414jefe414 "My Other Drill Hole is a Teleporter" Mechagodzilla is Best GodzillaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The Tudors

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  • krushkrush Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Not a drama, per se, but Avatar: The Last Airbender is excellent. Forgive the fact that it's animated and get into it.

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  • ioloiolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Firefly is quite good. Maybe not early Sopranos/The Wire good, but pretty darn good.

    Also Aaron Sorkin shows (Sports Night, West Wing) before they jump the shark* are good watching.

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  • BackstopBackstop Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Second to Sports Night, and Mad Men, and Dexter, and Band of Brothers

    and throw in my vote for
    Burn Notice
    Rescue Me (especially season 1&2)
    Homicide: Life on the Street
    Hill Street Blues

    haven't seen these two but they get a lot of praise:
    Sons of Anarchy
    Oz (the prison one, not the wizard of)

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dexter times a gajillion

    You're not watching Dexter right now are you

    WATCH DEXTER

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  • Ziac45Ziac45 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dexter

    and

    Sparticus, two great shows.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Firefly is also really good but don't be one of those guys

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2010
    Awesome, my library has Mad Men but it didn't have Dexter, Breaking Bad or Deadwood. Christina Hendricks is in this show right? She is amazing, not her acting really, which is probably great...I meant her other features.

    Also I use to be huge into Firefly and I recently rewatched it. It seriously has some of the worst fight scenes in any show, ever. See War Stories if you don't know what I mean.

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  • ANTVGM64ANTVGM64 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Weeds gets deliciously dark in later seasons.

    The West Wing is really good but loses steam in the last coupla seasons.

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Stuff still airing:
    The Pacific
    Breaking Bad
    Mad Men
    Burn Notice
    Dexter
    Community
    Modern Family
    House
    Lost
    Psych
    Eureka

    Old Stuff:
    The Wire
    Band of Brothers
    Firefly
    Battlestar Galactica
    The West Wing
    Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Generation Kill
    Batman The Animated Series

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Twin Peaks is the finest television has ever been.

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Oh, I forgot the Prisoner.

    And Sandbaggers.

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  • BeltaineBeltaine BOO BOO DOO DE DOORegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dead Like Me
    Tudors (added bonus of boobies)
    Weeds
    The Shield

    Showtime has a new series that started last night with Edie Falco as the main character: Nurse Jackie

    Pretty much any HBO/Showtime series is worth a watch. For some reason when you have to pay for TV you get less crap. (and more boobies)

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Firefly is great.

    And it's been over long enough that maybe we're at a point where people who get into it for the first time will accept that it's gone and never coming back, and all those online petitions and Facebook groups will fade into obscurity. It's already been said, but watch Firefly, and by all means enjoy it, but don't become one of those people who starts referring to himself as a "Browncoat" and using Firefly slang in real life.

    I also highly recommend Caprica, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Six Feet Under, Dexter, and The Wire.

    Also, you mentioned that you thought BSG was really cheesy. Are you referring to the one from the 1970s, or the new one? Because the new one is fantastic, and (in the first few seasons, at least) not very cheesy at all.

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  • geckahngeckahn Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm liking the new HBO series "How To Make It In America". It's more like entourage with better acting though. And very new york.

    And Treme, the new show by David Simon (who did the wire), starts in a couple weeks.

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Another recommend for The Shield. A lot of similarities with the Sopranos, in that they dont have easily definable characters as good/bad.

    Band of Brothers is awesome.
    Deadwood is great (grrr only a few seasons).
    Seasons 1 & 2 of 24 are great fun and extremely watchable.
    The West Wing surprised me with its quality (Not being American).

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  • BixBix Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dramas-

    Dead Like Me
    Dexter (you'll never look at that guy in Six Feet Under the same way ever again)
    Weeds (a drama but very funny)



    Comedies:

    Weeds (a comedy but very dramatic)
    Mr. Show...with Bob & David (4 seasons of the best comedy since Monty Python...with links!)
    Mystery Science Theater 3000 (has been getting some great DVD releases lately)


    Porn:

    Nailin' Palin!

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