Five Best Shows Recently on TV

[octafish]

Hmmm The Sopranos? The Sopranos ended in 2007, you know what ended in 2008? The fucking Wire. The Wire, the second greatest TV show ever made, yes better than the Sopranos, hell better than just about everything but Deadwood.

As to good stuff on TV now. I only watch Dr Who regularly and that is mostly because of over 30 years of loyalty.

 

[irishda]

Well, I only watch the BBC, and even then only rarely, so I was only able to come up with 4:

1) The Bridge
2) Dirk Gently
3) Sherlock
4) Doctor Who

BBC and no Luther? You...you monster...

 

[Goofguy]

2. Sherlock Holmes....why is there only 3 episodes? Oh right, cause they're all like an hour and a half

Uh, there are actually 6 episodes of Sherlock out right now...

So we're going for best, not favourites here eh? Here we go then, in no particular order:

- Game of Thrones
- Justified
- Sherlock
- Breaking Bad
- Boardwalk Empire

 

[irishda]

2. Sherlock Holmes....why is there only 3 episodes? Oh right, cause they're all like an hour and a half

Uh, there are actually 6 episodes of Sherlock out right now...

So we're going for best, not favourites here eh? Here we go then, in no particular order:

- Game of Thrones
- Justified
- Sherlock
- Breaking Bad
- Boardwalk Empire

Went off Netflix for number of episodes. I don't actually have cable, just internet.

 

[ulzugot]

Game of Thrones (Obviously)
Breaking Bad (Obviously)
Mad Men (Obviously)
Community (Obviously)
Archer (Obviously)

Shows that others did not list:
The Venture Bros - Very good animated series, with plenty of great humor and references to pop culture. If you like adventure shows, science fiction, comics, you will probably love it. Adult swim has reruns of it from time to time.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - a lot of dark humor, irony and occasional commentary on recent events. Definitely worth checking out.

 

[Zaik]

Adventure Time
Archer
Supernatural
Burn Notice
Walking Dead

I'm surprised to see Archer being as popular as it is. I expected that one to end up too good to not get cancelled in season 1, but it seems to have taken off.

 

[Launcelot111]

My top five of the past 10 years

1. Friday Night Lights- Subdued look at small town America with fantastic, relatable characters
2. Community- When it's good, it's the best. Absurd, clever, good natured. The dean is the champion
3. Arrested Development- I've watched the whole series 3 times and still find new stuff to laugh at
4. Veronica Mars- In which a tiny teenage girl armed with a sharp mind and a taser is revealed to be the ultimate badass
5. Pushing Daisies- A modern fairy tale with an interesting balance of whimsy and grittiness. Light but tons of fun

Top five running today
1. Community
2. Mad Men
3. Parks and Recreation
4. Louie
5. Happy Endings

 

[Launcelot111]

4: Community - Makes me sad it's ending, season 3 has been glorious.

I thought it got an extension, unless it got canceled again... Oh God... Nononononono...

Anyway, yeah for me it's Community, Daily Show, South Park, Archer, and Doctor Who in no particular order.

Yeah, Community's coming back for 13 more episodes at least. Thank the TV gods

 

[Guffe]

I'm watching at the moment
Supernatural
Merlin (well new season is in the making)
FBI Criminal Minds
aaaaand that's about it....
I know a few others I might be watching but not too much into series at the moment.

 

[Rylot]

4: Community - Makes me sad it's ending, season 3 has been glorious.

I thought it got an extension, unless it got canceled again... Oh God... Nononononono...

Anyway, yeah for me it's Community, Daily Show, South Park, Archer, and Doctor Who in no particular order.

Yeah, Community's coming back for 13 more episodes at least. Thank the TV gods

Oh good, I can still live on this planet. Despite the Glees and what have you there is still something good and worth while in the universe.

 

[floppylobster]

Game of Thrones
Caprica / Battlestar Galactica
Walking Dead (a lot better in second season)
Parks & Recreation (progressively better from second season onward)
Downton Abbey

 

[Senor Smoke21]

4: Community - Makes me sad it's ending, season 3 has been glorious.

I thought it got an extension, unless it got canceled again... Oh God... Nononononono...

Anyway, yeah for me it's Community, Daily Show, South Park, Archer, and Doctor Who in no particular order.

Apparently they've got a 13 episode 4th season! Found that out last night so pretty stoked.
I forgot about Archer as well, Archer's the bomb!

 

[gorfias]

My top five shows will pretty much mirror several other lists here but here it is:

Archer
Game of Thrones
Legend of Korra
Daily Show/Colbert Report
Mad

Mad has to be my new favorite show right now. The random art styles might seem offputting and you really have to know who they are jokeing on, but man when you actually get the joke you will laugh your ass off.

If I could add more shows I'd also add Ugly Americans, Avengers EMS, and Spartacaus.

I love Archer. I missed Season 3 and hope it is added to Netflix streaming soon.

I hope Game of Thrones comes out on DVD. Everyone seems to love it, but I can't bring myself to pay for HBO with so much great TV on AMC, etc. and I do have Netflix streaming. I doubt this is coming to streaming for a long time. Doubt the Sopranos ever did (got those on DVD though!)

1. Luther....so so much Luther

In case you haven't heard of Luther, I encourage you to look it up on netflix:

The guys at Totally Rad at revision3 had that in their top 5 TV this year. It is a great, great show.

i had problems with luther s2 it just felt more tame.

Wasn't season 2 the episode with the gaming twins? Yikes!

EDIT: Damn! After all the enthusiasm for Game of Thrones, I added it to my Netflix queue. Very long wait. I may have to buy the dang things!

American Horror Story

I cannot wait for season 2! I have a buddy that loves the supernatural and missed out on this, but he can start up on the next season: all new characters and situations (but may keep some of the cast: they'll just be diffferent people.) So flipping great.... and again, not Network TV.

The only Network TV I'm seeing pretty regularly here is Community. I'll have to check that (more than the one episode I've seen where one of the characters is dressed up like Batman.)

 

[the darknees abyss]

Futurama
Walking Dead
Big Bang Theory
Community
don't make fun off me for this but the vampire diary?s

 

[JoesshittyOs]

ps-walking dead is kinda awful

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. It just screams of mediocrity.

 

[gorfias]

I watched an episode of MASH recently. I liked it and appreciated it for when it came out, but, tv has matured a lot since then. Compare ER to Saint Elsewhere sometime. Sometime in the 1990s , I think TV really came into its own.

depends on the episode, i have seen MOST of that series, some episodes are silly, some are serious, and some can be really emotional, they took a HUGE risk doing what they did, clearing the way for much of what we see today. MASH was the best show ever.

MASH, Saint Elswhere, NYPD Blue, ER, Picket Fences, lot of great great stuff. But I was just blown away by the most recent episode of Mad Men. Have you watched the series? If not and you have Netflix, you can catch about 4 seasons. It is casually magnificent, so good that I really think movies are going to have a hard time keeping up. It is just difficult to pack all that character development and scope into 2-3 hours while a great TV show like "Breaking Bad" has years to do the same.

 

[hermes]

- Breaking Bad
- Game of Thrones
- Futurama
- How I Met Your Mother
- Adventure Time

 

[Rose and Thorn]

snippy

Honestly the five shows you mentioned are pretty much the five I would say, so it's fair to say we pretty much have the same taste.

One thing I might change is Sopranos, as it isn't really a "recent" show because it started in the 90's. Great show, but something a little more recent that is also a lot of fun is Sons of Anarchy.

If you like Sopranos and Breaking Bad, than you would like Sons of Anarchy if you haven't already seen it, check it out!

 

[Zac Smith]

Can't believe that only one other person so far has mentioned Spartacus!

 

[ElPatron]

Top Gun, The League, Louie (Louie C.K.) and the already mentioned Archer.

Can't think of a fifth.