Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

What is the thick of it?

― Gulab jamun (Gulab Jamun) into the syrup please. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 September 2010 19:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

TV series which preceded In The Loop (and on which it's sort of based). Government satire with heroic amounts of excellent swearing in it.

― ailsa, Monday, 6 September 2010 20:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah you don't need to watch the first 4 seasons of 30 rock to be able to follow the new season (PREMIERING SPETEMBER 23 OH YEAH) but it's like, highly recommended!

― max skim (k3vin k.), Monday, 6 September 2010 20:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

more or less in order:

mad men
breaking bad
curb your enthusiasm
community
louie
it's always sunny in philadelphia
30 rock
justified
parks & rec
treme
(law order SVU)

basically what everyone else is watching. been thinking about trying out friday night lights, but i'm worried i won't understand any of it, with the football and all

― sonderangerbot, Monday, 6 September 2010 21:10 (2 years ago) Permalink

mad men
breaking bad

well.... that's about it.

― lieutenant jimmy john (kelpolaris), Monday, 6 September 2010 21:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

With football and Friday Night Lights--it's the industry of the town, in the same way showbiz is for LA in "Entourage" or meth is in "Justified." Not all that hard to follow.

― Mel Gibson, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & the current King of Sweden (President Keyes), Monday, 6 September 2010 21:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

no idea what in the loop is either
i kinda gave up on curb around season four, did it pick up in quality?

― Gulab jamun (Gulab Jamun) into the syrup please. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 September 2010 21:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

In the Loop is the film version of The Thick of It (this could take a while...)

― ailsa, Monday, 6 September 2010 21:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

forks, after season four there is leon and the seinfeld reunion so i would say yes. maybe skip season five until later.

― sonderangerbot, Monday, 6 September 2010 21:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

Thick of It had something to do with Steve Coogan, didnit?

― Mel Gibson, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & the current King of Sweden (President Keyes), Monday, 6 September 2010 21:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Project Runway
True Blood
Antiques Roadshow

― Jenny, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

Is an Armando Iannucci thing, Coogan collaborator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It

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― ailsa, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

Top Chef - prior to this season, at least
My Boys
Community
Parenthood
Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother

haven't really gotten into any new HBO/other dramas since Generation Kill. Hoping Boardwalk Empire is worth watching

― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Monday, 6 September 2010 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

love you for starting this thread forks;

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mad Men
Community
Dexter
Louis
The Venture Bros
30 Rock
Parks & Recreation
Modern Family
Archer

Also watchable: Family Guy, American Dad, HIMYM, Doctor Who, House, TDS, The Office, Glee

― Mordy, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

Oh, Modern Family, yes. I forgot about that one.

Sherlock looks interesting, too. I will definitely check that out.

― Jenny, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

I really need to get into Glee. Every time I've seen it (twice, and some clips here and there) it looks exactly like my kind of thing.

― ailsa, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

Mad Men
Community
Parks & Recreation
30 Rock (though I'm becoming less charmed by it)
Pawn Stars
American Pickers
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
The Closer
House, M.D.

I watched the first season of Breaking Bad, but never came back to it. I need to catch up. Modern Family is promising based on a couple episodes from later in the season that I saw (it started out really blah). I didn't watch Louis, will torrent it. Didn't have room for Futurama, though I might substitute it in place of 30 Rock. Party Down, r.i.p.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

Oh yeah, and It's Always Sunny. I like it, but it's still a really spotty show. Some eps are masterful, some are total dreck.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

Oh shit, yeah, forgot about Futurama.

― Mordy, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

ALSO Friday Night Lights. Can't say enough good things about it, especially about Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler...perhaps the greatest husband/wife duo ever in an American tv drama.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

been thinking about trying out friday night lights, but i'm worried i won't understand any of it, with the football and all

It's not a football show, really. It's a character-driven drama. The football is a backdrop that's incorporated in a way anyone anywhere could understand it.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 6 September 2010 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

alright i'm convinced. need something to fill the gap between new mad men eps.

― sonderangerbot, Monday, 6 September 2010 23:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

You'll, of course, want to start at the beginning, but here's how I rank the seasons:

3 > 1 > 4 >>>>> 2

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 6 September 2010 23:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

Breaking Bad
Louie
Mad Men
Daily Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Community
Parenthood
Archer
Children's Hospital
Late Late Show

― avant-sarsgaard (litel), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

You'll, of course, want to start at the beginning, but here's how I rank the seasons:

3 > 1 > 4 >>>>> 2

Concur, though I'm almost tempted to say that you can skip the entirety of season 2.

― Daria Law (Leee), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 04:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

Louie
Doctor Who
Sherlock
Community
Parks and Recreation
The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Big Love

― tricked by a toothless cobra, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 07:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

not currently on, but the girl and I are LOVING Slings and Arrows and everyone with instant watch netflix should try the first season.
A few missteps, but on the whole, very good.

― Gulab jamun (Gulab Jamun) into the syrup please. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 9 September 2010 01:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

BB
NCIS
Simpsons
Mythbusters
IT Crowd
Go Girls
Neighbours (lol)
Burn Notice

.. that's kinda it now that i think about it, save for a couple of other aussie shows you guys don't give a shit about

― consolation pies (electricsound), Thursday, 9 September 2010 01:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

Slings and Arrows rules, the second season is something of a dip in quality but the third season is really impressive as well.

― clotpoll, Thursday, 9 September 2010 01:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

Started Friday Night Lights and it's quite good but a bit soapy for us to finish a whole season at a go. Working through season one slowly.

New additions to my current top picks:
Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
Regular Show
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

The first two are ESPECIALLY good; I highly recommend any venture fans trying them. Frankenhole is from the same guy who did Moral Orel and it's as good as that show was at the end of its run and similarly nutso. The Ron Howard episode was a special level of batshit.
Regular Show is an odd duck; adult swim dada stylee for tweens. Surprisingly enjoyable!
And isn't there a thread for Todd Margaret yet?

I was kinda feeling Lone Star after two episodes; shame they canned it. Running Wilde is, unfortunately, not half as smart as it thinks it is; some zingers but they're far between the leaden gags.

― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

Pick up Terriers. It's only 5 episodes deep right now.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

metalocalypse is having a pretty great season so far as well.

― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

i watched half of the pilot for terriers and it seemed lame... would be willing to try again.

― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

If it didn't draw you in with its first 30 minutes, it probably never will.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

yea i started watching todd margaret -- pilot was hugely funny & the 2nd was pretty meh

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

also agree abt running wilde - i canceled it off my dvr

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

i watched half of the pilot for terriers and it seemed lame... would be willing to try again.

― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:19 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

If it didn't draw you in with its first 30 minutes, it probably never will.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:28 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

I disagree with this. I wasn't too bothered after the first.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

You could be right. I was hooked instantly, and don't think it's much different now than it was then, but ymmv.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

Mad Men
Rubicon
No Reservations
30 Rock
Sons Of Anarchy
Warehouse 13
Being Human
Futurama
House M.D.
Terriers

― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 00:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

30 rock
big bang theory
mad manz
project runway
glee
futurama
louis
snl
degrassi: the next generation
uhhh...tnt nba halftime show?

― bear toot confessa (m bison), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

http://video.adultswim.com/mary-shelleys-frankenhole/hunger-of-the-vampire.html
^most recent full episode. Gandhi has an italian accent throughout for no particular reason.

― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 02:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Louie
Always Sunny
Top Chef
30 Rock
Project Runway
True Blood
Modern Family
Piece of Work

― Darin, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 02:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Community
Sons of Anarchy
Parks and Rec
Rubicon
30 Rock
FNL
Terriers
Curb Your Enthusiasm

― sofatruck, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

Sons of Anarchy
Mad Men
Caprica
Community
Big Bang Theory
Project Runway
Fringe
Espn 30 for 30
Monday Night Football :D
Freaks & Geeks Friday night reruns

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 03:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

I finally got into Sons of Anarchy last weekend and hot damn I'm in love

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 03:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah I just got into it also. Its pretty embarrassing how quickly I caught up though.

― sofatruck, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 03:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

how i met your mother
big bang theory
parenthood
hoarders
cougartown
modern family
hell's kitchen
30 rock
louie
american pickers

― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 03:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

hah I forgot Louie!!! How quickly I forget

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 04:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

Oh man Hoarders.. that should really be on my list.

― sofatruck, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 04:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'd only heard other people talk about Hoarders before, but I caught a few episodes during a marathon on A&E yesterday. It's equally enthralling and frustrating, but definitely good tv.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 04:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ryan Phillipe has an amazingly hot voice.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:56 (9 months ago) Permalink

trying to think what my actual faves right now are, probably:

Doctor Who
Game of Thrones
Community
30 Rock
Parks & Rec
American Dad
Young Justice
Don't Trust the B**** in Apt 23
New Girl
Happy Endings

honorable mention to Bleach, Deadman Wonderland, Eric Andre Show, Big Bang Theory, Suburgator, Modern Family, The Middle, Grimm, Venture Brothers, Up All Night, Law & Order: SVU, Family Guy, South Park

― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:58 (9 months ago) Permalink

this seems as good a place as any to note that in the first episode of Bachelor Pad, a woman told her partner (who then went off and made out with another woman) that if they lost the first competition (which was to keep themselves inside a heart-shaped box as it was slowly turned 90 degrees), she would "donkey punch him in the neck."

― da croupier, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:04 (9 months ago) Permalink

i keep meaning to try damages

― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:07 (9 months ago) Permalink

it's easy to watch 10 or even 30 shows when they're 15 minute adult swim eps

― Mordy, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:21 (9 months ago) Permalink

Justified (though I've only seen the first two seasons on DVD)

You're in for a treat, s3 rules and is the best season yet imo (seems to be a minority opinion tho)

― Simon H., Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:22 (9 months ago) Permalink

damages s1 is pretty solid, but s2 was such a snoozefest that I never really tuned back in

― Simon H., Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:22 (9 months ago) Permalink

Zero love for SHARK TANK itt, that is a great show

― sleepingbag, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:23 (9 months ago) Permalink

what i've seen i've enjoyed but i never remember to watch it

― da croupier, Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:35 (9 months ago) Permalink

if you like adventure time, i find regular show to be a much smarter version of same with more, like, teenage motivations

regular show is ok, but imho these aren't in the same league

― Mordy, Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:38 (9 months ago) Permalink

yup.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:43 (9 months ago) Permalink

see i agree with you, but inversely. I tried adventure time for about three eps and then never went back.

― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:53 (9 months ago) Permalink

that's almost exactly how many episodes of regular show I watched and yet I have watched almost every episode of adventure time.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:54 (9 months ago) Permalink

the scene in the last ep where SPOILERS they blast off from earth and we see what the post-apocolyptic adventure time earth looks like (w/ a huge crater in the side) and then interface with the super god abraham lincoln who trades his immortality for jake's life and turns into the lincoln memorial /SPOILERS was a new kind of high point for the show.

― Mordy, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:00 (9 months ago) Permalink

i've watched every episode of regular show!
different strokes

― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:01 (9 months ago) Permalink

I think both shows are great

― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:37 (9 months ago) Permalink

2 ilxors, 3 opinions

― Mordy, Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:41 (9 months ago) Permalink

7 views
2 likes 1, 469 dislikes

― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:50 (9 months ago) Permalink

Damages 1 & 3 are good, 2 is okay, 4 is draggin' ass so far

― baking (soda), Thursday, 26 July 2012 23:03 (9 months ago) Permalink

In no order

1. Key and Peele
2. Modern Family
3. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
4. Regular Show
5. 30 for 30
6. The Daily Show

Television is slow right now

― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:35 (5 months ago) Permalink

Real Time with Bill Maher
Jeopardy

― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:40 (5 months ago) Permalink

Key and Peele's season is over

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:41 (5 months ago) Permalink

tivoing still new to me. but yeah, there's not much on now.

― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:43 (5 months ago) Permalink

1. 30 Rock
2. Bob's Burgers
3. Killer Karaoke
4. A Football Life
5. The Hour

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

okay so i've decided i'm going to try enlightened on hbo go, does anybody wanna rep for any of these hbo series/miniseries?

Five Days
Big Love
The Pacific
Summer Heights High

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Monday, 4 February 2013 20:45 (3 months ago) Permalink

Pacific and Summer Heights are good.

― Gukbe, Monday, 4 February 2013 20:47 (3 months ago) Permalink

Big Love is at least worth a season or two investment, esp bc ya know

― Mordy, Monday, 4 February 2013 21:26 (3 months ago) Permalink