# Nice LITTLE Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 10, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175 "2020-03-10T02:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [March 12, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/41 "2020-03-12T16:40:01Z")
_Crazyhead_ a UK show reminiscent of _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ by Howard Overman, the creator of _Misfits_.\* Great performance by Susan Wokoma, plus some very clever touches. _Snuff Box_, starring Matt Berry – a comedy genius – about the lives of two royal hangmen. Mostly a sketch comedy spun off from them lounging around the Executioner’s Club. Very dark humor and very funny. Berry also starred in _Toast of London_ as a vain actor. The humor is pretty dark and bawdy, as Berry – who is not as good as he thinks he is – deals with life. One gag is about his archnemesis, Ray “Bloody” Purchase, whose wife is a prostitute who only charges Ray for sex. _Derry Girls_, a comedy set in Northern Ireland in the 90s, where a group of teen girls deal with life in school during the Troubles. Saoirse-Monica Jackson is fall-down funny as Erin, who tries to deal with romance and other craziness. The opening gag is one of the funniest ever, and how could you not like a show where a statue of Mary cries dog piss? \*If you haven’t seen _Misfits_, watch it now, especially if you’re a fan of _Umbrella Academy_. It is the best superhero show that has ever been on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/42 "2020-03-12T17:38:09Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _Derry Girls_, a comedy set in Northern Ireland in the 90s, where a group of teen girls deal with life in school during the Troubles. Saoirse-Monica Jackson is fall-down funny as Erin, who tries to deal with romance and other craziness. The opening gag is one of the funniest ever, and how could you not like a show where a statue of Mary cries dog piss? Derry Girls is one of the funniest things on TV right now. If you can sleuth it out, it’s worth seeing series creator Lisa McGee’s previous show, _London Irish_. It’s like Derry Girls but with more swearing, riding and (a lot more) drinking. It only ran one season, so there’s just six episodes. Sister Michael and Father Peter are both in it (the latter is a regular), and Ardal O’Hanlon even has a small role, just as in Derry Girls. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/43 "2020-03-12T18:09:22Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > [The End of the F\*\*\*ing World](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6257970/reference) - two 8 episode seasons on Netflix. Dark twisted comedy/drama. This. I thought it was brilliant. Do watch beyond the first two or so episodes before you give up, as it seems a lot bleaker than it is at the beginning. It’s pretty dark, yes, but warm-hearted too. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/44 "2020-03-12T19:14:11Z")
I agree with the above post which made me think of another similar. **In The Dark** (Netflix, 1 se 13eps) is pretty light. The first episode and beginning event is dark but the characters and writing keep it upbeat throughout the season. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/45 "2020-03-12T19:22:39Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Totally classic. > > I came in to nominate [Wonderfalls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls). > > We got them on DVD from the library. I came here to nominate the same show. Wonderful and quirky. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/46 "2020-03-12T22:16:16Z")
Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned yet, critical and award darling [Fleabag](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01KW5IIJM/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1?tag=dt-displayads-20&language=en_US) on Amazon is two seasons of six episodes each. The episodes are even short, so it doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. Ash vs. the Evil Dead is harder to watch, because it’s not on any of the major streaming sites. It’s also a bit longer at three ten episode seasons. If you like Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell, or Lucy Lawless, then it is worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/47 "2020-03-12T23:36:21Z")
From 2008, so a little early, but _The Middleman_ was amazingly great. “Fighting Evil So You Don’t Have To.” The adventures of a young woman who is recruited to be an assistant to The Middleman, who is backed by the Organization Too Secret To Know. 1 season, 12 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/48 "2020-03-13T00:10:27Z")
The new version of _The Tick_ was excellent. It deserved to last seven seasons. It only got two. _Gentleman Jack_ is also good. It’s ongoing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/49 "2020-03-13T00:33:37Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > [Undone](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8101850/reference) - one 8 episode season so far on Amazon. Rotoscoped, animated series spacy comedy/drama. Just watched this one. Another show for which the thumbnail description Amazon gave turned me off, but actually this show was right up my alley. It’s been a long time since a cliffhanger at the end of a season hit me this hard. Most of what I would suggest has already been suggested, the rest forgotten (for the time being, at least). I did like The Sinner on Netflix, 2 seasons of 8 episodes. Stars Bill Pullman. It’s two (mostly) separate stories united by Bill’s quirky but insightful lawman/detective character. Although it’s a crime drama (which I usually ignore and ordinarily wouldn’t recommend), it’s well done and the characters make it worthwhile. And you can’t go wrong with Carrie Coon, who’s a major character in one of the seasons. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/50 "2020-03-13T01:23:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > **Frank’s Place** (1987-88), starring Tim Reid, just 22 episodes. Black ivy-league professor inherits his family’s restaurant in New Orleans and travels down to sell it, gets voodoo-ed by the staff, and ends up staying down there to run it. Lots of great stuff concerning racism and intra-racism, differences between North and South, etc. Although a sitcom, it had no laugh track. > > [Frank's Place - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank's_Place) This was my favorite show when I was 8 years-old. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/51 "2020-03-13T01:39:51Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > This was my favorite show when I was 8 years-old. Frankly (tee hee), I only saw a few episodes. Am I right in thinking the only regular white-skinned cast member was an alcoholic Jewish attorney, who was helpful in getting Frank to bridge the North-South cultural barrier? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/52 "2020-03-13T01:55:43Z")
Never mind. I’m gonna binge as much as I can on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/53 "2020-03-13T04:50:40Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned yet, critical and award darling [Fleabag](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01KW5IIJM/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1?tag=dt-displayads-20&language=en_US) on Amazon is two seasons of six episodes each. The episodes are even short, so it doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. I didn’t mention it in my OP but I meant I was looking for little shoes that not only were limited episodes but also limited acclaim. Fleabag is great but everyone’s seen it (exaggeration yes but it’s popular…) ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/54 "2020-03-19T01:31:37Z")
Here are a few that when I mention them to people, they’ve never heard of them. I’m in the U.S. and watch these on AcornTV so maybe they’ve gotten more fanfare in their countries of origin. Ackely Bridge - for those of you who mentioned Derry Girls. You might like this one, too. Kingdom - 18 episodes and staring Stephen Fry Mystery Road - 12 episodes over 2 seasons Jack Irish - 12 episodes over 2 seasons, plus 3 90-minute movies ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/55 "2020-03-19T02:02:26Z")
Peter Falk’s “Trials of O’Brien” ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/56 "2020-03-19T02:21:31Z")
I’ve been meaning to make an appreciation thread for TBS comedies, but this thread looks like as good a place as any for it. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > [Search Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_Party_(TV_series)) - (TBS/HBO Max) This is just a weird show and I’m not sure if it had any deep meaning. Just some self-absorbed 20-something New Yorkers who get themselves mixed up in a plot bigger than themselves. Kind of like \*Girls \*but more light. It gets really good reviews, tho. The most grounded of the TBS comedies, which are usually pretty whacky. Probably my least favorite of them but still good. > [@hogarth](#): > > Wrecked (TBS, 30 episodes): A group of misfits is trapped on a desert island after a plane crash. It starts as a parody of “Lost” but later it adds elements from other sources (like “The Most Dangerous Game”). Absolutely fantastic. One of my favorite shows while it was on. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > [People of Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_of_Earth) - (TBS, canceled) Starring Wyatt Cenac as a guy who joins a support group for people who have been abducted by aliens. Turns out the aliens are real! But everyone is not quite sure. This isn’t a rip-roaring comedy but it’s a…nice little show. Wyatt Cenac was excellent in this. Agreed that it wasn’t rip-roaring like Wrecked or The Detour, but it was quite good. Other TBS comedies I loved: [The Detour](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4903242/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - (TBS, cancelled) Starring Jason Jones and Natalie Zea, this show is a little longer than the others (4 seasons) but it achieves Peak TBS Comedy Wackiness. Natalie Zea is a national treasure. [Miracle Workers](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7529770/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - (TBS, currently airing season 2) - Starring Daniel Radcliffe, this anthology comedy takes it to a whole 'nother level. The first season is about angels trying to keep things running while an incompetent god (Steve Buscemi) is an unending font of bad ideas. Season 2 is set in the dark ages with no supernatural element at all. Currently my favorite show on television. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/57 "2020-03-19T02:47:23Z")
I liked the first season of Miracle Workers a lot more than the second, as it seemed to hold together better. This current second season is a bit of a mess. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/58 "2020-03-19T05:14:40Z")
The first season episode when god went to pitch his restaurant idea to his parents had me cracking up. The best were his over-achieving siblings who of course had created perfect utopias with their planets. “Go on, tell them what a giraffe is…” “It’s a dog with a leg for a neck.” “_Why_, son?!” Actually, of course, [youtube has that scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-CHL_ZHOu0). Slightly different than I remember, but pretty close. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/59 "2020-03-19T05:28:29Z")
I recommend “The Booth at the End”. It’s quite low budget, but has very good acting. 2 Seasons, only 5 episodes in each season, and each episode is short. 8.4 / 10 on IMDB. J. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/60 "2020-03-19T09:19:26Z")
If you like _Rockford Files_, then watch _Stumptown_. If you like _Columbo_, then watch _Russian Doll_. If you like _Murder She Wrote_, then watch _Agatha Raisin_. If you like _Cadfael_, then watch _Father Brown_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175.md?page=4)