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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.

rubberduh ,

Deadloch

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Mandy

Ted Lasso

If you can only do one make it Am I Being Unreasonable? It is incredibly good.

yogsototh ,
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From (www.themoviedb.org/tv/124364-from)

Season 3 should be done by end of September.

Other suggestions in this thread are pretty good.

And one of my preferred show; Utopia (the UK version) warning it is unfinished, only two seasons but this is just a great show. Take care of not watching the cropped version. Also it is so cool this TV show aired before COVID19.

www.themoviedb.org/tv/46511-utopia

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

News Radio

Titus

Better Off Ted

palarith ,

Old and left field ones

Wonderfalls Dead like me The almighty Johnsons (nz)

British ones Teachers (Andrew lincolin one) Coupling

NigelFrobisher ,

Oz.

Then you may proceed with everything else.

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).

wewbull , (edited )

If you like the character-plqy of GoT and don’t mind a smaller story (i.e. a single conflict rather than a world at war) then I think House of the Dragon is great. I know some are finding the pacing slow, but I’m really enjoying all the 2 or 3 character scenes where it’s all about the dialogue.

Edit: another I’ve not seen in the thread is “The Great”, which styles itself as “A sometimes true story”. A comedy drama based on Katherine the Great’s rise to power in 18th Century Russia - Huzzah! Written by the same writer that did the oscar winning “The Favourite”.

foggy ,

The early 00s - the mid 2010s was the era of the anti hero. It gave us some of the best TV series of all time. You will empathize with the the bad guy… Until you don’t.

Breaking bad

Ad men

The wire

Dexter

The sopranos

House

Apeman42 ,
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If you liked Norsemen, I’d say give Plebs a try. It’s another historical sitcom, about a group of losers in ancient Rome.

ZarkleFarkle ,

Red Dwarf. Also that recent Netflix show where they explain trying to solve a complicated maths problem to help aliens, but I forget what it’s called now. The one where alien eyes appear in the sky.

And also a weird Youtube video that’s quite well-known, along with its sequel. They’re called The Hole and The Orb.

The Hole is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIbvlobWDM

KingThrillgore ,
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Foundation is a surprisingly competent sci-fi show in the second season, but you need to watch the first.

Also of interest: Severance, Person of Interest, The Peripheral, The Returned (French TV show), Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Invincible, Ozark, The Leftovers, Twin Peaks

Akasazh ,
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I loved Netflix’ new Ripley series. It’s cinematographically gorgeous, has a very poignant bit of humor and is generally the best rendition of the story.

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

halykthered ,
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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.

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