# Favorite current shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990 "2018-04-23T16:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/1 "2018-04-23T16:45:54Z")
What are your favorite current shows? If it’s good and they’re still producing new episodes (or will be producing new episodes as far as you know, i.e. it’s not yet renewed but not cancelled AFAYK, e.g. _Rick and Morty_), I want to hear about it. Any source is good: network, cable, Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/YourTube Red/other streaming services that produce original content that I don’t know about, etc. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/2 "2018-04-23T17:03:15Z")
Most of the DVR is either the wife’s shows, reruns or sports, but I am currently recording _Agents of Shield_, _Supergirl_ and a quirky little show called _LA to Vegas_. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/3 "2018-04-23T17:07:18Z")
_Archer_ and, yes, _The Simpsons_. I like the David Letterman interview show, too, but I’m lagging behind. I’ve officially bailed on _The Walking Dead_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/4 "2018-04-23T17:42:06Z")
Most of my favorites are on hiatus until next year. _The Good Place_, It’s been renewed for next year, but you should be able to find Season 1 online (and Season 2 on the NBC site). Amazingly good, with some very sophisticated and funny ideas and deals with some surprisingly deep issues. _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_. Manages also to be very funny and also deals with much more than just comedy (though more personal than the philosophy-based jokes in _The Good Place_ _The Orville_. First episode had all that things that makes Scott Macfarlane unwatchable, but it quickly settled down to be a _Star Trek_ for the 21st century. _Black Lightning_. The best of the superhero shows because it’s different from all the rest, with a middle aged hero, great villains, and a different vibe from anything else, concentrating on the issues of a superhero having a family. _Archer_ and _Bob’s Burgers_. The two best animated shows on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/5 "2018-04-23T17:50:58Z")
+1 for Bob’s Burgers, it’s funny, creative and the characters are terrific. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/6 "2018-04-23T18:34:05Z")
TV: Call the Midwife Kevin Can Wait Chicago Fire Chicago Med The Resident 9-1-1 Life in Pieces AP Bio Trading Spaces Roseanne The Middle Modern Family The Goldbergs Netflix: Heartland Queer Eye Doctor Foster Santa Clarita Diet Various movies Waiting for next seasons: Schitt’s Creek Shameless When Calls the Heart Ozark Master of None Detectorists The Crown Victoria Offspring ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/7 "2018-04-23T18:36:54Z")
+1 for _The Good Place_. _Better Call Saul_ is approaching the level of _Breaking Bad_. _Grace and Frankie_ proves that age is no obstacle to being funny. Also an incredible testimonial to plastic surgery. ETA: I assume you mean scripted shows - otherwise _Last Week Tonight_ with John Oliver is at the top of my list. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/8 "2018-04-23T18:42:33Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > ETA: I assume you mean scripted shows - otherwise _Last Week Tonight_ with John Oliver is at the top of my list. Scripted, unscripted, whatever. As long as it’s current and good, lemme have it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/9 "2018-04-23T18:57:42Z")
+1 for _Archer_. I left it off because it doesn’t start again until 4/25. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/10 "2018-04-23T19:21:52Z")
Only shows I watch are Good Place (caught up) Game of Thrones (Caught up) Westworld (not caught up) South Park (I watched all the last few seasons and handfuls of the older eps) Shows I enjoy grabbing random eps: Archer, Bobs Burgers. I’m still looking for something to binge to replace 30 Rock and Park and Rec. It won’t be The Office. Probably not Kimmy Schmidt or Brooklyn ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/11 "2018-04-23T19:28:22Z")
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Archer Elementary AP Bio ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/12 "2018-04-23T19:44:58Z")
_The Handmaid’s Tale_ season two starts on Wednesday. _Better Call Saul_ will be back in the fall. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/13 "2018-04-23T19:58:02Z")
_Sammy Hagar’s Rock n’ Roll Road Trip_ All the PBS stuff _Mr. Pickles_ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/14 "2018-04-23T20:24:15Z")
My favorite current shows are: The Good Place The Americans Blackish Fresh Off the Boat Brooklyn 99 New Girl Game of Thrones Several of them only have a few episodes left though. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/15 "2018-04-23T20:48:25Z")
**The Expanse** , oh my brothers. On the Syfy channel, season 3 is airing now, seasons 1 and 2 are free on Amazon Prime. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/16 "2018-04-23T20:54:57Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > **The Expanse** , oh my brothers. On the Syfy channel, season 3 is airing now, seasons 1 and 2 are free on Amazon Prime. I need to catch that as I have been reading Corey’s books and love them. I am also watching a lot of _Agents of SHIELD_, Bourdain’s _Parts Unknown_, Eric Ripert’s _Avec Eric_ amongst others. Really must start watching Expanse though. It’s got to be at least decent even if its only quasi-faithful to the books. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/17 "2018-04-23T20:58:15Z")
Wife and I watch A LOT of TV : The Good Place Kevin Probably Saves The World 9-1-1 Chicago Med Survivor Roseanne Better Call Saul Fear The Walking Dead The Walking Dead Into The Badlands Ozark Shameless Altered Carbon The O.A. Parks & Rec Archer Blindspot Top Chef SNL Dark Modern Family ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/18 "2018-04-23T21:15:34Z")
The MacGyver reboot ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/19 "2018-04-23T22:52:47Z")
So…I found a way (ahem) to watch the first season of the Expanse, and oh my! It’s incredible so far and I haven’t even finished the first episode yet. So good so far. ---
**Author:** ![chaika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chaika/32/405_2.png) [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990/20 "2018-04-24T00:13:22Z")
My favorites on broadcast TV: The Americans Call the Midwife Recently watched and enjoyed on Netflix: Collateral Doctor Foster The Chalet (just started this one) Witnesses Seven Seconds Rita Shetland [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990.md?page=2)