# TV show recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024 "2005-08-07T21:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/1 "2005-08-07T21:08:39Z")
I’ve just decided to get my cable re-hooked up, after being without for about a year. So, I’ve been out of the TV loop for a while. Can anyone recommend some quality shows for me? I like shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, The King of Queens, anything British (comedies and mysteries), Good Eats, Mythbusters, Corner Gas, Iron Chef, Seinfeld, The L Word, Kids in the Hall, Frasier … ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/2 "2005-08-07T21:14:53Z")
The Cartoon Network is rerunning [Futurama](http://www.adultswim.com/shows/futurama/). I find this series even better the second and third time I watch it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/3 "2005-08-07T21:35:55Z")
The 4400 on USA is good. Over There on FX looks promising. Alas, Joan of Arcadia is no more. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/4 "2005-08-07T21:52:31Z")
If you do not like _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, you don’t deserve to own a TV. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/5 "2005-08-08T01:31:44Z")
_House_, on Fox is very good. I’ve watched one episode of _Wanted_ on TNT, and enjoyed it (but there’s only _been_ one episode so far.) _Medium_ on NBC & _Numbers_ on CBS are both good. I’m also a big _Law & Order_ junkie, as well as a _CSI_ fan. Sorry I can’t tell you much about what sitcoms are out there…I like dramas better. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/6 "2005-08-08T01:48:12Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > If you do not like _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, you don’t deserve to own a TV. Oh really? Guess I better call Goodwill. I’ve got a few sets for them to pick up. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/7 "2005-08-08T01:51:24Z")
I love **Veronica Mars** on (don’t laugh) UPN. Its first season was last year, and I’m counting down until the second season starts; they’re currently running reruns on Wednesday nights. Yes it’s a teen drama, but I’m not a teen by a long shot and I found it very entertaining, suspenseful, well-written and -acted. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/8 "2005-08-08T02:20:00Z")
There’s some great stuff on BBC America. For example, they broadcast the original version of The Office, and while the American version of Coupling was jaw-droppingly awful, the original British version was hilarious. And Father Ted is great too. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/9 "2005-08-08T02:27:00Z")
Comedies: Arrested Development (Fox) Scrubs (NBC) The Office (NBC/BBC America; there are American and British versions and the British one came first) Stella (Comedy Central) Kitchen Confidential (premiering this fall on Fox) Late Night With Conan O’Brien (NBC) Dramas: The Shield (FX) 24 (Fox) Cartoons: Family Guy (back on Fox) Justice League Unlimited (Cartoon Network) South Park (Comedy Central) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/10 "2005-08-08T02:29:40Z")
Myth Busters on Discovery, Wednesday at 9pm. Incredible show debunking Urban Legends and Stories. Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Channel 11pm M-Th. and shown following day I think at 8pm & 11:30PM. He is the funniest comedy on TV right now and might be the best source of news (eh, not really: Internet best for news, Daily Show best on TV) ---
**Author:** ![Camus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Camus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Camus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/11 "2005-08-08T03:06:31Z")
Dirty Jobs also on Discovery is a decent show. As for some of the shows not mentioned so far on deep cable: Sci-Fi Battlestar Galactica Firefly (cancelled but currently airing on Sci-Fi Channel) Drama The Wire Deadwood The Sopranos Six Feet Under Angel (syndicated and on TNT) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/12 "2005-08-08T13:34:11Z")
The best show on TV now is Battlestar Galactica, but I recommend trying to catch up on a lot of previous episodes first, since it is hard to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/13 "2005-08-08T16:29:02Z")
In my opinion, the two best shows that have started in the last two years are _Arrested Development_ and _Veronica Mars_. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/14 "2005-08-08T18:13:52Z")
I’ll second “House”. Also, I love Strong Medicine on - er - Lifetime ---
**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:** [August 8, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-recommendations/316024/15 "2005-08-08T18:42:42Z")
“Rescue Me” on FX. Sort of how the old show “Emergency!” would be if Steven Bochco had created it.