So I'm looking for TV shows I can watch when I'm hungover/bored/in bed etc, I've pretty much watched all mine a couple times and need some new ones.
Here's what I've been through of (each season)
House
Scrubs
Grey's Anatomy (lol)
Entourage
Poker After Dark
High Stakes Poker
Family Guy
Californication
Lost
Prison Break
Underbelly
Scrubs, Entourage and Californication were my favourite funny ones and Lost, Prison Break and Underbelly the best non-comedy ones
ATM I'm downloading the Sopranos which I hope to get into but please recommend me some more!
You guys are kidding me? ANYTHING on TV with a storyline is so fuckin gay. Superbad acting. Super cheesy story line. Really bad directing and editing. I have not seen a single motion picture on TV that is above 4 of 10. Only bands of brothers gets high but thats a mini series so that doesn't count.
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For shows, for a comedy I really liked Arrested Development i thought it was great. For a non comedy, you have to check out the wire, easily the best tv show EVER! Also, I started watching Sopranos a month or two ago, and its pretty tight.
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JonnyCosMo   United States. Apr 28 2008 11:27. Posts 7292
On April 28 2008 10:20 capaneo wrote:
You guys are kidding me? ANYTHING on TV with a storyline is so fuckin gay. Superbad acting. Super cheesy story line. Really bad directing and editing. I have not seen a single motion picture on TV that is above 4 of 10. Only bands of brothers gets high but thats a mini series so that doesn't count.
Says the guy trying to get you to watch the History channel....
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JonnyCosMo   United States. Apr 28 2008 11:27. Posts 7292
Dexter is a must btw...
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Feiticeira   United Kingdom. Apr 28 2008 11:31. Posts 3047
The West Wing seasons 1-4
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alphablend   United States. Apr 28 2008 11:32. Posts 2424
The only show I watch is the office, and educational shows because im a nerd like that. Anything on the discovery network
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rANDY   United Kingdom. Apr 28 2008 11:38. Posts 2223
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
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TheHuHu   United States. Apr 28 2008 12:17. Posts 4271
Dexter and The Shield easily. I've heard really good things about Breaking Bad as well.
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shaneomac   United States. Apr 28 2008 12:27. Posts 4245
ya all above are rly sick shows. id go w lost first, but thats cuz its my favorite show. ill warn u tho once u begin watching it u will watch it through and through cuz its so addicting. heroes and shield are REALLY good too. the shows cap mentioned are really good if you enjoy history channel and discovery channel, which i do.
Oly   United Kingdom. Apr 28 2008 13:22. Posts 3585
Watch Extras, It's what Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant did after The Office. It's slightly less cringy and utterly genius.
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On April 28 2008 11:26 capaneo wrote:
Southpark is good too btw.
It's not good
It's the Royal Flush of TV shows.
btw I just dled season one of californication and ive seen one episode and its awesome.
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qwerty67890   New Zealand. Apr 28 2008 16:31. Posts 14026
The american version of the office is fucking tripe.
but respect to Gervais and Merchant for lining their pockets by spewing a crappy american version for like 5 seasons and letting the UK one remain an unspoiled 2 season + 1 special epic.
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DaEm0niCuS   United States. Apr 28 2008 16:47. Posts 3292
The Wire
Rome
Its always sunny in Philadelphia
the 4400
battle star gallactica
the office
nip tuck
weeds
Arrested Development
If you like dry comedy, Ricky Gevais is a genius in the office (UK) and Extras.
Some others mentioned are worth watching too;
Dexter is a must watch
Band of Brothers is pretty much the best war related thing i've ever seen.
One I like that noone has mentioned is How I Met Your Mother. It's not great, but it's good.
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ToT)MidiaN(   United Kingdom. Apr 28 2008 16:51. Posts 5070
Green Wing. It's kind of a British version of scrubs, but tons better (and I'm not saying that cause I dislike scrubs, I actually like it). Agree that Dexter is good. Coupling is decent. Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps is decent (albeit extremely immature)
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qwerty67890   New Zealand. Apr 28 2008 17:06. Posts 14026
The Royal Family is another classic british comedy.
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acdawg712   United States. Apr 28 2008 17:36. Posts 2639
Weeds is amazing
Dexter is super amazing
24 is great, and there's 6 seasons to boot.
The Office could be the funniest show I have ever seen.
Seinfield is also very funny.
Curb Your Enthusiam is also in the same boat.
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The Shield is a well written story that should be watched from season 1 to 6 since its not your average crappy show wich no sequence (House etc) or randomly written as it advances pushing season after season (lost heroes).
So if you want to watch The Shield definitely watch it all, it improves and the best is the last season but it would suck if you dont watch it from the beginning.
baal, house advances =o its not at the same pace though
def agree about needing to see 1-6 otherwise u just wont understand shit probably
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
What season is when they blow up the Russian guy ? I think its the end of some season cuz they stopped running it on tv after that and it sucked cuz I was really hooked on it
Not enough love for Heroes in this thread.
It's such an amazing show, it's insane.
Also the Sopranos is so key.
give them nothing, but take from them.. everything.
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FrinkX   United States. Apr 29 2008 06:30. Posts 7562
dexter 100%.
download band of brothers hbo miniseries about world war 2. it is absolutely amazing and one of my favorite tv/movie/etc ever.
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Golden Ghost   Netherlands. Apr 29 2008 07:09. Posts 285
Go watch some oldies.
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The new statesman / Bottom (or anything with Rik Mayall for that matter)
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MARSHALL28   United States. Apr 29 2008 08:11. Posts 1904
I think all the good ones have been named. Here's my list:
Dramas/Action:
1. Dexter-- I think I might even be owed some gratitude for introducing this to quite a few people.
2. House .. so much leveling going on constantly, most clever show on TV.
3. Lost..Don't ever watch it on TV, buy the whole series otherwise it'll drive you nuts with the cliffhangers at the end of every episode
4. 24 (how can you hate Jack Bauer?) -- Same thing as Lost though, you can't watch it on TV, you have to get the entire series.
Comedies:
1. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM -- THERE IS NOT A SHOW EVER CREATED FUNNIER THAN THIS CRAP!! If you haven't seen it, there's 6 seasons and 10 episodes a season ... go get it, quick.
2. Entourage ... looks like HBO has decided they are going to make it their cornerstone since the Sopranos has completed, meaning we have lots of seasons to look forward to : )
3. The Office..duh
Can't be categorized:
Californication ... This could fit in as a drama, a comedy, a tragedy, dark humor .. i dunno how to describe it but the show is genius, David Duchovny plays such a G in it, looking very forward to season 2.
Weeds .. I used to watch this show w/ my girlfriend, it's gotten pretty lame, however, has grown on me a bit just because I've followed the characters and whatnot for like 2 seasons, plus I used to slang weight -- I'd have to say it's not very realistic in the sense of a show about drug dealing...at least from my experiences. Show that I think is the best representation of suburban drug dealing would have to be ................... i cant even think of one cuz none of them have really nailed it. The movie Alpha Dog came close just because there are so many retarded drug dealers and that movie definitely outlined one. Oh yeah, the movie Layer Cake. Most realistic movie with a background in drug dealing. Nothing else comes close.
LOL I remember in a scene in Dexter where Lila just goes up to some random kid on the street and buys roofies off of him ... there's no way that crap ever happens IRL. GL ever even finding roofies, if I had a lot of money, I would bet agaisnt anyone's ability to find them.
On April 29 2008 01:53 ggplz wrote:
baal, house advances =o its not at the same pace though
def agree about needing to see 1-6 otherwise u just wont understand shit probably
but its not a "story" its just a series of episodes, kinda like CSI.. it advances to give some sense of continuity however it doesnt have any but a very weak story besides the episodes, which are actually decent at first then they get awfully repetitive, again kinda like CSI it started strong and interesting, then it got repetitive to finally evolve into retarded where they found a micro fiber 35km away that only shoes made in an italian island have... and all that shit to figure out the death one 1 random hobo... house evolved into that quite fast too.
The Shield is definitely above that kind of tv show.
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Twisted   Netherlands. May 07 2008 07:24. Posts 10422
Also;
Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles
Quite amusing.
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RonK1337   Australia. May 07 2008 08:23. Posts 268
LEAUGE OF GENTLEMENT!! Very good english comedy much better than little britain or any of that.
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RonK1337   Australia. May 07 2008 08:24. Posts 268
P.S here is a sample.
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Sennpu   Canada. May 07 2008 08:40. Posts 1960
you guys forgot the most important one.
Family Guys.
then she ask me my qualities n bad qualities. so i tell her truth and she kinda laugh at me lol. then i ask her for hers and she gtg. i think it going ok. -Floofy
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XoXthajmanXoX   United States. May 07 2008 08:48. Posts 834
On April 28 2008 11:27 The72o wrote:
dexter
the shield
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS!!!!
I will second Flight of the Conchords. Also watch every episode you can get your hands on of The Ofiice (US). Family Guy, Chapelle Show, Monk is decent but gets kinda predictable after awhile. . .still good tho. Seinfeld is a must man. . .fucking easily my favorite show. If you buy one random season and watch it all the way through you'll be hooked worse than crack.
SERIOUSLY!
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XoXthajmanXoX   United States. May 07 2008 08:51. Posts 834
I don't get it man. . . .after all the Dexter talk in this thread I gave it a shot and it didn't do it for me. Maybe it was all the build-up
SERIOUSLY!
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The72o   Zimbabwe. May 07 2008 09:58. Posts 6112
due south is also cool (old schooooool)
A Hard Way to Make an Easy Living
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Ket   United Kingdom. May 07 2008 10:16. Posts 8665
i dont mean to hijack a thread about tv shows but dammit this shiz is better than tv shows!
and buy a premium rapidshare account if you dont already have one, sooooo much better for downloading than torrents or anything else
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kantoiki   Australia. May 07 2008 10:32. Posts 3818
two and a half men
my name is earl
everybody loves raymond
drawn together
gilmore girls
boston legal
scrubs
the office
futurama
boondocks
gossip girl
stargate sg1
one piece
bleach
Shows that I'm following/watching/watched
muckv - i have an iq of 180 and i want someone to teach me how to take a shit IN the toilet.
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Shenny   Canada. May 07 2008 10:36. Posts 1514
friday night lights
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Gumster   Sweden. May 07 2008 11:21. Posts 2291
im with capaneo on this one, people watch too much shit..
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