Recommend me a recent TV series to watch

[Aulayna]

Rules:

- Must be on Netflix
- Must not be Doctor Who or Dexter
- Preferably a Comedy

[Jowy]

Arrested Development if you haven't seen it. Archer is also highly recommended!

[Bunny]

Depending on your definition of recent:
Archer, Arrested Development, Psych, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Wilfred, Better Off Ted. In order of my favorite to least favorite (but all still very good).

Non-comedies that are worth the watch:
Sherlock, Downton Abbey, Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica, Sons of Anarchy, Dresden Files. There are more, probably, but that should keep you buys for quite a bit of time. No order to these, just good shows in general.

[Aulayna]

Depending on your definition of recent:
Archer, Arrested Development, Psych, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Wilfred, Better Off Ted. In order of my favorite to least favorite (but all still very good).

Haven't seen any of them so thanks :)


Non-comedies that are worth the watch:
Sons of Anarchy, Dresden Files. There are more, probably, but that should keep you buys for quite a bit of time. No order to these, just good shows in general.

Or these!

[Denmark]

what they said. you're in for a treat

[Shorty]

Archer, Arrested Development and Sherlock, for certain. Also Parks and Rec, goddamnit.

[Jinx]

What's wrong with Doctor Who? :(

[escobert]

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

[Night Fury]

Coupling or Secret Diary of a Call Girl!

Or Gavin and Stacey!

Oh, what's occurin'?

[Shorty]

secret diary of a call girl xD

[Jinx]

Coupling or Secret Diary of a Call Girl!

Or Gavin and Stacey!

Oh, what's occurin'?

Never seen Secret Diary of a Call girl, but I can attest that the other two are great shows.

[Night Fury]

secret diary of a call girl xD

What? :doublecolbert:

[Shorty]

oh nothing :love:

[Aulayna]

What's wrong with Doctor Who? :(

Nothing's wrong with Doctor Who - it's awesome! I've just seen them all so far. :) Wanting something new to watch.

[The Man]

If you like Doctor Who then you should watch Torchwood and Sherlock, since each of them is made by one of Doctor Who's showrunners since it came back. Torchwood also ties into the universe. There are also a lot of Classic Who serials that are worth seeing if you haven't seen them yet, although they vary widely in quality. I'd recommend starting with Genesis of the Daleks or The Caves of Androzani, both of which regularly top Best Who Stories Ever lists for good reasons.

I will also second the recommendations for Archer and Arrested Development. Another show with similar humour that almost no one seemed to hear about is Better Off Ted, which unfortunately was Too Good to Last.

In the non-comedy category, I also second the Battlestar Galactica recommendation.

[Jinx]

What's wrong with Doctor Who? :(

Nothing's wrong with Doctor Who - it's awesome! I've just seen them all so far. :) Wanting something new to watch.

Oh! Phew! :)

Also, American Horror Story. The story is brilliant, it's terrifying, it's sexy.

[Bunny]

If you like Doctor Who then you should watch Torchwood and Sherlock, since each of them is made by one of Doctor Who's showrunners since it came back. Torchwood also ties into the universe. There are also a lot of Classic Who serials that are worth seeing if you haven't seen them yet, although they vary widely in quality. I'd recommend starting with Genesis of the Daleks or The Caves of Androzani, both of which regularly top Best Who Stories Ever lists for good reasons.

I will also second the recommendations for Archer and Arrested Development. Another show with similar humour that almost no one seemed to hear about is Better Off Ted, which unfortunately was Too Good to Last.

In the non-comedy category, I also second the Battlestar Galactica recommendation.

The biggest problem with recommending Better Off Ted is that the humor is highly sarcastic and dry, which most people typically don't like. Archer and It's Always Sunny are contrasted by their ridiculous humor, same with Arrested Development (although it's significantly dry as well). Better Off Ted is an incredible show, but a lot of people don't like it because of the type of jokes it has.

[Aulayna]

So in the midsts of searching on Netflix for these I ended up disregarding all of them and got started on 90210... I'm sorry. (actually I'm not)

[Shiny]

Shameless and Louie

[I Took the Red Pill]

Peep Show, and Party Down if that's still on Netflix.

[Bunny]

Shameless and Louie

The British version is so difficult to understand half the time.

[Shorty]

So in the midsts of searching on Netflix for these I ended up disregarding all of them and got started on 90210... I'm sorry. (actually I'm not)

:nonono:

[Bubba]

What's wrong with Doctor Who? :(

Far too much to go into detail on here.

[Aulayna]

So in the midsts of searching on Netflix for these I ended up disregarding all of them and got started on 90210... I'm sorry. (actually I'm not)

:nonono:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w76/skobelev/smileys/nod.gif

[Bunny]

I guess 90210 is sort of a comedy.

[Aulayna]

Don't worry I've got Arrested Development queued up as well followed by Sons of Anarchy.

I'm allowed girly stuff in there too!

[Jinx]

Watch Gossip Girl.

[Aulayna]

I have already seen all of Gossip Girl. :D

I make no attempts at hiding that I'm an absolute sap for shows like that.

xoxo

[Jinx]

I have already seen all of Gossip Girl. :D

I make no attempts at hiding that I'm an absolute sap for shows like that.

xoxo

Let's be best frenemies, A.

[Bunny]

I got tired of Gossip Girl after the fourth or so season of most of the characters being whiny idiots.

[Jinx]

I got tired of Gossip Girl after the fourth or so season of most of the characters being whiny idiots.

BUNNY WATCHED GOSSIP GIRL???

[Bunny]

I've watched a lot of shit.

[Slothy]

What's wrong with Doctor Who? :(

Far too much to go into detail on here.

I'll let that one slide since you're Bubba. But don't let this happen again.

[Citizen Bleys]

Seconding Peep Show and Better off Ted

Also Father Ted, Black Books, The IT Crowd, and Fresh Meat.

Father Ted and Black Books aren't exactly new, but neither are Better Off Ted or Arrested Development.

[Pumpkin]

So in the midsts of searching on Netflix for these I ended up disregarding all of them and got started on 90210... I'm sorry. (actually I'm not)

Approved.

It's an awful show but I watched it anyways!

[The Man]

Better Off Ted's only about four years old, and Arrested Development is coming back later this year :colbert:

[Jinx]

I tried to watch the IT Crowd and just thought it was dire.

[Citizen Bleys]

Arrested Development is coming back later this year :colbert:

By that logic, The Simpsons is a new series because it's airing this year.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Seconding Peep Showfist pound. Most recent season was pretty lacking though. Needs more Johnson.

[Miriel]

Parks and Recreation! There are no limits to my love for this show.

Also, Downton Abbey, Friday Night Lights, and Breaking Bad.

[Shorty]

I will second IT Crowd. Going to make Rantz watch it :love:

[Quindiana Jones]

I accidentally watched a bit of the American Shameless, and it honestly made me think - if only for a second - that you absolutely deserved all of the terrorist attacks in your history. Then I changed the channel and felt a bit guilty. :(

Aulayna, you should definitely watch the IT Crowd as soon as possible, by any means necessary. It's by a lot of the folks who did Father Ted, and is on the same level. If you haven't seen Father Ted, then I'm going to call you English for the rest of your life. :colbert:

[Madame Adequate]

Homeland.

[Quindiana Jones]

Homeland is surprisingly good. Also, it has that man who has no right being so attractive, yet somehow is anyway.

[Aulayna]

Aulayna, you should definitely watch the IT Crowd as soon as possible, by any means necessary. It's by a lot of the folks who did Father Ted, and is on the same level. If you haven't seen Father Ted, then I'm going to call you English for the rest of your life. :colbert:

I am English though?

(As a footnote, hailing from Blighty - I've seen a lot of British comedies)

[Quindiana Jones]

I always assumed you were Irish for some reason.

[Aulayna]

Homeland is surprisingly good. Also, it has that man who has no right being so attractive, yet somehow is anyway.

Pics plx.

[Citizen Bleys]

Seconding Peep Showfist pound. Most recent season was pretty lacking though. Needs more Johnson.

Nah, it's the early seasons that need more Super Hans.

[Quindiana Jones]

Damian Lewis. That's the one. Look at him.

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The bastard doesn't look anywhere near as attractive as he is.

Related: Band of Brothers is amazing.

[Aulayna]

So nearly at end of season 1 of 90210 and it's already covered more storyline checklists in one season than similar shows do in the entire lifespan:

- Drug Addict: check
- Car crash: check
- Teenage pregnancy: check
- Adoption scam: check
- People overreacting at something they overheard: check
- Cat fights: check
- Hot guys who could bed me over the kitchen side any day of the week: Check AND check


At times I'm like STAHP, slow down.

[Miriel]

I tried to watch the IT Crowd and just thought it was dire.

ME TOO!

I tried out the show based on the recommendations in this thread and found it to be terrible. Del Murder and I tried to get through one episode but we just couldn't do it. =/ Couldn't stand Archer either.

Now I'm dubious about the recommendations to be found here.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

I saw you liked 90210 and realized I had nothing to offer you except a Colbert.

:colbert:

[Quindiana Jones]

I tried to watch the IT Crowd and just thought it was dire.

ME TOO!

I tried out the show based on the recommendations in this thread and found it to be terrible. Del Murder and I tried to get through one episode but we just couldn't do it. =/ Couldn't stand Archer either.

Now I'm dubious about the recommendations to be found here.

I'm dubious about the sanity of all of you.

[Jinx]

I tried to watch the IT Crowd and just thought it was dire.

ME TOO!

I tried out the show based on the recommendations in this thread and found it to be terrible. Del Murder and I tried to get through one episode but we just couldn't do it. =/ Couldn't stand Archer either.

Now I'm dubious about the recommendations to be found here.


Archer isn't funny until like the fourth or fifth episode.

And I'm glad I found someone else who doesn't like IT Crowd. Usually people call me stupid for not liking it.

[Shorty]

what the fuck man

[Miriel]

Granted, we barely watched half of the pilot, so maybe it gets way better?

The laugh track is just horrible and I think the acting is supposed to be campy but it was waaay over the top and the whole thing came across like a mediocre SNL skit.

[Shorty]

The laugh track is pretty bad. The show gets better as it goes on, though.