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14 June 2006

What TV shows have I missed? [More:]I'm living without TV right now (again), and there are no new episodes of anything to download.

I'm interested in catching up on a a show that I never watched but should have.

Here are some of the shows in the past 5 years or so that I am totally caught up on:

6 Feet Under
Sopranos
Sex in the City
Entourage
Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Housewives
The OC
West Wing
Commander in Chief
Scrubs
Freaks and Geeks

Was there something else out there that was so great that I should download and watch this summer?
Wonderfalls!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 June | 21:08
The Wire and Carnivale and Lost, if you're into those kinds of things (aside: what's with all the Wire samples on the We Got it For Cheap mixtapes?). Maybe Bullshit! or Mythbusters?
posted by box 14 June | 21:15
The Amazing Race
House
Mythbusters

That's about all that is worth watching in TV.
posted by dg 14 June | 21:15
Deadwood.
posted by dobbs 14 June | 21:18
Undeclared
posted by jrossi4r 14 June | 21:19
The only show out of all of those that I have watched more than an episode or two of is West Wing, so I have no idea how our tastes compare. But here goes:

Battlestar Gallactica - One of the best Sci-Fi shows ever, one of the most intense shows on television right now. Two seasons out there to watch thus far. It is a good drama even if you are not crazy about sci-fi and the show has twists that make it a bit of a mindfuck like Lost.

Lost (the entire middle of season two kind made me "eh" but the end of the season was nice and the first season was just brilliant)

Boston Legal - I find James Spader highly entertaining, and William Shatner on THIS show (he generally annoyed me, even as Kirk I got sick of him). I think it is the funniest show on TV since Seinfeld at least... but YMMV.

Stargate Atlantis - My brother was telling me that he is watching it in repeats and really enjoying it, and he is not much on sci-fi or fantasy, so unless you have already seen it you might give it a try. You will understand it better form the start if you had seen SG-1 as well, but you will catch on pretty quick. Basically the lost island of Atlantis was found and it was actually a city-sized starship built by an ancient alien race. More of a fun action show than serious science fiction.

House - Really good show if you like the lead character, if not you will hate it. One episode is all you need to see to know. The show does have a really repetative theme to it, but it is fun anyway.
Greg the Bunny
Arrested Development
Futurama
posted by matildaben 14 June | 21:20
Are you only talking about current shows? Because if not:

Twin Peaks
Soap
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Green Acres

Within those four shows, you will see everything great (and a couple of things not so great) about the American sitcom.
posted by BoringPostcards 14 June | 21:38
Deadliest Catch
Firefly
Rescue Me
Venture Brothers
posted by eamondaly 14 June | 21:40
Rescue Me.

On preview: Hi eamon!
posted by mudpuppie 14 June | 21:45
Seriously, I'm gonna say it again: you *need* to download Wonderfalls. All of it. And watch it from the beginning, straight through. This coming from someone who loves most of the shows you love. DO IT!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 June | 21:48
Downloading Wonderfalls to start. Thanks all!
posted by k8t 14 June | 21:54
Nighty Night: a very dark (but hilarious) BBC comedy that for some inexplicable reason played on the Oxygen network here in the States.
posted by PinkStainlessTail 14 June | 21:59
another cheer for wonderfalls---truly a great show, in every way. : >

i'll throw in last year's Doctor Who, but not this year's.
posted by amberglow 14 June | 22:06
I'll second Firefly. Did not think about it. Only one season, but it is great fun.
Firefly
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
Arrested Development

(um...yeah)

Second Undeclared from jrossi
The wire
posted by gaspode 14 June | 23:24
I fourth Firefly. Plus The Office (BBC & American one, now that they figured it out). Arrested Development. Mythbusters. Veronica Mars. The Wire. And FIREFLY.
posted by frances1972 14 June | 23:33
Wild Palms? Can you get that series anywhere? I always wanted to see it.
posted by Eideteker 14 June | 23:59
Oh, and I just started downloading season 1 of NUMB3RS, so we'll see if that is as geek-love as it promises to be.
posted by Eideteker 15 June | 00:03
NUMB3RS is entertaining but basically a silly crime show. David Krumholz is teh hawt, though (although I know that's not your type).
posted by matildaben 15 June | 00:41
My Name Is Earl. Do sitcoms count? It's great, I love this show.
posted by essexjan 15 June | 01:48
Another vote for Firefly, another vote for Battlestar Galactica (I'm hoping to be caught up by the time the new season starts in October). BSG is the only show seriously commenting on the post-9/11 world (well, 24, but hopefully few take that seriously). The 1st season episode I just watched had terrorist interrogations with waterboarding.

And I've loved both new seasons of Doctor Who. Both actors are fantastic (heh) and the companion Rose, Billie Piper, is excellent as well. The whole series, as with Basttlestar Galactica, has been rethought (though in Who's case, with continuity largely intact), and they're doing much mroe absorbing, adult drama with high production values. The most recent episodes have been rated by Who fans as among the best ever.

amberglow, I hope you'll be watching Torchwood and next season of Who, with the bisexual Jack Harkness ...

Anyway, I have no non-sf shows I can recommend at this point, these are keeping my hands full.
posted by stilicho 15 June | 02:48
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- second Galactica, Arrested Development, Veronica Mars
and a couple of Down Under laff riots, which you can find on torrents or ebay:
- Kath & Kim (over-the-top broad Aussie humor, complete with extremely broad accents)
- Seven Periods with Mr. Gormsby (un-, un-, un-PC comedy set in a backwater NZ high school)
posted by rob511 15 June | 05:41
JLU. Really.
posted by grabbingsand 15 June | 07:38
Tossing in my vote for the following previously-mentioned shows:

Battlestar Galactica
Arrested Development
The Wire
Futurama
Curb Your Enthusiasm

adding..

Big Love
posted by agropyron 15 June | 09:17
Sports Night. .first season only.
Veronica Mars. . I know, teen stuff but really good.
posted by danf 15 June | 11:22
Did anyone mentione Firefly? It's really good.
posted by deborah 15 June | 11:58
^ -e
posted by deborah 15 June | 11:59
@Eideteker--Wild Palms came out as a two-disc DVD set earlier this year (or maybe late last year). It's quite dated, as I found--William Gibson makes an unfortunate cameo, and there are passages of expository dialogue in which characters explain concepts like "virtual reality" and the "World Wide Web"--but as a period piece it's interesting enough.
posted by Prospero 15 June | 13:41
@Prospero: Thanks. I do indeed want to see it primarily as a period piece (though the surrealism is a draw as well).

Is BSG really that good? I don't want to offend anyone's tastes, here, but I've heard it's basically a soap opera in space. Or was that only the first season and it's gotten better?
posted by Eideteker 15 June | 14:19
I am surprised no one mentioned Dead Like Me. We really liked it at our house, and I know it's out there in torrent land.
posted by richat 15 June | 14:50
BSG may or not be to your liking, but I can assure you it is not a soap opera in space.
Please get this bullshit off my tv. || So I'm on the verge of sending off a story for publication...

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