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Recommend Me Some TV Series!

hoopymohoopymo Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hello everybody!

I'm an avid TV viewer, who spends a lot of his free-time watching television but I am at an impasse: I have run out of good tv series to watch, so I come to you H/A to recommend me some that I might be interested in watching.

I'll watch most things, with the list of what I do watch/have watched being quite long so don't let genre hold you back!

Heroes, Lost, Stargate: Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Dead Like Me, Farscape, 30 Rock, Weeds, Californication, Dexter.

Thanks everyone :)

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  • LibrarianLibrarian The face of liberal fascism Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Just some quick brainstorming in no particular order:

    Arrested Development
    Deadwood
    Rome
    Breaking Bad
    Babylon 5
    Spaced
    Black Books
    Father Ted

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  • hoopymohoopymo Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    With the exception of Babylon 5 and Black Books, I've seen all of those.


    How is Black Books, is that really good?

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  • ZyreZyre Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    You're tastes appear to be similiar to mine OP, as I have seen almost every show listed there. So I have to recommend; The Shield, Rescue Me, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Two and a Half Men, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sanctuary, Eureka, Monk, and Psych.

    I can't think of anything else on my Tivo's season pass list at the moment, so I may have more to add later.

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  • ZsetrekZsetrek Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The Wire
    Mad Men

    Black Books is hilarious.

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  • SinWithSebastianSinWithSebastian Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Kings.

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  • PongePonge Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I've been on an Entourage kick recently. Black Books is great.

    Have you watched Band of Brothers?

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Twin Peaks is still (with the exception of a few iffy episodes in the second season) the finest television series ever broadcast.
    Go track it down if you haven't already.

    Carnivale is also pretty interersting, though fails to end properly (prematurely cancelled).

    If you're looking for something lighter, consider giving the new Dr Who a shot, or Pushing Daisies.

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  • The Crowing OneThe Crowing One Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The Tudors

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  • RocketSauceRocketSauce Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
    True Blood
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    The Big Bang Theory
    How I Met Your Mother
    Spaced
    Entourage

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  • noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    You haven't mentioned if you have or not, but..Firefly is awesome. Actually, pretty much everything by Whedon is good tv. So throw in Angel, Buffy, Dolhouse(that one is just coming out on DVD soon) and definately Dr. Horrible.

    Burn Notice I like, as well as Royal Pains.

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  • jclastjclast Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Burn Notice, Eureka, House

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Have you checked out Six Feet Under?

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Gilmore Girls

    No, really. It's hysterical, well acted, and so very well written.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Oh, and Venture Brothers.

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  • Iceman.USAFIceman.USAF Major East CoastRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I know this seems a bit off topic...but I love M*A*S*H

    If nothing else it'll take a while to watch all of it. Eleven seasons I think.

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    A couple of recommendations you're likely to have already seen:
    - Animated: Futurama, Mission Hill
    - Brian Fuller (the dude who did Dead Like Me): Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies
    - Joss Whedon: Firefly, Dollhouse
    - Arrested Development


    I'll also offer one last quirkier recommendation: jPod. It's based of of the Douglas Coupland book of the same name; it follows a team of game developers at a company-that's-not-EA as, well, crazy shit goes down. It's pretty out there - the main character has a June Cleaver-type mother who's a pot grower, a wannabe-actor dad who used to ballroom dance professionally and is best friends with a Chinese mafia kingpin, and a cougar-chasing brother. It only lasted one season, and it only aired in Canada, but I love it. You can buy the DVD off of Amazon.ca (they ship to the US) or stream the entire series on thewb.com

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  • W2W2 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm gonna second The Shield, it was absolutely fucking fantastic and it stands as my favourite TV show.


    Also Trailer Park Boys is very funny and well worth a look.

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I would list many of the suggestions above, so I am just going to add Veronica Mars. I have been rewatching Season 1 and remembering how great it was.

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  • milehighmilehigh Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Veronica Mars

    Edit: So barely, barely beaten

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  • TrusTrus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    For shame on all of you for not mentioning Better Off Ted

    Top Gear and Castle are both pretty awesome as well.

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  • pogo mudderpogo mudder Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Arrested Development

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  • hoopymohoopymo Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ahhh yes, Firefly. Such a sad end to such a brilliant show.

    I thorughly enjoyed Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls, but not exactly the kind of series I'd talk to my male friends about if you know what I mean ;)

    I've been recommended True Blood and The Shield, so I;'ll give them a go. And definitely Dollhouse as well now, thanks :)

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Zsetrek wrote: »
    The Wire

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  • SatanIsMyMotorSatanIsMyMotor Fuck Warren Ellis Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The Shield.

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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Makershot wrote: »
    Zsetrek wrote: »
    Mad Men

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  • Lia ParkerLia Parker __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2009
    Ya I watched it and liked it very much.

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    hoopymo wrote: »
    Ahhh yes, Firefly. Such a sad end to such a brilliant show.

    I thorughly enjoyed Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls, but not exactly the kind of series I'd talk to my male friends about if you know what I mean ;)

    I've been recommended True Blood and The Shield, so I;'ll give them a go. And definitely Dollhouse as well now, thanks :)

    The thing about Dollhouse is that it gets better as it goes on. If you slog through the decent-to-mediocre first five episodes, you get the reward of the utterly fuckawesome other seven episodes (I actually thought the second-to-last episode was better than any of the Firefly eps).

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Life on Mars.

    The original though, not the shitty american version.

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  • hoopymohoopymo Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Life on Mars.

    The original though, not the shitty american version.

    DOes that mean the BBC version?

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Also Kings is pretty horrible but Ian McShane is worth slogging through it

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    hoopymo wrote: »
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Life on Mars.

    The original though, not the shitty american version.

    DOes that mean the BBC version?

    Yeah. The real version, with John Simm and Philip Glenister.

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  • WileyWiley In the dirt.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    It's been off television for awhile, but OZ is really good if you can stomach the prison brutality. In the animated area Frisky Dingo was fairly entertaining, but both seasons will only run a total of eight hours or so. Also, I feel like I need to repeat a few that have already been mentioned. Psych and Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia are excellent and should be watched.

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  • Iceman.USAFIceman.USAF Major East CoastRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Has anyone mentioned Rescue Me?

    It's another amazing FX show. Dennis Leary is hilarious.

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  • DragonPupDragonPup Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Burn Notice
    Entourage
    True Blood
    Life

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The Pretender
    Party Down
    Harsh Realms
    Also I'll second Psych. The best comedy banter on tv right now.

    Party Down is from the dude who did Veronica Mars and has a lot of the Mars cast as characters or cameos.

    The Pretender was a 90s drama/action show with ongoing convoluted plot lines and twists contained within story-a-week episodes. It would have done better if it had come out later. I love it.

    Harsh Realms was done by Chris Carter (X-Files) and had a really cool scifi plot and some quality actors. It lasted about 3 episodes. Youc an pick up the whole season on dvd though.


    See what I did there? I actually read the thread and saw what had already been mentioned and what the OP has already seen. Really difficult to do.

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  • SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Veronica Mars

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  • Romero ZombieRomero Zombie Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Don't see anybody has mentioned Royal Pains off USA yet. Season just started and so far I dig it

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  • tech_huntertech_hunter More SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    In the animated department I would recommend Deathnote. Its a very different type of anime more psychological than action oriented, and no giant robots or superpowers..well if you count a notebook of death as a superpower. Also Ghost in the shell: Stand alone complex and 2nd Gig

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  • JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Starting Defense Place at the tableRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    if you liked Dead Like Me, you will probably also like Pushing Daisies.

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  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I am really getting into Peep Show at present. It is a UK comedy, currently 5 series of 6 episodes

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