Critically acclaimed shows of the last 20 years that you haven't watched

i tried watching Legend of the Seeker but it was way too cheesy and high school-ish to keep me interested. I did hear it got very "sexy" after a while with a lot of hot chicks lezzing out and stuff but end of the day its still a PG-show, and while tits and ass can keep a mediocre show interesting it cant help a shitty show.

Pushing Daisies is another cool show that was axxed before its time (2 seasons), from the creator of Dead Like Me and very, very stylized (intense, beautiful costumes/sets/etc). Tudors was decent, again a show where tits & ass took a show from mediocrity to pretty good. Downton Abbey is pretty much a soap opera that has spent lavishly on its sets and costumes. Downton, Tudors, and Pushing Daisies are great shows to watch with wife/gf since women will like the show too, whereas most women will not enjoy Wire, Sopranos, Deadwood, BSG, etc (yeah some women will, most won't). Just don't get roped into watching shit like Good Wife, Dancing With the Stars, Singing with WhoGivesAfuck, etc.

I watched Seinfeld in college or soon after, while it was current, and I vaguely remember it was basically Seinfeld = guys show, Friends = girls show (guys watched it to get laid). So yeah, if you prefer Friends to Seinfeld, welp...

McCheese_sl said:

I don't think "Dead Like Me" has been mentioned in this thread yet. I've seen it, but I'm pretty sure most people haven't. It's extremely good and I believe it was fairly critically acclaimed.

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This was a great show, sucked that there was only 2 seasons of it.
Can't believe it was 10 years ago, holy shit.
I never did get around to checking out the straight to dvd movie though.

Tananthalas_sl said:

I read the books so I personally hated LotS because that show shits all over the books for absolutely no reason.

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In fairness the books do a good job of shitting on the books as well!

Touraxus_sl said:

This was a great show, sucked that there was only 2 seasons of it.
Can't believe it was 10 years ago, holy shit.
I never did get around to checking out the straight to dvd movie though.

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Be glad you never did. It was absolute garbage.

I'm really loving Hannibal. The first two episodes are excellent and it's very creepy. Also, there's a lot of blood/violence for it being on network television during primetime. Someone getting shot in the head in broad daylight while someone else standing there gets sprayed with the blood spatter? Go NBC! If you're not watching this show, you should.

spronk_sl said:

Just don't get roped into watching shit like Good Wife, Dancing With the Stars, Singing with WhoGivesAfuck, etc.

I watched Seinfeld in college or soon after, while it was current, and I vaguely remember it was basically Seinfeld = guys show, Friends = girls show (guys watched it to get laid). So yeah, if you prefer Friends to Seinfeld, welp...

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Actually The Good Wife is pretty fucking great compared to all the shit we get on tv these days. Has no place in this thread but don't throw it away because of the title.

Seinfeld
Friends
Smallville
Six Feet Under
24
Lost
Spartacus
Walking Dead

btw, just to add. Justified is actually an exceptional series, for those who haven't watched it. At first I thought it was going to be an episodic, "southern" cop drama---but it turned into much, much more a few episodes in. Now I rank it up there with the other "golden age" shows. If you liked Deadwood and more western appeal, it's a for sure do watch (And it's free on Amazon Prime.)

elidib_sl said:

I'm really loving Hannibal. The first two episodes are excellent and it's very creepy. Also, there's a lot of blood/violence for it being on network television during primetime. Someone getting shot in the head in broad daylight while someone else standing there gets sprayed with the blood spatter? Go NBC! If you're not watching this show, you should.

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What the fuck? Wrong thread?

Lithose_sl said:

btw, just to add. Justified is actually an exceptional series, for those who haven't watched it. At first I thought it was going to be an episodic, "southern" cop drama---but it turned into much, much more a few episodes in. Now I rank it up there with the other "golden age" shows. If you liked Deadwood and more western appeal, it's a for sure do watch (And it's free on Amazon Prime.)

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I'll second this. I kept putting off checking this show out, I like Olyphant, but I am pretty tired of cop shows and it sounded like just a modern day gunfighter series. So I watched the first couple episodes and was pretty surprised. I was like, so he says some badass shit and shoots people, pretty entertaining but I wondered how long can they keep this up? One week and 4 seasons later and I'm still wondering and can't wait for more. Really amazing cast. Out of all 4 seasons I only felt like one of the episodes was a bit lacking.

Touraxus_sl said:

This was a great show, sucked that there was only 2 seasons of it.
Can't believe it was 10 years ago, holy shit.
I never did get around to checking out the straight to dvd movie though.

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Last time I checked what was probably a few years ago it was available on netflix instant, but couldn't make it past 15 minutes, it was really really bad and I liked the show a lot.