From on MGM+ is absolutely fantastic. I love the mystery, the horror, and everything else about it. I am excited to see where it goes. I also absolutely love Foundation on Apple TV+, amazing CGI and fantastic world (or universe) building.
. Rilley, Ace Of Spies, a mini series about the life of spy, Sidney Rilley, directed by Martin Campbell who would go on to direct James Bond film ‘Casino Royale’.
. Tracey Takes On…, you may not of heard of Tracey Ullman but you’ve felt her impact. She is most known for being the woman who kinda created The Simpsons. Back in 87 Ullman commissioned Matt Groening to some shorts for the ‘Tracey Ullman Show’ which go on to become ‘The Simpsons’ we know and love today.
. Drawn Together, if you like adult animated comedy on the lines of Family Guy or American Dad with the satire and social critique of South Park and The Boondocks you’ll love Drawn Together.
Black books
Fabulous show. Always frustrated me how much bigger The IT Crowd was than BB.
Frustrated? You need the little book of calm
I think I’ll just drink heavily and shout at things!
Father ted over BB tho.
Tough call for me, love them both!
Well we can both agree that it crowd is third place, no?
Definitely. And there shall be no mention of Count Arthur Strong.
I love them all*, but the IT Crowd is at the top for me
(*Graham Linehan is a prick)
Dreadful bastard of a person, definitely.
Dammit, now you’ve mentioned it, I’m going to have to watch every episode again for the 11th time.
I ate your bees!
Hands down it has to be Fringe, amazing cast, great premise and manages to transition from monster of the week - a la X Files - to a fully immersive story that is action packed and tugs at your heartstrings. I’m not sure what platform it’s available on these days, but I’m sure you can sail the high seas if need be.
Oh, and it’s 5 seasons that actually has an ending, unlike many shows on streaming these days!
Yeah good call fringe was a great show that didn’t outstay it’s welcome.
I really enjoyed “Travellers” a 3 season showcase/Netflix time travel show where time travellers possess the bodies of people right before they are going to die and try to stop the apocalypse.
i was a afraid of watching this show because it felt like it netflix would cancel it before it got an ending; was i right?
It has a real ending, Season 3 ends in away that would make if difficult (but not impossible) to continue the show.
ends in away that would make if difficult (but not impossible) to continue the show.
but netflix does and that’s what i’m referring to; i’ve been avoiding starting any netflix shows because of it.
thanks for sharing; now that i know it has an ending i’ll finish watch it.
Came here to post this. It’s such a good show and a lot of people haven’t heard of it
First thing that popped into my mind: Galavant. It’s a prime time network fantasy comedy from a writer of Cars and Tangled, teamed up with the composer from Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.
It’s like if The Princess Bride was two seasons of musical television with songs from the golden 90’s era of Disney. In a just world, it’d have six seasons and a movie.
Oh Galavant, Galavant
It’s the only show where I’ve sat down with multiple people and forced them to watch.
So far it was all success, and everyone loved it. I’ve seen the whole show more times than anything else, and the soundtrack is coming back to my music rotation from time to time.
It’s just a superb production, with great sets, amazing actors, and absolutely bonkers soundtrack.
Criminally overlooked and underrated.
Lexx - The Dark Zone.
Pure Canadian-German Madness with a really great cast and the wildest stories ever. And what other show has a certified anti hero as starship captain?
Few things have made me laugh as hard as that coked up vegas mummy snorting a box of omo and going on a rampage foaming bubbles everywhere
I didn’t know this had a show, I found a random VHS of The Lexx movie at a thrift store and watched that though, odd movie, but I keep watching it. I guess I need to download the show now!
Utopia (UK 2 season version)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_jIDr2tZiuRHlp-bLwYNgWaFAp6dR7_Y
Utopia (Channel 4) has an impeccable vibe. I’m really sad that we didn’t get more of it because of the drama with rights after Amazon bought them
Farscape, Red Dwarf
It’s worth watching red dwarf all the way to reach the Arnold Rinmer song
Or the dream sequence for the cat for tongue tied.
Better off Ted
10/10, so underrated I wouldn’t have even remembered to recommend it.
Firefly
‘Midnight Mass’ somehow completely went under my radar first, but DAMN, that was a great mini series!
That boat ride, damn…
The Mighty Boosh!
The masses know nothing of the crunch. They’ve never even been to the crunch.
I don’t recall how I heard about For All Mankind, and I never see it mentioned very much, but I have had such a great time watching that.
It’s an alternate history of the space race from the 60s onward, and it’s so exciting to watch what could have been. Each season jumps forward a decade, so the advances in missions and tech keep leaping forward.
If you grew up thinking we should be pioneering space by now, you will probably enjoy it.
I absolutely love For All Mankind. Such a great show, although it has been lacking in terms of intensity in recent seasons
Intensity is a good word to describe that element. I feel the show is willing to bump off characters, but 2 of the leads have survived too many close calls and it lowers the stakes a good bit.
The individual that showed up with the surprise faction really threw a wrench into things that I enjoyed though!
Raised by wolves (cancelled)
Dark angel
First Wave
Dollhouse
Seven days
The peripheral (cancelled)
Dark matter (the Canadian one, cancelled)
Dark matter (the new one)
Outer range
See (appletv)
Raising hope
Sanctuary
War of the words (2019)
Sense8
The guild (Felicia Day web series)
Con Man (Alan Tudyk web series)
Hell on wheels
Halt and catch fire
Debris (cancelled)
Continuum
Defiance
Cult (cw low budget-ish show that only lasted one season. Very ridiculous weirdness)
Colony (kinda meh at times)
Bored to death
Californication
Brockmire
Party down
Ive watched way too much shit. I should become a tv tv critic.
Oh yeah, The Critic
Fuck HBO/Discovery
I really enjoyed Halt and Catch Fire, and I see so few people talk about it. The only issue I had with it was that each season felt like it was almost a reset point rather than a straight continuation of the plot. I wish they would have left a few more open plot points at the end of each season that flowed into the next. I felt the same way with Silicon Valley, even though I enjoyed that one as well.
I actually liked that as it didn’t leave huge cliffhangers at the end of each season. Also i think they were going with the whole ‘leap’ technology took between each season. Like it happens really fast and can miss a lot if you’re not paying attention.
I enjoyed the beginning of Raised by wolves, but once it started to get “creative” (the levitating offspring…) I lost interest. Which is a shame because this was a high quality series.
Really thoughtful and smart sci-fi animation. Don’t want to spoil it so I’ll be vague, it has the most realistic depiction of modern tech and how people interact with it than any other show I’ve seen. Really great commentary on big tech corporations and even a bit of geopolitics. Super ambitious yet it somehow pulls it off.
There is also a scene that still gives me nightmares (not even joking, I still dream about that shit) which is more than any horror movies or shows have done for me. Anyone who has watched it knows exactly what scene I’m talking about.
