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TV show recommendations?

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Just read "your favorite movie?" so i figured i would ask the same for TV. Couldnt find a previous thread.
Deadwood

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Futurama by a landslide.


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Breaking Bad
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Cowboy Bebop
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Masterpiece on PBS.
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Almost anything on AMC; Breaking Bad, The Killing and Mad Men. Deadwood was a great show too, unfortunately they had to cancel it. At least HBO has Game of Thrones and renewed for a 3rd year. My favorite sitcom is Big, Bang, Theory or Modern Family.
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Mad Men
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Twilight Zone and Barney Miller and Mash
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The Wire
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Breaking Bad is starting up soon! I also enjoy Mad Men, The Killing, Fringe, Grimm, and Masterpiece Theater.
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"Real Time" with Bill Maher on HBO
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The Good Wife, True Blood and The Walking Dead
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Not even close - Mad Men. It's a reflection of what I deal with, except for the infidelity and smoking. :wink:
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No Reservations. Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. Breaking Bad. Flipping Out.
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The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, American Horror Story, Dexter and Nurse Jackie. The first season of AHS was extremely good, waiting for season 2 to start. My wife would say So You Think You Can Dance. Really enjoyed Rescue Me until it petered out over its final two seasons.
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I don't have a television. If I did, however, my favorite TV show would be Mad Men.
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I am embarrassed to say that I don't watch any Tv shows in the classic sense. I do watch TV- mainly news shows, sports, Nat geo wild, etc. But I have a policy for the last 30 years or so that came about which is if one show has any relationship in terms of characters or plots to a prior one I wouldn't watch it. This knocks out everything. I did break the rule once about 20 years ago when I watched Twin Peaks. Although I don't think I understood anything, I loved it.
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Current:

Mad Men
Downton Abbey
Dexter
The IT Crowd


Past:

Battlestar Galactica (the reboot)
Freaks & Geeks
Firefly
Flight of the Conchords
Lost
The Love Boat (no, seriously)


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Thunder vs. Heat :beer
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dewey wrote:"Real Time" with Bill Maher on HBO
So, I assume O'Reilly is your 2nd favorite. :)
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QI, especially if Sandi Toksvig makes an appearance.

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gkaplan wrote:I don't have a television. If I did, however, my favorite TV show would be Mad Men.
You can get TV over your computer.
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The Big Bang Theory.
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The Wire
The Sopranos
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Development
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Hi All,

Multi-year lurker, first time poster. Thanks to everyone for helping me get my savings and investing strategy into shape - I'm very happy with the way it is working out.

I couldn't resist answering this question.

My favorite TV show is Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, obviously.

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Muchtolearn wrote:But I have a policy for the last 30 years or so that came about which is if one show has any relationship in terms of characters or plots to a prior one I wouldn't watch it. This knocks out everything.
Futurama ain't got much. Well, the Star Trek folk showed up in an episode, but as themselves not their characters. They were all heads in jars by the end.

Does this sound like rehashed plotting?

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[1] Fry was accidentally[3] frozen in a cryogenics facility while delivering a pizza in 1999.
[2] Fry isn't very, what's the word, smart.
[3] Or WAS it accidental?

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Charlie Rose :happy
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Everyone Loves Raymond

I Love Lucy
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Burn Notice
The Mentalist

My kids like to watch old reruns of Burns and Allen, neither of whom they'd ever heard of.
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Currently, Mad Men and Curb Your Enthusiasm. I also watch Boardwalk Empire and Justified.

All-time, I would go with Seinfeld, The Sopranos, and The Wonder Years. Quite a variety with those three.
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Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Spartacus (though I like the first three best)
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mickens16 wrote:Almost anything on AMC; Breaking Bad, The Killing and Mad Men. Deadwood was a great show too, unfortunately they had to cancel it. At least HBO has Game of Thrones and renewed for a 3rd year. My favorite sitcom is Big, Bang, Theory or Modern Family.
Lots of unhappy people when they cancelled Deadwood. It didnt have a wide audience but they went "deep".
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Game of Thrones
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Gomer pyle :shock:
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chaz wrote:gkaplan wrote:I don't have a television. If I did, however, my favorite TV show would be Mad Men.


You can get TV over your computer.

Computer's too slow.
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Columbo
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Reruns of Entourage, No Reservations, Burn notice
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Only one for me. "Shark Tank". Should be required viewing for anyone interested in how business really works.
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The Wire
Dexter
Breaking Bad
Deadwood
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I only look forward to one show each night:

The O'Reilly Factor. He really makes me laugh.

Lest you think think this post has a political slant, let me state I dislike:

Hannity. He makes me want to barf.

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Doc Martin, PBS
Foyle's War, PBS
Midsomer Murders, PBS
Das Journal, Deutsche Welle
Fareed Zakaria's GPS, CNN
Nova, PBS

Usually need to see the British crime shows several times to get the plot and understand 'who dunn it' and why...but like a good puzzle, that is what makes them fun.
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Law & Order (not SVU) reruns
Seinfeld reruns
60 Minutes (been watching it every week since the 1970s when I was a teenager)
Washington Week (PBS)
The Daily Show (Jon Stewart)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (mainly the monologue and first sketch)
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1530jesup wrote:Twilight Zone and Barney Miller and Mash
aside for movies and an occasional tennis match or basketball playoff, the wife owns the remote...
LOL I thought I was the only one who would say Twilight Zone and Barney Miller

How old are you or what is your age range BTW?
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bengal22 wrote:
dewey wrote:"Real Time" with Bill Maher on HBO
So, I assume O'Reilly is your 2nd favorite. :)

I actually watch him occasionally too (how else to get a range of perspectives). But the two can't be compared. They are different programs with very different hosts. One can make a living exclusively in stand-up comedy if he chose. So he is multi-talented. The other (Uncle Bill) hurts his face when he smiles. And I've never seen him laugh in a way that would say 'we need to go to commercial so I can compose myself.' UB, as I see him, almost originates with anger--it is what he connects to his audience with. Maher can be angry at times too (as we all can) but his genesis is with humorous commentary on the state of our society, our politics, and our species in general. I guess I'm left to ask, why did you ask????
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[quote]
The O'Reilly Factor. He really makes me laugh.

Lest you think think this post has a political slant, let me state I dislike:

Hannity. He makes me want to barf[/quote

:D Same here. O'Reilly is about the only politically-based show I can watch as I generally find him to be pretty fair on a lot of issues. He's probably more even-keeled than some people give him credit for.

I should note that I no longer have cable and only watch old shows on netflix
What I usually try and watch:
Seinfeld
Arrested Development
The Office (the first 4-5 seasons), but not so much now
Been watching a show called Portlandia, a spoof on a certain subset of people who live in portland/seattle areas and I find it very funny
Southpark (horrible I know, and my wife never lets me watch it when she is around, but I love feeding my immature side once in a while :D )
The Big Bang Theory (I find it to be pretty decent once in a while)
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rdmayo21 wrote:Cowboy Bebop
+1
Also,
FullMetal Alchemist:Brotherhood
Chuck
Firefly
Iron Chef (old and new)
River Monsters
Man vs Wild
Survivorman
Good Eats
Arrested Development
MacGyver
Ballterstar Galactica (remake)
Stargate SG1
Formula One

Guess that's more than one.
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Cheaters


Best. Show. Ever.

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Game of thrones.

By far the best show I have ever seen. Hands down.

After winning golden globes and Emmys after only it's first season and being the highest rated show on imdb in two categories ever and second highest ever in the third and already being HBO's third most watched show EVER already and it's only season two. DVD sales pace broke all HBO records even beating the Sopranos. Oh, and it's also the most illegally downloaded show of all time already with over 25 million downloads and counting, some days alone are over 2.5 million per day.

Basically you need to watch this show. After the first show the next few episodes are a little slow because they are introducing a lot of characters but by the end of season 1 you will be amazed and season 2 is even better. HBO is spending $5 million dollars per episode so you know they are good. Be careful what you read online though because the shows are based on books that are already written and you don't want to spoil who dies in the future and things like that for yourself.
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