Just finished Battlestar Galactica... now what? (Recommend me good t.v series)

winter_combat_knight

So I just finished watching all 4 seasons of Battlestar... Now i don't know what to watch! The show was awesome! I'm wondering if anyone could recommend me shows (old or new) which I could buy on DVD to help get over my disappointment that i've finished watching this awesome series!
i'm not interested in comedy BTW.
I hear Walking Dead is meant to be really good - but i've avoided watching it because i've been over the whole post apocalyptic zombie theme for a while now.

Shows I've seen / own on DVD already are...

Xfiles
Star Trek - TNG
Streets of San Francisco
Twilight Zone 1960s & 80s
Law and Order
Sopranos
Batman TAS
Lost In Space

admanb

Game of Thrones
The Wire
Mad Men
Breaking Bad

Any of those.

zerzhul

I second admanb's contributions, and add the following

Firefly
Farscape
Downton Abbey
Dexter

Siska

Buffy
Angel
Lie To Me
Criminal Minds

MegaMan001

Just came here to say 'The Wire' is one of those shows where you shake your head back and forth quietly saying "Oh, that's how television is supposed to be."

Retaba

I second most, if not all, of the current suggestions but would like to add Veronica Mars. It is also a good tv show, although it may of been targeted towards younger adults, but it is still a very good series.

Esh

Fringe
Wonderfalls
Pushing Daisies
Archer
Doctor Who

RT800

Thirding the above recommendations and adding:

Justice League Unlimited
Psych
Sherlock

Tav

Breaking Bad is one of the best shows ever made and everyone should watch it.

Zealot

Adding to the list: Deep Space Nine

Raif Severance

Supernatural
Stargate SG1, Atlantis

Mego Thor

Caprica
Stargate Universe

BlindZenDriver

I also wanna recommend Sherlock and Doctor Who.

Also the original Danish version of "The Killing" plus of course Coupling (again the original).

Oh, and if you need it to be SciFi then Babylon 5, Red Dwarf and Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

zerzhul

Esh wrote: »

Fringe
Wonderfalls
Pushing Daisies
Archer
Doctor Who

I left out archer since the OP said no comedy, but damn I fucking love Archer.

Esh

zerzhul wrote: »

Esh wrote: »

Fringe
Wonderfalls
Pushing Daisies
Archer
Doctor Who

I left out archer since the OP said no comedy, but damn I fucking love Archer.

I must have skimmed over that part. OP should give it a chance though.

Disrupter

everyone has hit on the major ones, so I wont repeat those.

I'll add the big one missing: Lost.

Though don't be shocked if you constantly go "wait, didn't I just see this show, in space?!" since it and Battlestar parallel each other a lot despite being nothing alike.

Also, American Horror story is pretty solid, season 2 is close to ending.

The Shield is also a must see.

*edit

American Horror story is interesting because each season is its own story. But a lot of the actors come back and play different roles. Season 2 actually, for some odd reason, reminds me a LOT of battlestar. I know, its crazy, the shows are very different. But the way it has characters battling for control (specifically a male and female), multiple storylines constantly interacting, and the shifting of characters standing in the viewers eyes, hits the same sweet spots.

Tofystedeth

Zealot wrote: »

Adding to the list: Deep Space Nine

Seconding this if you liked BSG adn TNG

Esh

Oh, almost forgot Boardwalk Empire.

Dark Raven X

Also, if you haven't seen em yet, there are a couple BSG movies; Razor, about the Pegasus, and The Plan which explains what the Cylons were actually trying to do throughout. Razor is cool if you like the Pegasus arc, and The Plan is great closure after the finale episode.

There's also a new prequel movie called Blood and Chrome freely available on Machinma;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMcLF9V0_6o&list=SPrFaRFw9s4G4OYkHPs0afqM_nT0jLvvPy&index=6

It is awesome. Adama is a young wannabe Viper pilot, the Galactica is brand new and top of the line, and despite a tiny budget it has some of the best space combat scenes of the series. ;D

Totally unrelated recommendation; 24.

Snicketysnick

4400?

Babylon 5 is well worth a look as well.

zepherin

There are many fabulous series on TV, or have been on TV, I suppose a good question is what are you interested in watching next? If your looking to transition to another form of Sci Fi, Stargate SG1 and Dr. Who are lovely choices, if you want to move to something a little different check out the Dresden files tv series, it only went one season but it was enjoyable (the books are even better and worth a read or better yet an audiobook). Dead like me is a good series.

I'm curious what style the OP is looking for. I know of many shows that are fantastic that might not be thought of off the top of the head.

Pantshandshake

A show from a few years back called Surface. If you can past Obligatory Annoying Kid, fantastic show.

lancaster

Game of Thrones
Borgias
The Tudors
Dexter

lancaster

BlindZenDriver wrote: »

I also wanna recommend Sherlock and Doctor Who.

Also the original Danish version of "The Killing" plus of course Coupling (again the original).

Oh, and if you need it to be SciFi then Babylon 5, Red Dwarf and Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

I have to check out Dr.Who myself, I hear it is fantastic.

You should look into getting The sarah conner chronicles, that is one I just thought of
Maybe Louis & Clark
oh and ancient aliens

Handgimp

Homeland season 1. Season 2 is alright, but doesn't really hold a candle to S1.

winter_combat_knight

Holy crap! Didn't expect so many recommendations!
Zepherin - basically interested in anything that has a good story. my taste is very diverse. However saying that, shows like Game of Thrones don't interest me.

Heading out so i reckon i'll pick up Breaking Bad and Stargate as a start (bargain bin specials! )

Cheers for the suggestions - looks like i'll have a lot of synopsis reading to go through.

admanb

Just curious -- what does "shows like Game of Thrones" mean? :P

winter_combat_knight

admanb wrote: »

Just curious -- what does "shows like Game of Thrones" mean? :P

Shows which reveal a little too much male anatomy :P

Essee

winter_combat_knight wrote: »

admanb wrote: »

Just curious -- what does "shows like Game of Thrones" mean? :P

Shows which reveal a little too much male anatomy :P

Hey now, Game of Thrones is just an equal-opportunity nudity provider. :P (Disclaimer: I have not seen every episode of Season 2 yet, but I can't assume it's far enough off from the books for the male-to-female nudity ratio to be significantly in the male direction.) I can understand a general desire for having clothing on the characters most of the time, which could definitely be a problem in 'racy' (usually historical) series like Rome, The Tudors, GoT, etc., but singling out just the MALE nudity in the show seems a bit silly to me! Am I right in assuming what you mean to say is that you don't want a racier show? Because that's more helpful than just avoiding 'male anatomy' when it comes to suggesting shows that will be right for you.

JaysonFour

NCIS is always good.

Egos

DEADWOOD

winter_combat_knight

Essee - Twas a joke I just don't like Game of Thrones. I've seen season 1. Maybe if i read the books I may appreciate it more.

Ataxrxes

You should watch Band of Brothers, it was great. Weeds, True Blood, Wilfred, my wife and I enjoy those shows. YMMV though.

manwiththemachinegun

Do you like spies and bad asses?

Nikita (The Maggie Q one)
Person of Interest
24

zepherin

winter_combat_knight wrote: »

Holy crap! Didn't expect so many recommendations!
Zepherin - basically interested in anything that has a good story. my taste is very diverse. However saying that, shows like Game of Thrones don't interest me.

Heading out so i reckon i'll pick up Breaking Bad and Stargate as a start (bargain bin specials! )

Cheers for the suggestions - looks like i'll have a lot of synopsis reading to go through.

You might want to check out MI5 (spooks in the UK) it's pretty good, about spies, and it's on instant watch netflix. Also if you are looking for series like this, get instant watch netflix, and have a dvd player that has that function or a computer hooked to your tv. It is one of the best ways to watch hole seasons of shows that are on dvd.

jefe414

manwiththemachinegun wrote: »

Do you like spies and bad asses?

Nikita (The Maggie Q one)
Person of Interest
24

I also liked the first two seasons of Alias.

Myiagros

My suggestions were mentioned but I'll second them.

Borgias - Jeremy Irons is awesome, great intrigue, not a lot of action but season 2 did add to it
Boardwalk Empire - 1920's setting during prohibition with some great actors
The Wire - just awesome
Caprica - If you liked the lore side of BSG and wanted to know more of the cylon beginnings, cut after 2 seasons unfortunately, not action filled but a good watch
BSG: Blood and Chrome - excellent for a low budget film, watch on youtube or wait for the DVD release in February
Doctor Who - start with the 2005 series which continues into the one that recently finished airing, I'm a new fan of the show and in season 5, great fun
Torchwood - if you like Doctor Who you should enjoy this as well, it's a spinoff that features characters seen in multiple seasons of Who

Casually Hardcore

Sons of Anarchy

True Blood

Kelor

The first two seasons of Slider are good, kitschy fun.

Then.....just walk away.

kaliyama

House of Cards
Twin Peaks

minirhyder

winter_combat_knight wrote: »

Essee - Twas a joke I just don't like Game of Thrones. I've seen season 1. Maybe if i read the books I may appreciate it more.

If you read the books you might appreciate it even less :P