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TV nerds: what should I watch

I haven’t watched TV in years; kids and my previous job really killed that.

There’s SO much out there since I last picked up a remote, and I have a fucking huge backlog.

I’m open to anything, as long as it’s well done.

Series I liked: Vikings, Norsemen (hysterical), The Americans, GoT, Man in the High Castle, Expanse, Spartacus (Batiartus is amazing)

I’m scratching the surface of Boardwalk Empire, but open to other rabbit holes.

eureka ,
@eureka@aussie.zone avatar

but open to other rabbit holes

If you like satirical comedy or entertaining educational shows, there’s a lot on Australian television (particularly shows from the national Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Also, for people who enjoyed The Office (at least, the UK version, I haven’t seen the US variant), I recommend Utopia - it’s far from a clone but has a lot of similar themes of workplace life mixed with poking fun at bureaucracy and government.

but I don’t live in australia, or have a VPN to access ABC iView!

Visit the sidebar resources of !piracy, or even just YouTube will get you a lot of them.

aStonedSanta ,

Severance

IvanOverdrive ,

Six more months until season 2. Counting down the days.

Mesa ,
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So good.

swordgeek ,
  • Stranger Things
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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Cagi ,

Mrs. Maisel is one of the funniest shows I’ve seen.

anguo , (edited )

I can’t believe no one recommended Fleabag. It’s not the type of show that would attract me usually, but goddamn was that a masterpiece. Two seasons, short and sweet.

Another short series that is incredible is Chernobyl.

sunbeam60 ,

I couldn’t get over the insane exaggerations of Chernobyl, but I agree the show was great.

Trollivier ,

If you like Vikings, try Black Sails. A very, very underrated pirate story, unofficial prequel to the story of Treasure Island that you might have read as a kid.

I watch it once a year. It’s that good. It recently appeared on Netflix in the USA and it’s finally starting to get the attention it deserves.

lichtmetzger ,

Hell yeah, such an amazing show!

NigelFrobisher ,

Oz.

Then you may proceed with everything else.

ProdigalFrog , (edited )

Turn from AMC is really excellent if you’re into revolutionary war spy rings! Excellent writing and acting.

I would also second Andor, fantastic show. Peaky Blinders is another good one, though try not to binge it, I think it’d be much better if watched less avidly.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

You have excellent taste - I am extremely picky and will 3 of your recs are easy 10/10 for me.

ace_garp ,
@ace_garp@lemmy.world avatar

Mr Inbetween

An Australian hitman navigates his underworld life and parenthood. Better than it sounds. (Includes some heavy violence)

illi ,

Lots of good recommendations already. I especially second Last Kingdom since you liked Vikings. There is the series + one movie that ends things. Also seconding Peaky Blinders because it is fucking amazing.

I will add His Dark Materials (based on YA novels, but really good) and Carnival Row (can’t vouch for 2nd season yet as haven’t had the chance to watch it, but 1st is great).

House of the Dragon too, since you liked GoT (again, can’t vouch for 2nd season yet).

RBWells ,

Another vote for Scavenger’s Reign, it was amazing.

I have enjoyed the Wheel of Time episodes on amazon.

Blue Eyed Samurai was beautiful.

The IT Crowd is hilarious.

gerdesj ,

My T shirt says:
Have you tried turning it off and on again

IvanOverdrive ,

I thought I was the only one who’s seen Scavenger’s Reign. I haven’t heard much talk about it. Damn shame because it’s amazing.

RBWells ,

It really is. I had only heard it was sort of hopeless so held out for awhile but my goodness it was just so very good. The art style, story, the very creative settings and flora/fauna, everything. So creative and oddly compelling, we enjoyed it so much.

BonesOfTheMoon ,

Letterkenny! Canadian humour at its absolute finest.

Also What We Do In The Shadows, and Reservation Dogs.

MeatsOfRage ,

Just a warning, the third episode is notoriously bad and not indicative of the quality of the rest of the show. It’s totally skippable.

BonesOfTheMoon ,

Aww I love Fartbook.

teawrecks ,

Not listing obvious masterpieces like Breaking Bad or The Office. These are my top picks that may not be on your radar, in no particular order, most of which are just 1 season, or have ended:

  • Scavenger’s Reign - 1 season, animated, sci-fi drama
  • The Rehersal - 1 season, Nathan Fielder, comedy, introspective
  • How To with John Wilson - off-beat, documentation show, very funny and introspective
  • Jury Duty - 1 season, hidden camera, comedy
  • Red Oaks - 80s coming of age story
  • Over the Garden Wall - 1 season, animated, for kids and adults, great to watch during fall/winter
  • Tales from the Loop - 1 season, sci-fi, Twilight Zone-style 1-off episodes
  • Taskmaster - UK, comedy, gameshow
  • Gamechanger - American, comedy, gameshow
tmpod ,
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I know little about English speaking TV, so can’t quite help OP, but I gotta vouch for Taskmaster. This show is just incredible. I’ve only watched a few UK episodes, but I’ve watched every single one they’ve made in Portugal (4 seasons out already, 5th in the making iirc). It’s peak cheek-hurting laughter content. It’s not sophisticated humour or whatever, but it’s undeniably funny AF.

teawrecks ,

Glad to hear the Portugal version is good. The US version was pretty lame in comparison to the UK version. The thing I like about Greg’s judging in TM is how he rewards out of the box thinking, and takes ownership of being the Taskmaster. But it felt like the US TM punished it. “Yeah, the task didn’t prohibit you from doing that, and yeah you did it the fastest, but that wasn’t really in the spirit of the task, so I can’t give you points for it.” It was like the most boring game of Cards Against Humanity you can imagine. Apples to Apples with your grandma.

TheSambassador ,

The US version was severely bungled, especially in the cutting of the runtime to a 30 minute timeslot from 60. They made that decision AFTER filming it, so they edited down full episodes to half their length.

I think everyone agrees that Reggie Watts was not a great choice for the Taskmaster, but I do think a US version could work with the right group. It has to find it’s own voice though, and be given room to grow, which is hard for US TV.

tmpod ,
@tmpod@lemmy.pt avatar

I’d say there’s a bit of both in Portugal’s TM. Sometimes the TM acknowledges the creativity, but if the execution it too off the rules, it doesn’t get well rewarded. Other times, creative solutions really bump a player’s score.

An interesting detail, though, is that in here, TM contestants are mostly non-comedians, and only four of them are permanent per season, with each episode having a different guest. I don’t know how it is in US, but I find it really entertaining seeing well known figures doing silly shit and being creative. The varying 5th seat also brings a nice dynamic, and sometimes some of them then get moved to the permanent cast in following seasons.

teawrecks ,

Ahh, that is interesting. I guess they have a winner of each episode that could be the 5th, but the season winner is always one of the 4?

tmpod ,
@tmpod@lemmy.pt avatar

Yep, that’s correct! There have been multiple occasions where the guest wins the episode.

halykthered ,
@halykthered@lemmy.ml avatar

I’ve seen Breaking Bad mentioned. If you enjoy that, check out Your Honor. It’s another drama series starring Bryan Cranston.

Knuk ,

Some historical drama/fiction I really liked:

  • Pillars of the earth
  • For all mankind
  • The tudors
Lighttrails ,

There’s a Pillars of the Earth series?! I read the book last year and loved it.

intensely_human ,

Andor

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