If you're a ricky gervais fan, hbo just started airing the ricky gervais show, a cartoon based on his podcasts. pretty hilarious

My favourite new TV show is 'The Bubble' with the fantastic David Mitchell. Three episodes so far and they've all been brilliant! Stand-out guests so far ... Victoria Coren, Andy Hamilton, Reg D Hunter ... although they've all been brilliant.

 

Norma

Edited March 8, 201015 yr by Norma_Snockers

Vampire Diaries I think is an amazing new show. Glee...not so much.

Vampire Diaries is a cheap Twilight rip off from what I've seen of it. Just a cash in on all the vampire hype and it doesn't do it too well.

 

My favourite new show is Glee tbh. But I also watch Skins, Gossip Girl & Desperate Housewives pretty religiously lol.

Lol, shows you haven't watched it much then. Vampire Diaries pisses all over Twilight in every possible way.

Tbf, everything pisses over Twilight

^^ That :P

 

But comparisons aside, it's one of the best shows around. Great story telling, the characters are complex and layered, each week there are plenty of revelations and new mysteries emerge, the pacing is incredibly fast, you grow very fond of most characters and their relationships, there is a lot of history to be revealed from the past and these are usually done in flashback episodes which are pretty amazing - 2 of them so far.

Lol, shows you haven't watched it much then. Vampire Diaries pisses all over Twilight in every possible way.

 

*Nods* I like Twilight and whilst TVD is definately thriving because of the vampire madness around atm - it is FAR superior and is based on books written in the early 1990s so if anything Meyer stole from them :P

 

Plus after a shaky, few early episodes it really does feel like a genuine old style teen show like Buffy, Charmed or Dawson's Creek.

I'd recommend Glee, True Blood and Being Human.

 

Another series that's not exactly new...but not old either that I'd recommend is The 4400, it was an amazing show that ended at such a climax...I'm annoyed by it so much to this day :(

 

If you want something on the funny side and not exactly a series (where each episode is directly connected to the last) My name is earl and A town called Eureka are also great :)

Edited March 9, 201015 yr by Sabrewulf238

All Flash Forward Episodes are truly worth watching.

I posted some suggestions a page back, but I thought I would add to it. Starting with

 

Six Feet Under (2001-2005)

 

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Six Feet Under - Is a showcase for writing, acting and directing. Seriously the most consistant and well made show I will ever have the privilege of watching. Not to mention the soundtrack for the show is amazing, and it is one of the most influential shows of the noughties (pretty much ever dysfunctional family drama owes itself to SFU breaking the mould: Nip / Tuck especially). It's won numerous awards, and broadsheets went crazy for this show (The Guardian still writes about the show every now and then). It initially aired on Channel 4, repeats are sometimes shown on More 4, but they've stopped. It centers around the Fisher family who own a funeral home; the creater of the show wanted to explore the people behind the funeral running business, and how it must have effected the people who lived, and the kids who grew up, there. The funeral home and the strong theme of death is juxtaposed against the backdrop of the young, bright thriving city of Los Angeles; the show opens with the death of the patriarch of the Fisher family Nathaniel (who shows up in the Fisher family's dreams, and daydreams), and shows how a family in the buisness of dealing with grief has to deal with it themselves. Every episode opens with someones death, and in a sort of dead-person-of-the-week format, shows the Fishers arranging the burial of said person. It deals with death in such an upfront and honest way, and at the same time shows the beauty of life.

 

The characters are; Ruth, the matriarch of the family, an uptight housewife in her 50's. She is distraught after her husband's death, and feels guilty for the affair she has had for years with a hairdresser, and after Nathaniel's death deals with her blossoming sexuality and her coming out of her shell. Nate, the oldest son, is an everyman who fears his own death and has avioided settling down in any one place and with any one person in a vain attempt at holding on to his youth. At the time of his father's death he is flying home to be with his family for christmas, and is shaken to the core by the news, as he must now face his own mortality. He has no responsibilty and reluctantly decides to honour his father's will and take over the running of the funeral home with his in-the-closet brother David, who is in a secret realtionship with lover Keith, who is getting increasingly frustrated at David for not coming to terms with who he is, after Keith leaves him for this, David really starts to explore his gay side and slowly comes to terms with it. Federico or "Rico" is the gifted mortician, who wants to become a partner to help support his growing family, and his pushy pregnant wife Vanessa. Claire the young, wild, artistic daughter who feels disconnected from her family and the world around her, and really, is the soul and life of the show. Brenda Chenoweth is a strange, kooky, manipualtive woman who Nate meets on the aeroplane home in the pilot, and they have that classy, sex-in-the-airport-closet moment. Their volatile relationship continues and we are introduced to the rest of the f***ed up Chenoweth clan, who are messed up in the oppposite way to the Fishers - they are too carefree to their restraint. Brenda's bi-polar brother Billy, who is unstable and has a unhealthy obsession with his sister, is not happy i the slightest with her new boyfriend Nate. Brenda's mother Margaret, who's one liners are just classic, is a free loving Psychologist. Other notable guest stars include Lili Taylor, Kathy Bates, James Cromwell, Peter Facinelli, Patricia Clarkson and Mena Suvari.

 

Plus, for all you True Blood fans, the show was created and run by the same man (Alan Ball). So you have a good idea of how f***ed up things get.

 

Wiki sums the show up as this:

 

"The show revolves around members of the Fisher family, who run their funeral home in Los Angeles, and their friends and lovers. The series traces these characters' lives over the course of five years. The ensemble drama stars Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick and Rachel Griffiths as the show's seven central characters.

 

Six Feet Under received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its writing and acting, and consistently drew high ratings for the HBO network. Six Feet Under has frequently been described by critics as one of the greatest television series of all time as well has having one of the greatest series finales of all time. It won numerous awards, including three Golden Globes, nine Emmys and three Screen Actor's Guild Awards. It also generated controversy for its graphical depiction of sexuality and some of the themes it addressed.

 

The show stars Peter Krause as Nathaniel Samuel "Nate" Fisher Jr., the son of a funeral director who, upon the death of his father (Richard Jenkins), reluctantly becomes a partner in the family funeral business with his brother David (Michael C. Hall). The Fisher clan also includes widow Ruth (Frances Conroy) and daughter Claire (Lauren Ambrose). Other regulars include mortician and family friend Federico Diaz (Freddy Rodriguez), Nate's on-again, off-again girlfriend Brenda Chenowith (Rachel Griffiths), and David's boyfriend Keith Charles (Mathew St. Patrick).

 

On one level, the show is a conventional family drama, dealing with such issues as interpersonal relationships, infidelity, and religion. At the same time, it is a show distinguished by its unblinking focus on the topic of death, which it explores on multiple levels (personal, religious, and philosophical). Each episode begins with a death – anything from drowning or heart attack to Sudden infant death syndrome – and that death usually sets the tone for each episode, allowing the characters to reflect on their current fortunes and misfortunes in a way that is illuminated by the death and its aftermath. The show also has a strong dosage of dark humor and surrealism running throughout.

 

A recurring plot device consists of a character having an imaginary conversation with the deceased; for example, Nate, David, and Federico sometimes "converse" with the person who died at the beginning of the episode, while they are being embalmed or planning or during the funeral. Sometimes, the conversation is with other recurring deceased characters, most notably Nathaniel Fisher Sr. The show's creator Alan Ball states they represent the living character's internal dialogue by exposing it as an external conversation."

 

Season One Promo

 

 

Promo Trailer

 

 

A show tribute video (Really good at getting the idea of the tone, the relationships and just how well made the show is)

 

 

If you want to find out more, here is a mini-documentary about the show and is about the actors, writers, producers and the creator reflecting on the series. There are mild spoilers in the latter parts, although Part 1 is safe to watch, as it only talks about the concept and is all you need to get a grasp on the show.

 

Part 1

 

 

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Edited June 11, 201015 yr by Daniel Gleek

Right now one of my favorite show's is Memphis Beat. Memphis Beat is a cop drama set in Memphis Tennessee, the home of American barbecue.

 

I work for the marketing company that is handling this campaign for TNT and as a fan of cop shows this really has me interested. The show centers on Dwight Hendricks (Jason Lee from My Name is Earl), a quirky Memphis police detective with an intimate connection to the city and a passion for blues music.

Edited July 22, 201014 yr by Joao.Kills

I am really absorbed at the moment with Bradley Walsh's quiz show The Chase. Not sure if it's new or not but this is the first time I've noticed it. It is the best quiz of its kind as it gets through absolutely tons of questions with no boring bits where its more talk than questions (a la Eggheads).

 

Walsh is a brilliant quiz host too - he really gets stuck in himself ... plus ... I really, really like the Chaser known as 'The Beast'.

 

Norma

f***ING LOVE SIX FEET UNDER

Six Feet Under is indeed EPIC. I've still not got around to watching Series 5 yet but I've watched Series 1-4 and have not been disappointed.

 

DAVID <3

How can you NOT WATCH SEASON 5. It's really slow but the last few episodes are some of the finest pieces of television one will ever lay their eyez on.

 

CLAIRE~ <3

OMG DO I SEE A DAVID FAN?? WOO. I am actually David, we're incredibly alike. At least from what i've seen so far (half of season one lolz)!

 

Six Feet Under is amazing, resumed watching it a couple of weeks ago but it goes slowly plus i don't want to rush watching it since it's properly incredible TV show.

Six Feet Under is indeed EPIC. I've still not got around to watching Series 5 yet but I've watched Series 1-4 and have not been disappointed.

 

DAVID <3

Watch it NOW, NOW, NOW. I disagree with Ben, in that I found the last season gripping throughout, Frances Conroy acts her socks off in the first few episodes with George and Claire and I loved the Breanda/Nate relationship. I'm a Six Feet loon though, so I never found a single episode to be anything other than amazing. S5 starts off in quite a depressing way though.

 

Six Feet Under is amazing, resumed watching it a couple of weeks ago but it goes slowly plus i don't want to rush watching it since it's properly incredible TV show.

Oh you haven't seen the whole show. I actually loved David in Season One, as he is going through the stages that I am in discovering my sexuality, mix that aspect of David with Claire and it's pretty much me. In the last couple of seasons however, I went right off him, as he turned into a whiny bitch. Back to season one though, and SF really picks up in the latter half, the first half of Season One is probably my least favourite part of the entire show. Season Two onwards is perfection on every level :wub:

 

Pretty Little Liars.

I am really absorbed at the moment with Bradley Walsh's quiz show The Chase. Not sure if it's new or not but this is the first time I've noticed it. It is the best quiz of its kind as it gets through absolutely tons of questions with no boring bits where its more talk than questions (a la Eggheads).

 

Walsh is a brilliant quiz host too - he really gets stuck in himself ... plus ... I really, really like the Chaser known as 'The Beast'.

 

Norma

 

My favourite is the Governess... :P

 

 

 

 

LUTHER