# We need a new show to watch, and apparently we're way too picky **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 11, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590 "2022-01-11T15:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/101 "2022-01-11T21:00:29Z")
Fuck streaming? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/102 "2022-01-11T21:04:43Z")
> [@batsto](#): > > Fuck streaming? Is that online porn? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/103 "2022-01-11T21:16:36Z")
Well, I have a legit gripe and hate for Netflix, but I get cable very cheap, and so if it ain’t on cable or Amazon Prime, I say “fuck streaming”. Too many damn channels, and then channels like HBO take shows & films away from their loyal cable subscribers to hand out to special streaming customers. Oh, and let us not start a hijack. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/104 "2022-01-11T21:19:43Z")
If you do drop Netflix, I’d give another vote for Mythic Quest. There is character growth and its hilarious and original. We really enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/105 "2022-01-11T21:28:21Z")
_JourneyQuest_ is a low-budget, tongue-in-cheek fantasy series that both gently mocks and obviously loves it’s subject matter. Episodes are usually short. Four seasons have been completed since the first in 2010; it is available on YouTube and Amazon Prime (and a few other places). Production values rise with each season as the producers, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, get more funding. Here is S1E1 (7.5 minutes): Onward! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pVORGr2fDk8/maxresdefault.jpg "JourneyQuest - JourneyQuest - Episode 1: Onward") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVORGr2fDk8) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/106 "2022-01-11T21:36:37Z")
I’m subscribing to this thread because I relate to the OP. My wife and I are looking for a good comedies. I came here years ago asking a similar question. The Dopers then suggested _Modern Family_ and we loved it! Looking for another one. We have tried Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but NO. I don’t like laugh tracks to tell me when to laugh. ETA — found that other thread: > [@Recommend a TV Sitcom For Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tv-sitcom-for-me/707000): > > I’m hoping to find some help here. My wife likes shows that make her laugh. I prefer drama or documentaries or history shows. Yeah I know, boring. Anyway, what can you recommend we try watching? I’m talking current, regular TV shows and not something on Netflix or other downloads. We don’t have HBO or Showtime. We have a fairly basic DirecTV package. One show she likes is Modern Family, but that’s pretty much all we tape (oh we also have watched the show with the nerdy guys in an apartment) but… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/107 "2022-01-11T21:41:22Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Looking for another one. We have tried Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but NO. I don’t like laugh tracks to tell me when to laugh. I have never seen Brooklyn Nine Nine but it’s been on my list to watch, and I was under the impression that it was a single-camera show and therefore would _not_ have a laugh track. Am I wrong? That would make me less likely to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/108 "2022-01-11T22:47:37Z")
Brooklyn 99 doesn’t have a laugh track. I’m confoozled. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/109 "2022-01-11T22:56:21Z")
It has a laugh machine right? Maybe I’m calling it by the wrong name. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/110 "2022-01-11T23:11:10Z")
How about Third Rock From The Sun? A great comedic cast and snappy writing. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/111 "2022-01-12T02:35:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@batsto](#): > > > > My wife has a hard time hearing as it is, and says she has too much difficulty following when there are too many accents > > My hearing is pretty awful. I can’t imagine watching television without captions. I once said I’d never use captions. I was ignoring my inevitable aging. Just a month ago, the audiologist said “You need to use closed captioning.” … Now, that _might_ be because I told him how I’ll watch something with my wife, who doesn’t like captioning. Then, after she goes to bed, I’ll stay up and rewatch it with the captions on (almost everything we watch has at least one British accent). I quoted the audiologist to my wife, who now reminds me to turn them on. She still doesn’t like them, but I’ve set them small and semi-transparent (on network channels and Hulu at least), so they’re not too intrusive. Embrace your aging. Learn to read your TV. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/112 "2022-01-12T03:13:53Z")
You might like to give **Lucifer** a try. It’s a very light-hearted detective show with a very charismatic lead actor, and never takes itself too seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Vimp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vimp/32/4186_2.png) [@Vimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vimp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/113 "2022-01-12T03:37:27Z")
If the wife can tolerate 1950’s New York accents, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is laugh-out-loud funny, and quite sweet in its own way. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/114 "2022-01-12T03:38:45Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It has a laugh machine right? Maybe I’m calling it by the wrong name. Well, I assure you the show titled “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” does _not_ have a laugh track. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/115 "2022-01-12T03:56:29Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It has a laugh machine right? Maybe I’m calling it by the wrong name. I just watched the first episode of Brooklyn 99, no laugh track. You must be thinking of a different show. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/116 "2022-01-12T04:50:36Z")
Yeah I must be. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/117 "2022-01-12T05:54:37Z")
How about [Chuck?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934814/) Hapless underachieving nerd (literally: works at “Buy More” in their “Nerd Herd”) accidentally becomes major CIA asset. It’s a combination of humor and action. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/118 "2022-01-12T06:05:23Z")
… never mind ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/119 "2022-01-12T13:07:10Z")
So we watched the first two episodes of Corner Gas last night, and I think we’ve got a winner. I think we’re sticking with this one, as long as it stays this good. Sam\_Stone–Lucifer is another one of those shows that I would never have guessed was meant to be a comedy either. Vimp–as for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I’ve seen the ads for this as well and it didn’t look like it was meant to be funny either. Certainly not ‘laugh-out-loud’, but I’ll put it on the list and check it out. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590/120 "2022-01-12T13:08:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > How about Third Rock From The Sun? A great comedic cast and snappy writing. Watched this back when it was new. Had forgotten all about it, but I recall thinking it was watchable, but not great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-show-to-watch-and-apparently-were-way-too-picky/957590.md?page=7)