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Phantos · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:54 pm

HBO's Bored to Death

nachos4life · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:38 am **Posts:** 80

Phantos wrote:

HBO's Bored to Death

that show is pretty good

lukecubed · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:33 pm

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Mad Men, despite being the only show on tv where the ladies have hips, always kind of struck me as a boring exploration and more than a little sexist

I've only made it through the first season, but the show is basically ABOUT sexism/gender roles/etc, not about endorsing it or glamorizing it. Not saying you'll like it, but it's an entirely different animal from Entourage.

Phantos · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:42 pm

the IT Crowd rules pretty hard for Britcom.

demon gal · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:51 pm

(Winter) Wipeout premieres this Thursday on ABC 8/7c.
The greatest TV show ever.

Karl Hungus · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:24 pm **Posts:** 1394

Im into the last 3-4 episodes of season 3 Sons of Anarchy...good to see it got renewed

lordfinesse · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:06 pm

Raising Hope is my favorite show on right now. It's about a poor white family with a new baby. Maybe it's the new Roseanne. It's damned funny though. And it's got Martha Plimpton, and I've always thought she was hot, so yay.

Also liking Cougartown a lot. And IRT Deadliest Roads, but that went off. My tv guilty pleasure at the moment is Celebrity Rehab. I know, I know...

qsysue · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:54 pm

Dude I love Dr. Drew.

Raising Hope is good, although the premise is lame. The parents totally steal the show. I think one reason my husband and I like it is we can relate to it. We had kids young (19) and they're that age now.

Mr Red · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:13 am

/ez wrote:

Mad Men is all style over substance. Does that show even have a story worth telling?

Egad. This show is probably the richest story-telling currently on television.

Breaking Bad is also really good, as mentioned before. Surprised nobody mentioned The Walking Dead yet. Really good for the genre. AMC is just quality all the way around, but I did miss Rubicon. I guess no big whoop as it was canceled after a single season.

/ez · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:48 am

Mr Red wrote:

Egad. This show is probably the richest story-telling currently on television.

Rich story-telling and all style, no substance are not mutually exclusive, good sir.

And as hard as I find it to admit, since I've been a fan of the book from day 1, but The Walking Dead turned out pretty damn poor so far. When they follow the book it's mostly good, but when they deviate it can get really painful - like those charitable gangsters for example.

EugenicScum · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:08 am

From last year,

Doctor Who
Sherlock Holmes
NGC's The Great Migration
The Mitchell and Webb Look
The Venture Bros
Futurama
Running Wilde & The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (Arrested Development fans, must see)

h.p. taskmaster · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:54 am

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oh, and as far as battlestar galactica, STOP before you get to season 4.5, or the second half of season 4. DO NOT WATCH the last half-season. trust me.

Sounds pretty ominous. I'll have to keep that in mind. I've been told to avoid Caprica as well.

Phantos is right, IT Crowd is pretty good. It's no Snuff Box, but it'll do.

Phantos · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:59 pm

h.p. taskmaster wrote:

Phantos is right, IT Crowd is pretty good. It's no Snuff Box, but it'll do.

Snuff Box looks good. Too bad it's not on netflix.
Matt Berry is a complete retard.
That being said I think I need to recommend our other favorite fucked out and tripped up britcoms: The Mighty Boosh and Darkplace

h.p. taskmaster · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:01 pm

Darkplace is awesome. I couldn't ever really get into the Mighty Boosh. They showed it on the Cartoon Network over here for a while. I guess maybe I didn't give it enough of a shot.

omind · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:22 pm **Posts:** 303

Ru Pauls drag race starts up again soon. Eagles of Death Metal oughta shoot a killer cock rock crazy chix video using these gals.....

Phantos · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:14 pm

I want to check out Hyperdrive as well.
Suppose to be pretty out there.

And for Brit Sci-Fi (Doctor Who fans, same universe) for the CSI/X-Files lover def check out Torchwood.

Shaytan · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:44 pm **Posts:** 418

lordfinesse wrote:

Raising Hope is my favorite show on right now. It's about a poor white family with a new baby. Maybe it's the new Roseanne. It's damned funny though. And it's got Martha Plimpton, and I've always thought she was hot, so yay.

Also liking Cougartown a lot. And IRT Deadliest Roads, but that went off. My tv guilty pleasure at the moment is Celebrity Rehab. I know, I know...

Speaking of guilty pleasures: I'm watching Legally Blonde....

... for the third time.

whoshotthefrog · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:17 pm **Posts:** 2371

nachos4life wrote:

Phantos wrote:

HBO's Bored to Death

that show is pretty good

I love Schwartzman in this show. Very underrated show in my opinion.

whoshotthefrog · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:17 pm **Posts:** 2371

lordfinesse wrote:

Raising Hope is my favorite show on right now. It's about a poor white family with a new baby. Maybe it's the new Roseanne. It's damned funny though. And it's got Martha Plimpton, and I've always thought she was hot, so yay.

This show rules. The father crracks me up and some of the situations Cloris Leachman are completely off the wall. I'm glad it got renewed for a second season.

I'm curious to see what FOX does with Running Wilde. It has it's moments and I think Keri Russell is a hot piece of ass but I'm not sure they will bring it back for another season.

Jam8 · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:06 pm **Posts:** 381

Raising Hope is awesome, and it's been renewed for a second season.

Shameless after 2 episodes is my favorite thing on right now. Just amazingly inappropriate and funny. I know, it's a remake of a Brit show, but it's got William H. Macy and Joan Cusack.

Mr Red · **Posted:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:26 pm

After Howard Stern interviewed Camille Grammer, I checked out a couple of episodes of "The Real Houswifes of Beverly Hills". That shit has got to be totally scripted, right? Either way, that shit is shameful to watch or have aired, but watchable in it's own trainwreck sort of way.

Jam8 · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:06 pm **Posts:** 381

I have not watched a 'reality' show since the third or fourth season of the Real World. Part of me hates everyone who does. You're the reason TV sucks.

whoshotthefrog · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:17 pm **Posts:** 2371

Jam8 wrote:

Raising Hope is awesome, and it's been renewed for a second season.

Shameless after 2 episodes is my favorite thing on right now. Just amazingly inappropriate and funny. I know, it's a remake of a Brit show, but it's got William H. Macy and Joan Cusack.

The first episode was funny as hell. I have the second episode on the DVR waiting to be watched. The scene where the "gay" brother is getting a blowjob and the girl's father catches him in the act was hilarious. I assumed the clowns were Joan Cusack's since she's a bit loony in this show but they were the fathers.

James1214 · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:04 pm **Posts:** 81

Go on netflix and put Spaced in your queue, its got Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in it and is fucking rad.

bass sic · **Joined:** Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:03 am **Posts:** 28

Im about done with TV also, and going back to my good ol days of rebbit ears and DVD's. Once Terriers didnt get renewed I said fuck it. But Ill give it another chance if all these episodes I have recorded of living dead or something like that on AMC pay off. Been hearing good things.

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