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Mad Men
Battlestar Galactica (new version, obviously)
The Wire

Shame I can't put any Brit TV shows in there, but nothing we've ever done matches the quality of the above

A few people have mentioned Dexter which I also enjoy, but only Season 4 stood out as genuine quality. "Hello. Dexter. Morgan."

Flashman wrote:Mad Men
Battlestar Galactica (new version, obviously)
The Wire

Shame I can't put any Brit TV shows in there, but nothing we've ever done matches the quality of the above

A few people have mentioned Dexter which I also enjoy, but only Season 4 stood out as genuine quality. "Hello. Dexter. Morgan."

Eastenders?

... Even though they've been mentioned I'll second both " True Blood" and " Supernatural" ( at least the first 5 seasons)... Both shows are silly as all hell, but a lot of fun.

I'll also give a big thumbs up to "The Walking Dead", though how season 2 turns out is of course yet to be seen...

Other shows worth a look..

Dexter
Deadliest Catch
Arrested Development
Death Valley
The Andy Griffith Show
...And anything with Gordan Ramsey in it.

EDIT:...

Oh yeah..." Brit" TV...I enjoy Fawlty Towers, "Allo Allo, and The Young Ones.

FITZZ wrote:... Even though they've been mentioned I'll second both " True Blood" and " Supernatural" ( at least the first 5 seasons)... Both shows are silly as all hell, but a lot of fun.

I'll also give a big thumbs up to "The Walking Dead", though how season 2 turns out is of course yet to be seen...

Other shows worth a look..

Dexter
Deadliest Catch
Arrested Development
Death Valley
The Andy Griffith Show
...And anything with Gordan Ramsey in it.

EDIT:...

Oh yeah..." Brit" TV...I enjoy Fawlty Towers, "Allo Allo, and The Young Ones.

Brit TV?

I used to watch an old show with my dad, called ,"Are you Being Served?"

Was a fun show.

Goddard wrote:

FITZZ wrote:... Even though they've been mentioned I'll second both " True Blood" and " Supernatural" ( at least the first 5 seasons)... Both shows are silly as all hell, but a lot of fun.

I'll also give a big thumbs up to "The Walking Dead", though how season 2 turns out is of course yet to be seen...

Other shows worth a look..

Dexter
Deadliest Catch
Arrested Development
Death Valley
The Andy Griffith Show
...And anything with Gordan Ramsey in it.

EDIT:...

Oh yeah..." Brit" TV...I enjoy Fawlty Towers, "Allo Allo, and The Young Ones.

Brit TV?

I used to watch an old show with my dad, called ,"Are you Being Served?"

Was a fun show.

Just quoting Flashman when I say " Brit TV"...
...And yes, I thought " Are you being served?" was pretty funny.

Omegus wrote:

Dragearen wrote:In no particular order for all of these.

Comedy:
1) Monty Python's Flying Circus

90% of Monty Python isn't funny or memorable.

Burn Notice used to be enjoyable, but I really feel like they're just phoning it in this latest season.

You, my friend, are in-human.

mattyrm wrote: Im pretty fussy, but Lost?!

I watch an episode of something a day, because I put it on my laptop when I do my hours rowing. As a result, I've even watched things I didn't actually enjoy, and Lost was absolute horse gak. I made it to the end of the first season and I'm stunned at how bad it was.

GOT was merely decent, same goes for Dexter, BSG and 24. Although, the first two seasons of 24 were decent, the rest were progressively worse.

Lost and BSG are both shows you have to get into, they start off slow, and the beginnings do suck. The ending for Lost was crap, but most of the middle was pretty good. They did make some mistakes with Lost(polar bears anyone?), but it actually is a good show if you ignore them and just watch. Fething hate the ending though...

Supernatural, Merlin (BBC show, its actually pretty good....), The Middle.
I mainly watch comedy shows on TV, and then absolute rubbish like Man vs Food or Escape to the Country that no one should really be watching....
To be honest, i would be happy just watching Supernatural, Buffy and Angel over and over again

Merlin was food. Season 1 was fun but after that I found the show boring.

Anything with Gordon Ramsey in it is always entertaining, if a little repetitive.

LordofHats wrote:Merlin was food. Season 1 was fun but after that I found the show boring.

Anything with Gordon Ramsey in it is always entertaining, if a little repetitive.

I'm a sucker for cooking shows. Top Chef, Masterchef, Iron Chef, Great Food Truck Race, Chopped etc, I watch them all.

Man Vs food...I get really hungry every time I watch that show...

Anthony Bourdain: No reservations is good sometimes...

The show Swamp people is up there with Deadliest Catch as the only thing i would consider "reality TV"

Mythbusters is just awesome...period...

Stuff that comes on the Military channel is often entertraining...things like Combat Zone and Future weapons...

Deadliest Warrior is up there...although I only value it as entertainment and not necessarily factual...

the list goes on...

MrH wrote:

I'm a sucker for cooking shows. Top Chef, Masterchef, Iron Chef, Great Food Truck Race, Chopped etc, I watch them all.

I strongly recommend Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

MrH wrote:

I'm a sucker for cooking shows. Top Chef, Masterchef, Iron Chef, Great Food Truck Race, Chopped etc, I watch them all.

I strongly recommend Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

I agree. It's a very fun show, and I actually saw him stagger around smashed once. Very nice man.

Seinfeld.

I am a rare non-american who has seen all the episodes.

In terms of addictive drama Sopranos is worth a watch as is the Wire especially season 2 and 4.

In terms of factual/magazine shows 'supersizers do --- ' is the best show ever. The concept is that the two presenters, the charming Giles Coren and Sue Perkins, adopt the diet of a certain age in history for a full week (i.e. 'the supersizers do the tudors'). With ALWAYS hilarious results. While very entertaining it is also very informative and packed with intesting facts.

True blood was initially interesting but about midway through season 2 it just got a bit.... crap...

The UK's bbc four and, occassionaly, bbc three do commission alot of intersting shows but most get cancelled. Though strangely the show 'ideal' perseveres on bbc three, i have never met ANYONE that watches it.

Im going to add The Wire and Six Feet Under to my list, those are some damn good shows.

WARORK93 wrote:Man Vs food...I get really hungry every time I watch that show...

Gah don't mention that... as much as I like the show... the things I have been roped into cooking because of it!

My current recommendations...

1. Eureka
2. Warehouse 13
3. NCIS

There are a few others atm that I watch on occasion, Mythbusters, Nothing to Declare (its a repetative cheap RL thing about Aussie customs/immigration but somehow I can't help being amused at the continued looks and excuses of 'I didn't know that was there officer!' ). I'm also thinking about trying to watch Lost Girl (if I can cope with that annoying werewolf) and Terra Nova (when it starts).

Man v Food is awesome. I also like Dinner/Restaurant Impossible with Robert Irvine.

I, too, love a lot of these food shows; Iron Chef, Restaurant Impossible, Dinner Impossible, Man vs. Food, Chopped, Throwdown with Bobby Flay... good times. I'm also a fan of a lot of Food Network's traditional cooking shows like 30 Minute Meals, Boy Meets Grill, and Guy's Big Bite. I really miss East Meets West with Ming Tsai and I was really rooting for him on Next Iron Chef or whatever it was.

Perkustin wrote:Seinfeld.

I am a rare non-american who has seen all the episodes.

I commend you, good sir, on your incredible taste in TV shows.

Seinfeld was a fantastic series. I just love looking back on it and realizing that it has introduced a lot of terms to modern conversation. Unless I'm mistaken (and I could very well be), the double dip comes from there. And I have heard so, so many others in normal conversation, even today, that originated from Seinfeld.

Yea, not to mention how many times have you been talking to someone and they say something like "You know that episode of Seinfeld *insert random part* It was kindda like that"

Currently playing?
*Top Shot
*Jersey Shore
*The Republican debates (wait thats not a series?)

It's been said multiple times before...
1. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Only one season of it D:
2. Firefly
Scientific community? In MY west coast?!
3. Eureka

*Nods sagely*

Frazzled wrote:
*Jersey Shore

... ...Really?....I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that show would be on your playlist Frazz..

I'd definitely recommend Battlestar Galactica (new one), The Wire and 30 Rock. Whether those are to your taste or not though is a different matter!

FITZZ wrote:

Frazzled wrote:
*Jersey Shore

... ...Really?....I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that show would be on your playlist Frazz..

Jersey Shore is borderline so bad it's good.

Hmmm, I'd recommend Malcolm in the Middle, simply because it is the funniest show that has ever aired, period, fullstop.

As for informational type television, any pre-reality TV History channel, Discovery channel, or NatGeo.

So I guess nothing that is currently on. Time to go back and dig through the VHS bin.

Amaya wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Frazzled wrote:
*Jersey Shore

... ...Really?....I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that show would be on your playlist Frazz..

Jersey Shore is borderline so bad it's good.

... I usually think of B-Horror flicks when I think "So bad it's good"...not a house full of screaming idiots, but...I suppose I can see your point as my Missus watches it ( Jersey Shore), laughs and says it's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
...At that point I just leave the room and go watch Blacula or something.

FITZZ wrote:

Amaya wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Frazzled wrote:
*Jersey Shore

... ...Really?....I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that show would be on your playlist Frazz..

Jersey Shore is borderline so bad it's good.

... I usually think of B-Horror flicks when I think "So bad it's good"...not a house full of screaming idiots,

To be perfectly honest FITZZ, those two things can often be one and the same.

rubiksnoob wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Amaya wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Frazzled wrote:
*Jersey Shore

... ...Really?....I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that show would be on your playlist Frazz..

Jersey Shore is borderline so bad it's good.

... I usually think of B-Horror flicks when I think "So bad it's good"...not a house full of screaming idiots,

To be perfectly honest FITZZ, those two things can often be one and the same.

..I guess so man, but I know enough real life doofuses who can't hold their alcohol..I don't need to watch another bunch of them on TV...

..Oh wait...I think I may have missed a connection you were making between B-Horror and a house full of screaming idiots...

FITZZ wrote:

rubiksnoob wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Amaya wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Frazzled wrote:
*Jersey Shore

... ...Really?....I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that show would be on your playlist Frazz..

Jersey Shore is borderline so bad it's good.

... I usually think of B-Horror flicks when I think "So bad it's good"...not a house full of screaming idiots,

To be perfectly honest FITZZ, those two things can often be one and the same.

..I guess so man, but I know enough real life doofuses who can't hold their alcohol..I don't need to watch another bunch of them on TV...

..Oh wait...I think I may have missed a connection you were making between B-Horror and a house full of screaming idiots...

Yeah, I was alluding more to the B-movies and whatnot.


As far as idiots who can't hold their liquor. . . . I guess the appeal lies in the fact that if they're on TV you don't have worry about them throwing up on you. Other than that though. . .

Sons of Anarchy
Breaking Bad
Mad Men