Favorite TV Series! (recommendations and discussions)

[CheapJon]

So what's you favorite TV shows?

What are you following right now and which ones are your favorites all time?

Recommend your favorite shows and discuss them with fellow fans. Be sure to warn about spoilers and stuff!

So yeah.. you know. go go go!

[AxlReznor]

My favourite shows of all time are Lost, The X-Files, 24 and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. There's actually nothing much that I watch on TV now that all of those shows have finished. I've watched some True Blood, but that's gone downhill over the last couple of years. Want to check out Game Of Thrones, but I don't have the channel that it's aired on.

[Sober_times]

My favourite shows of all time are Lost, The X-Files, 24 and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. There's actually nothing much that I watch on TV now that all of those shows have finished. I've watched some True Blood, but that's gone downhill over the last couple of years. Want to check out Game Of Thrones, but I don't have the channel that it's aired on.

24 and The X-files were pretty good shows.

I've only watched a few Buffy The Vampire Slayer episodes and could never really get into it. But I loved Angel.

Currently I watch lots of shows, when I can. I love Californication. I think its one of the best shows on tv and can't get enough of it. I also really like Justified on FX. Really like Hell On Wheels, a western show about building the union pacific railroad. And I love Psych. Shawn and Gus are hilarious. I like more than that but thats good for now.

My all Time favorite show is The Wire. But I also loved the Shield, Deadwood, Terriers, Life, and a few more.

[CheapJon]

I'm a huge fan of lots of shows. New and old.

I download most of them from torrents, otherwise I could not go on the internet will spoilers everywhere.

Just finished Arrested Development yesterday, hil-fucking-arious, watched it in 4 days. Cool it's getting a new season in 2013 on netflix!

Shows I currently follow:
Californication
Weeds (probably should have given up seasons ago, not what it used to be, same goes for Californication)
Dexter (Giving the upcoming season a couple of episodes, have dipped in quality IMO)
Homeland (season start sept 30th!)
Suits
Boss (Kelsey "Frasier" Grammer as the corrupt mayor of Chicago!)
Breaking Bad
Hell on Wheels
Mad Men
South Park
Shameless (US version, might pick up the UK version)
Eastbound & Down
Game of Thrones
Spartacus
New Girl (in love with Zooey)


Some old favorites that are not on the air anymore:
Lost
Firefly (Insane how a show this good could get cancelled after one season!)
Awake
Rescue Me
Death Note (I've never seen anim? before or since but this was soo good, I'll check out more anime sometime)

Just got the first season of The Office (UK) and Downloaded the first 4 episodes of Justified. Cool you mentioned it, Sober_times!

Have a word document with several pages with shows that i'll see whenever I get the time 

[AxlReznor]

Ah... if you want to check out more anime, be sure to give Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex a watch. The second season is much better than the first, but the first has some great moments, too.

[westcoast_junkie]

Bonanza.
Gotta mention Dexter and The Wire too though:)

[Gunner80]

The Simpsons. Nothing will ever top that for me.

[Sober_times]

The Simpsons. Nothing will ever top that for me.

Seriously. Love it.

It looks like me and CheapJon agree on a lot of shows. Most of that list I like a lot too. I also get a lot of shows from torrents. Edit: Except on Californication. I still love it, 3rd season disappointed me(didn't like Kathleen Turner or Professor story-lines) but other than that I think its still really funny and really good.

One show not mentioned here that I happen to like a lot and forgot to mention is Community. I love it and find it absolutely hilarious(though its not for everyone). Too bad they have new show runners now for its fourth season. I am thinking they are going to drift away from most of the humor that is definitely targeted to a specific audience.

[CheapJon]

Ah... if you want to check out more anime, be sure to give Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex a watch. The second season is much better than the first, but the first has some great moments, too.

One show not mentioned here that I happen to like a lot and forgot to mention is Community.

both of these are on my list of shows to see. now that you've recommended them they'll move a bit higher in priority! 

[AxlsMainMan]

Breaking Bad (Best show on TV)
Six Feet Under (Michael C. Hall from Dexter plays a gay funeral director)
OZ (HBO's prison drama - pretty dope)
The Mentalist (Best show on CBS)
Mad Men
NYPD: Blue
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (D'Onofrio is a criminally underrated actor)
Modern Family
Happy Endings (Elisha Cuthbert is still hot, and this show is pretty funny)
The Big Bang Theory

[Chief]

Parks and Recreation (my current favorite)
Mad Men
The Office
Star Wars Clone Wars (really good actually, better than the first 3 movies!)
just finished an older show The IT Crowd which was pretty funny

[Eazy E]

The best show on TV right now is hands down Breaking Bad!  First show in a long time where I'm itching to watch each new episode - I'm just as excited for new episodes as I am for big budget movies that you have to wait years to see (ex. Batman).

My second favourite right now is Game of Thrones... However, I am reading the books as well, so I might enjoy it more because I find it more coherent.  It's also cool to make comparisons between the two or wait for your favourite moments to be played out, etc.

On the comedy side, my two favourites are Parks & Recreation and Community - with a slight edge to Parks.  (Props to AxlsMainMan & Chief for their good taste!)

Top shows that aren't on the air anymore:
Drama - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Everything Joss touches is gold)
Comedy - Seinfeld (off the air for almost 15 years and I can still watch it and die of laughter)

[jarmo]

The Wire was awesome.


Some series I watched, or still watch: The Sopranos, The West Wing, Rescue Me, Dexter, The IT Crowd, Twin Peaks, Fawlty Towers, Seinfeld, Six Feet Under, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Californication, Eastbound & Down....




/jarmo

[CheapJon]

Workaholics is one of the funniest new sit-coms IMO. watched it this summer. There's been 3 seasons.

Parks and Recreation (my current favorite)

Star Wars Clone Wars (really good actually, better than the first 3 movies!)

I was close to download the first season of "parks..." yesterday actually! i'll check it out soon!

Watched the first 2 seasons or so of the clone wars then I just stopped. dunno why really, might pick it up again sometime even though I can't remember where i left off.

talking about animated series. Last year I watched the complete "Spider-man - the animated series". it was great. lots of jokes that I didn't understand as a kid. much better than any of the movies IMO.

The best show on TV right now is hands down Breaking Bad!  First show in a long time where I'm itching to watch each new episode - I'm just as excited for new episodes as I am for big budget movies that you have to wait years to see (ex. Batman).

My second favourite right now is Game of Thrones... However, I am reading the books as well, so I might enjoy it more because I find it more coherent.  It's also cool to make comparisons between the two or wait for your favourite moments to be played out, etc.

On the comedy side, my two favourites are Parks & Recreation and Community - with a slight edge to Parks.  (Props to AxlsMainMan & Chief for their good taste!)

Top shows that aren't on the air anymore:
Drama - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Everything Joss touches is gold)
Comedy - Seinfeld (off the air for almost 15 years and I can still watch it and die of laughter)

pretty much agree with everything you said regarding BrBa!

I've been considering reading the GoT books but haven't gotten around to do it yet. We'll see.

"Buffy" - I remember watching it as a kid and thought it was pretty good. Is it still good to check out as an adult? Figured it might be corny or somehing?

[LongGoneDay]

I don't watch TV shows religiously, with the exception being I got hooked on the US version of Shameless.
Seinfeld never gets old, either.

[rebelhipi]

cool topic

now follow

house
south park
nanny (so oldschool)
top gear

old gold
lost
my name is earl
friends
...

[CheapJon]

I've tried a couple of new shows this week. None of them stuck with me.

I watched 10 episodes of Entourage, figured it just wasn't for me. I can explain but I won't unless you ask. 

Justified, watched 4 episodes. Didn't live up to my expectations so I bailed on it as well.

Parks & R... Only watched an episode, might not have been enough and might get another shot sometime, wanna see what's Ron 'fuckin' Swanson is about. Not a big fan of Amy Poehler.

Watched the first episode of 24 last night, this is a show that I've been meaning to start see for a long time. I'll check out some more episodes!

[WAR41]

I like this topic... here is a list of all of the shows I loved since I was a kid (including those inactive).  I will try to separate the list into 2 parts:

Inactive
Oz
The Wire
Carnivale
Entourage
Tales From the Crypt
The Tudors
Masters of Horror
Bored to Death
Flight of the Conchords
Big Love
Da Ali G Show
Six Feet Under
The Sopranos
Autopsy
Dream On
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Joe Millionaire (yes I'm serious)
The Super Mario Brothers Super show (also serious)
Cheers
Spin City
Just Shoot Me
3rd Rock From the Sun
The X-Files
Twin Peaks
24

Active
Game of Thrones
American Horror Story
The Walking Dead
Eastbound and Down
South Park
The Simpsons
Family Guy
American Dad
The Cleveland Show
Dexter
Homeland
Falling Skies
Breaking Bad
The Soup
Boardwalk Empire
True Blood (its so bad now)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Borgias
Jersey Shore (I grew up near Seaside, give me a break!)
Archer
Harvey Birdman
Robot Chicken

[Sober_times]

Justified, watched 4 episodes. Didn't live up to my expectations so I bailed on it as well.

Stick with it, it gets so much better. I watched the first 2 episodes and stopped watching but than went back to it later. The first season it doesn't know what it wants to be. It still has that case of the week type feeling mixed in. But the story is really well done as the season goes on. And than each season are season long stories. They really connect the dots and do a good job of people paying for their actions. The characters on that show are really well done as time goes on. It becomes a very good series once it finds its groove. Season 2 was better than 1. And season 3 is just amazing. I can't wait for 4.

[Chief]

I also really enjoyed the IT Crowd and 24.

I saw the entire run of 24, and it was entertaining, but had a few ups and downs. definitely worth watching!