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T.V. Programmes You Would Recommend to Others

I've seen a bit of excitment around my friends list for some TV Programmes, and wonder if you would agree, or if there are others you would like to add to the list.

The British seasons are quite short, others, even if they are American, are short as well!

Merlin. It seems to appeal to the younger members of my flist, but the ones it does appeal to are into it in a big way! I'm not sure, as I was raised on tales of Autherian legend, and the Knights of the Round Table. I'm also used to a far older Merlin.

Being Human. Last episode next week, but only seven episodes and a pilot. The pilot doesn't have the same actors. Have to say everyone seems to LOVE it. I've caught up now, and yes, it is great! Each episode is about an hour long, with no adverts. Don't know if the rest of the world would go for that, or if it would have to be cut.

Leverage. Watch for Christian Kane, stay for great stories. Oh and look out for the Doctor Who references!

Dollhouse I wasn't sure about watching, I was expecting a bit more excitment around my flist for this, so who would recommend it. Should I watch? I mean I'm in the UK, my viewing isn't going to up the ratings.

So any others I have missed that are must sees?

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I am downloading Reaper as it was a rec, I have 18 eps to gak and watch before the 3rd of March when season 2 begins! ACK!

I am LOVING the US shows right now!

Dollhouse has been a huge disappointment so far - the characters are one-dimensional, the plotlines cliche'd and in all it's just incredibly boring. People are saying, though, that it should pick up around episode 5 (assuming it lasts that long...), so it's probably best to wait at least until then before bothering to check it out.

I loved Merlin, but I've not seen any other versions. It was loads of fun.

Dollhouse was uber yawny. I watched the first, but I dont' know if I'd bother with any more.

hehe, Merlin is totally my guilty pleasure, of course it's not exactly great art, but it's so very slashable (with all the sacrificing) and ASH is always a pleasure to watch.

I very much agree on being human. I really hope it gets a second season.

Dollhouse is ok. Seems to me that people are a bit overly critical about it. Yes, it's not the perfect show yet, but the setup is intriguing and the characters have the potential to become very interesting. The second episode was already so much better than the first that I'd say watching does definitely pay off.
I'm not in love mode about it yet, but then I couldn't say that after the first two episodes of Buffy either (or even most of the first season)

I wouldnt watch dollhouse yet, and not because its terrible, simple because theres a good chance if it diesnt improve it will get puller and theres nothing worse then be invested in something and not getting an ending, imo

have you ever watched big bang theory?
Merlin and Leverage are fun :)

Dollhouse is... okay. It doesn't seem much like a Joss Whedon show, more a traditional action adventure with guns and fast motorbikes, and girls dancing in ultra-short skirts, and sweaty men stripped to the waist.

It's not nearly as bad as some people are saying, IMO, but I'm not sure I'd be watching it if I wasn't hoping that more of Joss's humour and Deep Significant Plots and subtext and so on would start creeping in. The second episode was much stronger than the first, so I do have hopes in that direction.

Like most others, I wouldn't bother with Dollhouse yet -- if it doesn't pick up substantially, it's not gonna be around long.

Big Bang Theory is marvelous!

I also really like the Mentalist, if you can get access to that. There are about 13-14 eps already done.

I'm gonna pimp The Sarah Connor Chronicles again. You can probably get the first season at a bargain price on play.com.

And Dollhouse isn't all that great yet, but I'm hoping it'll have what it needs to get on its feet. Second ep was already a great improvement.

Leverage is excellent AND it's already been picked up for a second season.

Dollhouse isn't bad but it's on Fox and it's very early in the season. I hated Buffy for the first few episodes, in fact it didn't grab me at all until the second season, and I have to say that, at the very least, I don't hate Dollhouse, which puts it ahead of where Buffy was a this stage of the game.

You also might want to try Damages. It's tremendous. Easily one of the best shows on television. Although it's set in a law firm, it's formula is really a mystery instead of a legal show (I have to wrack my memory to even remember a scene set in a court room) but the writing, characterization, pacing and acting are more than exceptional.

Burn Notice is wonderful as well, but then it's got Bruce Campbell in it and everything that man touches turns out to be awesome. Above and beyond Bruce Campbell, the show is well written and extremely FUN to watch. Plus the little *spy* touches they put in are really fascinating. I don't know if they're real but they *seem* like they could be real and the lead is not only handsome he's also very good at playing Michael Weston. Plus it's one of the few shows where all the actors have a great chemistry.

I like Psych a lot. It's silly, funny and goofy and the two lead actors, in fact all the actors, again have a wonderful chemistry. I don't know if you watched West Wing but one of the leads played Charlie on that show. That said, there is nothing of Charlie in the Guster. Dule' Hill is a very good actor.

Big Bang Theory is excellent as well. I'm not a fan of sitcoms but this one stands well above the crowd. I think part of the reason is that the writers must be geeks themselves because they *get* the culture and are able to poke fun at it without being cliche'.

I like Terminator, The Sarah Connor Chronicles a lot too. It's been in ratings trouble since it began but it's very well done for a SciFi show. It's also the reason I think Fox will give Dollhouse a full season chance because they've given Terminator time to grow a following.

It may be sacrilege, but I'm liking the US version of Life on Mars very much as well even though I really didn't think I would. It's never going to be the original but it has taken the original premise and built on it in an interesting manner. There are differences and those differences are interesting. Of course it had to be different since US series run roughly 20 episodes a piece and the US doesn't really *do* series that have defined endings so they can't wrap things up in less than 20 episodes but the stuff they added is compelling and the actors they chose are very talented.

You're already watching Supernatural, right? It's my favorite Thursday night show.

Chuck, IMO, keeps getting better and better.

I'm not so excited about Reaper. The plot gets dragged down in formula and the actors can be annoying and contrived. It's got a few keepers like Ray Wise as the Devil and Tyler Labine as Sock, but it's not appointment television for me.

Lost, now that it has an actual end date, is getting better and better.

And the best show on television, AFAIC, is Battlestar Galactica. Bar none. Ever. I think it's the Espenson effect.

*sigh* I think I may watch too much TV because this is less than a third of the shows we watch, either live or on Memorex. The ones I listed, though, are the cream of the crop. The ones we watch live (well...if not live, with only a 15 minute delay to weed out commercials).

PS. The Mentalist has a lot of promise.

Merlin - is cute and fun show

Being Human - Haven't watched it

Leaverage - Watched it loved it

Dollhouse - I am watching it and it is blah.

Mmmmm Being Human is simply awesome! I'm loving it. And you know I love Leverage too.
Dollhouse... is too soon to say. It's not bad but I think I need more time.

I'd totally recommend "How I met your mother" it's one of the funniest sitcoms I've seen in a while.
And Criminal Minds is a very well written show in my opinion. What I like the most is that it doesn't have love drama, it's about the cases and how they solve them and I like that.

Ooooh and "the Middleman"! It's funny, it's cute, strong female lead character. I think you'll like it!

And I'm guessing you already know about "Black Books" and "The IT crowd", right?

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I'm giving Dollhouse a chance even though I'm not fond of Eliza Dushku because JW shows usually pay off over the long haul. However, reviews are so mixed, it may not, maybe even probably not get renewed. I'm enjoying Being Human very much. I love Russell Tovey's character but also think he needs to be pulled back. He's too over the top in his hysteria moments. A bit self indulgent.

ETA: I'm still following Dexter and loving it. Also, True Blood which is sort of...I dunno...it's a show that grew on me and I'm very much into it now. Even bought the books it's based on. Got into Dirty, Sexy Money, but it got canceled. They're not even showing the remaining eps. Dynasty/Dallas kind of thing, but in its big, splashy wealthy excess (and Peter Krause from Six Feet Under and Donald Sutherland as the patriarch), it was a delicious pleasure.

I caught my first ep of Leverage last night. Doctor Who references, you say? Neat!

And Merlin really doesn't give a hoot for "canon" myth, does it? It's quite comical, but I love it just the same.

Have you watched it? Try forgetting everything you ever heard or read about Merlin and the legends. I started to watch it and was getting p/off because it didn't follow the stories i knew, but then i stopped caring about that and started to really enjoy it. The story line is good in its own right and the character interaction especially between Arther and Merlin is brilliant, its got great humour and i love it. Try watching it, it starts getting good about the 3rd or 4 ep, I'm only a few years younger than you:)

Burn Notice

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