# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/81 "2021-02-01T16:55:46Z")
**Review with Forrest MacNeil** (also just **Review** but that’s really hard to search on.) It seems to be streaming on [Comedy Central](https://www.cc.com/shows/review). (You can also buy it on Amazon prime) In the show, Forrest reviews life experiences (like going to prom, or eating 10 pancakes) and gives them ratings of 1-5 stars. The first few episodes ease you in, but as the series goes on, it gets weirder and funnier and better. About 20 episodes in total. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/82 "2021-02-01T17:25:42Z")
The U.S. and Australian versions of “Review” are both very funny. A few more shows I haven’t seen mentioned (but my eyesight isn’t what it used to be): Love (Netflix, 34 episodes): Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs date and drive each other (and the viewers) crazy. Claudia O’Doherty should have had her own series, in a just world. Angie Tribeca (TBS, 40 episodes): A silly police procedural spoof, along the lines of Police Squad/The Naked Gun. Stuffed with ridiculous humour. I thought the third season was a little weak, but the final season was great, with Bobby Cannavale playing Rashida Jones’s teenage son (!). A Touch of Cloth (6 episodes, available on Amazon Prime): Another silly police procedural spoof, but a bit more moody. Also hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/83 "2021-02-01T17:48:15Z")
Another TBS series, which I think only lasted two seasons, was **The Guest Book**. A sort of anthology series about a cabin for rent. Each episode primarily centers around the cabin’s guests (who write about their experiences in the cabin’s guest book) but there is also an ongoing plot arc with the cabin owners, the owner of a local strip club, and the owner of the neighboring cabin. Season 2 shifts to a beachfront condo for rent but features some of the same regulars from S1. From Greg Garcia, who brought us “My Name Is Earl” and “Raising Hope.” ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/84 "2021-02-01T17:56:38Z")
Seconded! [I listen to the theme song (by Johnny Flynn) when I want to smile.] ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/85 "2021-02-01T18:52:29Z")
_What We Do In The Shadows_ is also awesome. The movie is great, but the series is a gem on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/86 "2021-02-01T19:57:00Z")
Without going through the entire thread…did anyone mention that Brits are notorious for doing shows with very few episodes and also Police Squad! When Things Were Rotten Quark. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/87 "2021-02-01T20:21:46Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Detroiters and Trial and Error, both lasted a couple short seasons and were really charming and hilarious. If you liked Detroiters, try [I Think You Should Leave Now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_You_Should_Leave_with_Tim_Robinson). It’s with Tim from Detroiters. The style is very similar to Detroiters but it’s more of an anthology/sketch type show. > [@hogarth](#): > > Angie Tribeca (TBS, 40 episodes): A silly police procedural spoof, along the lines of Police Squad/The Naked Gun. Stuffed with ridiculous humour. I thought the third season was a little weak, but the final season was great, with Bobby Cannavale playing Rashida Jones’s teenage son (!). Also, her mom on the show was played by her IRL mom, Peggy Lipton (aka Norma from Twin Peaks). That reminds me, Twin Peaks, excluding the 2017 episodes is only an 8 episode season and a 22 episode season (and a movie). ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/88 "2021-02-01T20:23:59Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Another TBS series, which I think only lasted two seasons, was **The Guest Book**. A sort of anthology series about a cabin for rent. Each episode primarily centers around the cabin’s guests (who write about their experiences in the cabin’s guest book) but there is also an ongoing plot arc with the cabin owners, the owner of a local strip club, and the owner of the neighboring cabin. Season 2 shifts to a beachfront condo for rent but features some of the same regulars from S1. From Greg Garcia, who brought us “My Name Is Earl” and “Raising Hope.” The bastard stepsibling of The Guest Book might be Room 104, from HBO. It’s from the Duplass Brothers and each episode is set in the same motel room in an unnamed American city. The episodes are all very different. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/89 "2021-02-01T20:38:04Z")
“I’ll Have What Phil’s Having/[Somebody Feed Phil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_Feed_Phil)” (PBS/Netflix): the creator of “Everybody Loves Raymond” travels the world and samples the local cuisine then videochats with his parents about what he saw & ate. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/90 "2021-02-01T20:54:32Z")
Oh man so many good new recommendations here! The post about **Review** made me think of **How To With John Wilson** , on HBO. Sounds like it might be similar. It’s definitely similar to _Joe Pera Talks With You_. A dorky kinda filmmaker narrator tries to explain some stuff via his camera and things happen. Sounds utterly boring but it actually tugged at my heartstrings. Especially since the last episode (or two?) takes place in NYC when the pandemic started. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/91 "2021-02-01T22:00:15Z")
I’ll nominate [The Wine Show](https://thewineshow.com/about-the-wine-show), 3 seasons of two very nice actors travelling and drinking wine. Just very pleasant. And Letterkenny may be up to 9 seasons, but the episodes are only around 30 minutes long. I find it a friendly ribbing of small town Canada, or really small town anywhere. One of the only shows I’ve actually watched multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/92 "2021-02-01T22:07:31Z")
Since last time this thread was active, I found this show from a commercial at the end of another UK show. 3 seasons, 25 episodes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nSzdozyJhuc/maxresdefault.jpg "Yonderland - Series 1 Trailer #Yonderland") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSzdozyJhuc) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/93 "2021-02-01T22:14:43Z")
A clip. (And I better actually say Yonderland so that it can show up in searches.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zCL6Y-9n5qo/maxresdefault.jpg "Yonderland Ep4 PhilipResupply") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCL6Y-9n5qo) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/94 "2021-02-01T22:31:47Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > And Letterkenny may be up to 9 seasons, but the episodes are only around 30 minutes long. I find it a friendly ribbing of small town Canada, or really small town anywhere. One of the only shows I’ve actually watched multiple times. Speaking of Canadian television series, I really liked Slings & Arrows. Only three seasons of six episodes each. Set at a Shakespeare festival sort of like the one in Stratford Ontario. In each season, they’re doing a different Shakespeare play. It’s really good. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/95 "2021-02-01T22:41:15Z")
Also speaking of Canadian shows, I found out that “Cock’d Gunns” (mentioned earlier in the thread) is available on Tubi. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/96 "2021-02-01T22:49:42Z")
I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet but IT Crowd. I understand the American version is pretty awful, but the British version is worth watching. It’s pretty funny. I finally got around to watching it when, for whatever reason, I found myself watching bloopers and ‘best of’ clips from it. After a week or two of that I figured I might as well just watch it. Only 18 episodes across 4 seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/97 "2021-02-01T23:11:32Z")
‘The Booth At The End’ is the best television series I’ve ever watched. Gripping story right from the get-go, fantastic acting, and many unanswered questions. So much is packed into every episode (no filler) and every episode builds on the last; it checks all the boxes for me. I’m very sad they only produced two short seasons. I can’t recommend it highly enough. It was available on Netflix; I’m not sure if it still is now. ‘Great News’ is also a gem. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/98 "2021-02-02T01:57:51Z")
[Blown Away](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blown_Away_(TV_series)) on Netflix. 10 people in a glass blowing competition. 10 shows, half an hour or so each. Season two just dropped, we’re going to watch the finale tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/99 "2021-02-02T02:18:49Z")
I was just going to mention this show. After seeing the first season, we took a trip out to Buffalo to visit my wife’s hometown. While there, we drove a loop down through northern PA and spent a couple of nights in Corning. We of course went to the glass factory and guess who was there doing her internship? Deborah Czeresko, the winner of season one. She was working in an area that has bleachers for visitors to watch from. Pretty cool. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175/100 "2021-02-02T08:53:26Z")
_Ghosts_ - made by the same people who make _Horrible Histories_, it’s about a mansion in Britain haunted by a bunch of ghosts of different eras, and a young woman who is the only living person who can see them. _Worzel Gummidge_ - A remake, ostensibly aimed at kids, and based on a book series, about a scarecrow who comes to life and has adventures around his farm. Written by, directed by, and starring Mackenzie Crook who also made _Detectorists_. _Staged_ - A series created in lockdown that has shades of _The Trip_ to its semi-fictional improvisation mixed with script. Actors David Tennant and Michael Sheen try to help each other while out of work during COVID, but end up antagonising each other instead. _Truth Seekers_ - Nick Frost and Simon Pegg created. An amateur paranormal investigator, who never ordinarily finds anything despite his obsession, takes on an assistant at his Internet Installation job, and suddenly supernatural events start occurring on the regular. _Timewasters_ - Four jazz musicians find themselves travelling back in time to the 1920s and need to deal with the racism and weirdness of the Society set. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175.md?page=6)