T.V. Programmes You Would Recommend to Others

[lady_windermere]

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?

Comments

You asked for it... ;^D

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: You asked for it... ;^D

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Thank You, lots of recs there, will need to give a few a chance!

I'm not a great one for American remakes of British shows myself. But shouldn't be biased!