Looking for a new TV series to watch/follow.

[Loony BoB]

So hit me with all the ones you follow and what you think of them.

[Breine]

What genres do you like?

[Loony BoB]

Fictional and preferrably not crime. Other than that, I'm looking for a drama and/or action. I don't mind if there is comedy involved or not. I like Lost, I liked Heroes before time travel became easy, I like Stargate Universe, I like The Simpsons and South Park. I liked Futurama and The 4400. I liked House but got bored of it after a while as I felt the show was too limited and predictable, despite the great characters. I liked One Tree Hill for the few seasons I watched, and enjoyed The O.C. I like Two and a Half Men and Scrubs is cool. BSG was cool too. So yarrr.

But basically the only TV series I watch every episode of at the moment are Lost and Stargate Universe. I'm hoping to watch something that's been out for a season or more but is ongoing, so I can watch a lot of episodes over winter.

[ljkkjlcm9]

I LOVE DEXTER! It's about the only show I follow at all, and make sure to watch weekly.

THE JACKEL

[I Don't Need A Name]

I don't care that it's crime, Life On Mars & Ashes To Ashes are a must watch.
Does it have to be something that's on currently? Cause I would say to invest in Farscape =D

[Badge]

True Blood is pretty good at the minute. Also a big fan of 24 :) good for all your action needs!

[Shattered Dreamer]

Dexter - absolutely amazing I gotta start watching Season 4 soon.

Bones - With 22 + episodes a Season & into it's 5th Season I'd recommend it highly.

Moonlight - A series about a vampire private detective. So far only 1 Season but worth watching.

I've had House & Sons Of Anarchy recommended to me also you should try these too.

[Raistlin]

House is still great. :mad2:

Shows I watch that you didn't mention:

Dexter: still a great show. Season 4 has so far kept me interested, but if you haven't watched any of it then you will have plenty to go through between Seasons 1-3.

V: new show I just started watching. It's not bad, but nothing spectacular so far. Still, it shows promise.

[Moon Rabbits]

Nip/tuck: Show about a plastic surgeon's office. I haven't watched too much of it, only like half the first season, but its really graphic and explicit. Pretty good drama, too.

Dexter: Season 3 sort of lost my interest half way through, but s4 is making up for it.

Six Feet Under: Watch this. Watch it all. It is single-handedly the best drama ever made ever ever ever. It's so sad. The first 10 minutes of the first episode, and the last ten minutes of the series are just pure fucking gold. I don't really cry over movies/books/tv/whatever, but this show turns me into a baby every time - ESPECIALLY the series finale.

Oh, and Glee (dramady) and Modern Family (sitcom) are pretty good too.

[McLovin']

Some new alright shows: Flashforward or V. They just started so you can still get into it.

But I'd recommend Breaking Bad if you want some sweet drama. It's like 2 seasons so far. Find it online!

And if you want a fun show then Supernatural is good for that. Also find it online!

[Miriel]

Check out this thread, yo. (http://forums.eyesonff.com/lounge/126669-we-need-new-show-watch.html)

And I'll second the recommendation for Glee and True Blood. Glee is the best show to emerge this year, I absolutely love it. And True Blood is sexy and violent, everything you expect from HBO.

[Loony BoB]

I'm not too into True Blood or anything that features a vampire. Especially if it's a vampire and human in love. The most overdone concept in history, it's like everyone in Hollywood took lessons on how to write a cliché and copied each other's homework.

I've seen Six Feet Under from when I was back in NZ, it never really appealed to me. Nip/Tuck is definitely not my thing. I'll probably pre-empt a lot of things by adding that I dislike almost all drama shows that are based 90% around a workplace environment, eg. Grey's Anatomy.

Glee? Hmm. Not sure if I'm into such an insanely happy TV series (which is weird, because I generally avoid depressing/negative people). I'm hoping for something a bit more fantasy/sci-fi if possible, a la Lost. A massive thanks for the link to that thread, though - I'll definitely be looking into a few mentioned throughout the thread.

So far, from various suggestions people have thrown around, I'm probably going to download the pilot episodes of: Supernatural, Mad Men, Warehouse 13, Rome, The Inbetweeners and maybe re-watch the old X-Files episodes because they were so well done. V looks interesting, too, might get that as well.

EDIT: And thanks for the masses of responses. :D

[Del Murder]

If you liked X-Files I would check out Fringe. It's pretty good.

If you like Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory has the same creator. It's about nerds.

[Bunny]

Right now I'm enjoying Californication, FlashForward, Community, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

[Cuchulainn]

Two and a half men is one of the single worst shows i've ever witnessed.

Catch Fringe Bobert, or Supernatural. The 'V' remakes aren't anything special. Comedy, Modern Family is outstanding.

[Rye]

I've recently been sucked into old glorious 90's style Babylon 5. It's a damn addictive show, a good mix between comedy, drama, morals and nerdy alien fun. Probably one of the best shows I've ever watched.

Alternatively, Kings is great.

[Loony BoB]

I hate getting into things I know ended up cancelled as I end up getting really frustrated over not knowing how things turn out. :p

[Rye]

Yeah, I've not even finished Kings yet because Hux and I love it so much we don't want it to end.

Babylon 5, if you're looking for something somewhat nerdy, could definitely work. Its plot is planned out through all 5 seasons, and it's so well thought out. It takes about a season for the main plot to kick in, but you don't even realize it watching season one because it's so fantastic that you think that's how the show is, until they surprise you with another level of awesome.

I'm in the middle of season 3 and stuff is getting SUPER serious and fantastic.

[Miriel]

If you like shows with elements of Sci-fi in it, try out Alias, the show that launched J.J. Abrams' career. The later seasons are pretty much whacked out, but the first 2 seasons of Alias are among the best of any TV show. Ever.

The pilot episode of Alias is hands down my favorite pilot, with Lost at a close second. Abrams (who created both shows) knows how to knock it out of the park from the start.

Synopsis:

Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006. It starred Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a CIA agent.

The main theme of the series explores Sydney's obligation to conceal her true career from her friends and family, even as she assumes multiple aliases to carry out her missions. These themes are most prevalent in the first two seasons of the show. A major plotline of the series was the search for and recovery of artifacts created by Milo Rambaldi, a character who was a Leonardo da Vinci-like inventor and Nostradamus-like prophet from the Renaissance period. This plot and some technologies used in the series pushed Alias into the genre of science fiction.

Also, there's no way ANYONE could not like Rome (especially the first season, second season not so much). Boobies! Peens! Amazingly vulgar language. It's god damn HBO at its best. If you want to watch something for pure entertainment value, try Entourage. Another HBO show, which means again, boobies, peen, etc. I'm not gonna try and argue that Entourage is a great show, it's not. But Ari Gold is one of the best television characters to have ever existed.

[I Took the Red Pill]

I haven't kept up with a TV series in quite a while but Breaking Bad is pretty fucking sweet.

[~*~Celes~*~]

Dollhouse is pretty fantastic, imho, but it was announced that they'll be officially ending it after they show the next few episodes they've taped =[

[Shiny]

30 Rock and Dexter

[Madame Adequate]

I would avoid Dollhouse, Fringe, and True Blood, but that's just me. The latter is tolerable because there are a couple of really great characters but unless the show later turns into Lafayette Hour it's very uninteresting to me.

Bab 5 is good because it's a show which got to finish. Five seasons were planned, five seasons were made. The last one is a little weak because he had to change networks and some stuff got lost in the shuffle; but it's still excellent. And things aren't left hanging because it was canceled halfway through season 2.

[Shlup]

I keep up with the following shows:

The Office - US is better than UK, just deal with it.

South Park - Because it's still epic. This season has been giving me a chubby every week so far.

Glee - It's funny, dammit. And it's right up your alley--totally fruity and fab.

The Venture Bros - Best cartoon in the whole wide world next to South Park.

Vampire Diaries - I don't care if it's cliche it's also faaaabulous.

Grey's Anatomy - The main storyline this season is depressing, but it's still blood and sex working in perfect harmony, so I still love it.

Private Practice - Makes me feel kind of old watching it. This season has been interesting though.

Desperate Housewives - Suck it.

Weeds - A lot of people don't like past the first season, but the first season is awesome. The most recent season was pretty awesome too.

The Secret Life of the American Teenager - Just... don't judge me.

V - Not bad, not great, but lots of promise. WAAAAAAAAASSSSHHHH!!!!

Californiacation - The plot and, well, most things about it are frustrating. But it's like porn with David Duchovney so I can't help myself.

American Dad - I watch Family Guy and The Cleveland Show too, but American Dad is my favorite. Not very popular though.

True Blood - I kind of hate Bill and Sookie but I like almost everyone else and find the vampires interesting. No sparkling allowed.

The Tudors - The life of Kind Henry VIII, but sexy. There's one season left until he dies. I spent hours reading the Wikis for this period and these people, and it's reasonably historically accurate. And sexy.

Heroes - I like this because the characters are so... human. They smurf up like all the time, switch sides, do unexpected things, and have super powers. The other seasons had a hard time living up to the awesomeness that was the first season, but I still like it.

Cancelled shows that will forever remain in my heart: Firefly, and Pushing Daisies. And Futurama but it's coming back.

Yikes, that's kind of a long list. But I have no job so don't be hatin' on me.

[~*~Celes~*~]

Vampire Diaries - I don't care if it's cliche it's also faaaabulous.



especially the episode they'll be showing this week :excited: Paul Wesley has a very nice body.

[I Don't Need A Name]

The Inbetweeners is up for free streaming on 4OD, so you don't need to download pilots or anything

[Breine]

I second Alias. A really good show. One of my favourites actually.

Also, Dexter is enjoyable. How about stuff like 30 Rock and United States of Tara?

[Rantz]

Most of the shows I like have been discontinued, or just weren't meant to be continued past a certain point in the first place (Arrested Development ♥ Pushing Daisies ♥ Life on Mars ♥ Ashes to Ashes ♥ Kings ♥ The Office UK ♥ and so on).

Currently mainly following Dexter (unf unf unf still awesome), Californication (still going strong, really funny, not in a "roflmao, pause, roflmao" way but in a "this is just constantly amusing and I keep smiling while watching it" way) and Desperate Housewives (just shut up okay it's funny funny and I love it ;_;). I have a few new shows lined up that I'm about to check out when I feel like it.

[Bunny]

Californiacation - The plot and, well, most things about it are frustrating. But it's like porn with David Duchovney so I can't help myself.

My girlfriend hates it because it is frustrating to her. I think it is awesome because Hank Moody is the biggest dick on the planet without being a dick at all. He's so my hero and I want to take notes from him and be him. Also Chuck Runkle <3

[Raistlin]

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

...

Anyway, I saw someone mentioned Kings which is also good, though it was only one season.

[Flying Mullet]

I don't think it's too "crime-y", but <i>Monk</i> is a lot of fun. It's about an ex-detective (Monk) helping the police solve crimes, but the show focuses more on the quirks of Monk than the crime portion. It's always a good time.

[Bunny]

Both Monk and Psych are enjoyable things to watch whenever you need a filler hour.

[Levian]

and Desperate Housewives (just shut up okay it's funny funny and I love it ;_;).

It's awesome! Dark humour is the best kind.

I have mainly been following mini-series on youtube lately, but I'll mention them anyways.

The Mole, The Mole UK, The Mole AUS. They're all big whodunits with awesome and adventurous tasks on the side. The perfect reality show. 3rd and 4th Aus version and the 2nd UK version are especially great and can all be found on youtube.

Murder in small town X. You'd probably hate it, but you told me to list what I'm following so here it is :D Basically another whodunit reality, but with the contestants interacting with a murder mystery. Can also be found on Youtube.

and then there's Harper's Island, which is (yes, you guessed it) another whodunit. This is a mini series in 14 40 minute long episodes. There's 25 characters, you are told at the beginning that one of them is the murderer, and at least one dies in every episode. It's great fun to try to figure out who it is. The ending was a bit sucky and a bit far fetched imo, but it was an awesome show up to the end.

Scream Queens. DON'T JUDGE ME! This show was so god damn funny. 10 actresses fight for a part in Saw VI. There's so much horrible acting in this show and it just makes it all the more hilarious. Srsly, just check out the first episode on youtube.

Other than that I haven't been following any new shows, I'm busy catching up on Seinfeld. up until this summer I hadn't seen more than 5 episodes of it.

[~*~Celes~*~]

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

...


I watch it too. It's just so cheesy that you can't stop watching. Sort of like a trainwreck...

[Miriel]

Scream Queens. DON'T JUDGE ME! This show was so god damn funny. 10 actresses fight for a part in Saw VI. There's so much horrible acting in this show and it just makes it all the more hilarious. Srsly, just check out the first episode on youtube.

I saw an episode of this while I was in Korea of all places and it was awful! Omg, who are these girls fooling? They can't act their way out of a paper sack.

[Freya]

Go for the original vamp show. Much better than the twilight crap, BUFFY! It's pretty damn funny too. It's got demons and such all throughout it and a kickass witty lead female character ^_^

[Levian]

Scream Queens. DON'T JUDGE ME! This show was so god damn funny. 10 actresses fight for a part in Saw VI. There's so much horrible acting in this show and it just makes it all the more hilarious. Srsly, just check out the first episode on youtube.

I saw an episode of this while I was in Korea of all places and it was awful! Omg, who are these girls fooling? They can't act their way out of a paper sack.

That's the best part! Most of them should just start doing porn already.

[Vyk]

I didn't realize there were so many cliche'd vampire things out. Vampires were never meant to be trendy. Sad

I think I only saw one person mention Bones :( I love Bones

I'd recommend Eureka. Its very cheesey and sci-fi'ish but I think it might be cancelled, or already was. I know some of their actors were going to other shows. But I enjoyed the first few seasons I downloaded

And everyone can enjoy The Big Bang Theory. I've downloaded every episode. And enjoy having a marathon of re-runs from time to time

[Freya]

I didn't realize there were so many cliche'd vampire things out. Vampires were never meant to be trendy. Sad

I think I only saw one person mention Bones :( I love Bones
David Boreanaz is on Bones. He was on Buffy first :D Yay joss whedon! ^_^




And everyone can enjoy The Big Bang Theory. I've downloaded every episode. And enjoy having a marathon of re-runs from time to time
Big bang theory is love. I just recently discovered it. Try it, it's funny. I was just laughing to a new episode.

[Breine]

Go for the original vamp show. Much better than the twilight crap, BUFFY! It's pretty damn funny too. It's got demons and such all throughout it and a kickass witty lead female character ^_^

Buffy is my favourite show of all time. If you haven't watched it, do so! Angel is brilliant as well.

[The Man]

@BooB: Based purely on your addiction to Lost I'll second the recommendations for Flashforward and V. The first is already as addictive as Lost is for me, and V looks like it'll get there quickly.

[Loony BoB]

We watched the pilot episodes of the X-Files (great) and Inbetweeners (also great) last night, and hope to watch a couple more tonight while we download more X-Files. I've probably only seen half of the X-Files episodes, if that, before now.

[The Man]

The X-Files is great. I'd also recommend Fringe if you like The X-Files; they're similar shows, only Fringe is much trippier. Plus, Abrams.

[Shlup]

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

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I watch it too. It's just so cheesy that you can't stop watching. Sort of like a trainwreck...

Yes, it's awful in every possible way.

[Miriel]

Yeah, I've not even finished Kings yet because Hux and I love it so much we don't want it to end.



Did you guys watch The Sabbath Queen episode? Ian McShane was ridiculous in it. Just killed it in that episode. It was extraordinary to watch.