Tv series reccomendations - I am desperate here guys for entertainment

[Quarterback Rex Grossman]

The Drew Carey Show is the best sitcom ever made.

The Rockford Files - sloppy middle aged detective who gets his ass kicked when not getting into sweet car chases

Hunter (on Tubi I think) - kino '80s mayhem starring a former NFL Chad and his hot lady partner

She Spies (on YouTube last I checked) - Fourth wall breaker starring peak Natasha Henstridge and other hot women as a spy team getting into hijinks

Life - Damien Lewis is a zen detective out for revenge while being zen and having a hot Latina partner

 

[CarlKingofDucks]

Its been mentioned but SG1 is god tier. Scrubs is still funny even today. House and Burn Notice are also great watches.

Edit: Don't know how I forgot but Hercules the Legendary Journeys and Xena are awesome af. A lot of actors who dont suck today got a break in that. Your love for Kevin Sorbo from Andromeda will carry thru to Herc

 

[Cnut]

I went on a 70s/80s British children's horror kick last week. Children of Stone was totally weird, creepy and interesting and its biggest downside is that about 60% is shot on film but anything shot on a soundstage is on video. Not exactly a children's show but still family friendly. This one's about a scientist and his son going to a rural village to study megalithic stones and discover the town and its people are what they seem. Involves astronomical phenomena, body-snatching, reincarnation, ESP, and of course the ancient stones. Probably some of the most effective cliffhangers I've seen in serialized TV. Has notably strange, dissonant choral score. This creepy painting is a major plot point:



The Witches and the Grinnygog is more kid-centric but still a nice show and enjoyable by adults. This one's about a local vicar who ropes his kids and their friends into starting a community museum. Meanwhile the friends' mom finds a grotesque pagan idol, and gives it to her father to install in his garden. Some immortal witches are trying to recover it. This one actually has a black person in it but he is a mysterious African shaman/anthropologist and pretty cool. Apparently through a chain of acquisitions this series is actually now owned by Disney.



Each of these programs are about 3 hours in total and all episodes are on YouTube. Next on my watch list is The Owl Service.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

Recently finished The Shield. it was fucking GOATED.

 

[frozen_runner]

Watch the AMC miniseries from 2018 called The Terror. You will not be sorry.

But don't read anything about it beforehand. All you need to know is it's based on a novel that extrapolates through fiction on the fate of the two ships' crews from the lost Franklin expedition of 1845. Think "Master and Commander if it were a smart thriller."

EDIT: You may see information that there's a second season of the show. Fuck that. They repurposed a miniseries as an anthology series after the fact. The second season is awful and unrelated to the first.

EDIT 2: Apparently there's going to be a third season next year?! Oh God...

Other (extremely strong) suggestions:

- Counterpart (2017-2019) - Starz
My favorite science fiction show of all time. Worth getting even if you have to buy it physically on Bluray/DVD.

- The Americans (2013-2018 )- FX
A fantastic, slow burn of a Cold War spy drama that never got the appreciation it deserves.

- Justified (2010-2015; 2023) - FX
Perhaps the very best adaptation of Elmore Leonard's literary voice, and a damn good crime drama series. Leonard himself worked on it until he passed. The writers did him proud afterwards. Some of the best writing on TV, then or now.

 

[WonderWino]

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