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One of the best shows was really a Canada-only type of thing
That show was the Trailer Park Boys and without Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, I'd be in an asylum having nothing to nurse a nervous breakdown with haha
But really, it was a great show and very clever. What on the surface looked like low-brow humor was actually well-thought and planned comedy gold.
If anybody needs to laugh I suggest watching an episode of it.
Can we include non-current TV?
If so, then Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister, Fawlty Towers, 'Allo 'Allo and Blackadder must go on the list of fantastic television... if only they could make stuff like that today!
Oh yes!!! Best sitcom in the history of television, IMHO. Funny how the best television shows seem to only last no more than two years (Monty Python, Twin Peaks).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
What about The Office?!?!?!?!
(The American version, of course)
Maybe? It's a huge yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
NCIS shares the top spot on my list.
Honestly, the Gervais-headed UK Office is considerably better, in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
Where's my hell yeah?
-Grandpa
I like the US version but the UK Office is a television classic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Aeons
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is what I think the smartest comedy-shows to be on tv in years. Its perverse cruelty, unsympathetic and nihilstic characters are the absolute antithesis to these boring sentimental and corny sitcoms in which everybody always hugs each other in bitter irony at the end. A true sucssessor to Seinfeld.
I discovered this show called "Life" and I really like it. Of course, it's no longer on; I am watching the episodes online at NBC....It's a good edgy detective cop story with some quirky characters and interesting plots and entanglements. I am trying to put together the various clues to why the main character was framed and sent to prison unjustly; each segment ends with him gazing at a wall with photos that make up a diagram of possible connections to the perpetrators in his own case. My friend watched it when it aired and she said it was a good show and we both wondered why they took it off the air. Anybody here see the show before? Just curious.
That show was great. I loved Tom Collins. "Randy will NOT jump the cheeseburger unless he has a marijuana cigarette."Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Aeons
Another wickedly awesome Canadian TV show:
THE LITTLEST HOBO!
Holy mackeral, I loved that german shepard.
I used to love that show as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1FCDCiosk
House, M.D. is definitely the best TV show, in my mind.
The Big Bang Theory. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Sheldon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX0FX...rom=PL&index=1
I know, right??:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
I'm currently obsessed with Doctor Who and Torchwood. Hello Ianto and Captain Jack!
I never get tired of "Seinfeld"!!
Serenity now!!!
Oh, Janine, I loved that show! Of course I'm a sucker for anything Damian Lewis does but apart from the obvious eye candy, I thought it was very well done. It had unique characters and plots, wonderful actors and the music was just amazing! I have bought so much music because I was introduced to it through that show. I have a Life playlist on iTunes and it's one of my favorite playlists. The final scene of the last show just killed me, knowing that we would never see the resolution. I had read somewhere that they were trying to shop it around to a couple of cable networks but obviously, that didn't happen. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
And Shalot and Papaya, yes, The Big Bang is brilliant. I'm a newcomer to it, just happened upon it by accident but what a happy accident it was! :nod:
I will stay home, cancel important dates and whatnot for
GLEE!
Yes, I am a 'gleek' and very proud of it....LOL
~Cat :p
How'd I miss this one? I love me some It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I find myself often saying "awwww really?" especially when the one guy tried to seduce the other guy's mother.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
The Office (US version) is a suprisingly high quality show. Steve Carrol may possibly be the master of comedic delivery in television today because it's not what he says that is funny, but how he says it. His facial expression. Subtle little details. An excellent show.
seinfeld is my favorite
I actually learned English just by watching Seinfeld.
i´m the wiz and noooobody beats me
Agreed. A very different show to its progenitor but unquestionably funny nevertheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
The Guardian recently published a list of the 50 best television dramas of all time.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-rad...evision-dramas
Personally, I think their radar is way off. It is perhaps to be expected that several solid rather than brilliant British programs (mini-series included) found their way to the top end of the list. And I can deal with The Sopranos at #1. The real crime, however, is The Wire at 14. One of the major creative achievements of the last 25 years, period. And it gets rolled by Queer as Folk for christ's sake. And no Deadwood. Pfft. Philistines.
I must say that I am shocked that in whole thread nobody mentioned Only Fools And Horses!
Also, who likes shows about mafia - leave lousy and unreal Sopranos (I really don't understand how could someone after watching The Godfather triology watch that crap) and try to look for Brigada, series about Russian mafia; much more realistic then The Sopranos.
lol, Coronation Street.Quote:
Originally Posted by sixsmith
This show is the best.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...screenshot.jpg
I caught an episode the other night. The guy was in a desert somewhere, eating spiders and generally getting his Daniel Boone on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirtbag
:lol: That's fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by marcolfo
The Life and Loves of a She Devil, is a glaring omission. It was one of those rare dramas where you had no idea what would happen next.
And what about Pride and Predjudice - the Colin Firth one?
Scenes from a Marriage and Carnivale. Curb Your Enthusiasm was a great series, but they lost the dynamic in the finale season. I like the American Office better than the original, but they seem to be milking it nowadays. I have to give Gervais and Merchant credit for moving on after two seasons (series). I did enjoy Extras and I have to admit that I watched it more for Merchant as Darren Lamb than anything else, but it had a great comedic dynamic all around.
There's a great one with Will Ferrell. I have only seen maybe three eps, but yeah, it's a good show. (apparently there is 'a bit' of editing or staging or whatever, and that caused some controversy--but he is pretty hardcore, and the controversy was maybe overdone in the big scheme of things...).Quote:
Originally Posted by sixsmith
If I may--Best Western--Have Gun Will Travel; Best private show--Tie between Rockford Files and Harry O; Best medical drama--Dr. Kildare for the old timers, ER for the newbies; Best spy series: Danger Man/Secret Agent (in one hour format); Comedy--Cheers; Best Drama--original Fugitive series with David Jannssen; Best guilty pleasures -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Le Femme Nikita and Dallas.
Oh, I haven't thought of Le Femme Nikita for quite awhile. I loved that show...or perhaps it was just the character of Michael I loved. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mtpspur
AND Fanny and Alexander.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
Kieślowski's Dekalog is great as well.
I haven't seen Fanny and Alexander yet.:blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
I have to check out Dekalog as well.
Has anybody watched Von Trier's Riget?
Oh, that is such an amazing film! Among my favorites of Bergman's.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
Well I haven't seen Scenes from a Marriage yet :blush: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
Oh, that's a good one too! Very emotionally exhausting...as most of his films are I suppose but it seems like this one was a little more wrenching.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
Idk, but for some reason I was kind of suprised to learn about this mini-series. The fact that this had enough supernatural elements in it to inspire Stephen King to base a mini-series off of it doesn't sound like Von Trier (even though he did make Antichrist). Though I'm sure it's good. And even though I can hardly imagine a Von Trier limited by television censors, I will definitley have to check it out some time. The sepia tone and wry "Twin Peaks style" humour makes it sound interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
The original Twilight Zone. My heart is a-flutter just thinking about it. I love it to death. :)
I have a framed photo of Rod Serling hanging on the wall beside my bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by thetinkris