Recommend Some TV Shows

Shaun.P · Mar 13, 2009, 03:20 PM

I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some TV shows to start watching?

I feel like I'm running out of stuff to watch, and I'd really like to be introduced to some new shows.

The shows I current like are:

Frasier
Will & Grace
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Lost
Fringe
Star Trek TNG, VOY and DS9
Friends

I sort of like 'House' but I find it a very shallow show (some what like CSI) with no real, deep, meaningful character development.

I dabbled with Grey's Anatomy and Supernatural for a while there, but it didn't keep me coming back for more

.

I'm not a fan of depressing, grungy action stuff, but mostly comedy and science fiction.

Ideally I'm looking for something that's still airing, and less than ten years old.

What do you recommend?

leekohler · Mar 13, 2009, 03:24 PM

Battlestar Galactica
Nip/Tuck
Gossip Girl (very funny and well-written, believe it or not)

Shaun.P · Mar 13, 2009, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leekohler

Battlestar Galactica
Nip/Tuck
Gossip Girl (very funny and well-written, believe it or not)

I bought the first episode of Battlestar Galactica from iTunes... but I didn't follow what was going on. They were running away from these alien people every 52 minutes or something. Confusing!

Nip/Tuck does not appeal.

What is Gossip Girl about?

Don't panic · Mar 13, 2009, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaunPriest

I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some TV shows to start watching?

I feel like I'm running out of stuff to watch, and I'd really like to be introduced to some new shows.

The shows I current like are:

Frasier
Will & Grace
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Lost
Fringe
Star Trek TNG, VOY and DS9
Friends

I sort of like 'House' but I find it a very shallow show (some what like CSI) with no real, deep, meaningful character development.

I dabbled with Grey's Anatomy and Supernatural for a while there, but it didn't keep me coming back for more

.

I'm not a fan of depressing, grungy action stuff, but mostly comedy and science fiction.

Ideally I'm looking for something that's still airing, and less than ten years old.

What do you recommend?

based on what you list, you might like

Burn notice
The mentalist
Psych
Life
Life on Mars

Eanair · Mar 13, 2009, 03:31 PM

What about Dexter?

My partner has similar tastes as you seem to have (he loves Family Guy, Star Trek, Fringe, Simpsons, Lost) and ended up loving it.

leekohler · Mar 13, 2009, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaunPriest

What is Gossip Girl about?

It's a completely silly show about wealthy teens in NYC and their shenanigans. It's also about their parents. It's bubble gum- but it's damn good, well-written, funny bubble gum. Even my elitist filmmaker friends watch it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eanair

What about Dexter?

My partner has similar tastes as you seem to have (he loves Family Guy, Star Trek, Fringe, Simpsons, Lost) and ended up loving it.

Yes! Dexter is great!

iShater · Mar 13, 2009, 03:36 PM

BSG
Heroes
Lost

Get the first seasons (or all of them) via the library/Netflix and enjoy.

I've been going back to stuff on DVD now and I watch that more than regular TV.

fireshot91 · Mar 13, 2009, 03:39 PM

24. Probably should start watching since Season 1 though.

xboxer75010 · Mar 13, 2009, 03:43 PM

Weeds

steve2112 · Mar 13, 2009, 03:47 PM

I'll give a second vote for Burn Notice and Psych.

You may also want to try:

How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory (Hey, if we geeks need to make fun of ourselves!)
Stark Trek Enterprise (Not the best of the ST universe, but I like Scott Backula)

And, of course: Futurama! It has science fiction AND comedy!

iLao · Mar 13, 2009, 03:54 PM

For me The best TV Show is Futurama. It has 4 seasons and 3 movies, 4th coming soon. Recommend it!

EricNau · 06:13 PM

My two three favorites:

LOST (Wednesdays at 9:00, ABC)
Brothers & Sisters (starring Sally Field; Sundays at 10:00, ABC)
House (Mondays, FOX)

és: · Mar 13, 2009, 04:00 PM

I started a thread that turned out to be really helpful in this area.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=617228

zelmo · Mar 13, 2009, 04:00 PM

They've only aired one episode, but the new ABC series Castle, starring Nathan Fillion, was very well done. Of course, I'm a big fan of Capt. Tightpants, and he's basically the same irreverent smart@$$ character without a ship and a gun. YMMV

nizz · Mar 13, 2009, 04:04 PM

king of queens
its always sunny in philadelphia
entourage

rfrankl · Mar 13, 2009, 04:28 PM

Big Bang Theory on Monday nights on CBS. It's 4 computer nerds with a hot neighbor chick. It is very funny.

yancey47 · Mar 13, 2009, 10:02 PM

ShaunPriest lists his location as Omicron Persei 8 so I'm going to assume that he/she (probably he) has heard of Futurama.

I'm going to be recommending other people recommendations:

Comedy: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Tim and eric Awesome show Great job!

Dramady: Weeds

Drama: Dexter

although Dexter can be incredibly hilarious.

"you'll be coming with me alright... in a garbage bag."

epyfa · Mar 13, 2009, 10:06 PM

House & Monk.

kabunaru · Mar 13, 2009, 10:06 PM

The Bachelor
The Universe series on History channel

scotty96LSC · Mar 13, 2009, 10:48 PM

2 and 1/2 men. A brother, divorced and with a son, moves in with his rich, womanizing brother. Very funny. Mondays at 9, 8 central.

Eraserhead · Mar 14, 2009, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leekohler

It's a completely silly show about wealthy teens in NYC and their shenanigans. It's also about their parents. It's bubble gum- but it's damn good, well-written, funny bubble gum. Even my elitist filmmaker friends watch it.

+1. I'm getting hold of season two tomorrow after I get back to the UK - I'm looking forward to it.

BCains · Mar 14, 2009, 04:42 AM

Dexter
Two and a Half Men
Criminal Minds

I also watch Entourage, Gossip Girl & The Office.

Angelus · Mar 14, 2009, 06:35 AM

I second Battlestar Galactica. You need to give it a second chance though. By the sounds of it you bought the first episode of season 1 which means you've skipped the 2003 Mini-series.
Watch the mini-series and it will all make sense.
Amazing show......

Shaun.P · Mar 16, 2009, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iLao

For me The best TV Show is Futurama. It has 4 seasons and 3 movies, 4th coming soon. Recommend it!

I love Futurama, but I have been left disappointed by the movies.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricNau

My two three favorites:

LOST (Wednesdays at 9:00, ABC)
Brothers & Sisters (starring Sally Field; Sundays at 10:00, ABC)
House (Mondays, FOX)

I love LOST, it is currently one of my favourite shows.

Quote:

Originally Posted by epyfa

House & Monk.

I find House far too repetitive.

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotty96LSC

2 and 1/2 men. A brother, divorced and with a son, moves in with his rich, womanizing brother. Very funny. Mondays at 9, 8 central.

This sounds very interesting - I'll try downloading a few episodes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BCains

Dexter
Two and a Half Men
Criminal Minds

I also watch Entourage, Gossip Girl & The Office.

I'll have to download some Dexter too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angelus

I second Battlestar Galactica. You need to give it a second chance though. By the sounds of it you bought the first episode of season 1 which means you've skipped the 2003 Mini-series.
Watch the mini-series and it will all make sense.
Amazing show......

Okay, I bought the first part of the mini-series from iTunes (this explains why I was confused watching the first episode of Season 1 of the TV show!)... there is something about this show which I just don't like. The space scenes are weird too! I am willing to watch the other 3 parts of the mini-series due to all the recommendations here. Does it get better?

chuckcalo · Mar 16, 2009, 10:34 AM

I wouldn't recommend How I met Your Mother at all, it's not even funny; sometimes they try to make a joke but it's not funny. Here are my recommendations:

- Family Guy
- Two And A Half Men (One of the best sitcoms shows I've ever seen)
- The Soup (Weekly show which makes fun of some of the tv's reality shows and hollywood gossip)
- Everybody Hates Chris (It's kind of entertaining when you have nothing to do)
- Fringe (Seems good so far, first episodes are interesting although I still have to catch up)
- The Mentalist (Tells us the story of how a Famous-Fake-TV Mentalist lost his daughter and his wife to a serial killer who hasn't been caught, he gets a job at the CBI playing as a Mentalist, a person who can read the mind and make you think things that you want them to think).
- CSI Las Vegas (Now that Grissom and Warrick are not there, the shows seems to be less boring, plus Lawrence Fishburne is the new star there (yes, that guy from Matrix).
- Heroes (You have to love watching a show where ordinary people have extraordinary abilities, it's not like a superheroes series it's more like you are in the kitchen and you discover that you can heal faster than anyone else, but then there are people who want to hunt you down because they think you're a menace for the nation). I like it a lot, some of the heroes can: travel through time, absorb powers, heal, read minds, super-charge your powers, talk to machines, etc.).
- The Hills (I'm just kidding, I hate The Hills).
- G's To Gents (From MTV, gathers 16 gangstas trying to turn them into Gentlemen. Is a reality show from MTV, I honestly hate realities but this one got my approval)

And that's about it.

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Shaun.P macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Omicron Persei 8	Recommend Some TV Shows I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some TV shows to start watching? I feel like I'm running out of stuff to watch, and I'd really like to be introduced to some new shows. The shows I current like are: Frasier Will & Grace The Simpsons Family Guy Lost Fringe Star Trek TNG, VOY and DS9 Friends I sort of like 'House' but I find it a very shallow show (some what like CSI) with no real, deep, meaningful character development. I dabbled with Grey's Anatomy and Supernatural for a while there, but it didn't keep me coming back for more . I'm not a fan of depressing, grungy action stuff, but mostly comedy and science fiction. Ideally I'm looking for something that's still airing, and less than ten years old. What do you recommend? __________________ I support the May 2013 MacRumors Blood Drive!
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iShater macrumors 604 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Chicagoland	BSG Heroes Lost Get the first seasons (or all of them) via the library/Netflix and enjoy. I've been going back to stuff on DVD now and I watch that more than regular TV. __________________ Insert signature here.
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iLao macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Slovenia	For me The best TV Show is Futurama. It has 4 seasons and 3 movies, 4th coming soon. Recommend it! __________________ Pink Floyd
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EricNau Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA	My two three favorites: LOST (Wednesdays at 9:00, ABC) Brothers & Sisters (starring Sally Field; Sundays at 10:00, ABC) House (Mondays, FOX) Last edited by EricNau; Mar 13, 2009 at 06:13 PM.
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zelmo macrumors 603 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mac since 7.5	They've only aired one episode, but the new ABC series Castle, starring Nathan Fillion, was very well done. Of course, I'm a big fan of Capt. Tightpants, and he's basically the same irreverent smart@$$ character without a ship and a gun. YMMV __________________ Unholy Ferret Invasion is coming to your town!
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leekohler Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago, Illinois	Battlestar Galactica Nip/Tuck Gossip Girl (very funny and well-written, believe it or not)
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Eanair macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2009	What about Dexter? My partner has similar tastes as you seem to have (he loves Family Guy, Star Trek, Fringe, Simpsons, Lost) and ended up loving it.
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fireshot91 macrumors 601 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northern VA	24. Probably should start watching since Season 1 though.
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xboxer75010 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Carrollton, TX	Weeds
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steve2112 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East of Lyra, Northwest of Pegasus	I'll give a second vote for Burn Notice and Psych. You may also want to try: How I Met Your Mother Big Bang Theory (Hey, if we geeks need to make fun of ourselves!) Stark Trek Enterprise (Not the best of the ST universe, but I like Scott Backula) And, of course: Futurama! It has science fiction AND comedy!
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és: Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I started a thread that turned out to be really helpful in this area. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=617228
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nizz macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: north philly	king of queens its always sunny in philadelphia entourage
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rfrankl macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2006	Big Bang Theory on Monday nights on CBS. It's 4 computer nerds with a hot neighbor chick. It is very funny.
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yancey47 macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008	ShaunPriest lists his location as Omicron Persei 8 so I'm going to assume that he/she (probably he) has heard of Futurama. I'm going to be recommending other people recommendations: Comedy: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Tim and eric Awesome show Great job! Dramady: Weeds Drama: Dexter although Dexter can be incredibly hilarious. "you'll be coming with me alright... in a garbage bag."
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scotty96LSC macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC	2 and 1/2 men. A brother, divorced and with a son, moves in with his rich, womanizing brother. Very funny. Mondays at 9, 8 central. __________________ Scott 15" macbook pro, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GB Ram, 10.6.3; magic mouse; 16gb iPhone 4.3.2
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BCains macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia	Dexter Two and a Half Men Criminal Minds I also watch Entourage, Gossip Girl & The Office.
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Angelus macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New Zealand	BSG all the way I second Battlestar Galactica. You need to give it a second chance though. By the sounds of it you bought the first episode of season 1 which means you've skipped the 2003 Mini-series. Watch the mini-series and it will all make sense. Amazing show...... __________________ "If nothing that we do matters then all that matters is what we do" MBP 2010 15" 2.4GHZ Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD
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chuckcalo macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2009	I wouldn't recommend How I met Your Mother at all, it's not even funny; sometimes they try to make a joke but it's not funny. Here are my recommendations: - Family Guy - Two And A Half Men (One of the best sitcoms shows I've ever seen) - The Soup (Weekly show which makes fun of some of the tv's reality shows and hollywood gossip) - Everybody Hates Chris (It's kind of entertaining when you have nothing to do) - Fringe (Seems good so far, first episodes are interesting although I still have to catch up) - The Mentalist (Tells us the story of how a Famous-Fake-TV Mentalist lost his daughter and his wife to a serial killer who hasn't been caught, he gets a job at the CBI playing as a Mentalist, a person who can read the mind and make you think things that you want them to think). - CSI Las Vegas (Now that Grissom and Warrick are not there, the shows seems to be less boring, plus Lawrence Fishburne is the new star there (yes, that guy from Matrix). - Heroes (You have to love watching a show where ordinary people have extraordinary abilities, it's not like a superheroes series it's more like you are in the kitchen and you discover that you can heal faster than anyone else, but then there are people who want to hunt you down because they think you're a menace for the nation). I like it a lot, some of the heroes can: travel through time, absorb powers, heal, read minds, super-charge your powers, talk to machines, etc.). - The Hills (I'm just kidding, I hate The Hills). - G's To Gents (From MTV, gathers 16 gangstas trying to turn them into Gentlemen. Is a reality show from MTV, I honestly hate realities but this one got my approval) And that's about it.
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