(no subject)

[nny]

Since I'm needing something to entertain me when I move to the wilds of Dorset, I ask for advice. I'm currently following SG:A, Supernatural and Bones; I've seen the first series of BSG, the first and second of House and the first and second of Traders. Is it worth carrying on with any of those, or should I try something else entirely? I've heard good things about Dexter and the West Wing, I saw an episode of Pushing Daisies but wasn't sure how well it would translate into a series since it really seemed to want to be a film...

Seriously, pimp your show here. Tell me what I'm missing out on. :D


(And yes, the tiredness is still here. So, apparently, is insomnia. I would weep if I could be bothered.)

Comments

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Torchwood! *cough* Uh, yes, Torchwood is pretty good.

I personally really disliked the third season of House, but I heard it picked up again in the 4th. West Wing is excellent. Ooh and Firefly and Entourage are great too, if you haven't seen them.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

I've seen Firefly, I adore it beyond reason. Why're Torchwood and Entourage so good? :D

[bcgphoenix]

Numb3rs. It's not OMG BRILLIANT WATCH IT NOW, granted, but it's a solid crime procedural, and seeing someone on primetime TV whose brain works so much like mine (albeit geared toward a totally different subject) is awesome.

Also, Millennium is thoroughly creepy and delightful and complex, if you're able to get ahold of the DVDs. And I can't remember -- have you seen any of Avatar?

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

OF COURSE you should continue with SGA and Traders because David Hewlett is awesome, Grant Jansky is love, and Rodney McKay is oblivious to John Sheppard's huge crush on him but he's getting there!

[muji]

Eureka, yo. Eureka.

If this is completely within the possibilities of canon? Gotta love it.

(this will be long)

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Some of BSG late-S2 is kind of dreadful, but early-S2 is great and I'm of the opinion that it's worth pushing through it to get to S3. Plus the final season is being aired this year!

The West Wing is AMAZING, SO AMAZING, and there's so muuuuuch of it and it educates & inspires you all at once. I definitely recommend it.

Dexter and Pushing Daisies are both about death but polar opposites of each other in tone. Dexter is phenomenal in terms of script, character, acting, pacing, everything, and though I don't like S2 as much as S1, S1 stands alone as a satisfying story arc. Pushing Daisies is like comfort food. It's bright and funny and sly and occasionally Kristen Chenoweth SINGS, so...I love it.

Torchwood is kind of rubbish, but it's hilarious cracky violent adorable rubbish.

I'm currently madly in love with How I Met Your Mother, which is sort of like...Coupling meets Scrubs. It's a very funny semi-sitcom, semi-relationship-drama full of really likable characters and running jokes and occasional bursts of absurdism.

I think YOU would really, really like Hustle. It's about a group of con artists in London and it's very clever and flashy.

[djcati.livejournal.com]

I say continue with Pushing Daisies. It's adorable. (Although, uh, I still haven't caught up on the latest two episodes...)

I'm totally behind the Torchwood suggestion, too, but ... that depends on how much you like good television versus fan service. (Then again, you still watch SGA, oh snap.) The first series is -- really bad, objectively, but there is Captain Jack and Lots Of Gay and aliens apparently wanting to take over Cardiff, for some reason I still haven't worked out. The second series is better, so far.

Apart from that ... Avatar? I know you've seen some, but not all? Um ... I dunno. I don't watch much current TV anymore, at least not with the same loyalty and passion as everyone else. Right now, I'm watching the American Queer As Folk...

OH OH OH Studio 60, though there was only one season of that. :(

[gramarye1971]

Perhaps I will be the lone dissenting voice and say that I didn't really care for The West Wing. I liked some of the characters and some of the writing, but the overall feel of the show -- 'this is what we rly rly wish American government would be like plz kthx' -- made me wince at times.

As far as shows I'd pimp go, I'd have to say Foyle's War. If you like mystery series based in solid historical fact, that is.

[florahart]

Yes, BSG has some unevenness in S2, but S3 is dark and awesome. Every character is grey in multiple and often myriad ways, and every single damn episode leaves one thinking about ethics and stuff.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Firefly? If not, do. Also, Burn Notice is going pretty well so far. The guy playing the main character has a "punch me" face, but that's okay because people keep punching him. It's entertaining.

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetness, I hope you sleep soon. :( *hugs*

Dexter is very good, plotty and funny and psychological.

West Wing is fast-talking funny politics with amazing characters, until it ends up being just fast-talking politics with different characters that have the same names. The first bit is good enough that it's worth it, though. WOW.

The Dead Zone is my brand new love so I am a little incherent, but it is a proper examination of what having psychic powers might be like! As in, well-made and well acted and interesting and with a long-term plot arc of GLEE! and although loads of very depressing things happen - Johnny Smith's life SUCKS beyond my ability to describe - I have yet to see an episode that made me feel depressed. Johnny doesn't emo; he feels bad about stuff, but he enjoys what he has, and he refuses to dwell on the bad stuff he can't change, and I find it uplifting and interesting and also refreshingly realistic (and liberal and open-minded and ee) on the interpersonal dynamics front, too.

The Persuaders is JOYOUS GAY CRACK OF CRACK. If anything could make the Sentinel or SGA look heterosexual, it's this show. I sort of want to make you wait til I'm there to see this but that would be a bit cruel, possibly. cause it is JOY IN A TV SHOW.

erm... that should do for now. XD I love you sweetie and will phone you tomorrow.

[vivien]

I'll pipe up for Torchwood - it's grand, sexy fun. Interesting (and pretty) characters, fun stories, lots of camp, but in a good way.

A big plus for me is the pretty, pretty accents.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the first series of Criminal Minds, waiting patiently for series 2 to turn up on DVD... I presume you've seen CSI? I really love the Vegas CSI, the spin-offs not so much. Blood Ties was silly but good, and The Dresden Files fab.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

I hear Chuck is made of win. Also 30 Rock.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

Also: My hatred of the total abortions that Aaron Sorkin somehow manages to sell as tee vee shows is well-documented, to the point that I suspect that I have a real problem. XD So, don't look for an objective opinion on West Wing and/or Studio 60 from here. Haaaaaaaaate.

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

BSG, West Wing, and Slings and Arrows if you haven't yet.

[flyakate]

Dexter, a world of yes, *points to icon* I got sucked in over the holiday and so am working backwards, having seen most of season 2 and now on season 1 (ironically). It's just so hysterically blackly comedic, and the dry sarcasm of Dexter's voice (he narrates sometimes) is great. Bloody, but fun.

Eureka is dorky and great and adorable and full of "oooh, science" moments that everyone can appreciate. And an AI house, I mean, come on, coolness!

Torchwood is dorky and over dramatic and campy, but good fun.

Ummm... Due South is gold, as you know. West Wing is fun and I keep meaning to watch more of the DVDs I own of it.

I hear the first season of Friday Night Lights is good? And I've seen Entorage some, they have interesting character dynamics and good dialogue, as I remember.

In conclusion, apparently I watch too much tv :o)

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

While I loved LOVED West Wing, I'm right behind Tropes here on a hatred of Studio 60.
Waste of time, space, carbon and...um...Sarah Paulson.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

WORD. Mrs. Isringhausen is SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

Chuck is made of stupid, predictable, schlocky, spy fun.
It's the story of a modern day, flat-world Rincewind, you just can't beat that.

For serious shows:

Deadwood
Brilliant like Rome, but set in the American West.
There ain't no law at all in Deadwood.

The Wire
Quite possibly "the best show in the history of television".
Roomie Joe will go so far as to say that season 4 is the best season of television ever, and he's seen all of television so he should know.

The story of what's wrong with America.

Cont.

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

Farscape
Is highly recommended by Tenillypo who is also hard core into SGA.
Which isn't to say that I didn't like it, because I did! It just didn't pop into my head right away. Very cracktastic fun with puppets. They have the good crack.

30 Rock
IT'S TV'S TINA FEY!
THE MAN PUTTING AIDS INTO OUR CHICKEN NUGGETS!
The show that Studio 60 wanted to try and pretend that it made.

Band of Brothers
Amazing WWII epic that follows a squadron of American Paratroopers from behind enemy lines at Normandy all the way to the Eagles Nest.

and then if you've got the time...The Sopranos is kind of awesome too.

We watch a whole lot of television here at the Second Circle.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

Dexter! Rome! Torchwood S2 Don't Bother with S1! Heroes!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Aww, that sucks so bad! I really hope you had some sleep by now, love. *snuggles*

Also, I strongly recommend Rome. And Dexter, but Rome more.

[muji]

It's nice to hear people talk about the Wire, as it is all Bawlmer-y. I don't have HBO or whatever channel it's on, but with all the filming around the state I know enough of it.

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

It's truly an amazing show.
I should really try and rip the first season to show people.

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Torchwood is great because it has my favourite combination ever: science fiction and pretty gay boys :)

Entourage is pretty cool; it's funny and has a great buddy feel and I really like the way real people wander in as themselves like some kind of RPS AU.