# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 259
**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:** [November 30, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5168 "2024-11-30T19:32:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Do you recommend Silo? As far as dystopian future stories go, it’s pretty good. It’s well acted with most of the actors being unknowns to me, which I prefer. What humor there is is subtle. I especially like the Pez dispenser. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5169 "2024-11-30T20:58:46Z")
It’s only four episodes, but “_[Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27867155/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)_” was great. Especially if you like David vs. Goliath stories. On PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5170 "2024-11-30T22:15:46Z")
I remember an episode of Babylon 5 in which the head of security, Mr. Garibaldi, was butting heads with the post office. Once guy with him was intimidated, and was saying “You;re talking about the post office here!” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5171 "2024-12-01T04:49:50Z")
Great News!!! _The Rockford Files_ is available on Amazon. Prime members can watch as part of the membership. I tried to find a streaming channel early this year. No luck. Amazon streaming didn’t have it. I considered buying used Dvd sets from Ebay. Glad I didn’t 😊 Rockford was a show that I took for granted in high school. I didn’t realize it was anything special. It was years later that people looked back on it. That it was ground breaking and won awards. Rockford wasn’t your classic hard nosed detective. He avoided fights, didn’t carry a gun and showed fear. I started with the pilot tonight. I’ll watch the seasons in order. I remember it had problems in later seasons when Jim Garner had contract problems with the studio. Jim had injuries that left him in pain. Making an action show became burdensome. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5172 "2024-12-01T05:01:54Z")
Just finished Superstore. Better than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Ash\_trav511](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@Ash\_trav511](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ash_trav511)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5173 "2024-12-01T08:15:59Z")
I’m a fan of the horror/fantasy genre …loved Supernaturals ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5174 "2024-12-01T16:02:05Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > Just finished Superstore. Better than I expected. I just rewatched it a couple of months ago and I still liked it. Are you one of those weird people who get out of the shower to take a poop? (One of my favorite scenes) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5175 "2024-12-01T17:07:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Great News!!! _The Rockford Files_ is available on Amazon. Prime members can watch as part of the membership. I’ve been slowly rewatching _Rockford_ and _Columbo_, which are still great. A little _Quincy_, too, but it isn’t as great. Eventually going to track down some _Kojack_. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5176 "2024-12-01T20:06:36Z")
I checked and Kojack is included with Prime. I want to watch it too. I was a bit young when Rockford and Kojack premiered. Barely out of elementary school. The shows were in the last seasons when I started in high school. Too late to grab my interest then. Kolchak The Night Stalker is another great one from that era. But it only lasted a season. I think it may have inspired The X Files. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5177 "2024-12-01T20:49:26Z")
It’s _Kojak_ without the C. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5178 "2024-12-01T21:53:37Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Kolchak The Night Stalker is another great one from that era. But it only lasted a season. I think it may have inspired The X Files. One season and its novelizations, two movies and their novelizations, and some graphic novels that I think were also novelized. I present to you: “Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak the Night Stalker.” [Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak the Night Stalker: Cry for Thunder: Gentile, Joe, Klauba, Doug: 9781936814732: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Kolchak-Night-Stalker/dp/1936814730) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5179 "2024-12-01T22:11:31Z")
I loved the first TV movie that launch Kolchack, but all the subsequent offerings were weak and weaker. I love Darren McGavin, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5180 "2024-12-01T22:15:05Z")
I’ve finally started watching **What We Do In The Shadows**. I’d seen a few episodes previously and it hadn’t really appealed, but it works a lot better starting from episode 1. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5181 "2024-12-02T00:01:15Z")
I’d thought **WWDITS** had ended with season 5, and was happily surprised when new episodes popped up on my DVR in October. You’d think the joke would have run its course by now, but somehow it’s still freaking hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5182 "2024-12-02T00:23:18Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s _Kojak_ without the C. What are you saying? There were separate series: Kojak: > **[Kojak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak)** > > Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular Cannon series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978. > In 1999, TV Guide ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. > The show currently airs on Sony Pictures' getTV. > The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award–winning film writer best known ... and > **[Kolchak: The Night Stalker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolchak:_The_Night_Stalker)** > > Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. The series followed wire service reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those involving the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures. The series was preceded by the two television movies, The Night Stalker (1972) and The Night Strangler (1973). Although the series lasted only a single season, it dev... ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5183 "2024-12-02T00:31:21Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I was a bit young when Rockford and Kojack premiered. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Eventually going to track down some _Kojack_ > [@PastTense](#): > > What are you saying? I’m saying that Kojak is spelled without a C. Which is why I said Kojak is spelled without a C. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5184 "2024-12-02T00:42:05Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’d thought **WWDITS** had ended with season 5, and was happily surprised when new episodes popped up on my DVR in October. > > You’d think the joke would have run its course by now, but somehow it’s still freaking hilarious. Note that the season of What We Do In The Shadows that started a few weeks ago (the sixth season) is scheduled to be the last, with the final episode scheduled for December 16. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5185 "2024-12-02T01:32:30Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > You’d think the joke would have run its course by now, but somehow it’s still freaking hilarious. I had to rewatch season 5 and found it just as funny the 2nd time. And I’m enjoying Season 6 just as much. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5186 "2024-12-02T02:13:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’m saying that Kojak is spelled without a C. Which is why I said Kojak is spelled without a C. I forgot the unusual spelling. Its been 50 years since I saw the show. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/5187 "2024-12-02T02:26:26Z")
Don’t worry about it, I only brought it up because it was two different posters in a row who misspelled it. And then you mentioned Kolchak, which does have a C in it, so I understand the confusion. Anyways, you may now return to your regularly scheduled programme. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=260)