Wondering if anyone could recommend any excellent TV shows. For reference, I just finished watching Better Call Saul, and very much enjoyed the style of storytelling. Also really liked Silicon Valley.
i'm currently watching parks and rec, and finding the humour a bit forced.
I haven't had a tv connected to free to air since 2007, I've still seen most of these shows.
agree animation is great
though…some stories are just so random
Mixed bags of odd sorts
ps NSF material
Black Sails
Fargo
True Detective
American gods
Atlanta
Homeland
Mr Robot
Outcast
Preacher
Ray Donovan
The Wire (The Bestest)
Ray Donovan - forgot about that one! Great show.
Atlanta is excellent
good enough to set my beef with childish gambino aside? i hate what he's done to rap just as much as i hate with lil pump has done to it
Lol. Gambino isn't the problem with rap. He's just exploiting like every other Lil out there. Gotta respect that he's a writer, comedian, rapper etc He's hanging up his boots anyway so your beef can be put to rest. And to answer your question, Atlanta is very well written and delivers each episode. No news on when he's writing season 3 as he's too damm busy.
Fargo is great. Might check out these other shows
Black sails is awesome if you like pirates
Fargo season 1 is great. Season 2, meh.
+1 for Black Sails. It didn't ever get promoted very well - I discovered it after reading some article on "X best TV shows you've never heard of". Bloody good.
So many good ones already thrown up, a few more (mostly Netflix cause I'm a simple man):
Bloodline
Master of none
Sinner
True detective (S1 is excellent)
Dirty john
13 reasons why
Russian doll
The OA (warning: pretty out there, got to look past the weird movements they do, really changes up is season 2)
Crude but funny cartoons:
Paradise PD
F is for Family
Rick and Morty
Final space (bit slow to start)
Big mouth (bit more hit and miss than the above)
Currently watching The OA - first couple of episodes are a bit yawn but I have been told to push past as it gets better!
It is a slow build and some real weirdness but worth it, keep it going and you will be going WTF in no time :)
I'm currently watching the second season and I can't shake the feeling that they're flying by the seat of their pants. They're trying hard to tie it all together, but they just feel like they're making up more shit whenever they hit a snag. I'm not really sure that there's a real end game to it. The fact that it's created and written by the main character probably doesn't give me hope.
@macrocephalic: Man, wait till you get to the last episode then. My eyebrows are only just starting to return below my hairline…
Final space was good but Paradise PD?
Got through 1 episode and friend who is a big Family Guy fan, didn't even make it through 1 episode.
Billions. Highly recommended - much better than Suits with a strong cast. It's about rich, dodgy and powerful hedge fund managers vs. also borderline corrupt and politically motivated federal lawyers.
Season 4 just started so you'll catch up easily.
A+. I loved Suits, but Billions has a fantastic cast and fantastic acting.
ps - sorry for the neg :( no idea how I did and I can't remove it now!
Oz
The Duece
The Wire
Sopranos
Curb
Its always sunny in Philadelphia
The Norm Show
Cops
Hello Ladies
Barry
Silicon Valley
Eastbound and Down
Mr Robot
Eastbound and down - binge worthy and really goes off with a bang first episode, no warming up to it's style like some shows.
The worst thing about the show is that it finished :(
Man I gotta finish East Bound & Down! Is it streaming anywhere, or shall I fish out me eyepatch?
Psych
Santa Clarita Diet
Scrubs
Fraiser
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Based on their preferences, they wont like any of those shows very much.
frasier is great. watched it a long time ago - before i had internet. brooklyn 99 gets a lot of love on reddit, but im not sure if thats just because US redditors love terry crews or not.
If your against parks and rec, its of the same vein of forced humour. I love it personally.
Wild wild country on netlix
American Gods is good
Kenny vs Spenny
Awwww nostalgia
(watch the full episodes on YouTube)
If you like David Attenborough, I can't recommend enough David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities. It's absolutely fantastic and you learn some really weird shizen.
I thought narcos on Netflix was amazing. There's 4 seasons atm. 3 in Colombia 1 in Mexico.
British comedy 8 out of 10 cats does countdown and Would I lie to you and something different Deadwood.. SBS has great shows on I-view
Justified
Terror
Family guy
Rick and morty
Sherlock - benedict cumberbadbatch
Narcos
Fargo
The haunting of hill house
Deadwood
Amercican gods
The unit
Tired.. here you go https://www.imdb.com/list/ls008957859/
Cumberbadbatch?
LOL - Maybe Benedict prefers Cumbergoodbatch.
Arrested Development -seasons 1,2,3 - I think it went downhill after that.
Like a lead balloon! I struggled through a couple EPs of season 4 because I just couldn't believe how bad it had gotten…
Grimm
Killjoy
Impulse
The Blacklist
Homeland
The man in the High Castle
Titans
These are on Netflix
Queen of the South
Animal Kingdom
You
Dirty John
Dynasty
The OA
The Expanse
Peaky Blinders (on Netflix)
Sex Education
Last Kingdom on Netflix
Loved the books - really enjoyed the series.
Can't wait for the new season.
Go Uhtred.
Friday Night Dinner
You're welcome.
Reminded me of Friday night lights, that was a good show!
This is the only show that appeals to me out of this whole thread thus far. Fantastic sitcom, which actually features real, plausible characters as opposed to the 2-D pastiche characters you find in American sitcoms.
If you love TV series and always on the look out, checkout the app TV Time.
Has great recommendations based on your TV series interests.
I'm loving The Umbrella Academy currently
unfortunately i dont have the time or the patience to try out shows. the only reason i started watching silicon valley was because i first watched it with subtitles on someone else's screen on a plane when i couldnt sleep. the acting, characters and plotlines are fantastic in it and i cant even choose a favourite character.
As you enjoyed Better Call Saul & Breaking Bad, you may also like Bloodline. Took me a few episodes to get into but really enjoyed how the series evolved, becoming quite tense (but slow) in the final season.
although breaking bad was great, it was painfully slow at times and the character development was lacking on the supporting cast. id give it a 7 or an 8 as its far from perfect.
Dollhouse
Except that it ends badly and in a hurry.
At least it's wrapped up. Still worth watching IMO.
If you want to try something different, give 'Resurrection Ertugrul' a shot, been described similar to GoT (G version) its slow start but u get hooked in quickly theyre now in 5th season, 150 episodes each 2 hours long
I really enjoyed Westworld but noticed in the comments above that you already watched that.
Some others that I enjoyed:
Kingdom (Korean series on Netflix)
Sex Education
Orange is the New Black
The Good Doctor - I watched the US remake, not the Korean original it was based on however.
Manifest
westworld is awesome. only one or two average episodes from memory. orange is also highly enjoyable and one of the few with an almost all female cast, which keeps things fresh. it even has budget chris pratt in it.
Vikings
Great show. Season 1-4 anyway.
Unfortunately I think it started to go downhill after a certain character was no longer on it.
yes he was awesome, i agree the first 4 seasons rock
The Umbrella Academy
Real Humans. Great Swedish series.
absolut!
hej!
The Littlest Hobo
+1 for most random pop culture. I see your Littlest Hobo and up you a Small Wonder.
We're in the most saturated period of television in history, with more great and good shows than it's even possible to watch. Yet you still feel the need to ask? Even the most cursory google will give you dozens of up-to-date lists.
Anyway, how has nobody mentioned Orphan Black yet!? Or Utopia!? Or Broadchurch!?
Edit: Bonus, the one good Australian show I'v ever seen (other than All Aussie Adventures of course), Underbelly season 1, basically our Sopranos, just that season though was brilliant.
Orphan Black is definitely worth watching.
the problem is the saturation. we're spoilt for choice, which means i have much less time to consume all good things while they're contextually relevant. did you ever watch pizza? pretty decent comedy without too much crap in it. kath and kim was also pretty good.
After Breaking Bad and Saul everything is going to be a letdown in comparison IMO
My list, American Gods, Falling Skies, Star trek discovery.
The Wire is better than Breaking bad and Saul
Black Sails right up there as well
Haha no. Different yes, better no. They're on the same level.
Lets agree to disagree!
Haha
lol The Wire was definitely better. A lot more realistic/believable, with a better (and more thought-out) ending that went full cycle. I truly loved Breaking Bad, but the way that the big bads in the last season came out of nowhere was pathetic.
bob odenkirk absolutely makes saul goodman happen. without him the show wouldnt be worth mentioning, even though the other actors are very believable. i find the plotline much more logical and entertaining than breaking bad, too. jesse pinkman irked me a lot.
Also way less filler
Some of my favourites from Netflix…
Peaky Blinders
The Umbrella Academy
Black Mirror
Love Death + Robots
DC's Titans
On Freeview..
Cleverman (ABC)
Das Boot (SBS)
Handmaid's Tale (SBS)
On Netflix also The Kingdom (Korean Zombie series)
Any good wider international series? looking to expand my interest & view points of the world
Green Door is really good (Taiwanese made in mandarin).
6 episodes available on Netflix.
if you can handle anime, both attack on titan and death note are great.
Yay! An attack on titan fellow! Go check out some of my recommendations. Have you tried Psychopass yet?
Star trek - the next generation
Aussie stuff on ABC/SBS
Harrow
Newtons Law
The Time of Our Lives
The Gods of Wheat Street
I also love UKTV
Vera
Cold Feet
Silent Witness
Parks and Rec
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Seinfeld
A Moody Christmas
Banshee
Entourage
Flight of the Conchords
Its always Sunny in Philadelphia
Old School
Plebs
Rock & Morty
Silicon Valley
Suits
The Following
The League
The Orville
Upper Middle Bogan
The League is so good! Together with Happy Endings those two shows kept me happy for a while!
Here's some from the past couple of years that I enjoyed and haven't seen mentioned yet:
Drama
Half and Catch Fire
Britannia
Godless
Snowfall
Castle Rock
Taboo
The Terror
Sci Fi
Travelers
Channel Zero
Altered Carbon
The 100
Dark Matter
Comedy
Bojack Horseman
Who is America
Impractical Jokers
Our Cartoon President
+1 for both Altered Carbon and The 100 - top sci fi!
Netflix only TV show recommendations:
Narcos (only season 1 and 2, 3 is where they sell out)
Brooklyn99 (classic)
Stranger Things (classic)
Black mirror (duh)
Maniac (takes 3 episodes before you know what's happening. Really good ending)
Magic for Humans (best)
End of the F****** world (weird but good)
Limitless (watch the movie, then the series, then remember that the series is cancelled)
Everything Sucks (it's good, I promise. Praying for season 2)
Fargo (season 1, the others can be ignored. Fight me on this)
Altered Carbon (questionable ethics and morals - the TV show)
The good place (more like great place)
Umbrella Academy (slow but good - great action, weird story)
Happy (you either love it or hate it. Dark, definitely out there, but overall good)
Archer (garbage American Animation that gives you too many opportunities to quote it)
Chill with Bob Ross (as described)
Suits (definitely good)
Dirk Gentleys (what is going on, I don't even know. I love it. It's not coming back.)
stranger things is fairly good. nothing groundbreaking, but easy and fun to watch.
Did you watch all of Fargo? S2 starts out week, but it actually gets really good. I agree with S3 though, what a waste.
Also, high five for Dirk Gently! Worst cancellation ever =(
nah, i watched a few episodes and was let down. I've given up on it.
and yeah - it left it at such a good spot to lead into a 3rd season.. broke my heart. I don't regret it one bit.
Go back! Season 2 ends up getting quite good, but yes the first few episodes are a let down.
I keep hoping Dirk Gently will come back, it was so well set up for the 3rd season! You should check out Killing Eve and The Good Place. I think you’d like them :)
my tv is not connected to local channels