# TV is Dead. Long live the TV! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022 "2009-05-19T23:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/1 "2009-05-19T23:29:20Z")
Well so all my shows have ended their season. Since I watch on Hulu and iTunes, I don’t generally get advertisements for upcoming shows. There’s probably a whole slough of cool shows starting up (?) but I don’t know what they are. I was hoping y’all could give me a list of names of shows that will be starting that I should try and sample if they become available. The shows I’ve watched over the last year (ranked by liking) : 1. Sons of Anarchy 2. Kings (presuming it will maintain its quality) 3. Lost 4. Deadwood (I was late getting to it) 5. Dexter 6. Battlestar Galactica 7. Fringe 8. House 9. Lie to Me 10. Mad Men 11. True Blood 12. Mythbusters 13. Top Gear 14. Dollhouse 15. Rescue Me 16. Castle 17. Solitaire 18. Hell’s Kitchen (was tempting to quit watching) 19. 24 (stopped watching midway through the season) ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/2 "2009-05-19T23:39:42Z")
The only thing I notice right away is _Breaking Bad_. From the rest of your list, I think you’ll quite like it. I’m not positive, but I think _Kings_ was canceled and left unfinished. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/3 "2009-05-19T23:41:10Z")
The only thing I can offer you is **Breaking Bad** (Sunday’s on AMC). It’s about to finish it’s second season, but it is the best show on TV right now. I don’t know if anything good ever starts in the summer. Maybe some cable shows, but I don’t think there is anything new in the works. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/4 "2009-05-20T01:09:54Z")
Burn Notice is starting in June. IIRC, there are some old episodes on hulu that you can watch to see if it’s to your liking. It’s a drama about an ex spy, and he helps people out with their crises of the week, usually by using deception. There are explosions every so often, too. Mad Men, of course, is also a summer series, so you’ll have that one soon. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/5 "2009-05-20T02:07:14Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Burn Notice is starting in June. IIRC, there are some old episodes on hulu that you can watch to see if it’s to your liking. > > It’s a drama about an ex spy, and he helps people out with their crises of the week, usually by using deception. There are explosions every so often, too. Oh, and don’t forget Fiona! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/6 "2009-05-20T02:11:32Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > I’m not positive, but I think _Kings_ was canceled and left unfinished. According to Wikipedia, they’re planning to finish it out in mid-summer. Obviously that depends on them actually sticking to that, but one can hope. > **[Live Feed](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/live-feed/)** ---
**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:** [May 20, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/7 "2009-05-20T14:52:23Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > The shows I’ve watched over the last year (ranked by liking) : > > 1. Rescue Me Started a new season last month, in case you’re not already aware. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/8 "2009-05-20T14:53:56Z")
I’m enjoying the Unusuals. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-is-dead-long-live-the-tv/497022/9 "2009-05-20T15:13:13Z")
I’ve been enjoying the Unusuals, too, but it looks like it wasn’t picked up for next season. What that means for the rest of the episodes that were set to air, I don’t know. The Hulu page for Kings says it’s returning on June 14th. That’ll probably be just to burn off episodes already in the can. Mythbusters has new episodes for at least the next couple of weeks.