Poll

What should I watch?

30 Rock
4 (6%)
American Horror Story
0 (0%)
The Americans
0 (0%)
Archer
1 (1.5%)
Boardwalk Empire
0 (0%)
Breaking Bad
19 (28.4%)
Children's Hospital
2 (3%)
Doctor Who
3 (4.5%)
Games of Thrones
11 (16.4%)
Hannibal
1 (1.5%)
Justified
3 (4.5%)
Mad Men
18 (26.9%)
Modern Family
0 (0%)
Parks and Recreation
1 (1.5%)
Portlandia
3 (4.5%)
Sons of Anarchy
1 (1.5%)
The Walking Dead
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 37

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Which series should I prioritize watching?
« on: April 13, 2013, 07:39:44 PM »
This thread is hammering home the fact that there is really good TV out there and I'm not watching it. If I were to make time for a couple of TV series I've never watched before, which should it be? (Feel free to rank.)

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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2013, 08:06:00 PM »
Ranking TV is tough for me, mostly due to number of/length of seasons, but...

1. 30 Rock (mostly because it just concluded)

For Dramas...
2. Mad Men
3. Breaking Bad
4. Game of Thrones
5. Sons of Anarchy
6. Boardwalk Empire
7. Justified
8. The Americans (only finishing its first year, but I'd place it above Walking Dead/AHS in terms of which show I'd look most forward to watching a new episode of)
9. The Walking Dead
10. American Horror Story

Hannibal is really good but it is only two episodes in.

I'd distinguish and separate the current comedies as such...

2. Parks and Recreation
3. Archer
4. Modern Family

So my votes went to Mad Men and 30 Rock.
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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2013, 08:06:17 PM »
Mad Men is most definitely the best on the list, and by a wide margin.

Not on the list, with the additional benefit of being rather short:
Parade's End (5 eps, BBC UK/HBO)
Utopia (6 eps, Channel 4 UK)
Top of the Lake (7 eps, BBC UK/UKTV Australia/Sundance Channel)

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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2013, 08:17:28 PM »
None.

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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2013, 08:21:54 PM »
Just stick with the movies? Or are you opting for other series like Honey & Clover or The Twelve Kingdoms?

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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2013, 08:30:13 PM »
Of the ones I've seen.

1. Breaking Bad
2. Game of Thrones
3. 30 Rock
4. Justified
5. The Walking Dead
6. Children's Hospital
7. Archer
8. Sons of Anarchy
9. Boardwalk Empire
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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2013, 08:37:24 PM »
roujin always opts for anime!

I voted for Mad Men and Childrens Hospital.

Realistically speaking Girls and Gravity Falls are the two best shows on television by a wide margin, with Mad Men a distant third. GF is literally the best thing Disney has associated itself with since Hercules, so beyond even Bolt and Wreck-It Ralph.

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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2013, 08:41:33 PM »
My favorite on that list is Portlandia, so I voted for it. It caters to a pretty specific sense of humor that happens to fit mine (particularly because a parody of Portland really suits my hometown, Bellingham), so I hesitate to recommend it. You might love it, but I really don't know.

Not on the list, with the additional benefit of being rather short:
Parade's End
Top of the Lake
Most definitely second these.

And I'm sorry to keep yammering on about it, but Enlightened, too. Also, a relatively short commitment, only two seasons consisting of 18 total episodes. Two perfect seasons. It's the show I most want everyone here to watch.

I don't feel strongly about anything else on the list, even though I regularly watch some of them.
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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2013, 08:56:16 PM »
Well, Parks and Rec and Doctor Who are the series I actually watch (with the Netflix Instant one year lag) off the list so I guess I'd push those. Girls would be the non-list recommendation from me as well.

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Re: Which series should I prioritize watching?
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2013, 09:02:09 PM »
And I'm sorry to keep yammering on about it, but Enlightened, too. Also, a relatively short commitment, only two seasons consisting of 18 total episodes. Two perfect seasons. It's the show I most want everyone here to watch.

I guess I have to give this a try some day. The thing is, I haven't had yet any luck with any of HBO's half-hour shows, so I'm pretty reluctant.