# Recommend me a TV series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884 "2007-02-05T03:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/21 "2007-02-06T11:41:21Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] \*Six feet under \* and _Weeds_ are both fantastic. [/QUOTE] I agree those are good shows but as I mentioned this will be played on a DVD at a gym that has parental censorship locks that wouldn’t even allow ‘Battlestar Galactica’ (all that simulated robot sex). ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/22 "2007-02-06T14:55:14Z")
I have a guilty pleasure & its playable (downloadable?) from CBS ‘Innertube’. But in order to enjoy it, you Really have to like Jennifer Love Hewitt. It’ll pass all parental locks without a hitch. Ghost Whisperer. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/23 "2007-02-06T16:05:07Z")
[QUOTE=Brain Wreck] I agree those are good shows but as I mentioned this will be played on a DVD at a gym that has parental censorship locks that wouldn’t even allow ‘Battlestar Galactica’ (all that simulated robot sex). [/QUOTE] Oops. Sorry, missed that part. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/24 "2007-02-06T16:13:15Z")
So did I, I guess that means “Deadwood” is out. Stupid cocksuckers! MtM ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/25 "2007-02-10T13:13:04Z")
An oldie but a goodie,“The Avengers” (but only the series(s) with Diana Rigg in. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/26 "2007-02-10T19:50:45Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] An oldie but a goodie,“The Avengers” (but only the series(s) with Diana Rigg in. [/QUOTE] Hee! I came to add this - but I liked Honor Blackman too. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/27 "2007-02-10T22:43:50Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] [MacGyver](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088559/). Because it teaches valuable lessons: you can save the world from a vast acid spill if you have a chocolate bar; Budapest, Burma and Brazil all look a lot like Southern California; chicks are good to have around, because their purses contain things like mirrors which you can use to reroute lasers; all villains have an accent; and, perhaps most importantly, Richard Dean Anderson has a mullet! [/QUOTE] First of all, _Star Trek_ (all incarnations) has clearly established that extrasolar worlds all look like Southern California (or the remains of a styrofoam factory fire), so why is it so surprising that Eastern Europe and India look like it? Second, in my experience chick’s purses rarely contain anything but cell phones, extraordinary amounts of makeup, and occasionally a small dog, and finally Richard Dean Anderson doesn’t just have a mullet, he has (and I quote) [“a hair volcano that has erupted golden magma.”](http://xtremewailing.com/wrh4.php). Villians do all have accents, though, except for Telly Savalas. You can always tell an enemy 'cause he has an accent. The gym won’t let you watch “Firefly”? Seriously? What, do they have a rule against Chinese profanity? Anyway, what about [“The Six Million Dollar Man”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071054/). Action, adventure, really bad hairstyles, and a goal for you to acheive: become strong enough to pull down a helicopter with one arm. (Never you mind the impossible physics of that.) Crap, it’s not available in Region 1 encoding. Well, that’s all I have. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884/28 "2007-02-11T07:25:37Z")
Well, as already suggested, I’m working out to “Buffy” these days, soon to be followed by “Angel.” Lots of good suggestions already - ooh, just thought of a good one - “Lois and Clark.” There’s some motivation for ya - looking like Dean Cain. Mmmm. Superman muscles. “Supernatural” and “The 4400” are also new additions to my must-watch list this year. People say “The West Wing” is good. I’ve never watched it myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-tv-series/390884.md?page=1)