Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

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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 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

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 (eleven years ago) link

Pacific and Summer Heights are good.

Gukbe, Monday, 4 February 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link

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

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ivWX1b9wiEw/S7n_S3hFz_I/AAAAAAAAAd4/yRTc7Uq-Wrw/s1600/biglove2_450.jpg

Mordy, Monday, 4 February 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link

eight months pass...

1. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2. The Eric Andre Show
3. Regular Show
4. Adventure Time (finally got into it; tried to go back to season one and hated it! need to start w/season 2? Current shows are great.)
5. The Blacklist
6. Masters of Sex
7. Modern Family
8. Key and Peele
9. Moyers
10. 30 for 30

Also will give some love for Uncle Grandpa, Sleepy Hollow, Sword Art Online, Real Sports

there's no camera to capture that yelping moment! (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 October 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link

In no particular order

1. Breaking Bad (I havent seen the new episodes)
2. Eastbound and Down
3. Louie
4. Homeland
5. Justified (just started watching the 1st season)
6. Mad Men
7. Match of the Day (do sports count?)
8. The Walking Dead (just started watching this, I havent made up my mind as to whether its worth following yet)

Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, 19 October 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link

Excluding Breaking Bad because it is over, but it would be near the top.

1. Bob's Burgers
2. Louie
3. Girls
4. Mad Men
5. Daily Show
6. Colbert
7. Eric Andre Show
8. Parks & Recreation
9. Frontline
10. CBS Sunday Morning / 60 Minutes (tie)

Special mentions: Eastbound and Down, Totally Biased, Rectify, Real Sports, and New Girl.

avant-sarsgaard (litel), Sunday, 20 October 2013 04:36 (ten years ago) link

hi

buzza, Sunday, 20 October 2013 04:59 (ten years ago) link

Boardwalk Empire
Pointless
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Eastbound and Down
Peep Show
Louie
Masterchef
Mad Men
Game of Thrones
South Park

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Sunday, 20 October 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link

Was debating whether to include Doctor Who, which I will always watch but I don't think is particularly good right now.

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Sunday, 20 October 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link

in no real order

Blacklist
Sleepy Hollow
Boardwalk Empire
Sons of Anarchy
Justified
American Horror Story (just started s1 last weekend)
30 for 30
Project Runway
Key & Peele
Broadchurch (it's finished now but I dug it)

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link

oh shit bump out Justified since ut hasnt started and replace with NASHVILLE

gah i love it so much

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link

9. Pointless (forgot this)
10. The Returned (its over now but season 2 is about to start in France I hear)

Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link

six months pass...

Fuck, I'm watching a lot of television lately.

Currently on:
Adventure Time
The Americans
Game of Thrones
Veep
Inside Amy Schumer
Fargo
Silicon Valley

Early Contender:
Last Week Tonight

Coming Soon:
Penny Dreadful, Leftovers, Dinner With Friends

Hate Watching:
Mad Men, Modern Family

Watching as a Couple (mostly kinda distractedly watching while playing MPQ):
Blacklist, The Bletchley Circle, Parenthood, Orphan Black, Call The Midwife,

Please Come Back Real Soon:
The Eric Andre Show, Louie, Broad City, True Detective, The Returned, Getting On, Masters of Sex, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Review, Workaholics, Sword Art Online, Inside Comedy, Children's Hospital, Unsupervised, Metalocalypse, Your Pretty Little Face Is Going to Hell

Please Come Back and Be Better:
Key and Peele, Venture Brothers, Justified, Rick and Morty

Piling Up on the Tivo/HBO Go/Netflix and Awaiting a Few Spare Hours to Test/Return to:
Those Who Kill, Girls, Archer, Real Sports, The Red Road, Rectify, Almost Human, Dracula, Turn, Steven Universe, Years of Living Dangerously, 30 for 30, Agents of SHIELDlol, Uncle Grampa, Hannibal, Chicagoland, Regular Show, Cosmos

Tried and True:
106 and Park, POV, Independent Lens, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, American Masters, America's Test Kitchen

Tried and Denied:
Bates Hotel, Teen Wolf, Reign, The Daily Show, Sleepy Hollow, Bob's Burgers, Sons of Anarchy, Face/Off

Oh and please come back Eagleheart too.

'tried and denied' is a good category. i was primed to love The 100 as stupid trash but it couldn't even fill that hole in my heart.

please come back real soon: Lucas Bros Moving Co. don't think i've seen it mentioned on this thread.
I've also been enjoying Building Wild. i've wanted a cabin for a while and tuffy is my dude.

stuff n buff (anky), Monday, 5 May 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link

New favorites: Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, Vikings (though S2 just ended)

Old standbys that I'm really loving lately: Hannibal, Nashville, Blacklist

Loved but am now eternally denied forever why bcz cancelled: Almost Human

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 May 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link

The last season of Vikings was so good, in common with Da Vinci's Demons, underrated.

under the cobblestones, le dogshit (xelab), Monday, 5 May 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link

ehhh...beginning and finale were GREAT, but middle section of that season had me on the fence, it was a real slog for at least 3 or 4 episodes in there for me

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 May 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link

but overall, it's loads of fun

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 May 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link

Vikings or Da Vinci?

under the cobblestones, le dogshit (xelab), Monday, 5 May 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link

I actually meant series 2 when I said the last series of Vikings.

under the cobblestones, le dogshit (xelab), Monday, 5 May 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link

vikings

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 May 2014 23:55 (nine years ago) link

also I'd like to send a note out to tv casting ppl -- moratorium on casting Donal Logue as a villain for a while. Just the very fact of him showing up in vikings told me right away that he was gonna betray someone somewhere solely based on his turn in Sons of Anarchy

also he telegraphs his 'I'm being nice but I'm actually menacing' way too much

he always seems like that one dude at a bar that drinks too much and gets mean

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 May 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link

i liked him in Terriers, but not much else recently he is in that Gotham City thing next.

under the cobblestones, le dogshit (xelab), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link

his Sons of Anarchy arc was dope tho

some dude, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link

totally

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 02:34 (nine years ago) link

i like adventure time, veep, game of thrones, hannibal, inside amy schumer

Mordy, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 02:37 (nine years ago) link

Donal Logue pretty cool on L&O SVU

a strange man (mh), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 03:36 (nine years ago) link

I want to recommend Review. I'm only three episodes in but it's darkly hilarious stuff, and Andy Daly brings it. Tim & Eric's Abso-Lutely Productions are pretty reliably great (see also: Eric Andre, Nathan For You).

Rewatching Louie with my girlfriend, who's only seen the first season. I'd forgotten how amazing it is. And totally didn't realize until this morning that the new season started last night. And I guess Comedy Bang Bang and Maron both come back this week?

Also rewatched Orphan Black and Parks and Recreation, reaffirming the latter as my favorite sitcom currently airing and easily nestled among my favorite shows ever.

Surprise, It's My Butt (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:40 (nine years ago) link

Oh, and Agents of SHIELD has gotten really great once it became clear that they were slowly building the show up just to break it apart post-Captain America 2. FUIUD, basically.

Surprise, It's My Butt (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:43 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Great profile of Nathan Fielder: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/magazine/nathan-fielder.html?hpw&rref=magazine

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 12 June 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link

very excited by the eminent return of nathan for you

imminent even

one month passes...

Currently greatly enjoying:
Drunk History
Nathan for You
S1 of Hannibal
Adventure Time
Almost Royal
Last Week Tonight
Regular Show
Attack on Titan
Jeopardy (i'm hooked again)
Real Sports

I'm sure Masters of Sex will join this list when it premieres this Sunday. All the PBS middlebrow stuff (Nature, Moyers, Frontline, POV, American Masters, etc) still gets a lot of watching time around here too.

Ray Donovan is kind of horrible; I got four episodes in and gave up midway through the fourth... admirable acting but just stupid blatant caricaturing of races and genders and ethnicity and terrible writing. Extant was hysterically dumb in every way; I am a little tempted to hatewatch.

Come back soon please: The Americans, Game of Thrones, Veep, Inside Amy Schumer, Eagleheart, Fargo, Silicon Valley, Orphan Black, The Eric Andre Show, Louie, Broad City, True Detective, The Returned, Getting On, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Review, Workaholics, Sword Art Online, Inside Comedy, Children's Hospital, Family Tree, Unsupervised, Blacklist, Metalocalypse, Your Pretty Little Face Is Going to Hell, High Maintenance.

Please come back better: Key and Peele, Venture Brothers, Justified, Mad Men, Modern Family, Rick and Morty, Girls, Doctor Who, Agents of Shield, Archer

Coming Up Shortly and Likely to be Finished Equally Quickly: The Strain, Rush, Satisfaction, Married and You're The Worst

Sadly on both counts, I have given up completely on Comedy Bang Bang and The Daily Show.
Orange is the New Black and House of Cards both leave me cold but I am somewhat curious about Lilyhammer, Knights of Sidonia and Hemlock Grove. I will likely try out the Marvel programming when it airs.

I currently have season-to-now backlogs of Tyrant, Leftovers, Crossbones, Time of Death, Halt and Catch Fire, The Last Ship, Penny Dreadful, Nurse Jackie, Rectify, Years of Living Dangerously, Turn, Rosemary's Baby, Red Road and Chicagoland. With Ray Donovan out of the way, which of the above do y'all suggest I crack open?

btw, i recommend people who never watched Frankenhole give it a shot as the full series is apparently watchable online now:
http://video.adultswim.com/mary-shelleys-frankenhole/index.html

which of the above do y'all suggest I crack open?

Rectfy without a doubt

Number None, Saturday, 12 July 2014 08:30 (nine years ago) link

we're watching The Last Ship but it's gone from stupid fun to boring, so i dunno how highly i'd recommend it

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 July 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link

Leftovers is worthwhile imo

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 July 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link

I was genuinely lolling at that ep of The Last Ship where they take out the evil Taleban henchmen without breaking sweat, but it is the lowest type of military hardware worshipping dreck. Turn is a very decent series and Penny Dreadful blows hot and cold but is definitely worth sticking with for the decent episodes. Catch Fire is ridiculous and suffers from too many gratuitous scenes of characters blasting out music, but it is still fun. It took me a couple of ep's to recognise Lee Pace as the dude who was very good in spielberg's Lincoln movie.

xelab, Saturday, 12 July 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link

You're the first person I've seen say anything complimentary about Turn. Then again I've barely seen anyone talking about it

Number None, Saturday, 12 July 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link

I have heard good things about Turn

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 July 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link

It probably suffered from starting while some of the big guns were still running and not really flying out of the traps in the first few episodes.

xelab, Saturday, 12 July 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link

The worst thing about The Last Ship is that that fucking thing is irl equipped with almost every possible weapon like ie HELLO GUIDED MISSILE

The show should should be like
"The Russians say they want-"
***KABLAM!!!****
"Nevermind"

It's the end of the world & theyre acting like it's a carrier & oh well guess we should go to shore & shoot at things in person with our guns wtf

And the Captain is doing his worst community theater interpretation of Kurt Russell. There's a line where 'steely-eyed squinting' crosses over to 'chronic myopia'

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 July 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link

He says "Put 'em in the drink" and big fucking cannon sends non-deadly arsenal that topples dingy with millimetre precision accuracy from miles away. I bet that happens all the time!

xelab, Saturday, 12 July 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link

And blasting a choral reef with a torpedo is not cool!

xelab, Saturday, 12 July 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link

fucking hell, red wine spelling.

xelab, Saturday, 12 July 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link

first ep of last ship is so fucking stupid but pretty fun, jingoistic nonsense and all.
"badass sir..."
[me from my couch] "....BADASS!"
".... BADASS!"

the lowest type of military hardware worshipping dreck

wish they would've sidestepped this shit entirely and just done it battlestar sci-fi style. this show is basically Lee Greenwood's Star Trek afaict

I am deep into the second season of Hannibal; this show is fucking awesome.

Married and You're the Worst were surprisingly well-written first episodes. Was expecting less, both are pretty solid!

Satisfaction was kinda stupid but at least equal opportunity stupid? More of a guilty pleasure. Rush, even less so and probably not worth watching the second episode. Welcome to Sweden is garbage unfortunately.


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