Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019

at a meeting now but will be updating with several more in the later afternoon.

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#53 (Tie) - This Time with Alan Partridge (BBC) - 30 points, 3 votes

Alan Partridge comes to BBC America

This Time with Alan Partridge on the BBC 1 Website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77IZttD_pU8

that...was a goal

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#53 (Tie) - The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix) - 30 points, 3 votes

The Dark Crystal

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3_owZfYVR8

https://i.imgur.com/xHntUCN.jpg
#53 (Tie) - Repair Shop (BBC, Netflix) - 30 points, 3 votes

The Repair Shop on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0tpFmcChPs

as someone born in the 90s, i am blissfully ignorant of dark crystal.

and these stills aren't convincing me to take the plunge lol

no offense to moka, whose images are immaculate

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#53 (Tie) - Queer Eye (Netflix) - 30 points, 3 votes

Queer Eye For The Straight Guy WTF

Queer Eye on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SZbVV6eVFk

Love the Repair Shop, just beautiful watching the connection between objects and memory come alive again.

Dark Crystal too low!

Definitely, was at the top of my ballot

Partridge too low

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#53 (Tie) - Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC) - 30 points, 3 votes

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishin on BBC 2 Website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm6HVs3myvI

The way the colour of each of Moka's numbers is picked off a detail of the image is wonderful, and in the case of #53 made me flat out lol.

in the case of #53?

Yes, as in the Alan Partridge one? I found the colour ref of that one downright funny somehow.

agree, but that needed clarification tbf

Can anyone explain Mortimer and Whitehouse Go Fishing to me? I tried an episode and it was opaque.

as someone born in the 90s, i am blissfully ignorant of dark crystal.

and these stills aren't convincing me to take the plunge lol

as someone born in the 70s, i saw Dark Crystal as a kid, thought it was fine at the time, but have no desire to revisit it

I don't watch enough telly to vote in any meaningful way, but would have voted for Gone Fishing. It's a bit like the Trip in that it's beautiful to look at and it happens to have two old men enacting their dotage in it. The difference here is that it's done with a real light touch.

I'm not a big fan of the 'it gets better in season 9!1!!!' argument but this definitely benefits from accumulation (after 3 episodes, I basically dozed through the rest with my eyes open).

it reminded me of the thing Alan Plater said about the best bits of writing on Z Cars being when they were just sitting in the car and chatting about nothing, it was a welcome change from the constant pressure for things to happen on tv

xxp: Still have the warm feels of seeing Dark Crystal at age 10 (and Time Bandits at 9). I recall my playground mates would hum the deepest chords we could manage, mimicking the urRu/Mystics.

They seem absent here.

I'd hope DC:AOR has less CGI, greenscreen, and impossible/weightless camera movements than the highlight reel of the trailer. Just charmless for me.

You should definitely give it a go. There's obviously some CGI but it's done with real puppets and sets and had a charm of its own because of that. It's also got a very good story and is absolutely gorgeous to look at.

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#53 (Tie) - Euphoria (HBO) - 30 points, 3 votes

Euphoria on HBO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziMUD0_TTg0

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#53 (Tie) - Bosch (Amazon) - 30 points, 3 votes

"If you can smoke and drink while doing it, it's not a sport" - a thread for BOSCH

Bosch on Amazon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVtSOTfbEU

hey it's the man in black

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#53 (Tie) - 63 Up (ITV, UK) - 30 points, 3 votes

7-Up (The Michael Apted documentary series)

63 Up Website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugw7hUoJ0C0

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#48 (Tie) - Veronica Mars (Hulu) - 30 points, 4 votes

Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars on Hulu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt0QuaQ0huk

The new season of Veronica Mars seemed about on par with season 2 and 3, though I completely forgot it existed from after I finished watching it until right now.

#48 (Tie) - Tuca and Bertie (Netflix) - 30 points, 4 votes

Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Tuca and Bertie on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZybYIJtbcu0

^ harshly done by

that said I still haven't seen the final one or two

Never before has a single episode torpedoed my liking of a show as much as the Sex Bugs episode of this did. Struggled on for one more but I was done. Shame as this could have been pretty good

opening minute was enough to torpedo my interest

https://i.imgur.com/Dkr6v5b.jpg
#48 (Tie) - The Dragon Prince (Netflix) - 30 points, 4 votes

The Dragon Prince on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc2gmVTb6-k

https://i.imgur.com/O1yCI0A.jpg
#48 (Tie) - Pose (FX) - 30 points, 4 votes

Pose on FX Website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFCY2mITHY

Not familiar with a lot of these Netflix shows but ... lotta parents of young kids voting here?

Sometimes kid content is great on its own terms. I'm going to be voting (quite high) for the latest Shaun The Sheep in our movie poll for example

Would be nice if a few fans of these shows turned up and talked about why they like them though. Do your job ILX!

(I don't have kids. I am a kid.)

Paw Patrol's gotten pretty repetitive in its later seasons which is why I didn't vote for it

dang this is going fast

totally forgot about the new veronica mars episodes, gotta check those out.

i watched and guiltily enjoyed all seasons of bosch but couldn't bring myself to vote for it since i had no memory of what the most recent season was

Paw Patrol With Five Little Buses Pregnant Elsa Scares Pikachu

would you say it's in... TURBO MODE

To Be Filed Under: Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen

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#48 (Tie) - Game of Thrones (HBO) - 30 points, 4 votes

HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones - Thread 2. There are a lot of nerds.

Game of Thrones on HBO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlR4PJn8b8I

I'm still waiting for a single one of my poll selections to show up! I gather at this point that I must like shows that are either very popular or universally hated.

Paw Patrol With Five Little Buses Pregnant Elsa Scares Pikachu

these vids are thankfully mostly gone from YouTube but still when you search "Paw Patrol" the first few results are not of the show but rather of grown-ass men playing with Paw Patrol stuffed animals. they have like 50 million views each.

Sometimes kid content is great on its own terms.

I love Horrible Histories, better than GOT tbh

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#46 (Tie) - Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4) - 33 points, 4 votes

Rolling UK Comedy Thread - "Ricky Don't Lose Larry David's Number

Stath Lets Flats on Channel 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOc_2z34CUc