# Which of these TV series is worth watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259 "2012-10-19T18:52:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/1 "2012-10-19T18:52:33Z")
I’ve been watching the _Doctor Who_ reboot and _Torchwood_ and I like 'em both, more or less. Which other series should I be looking into? Other recommendations appreciated! Let’s stick to the fantasy/sf sort of genre, although I am positively NOT INTERESTED in anything to do with zombies. Time travel, vampires, dystopia or “civilization breaking down” stories, but no zombies! And I’ve heard _Lost_ and _Revolution_ are garbage, so let’s give those a pass, also. Poll to follow… ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/2 "2012-10-19T18:55:36Z")
Where is the "None of the Above’ option? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/3 "2012-10-19T18:56:04Z")
Which is the one with the dinosaurs? (Is there more than one?) _Portal_ or something? Which is the one with Denethor as a literally mad (crazy) scientist? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/4 "2012-10-19T19:16:18Z")
Ew, none of the above. Jericho – started bad, became good, then died untimely and wilth many storylines unresolved. A fun ride while it lasted. Battlestar Galactica – first two seasons were some of the best SF television ever made – after than, declining quality but still worthy. Game of Thrones - ridiculously good. ETA: The Dresden Files was just plain incoherent to me, but I found out later they broadcast the episodes out of order. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/5 "2012-10-19T19:22:05Z")
Moving from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/6 "2012-10-19T19:28:19Z")
Eureka started off good. First two seasons were very interesting. And then, meh. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/7 "2012-10-19T19:50:14Z")
I’d junk Supernatural and True Blood from your list, you seem to be more interested in a more mature, science-y based sort of thing. Supernatural is just ‘dudes on an adventure’ that happens to have supernatural elements - if you wouldn’t watch that normally, I’m not sure if the supernatural stuff would be enough to keep you interested. True Blood is just a soap opera that happens to have vampires, witches, shapeshifters and fairies. If you can’t stand weird romantic drama, you’re gonna have a bad time. I haven’t watched it, but Lost Girl has been getting some good reviews. Modern day setting with supernatural detectives. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/8 "2012-10-19T19:58:08Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Which is the one with Denethor as a literally mad (crazy) scientist? Fringe NOT sci-fi, but you might enjoy _Sherlock_, it’s by one of the team from _Doctor Who_. Also the British _Being Human_ - a vampire, werewolf and ghost share a house… ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/9 "2012-10-19T20:16:36Z")
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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/10 "2012-10-19T20:26:15Z")
I loved the first season of Fringe, then they moved it to a timeslot where my DVR was max’ed out. I tried to keep up on Hulu, but fell behind the “latest 5 episodes” that were freely available and gave up on it. It’s one of those shows I hope to catch up on someday… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/11 "2012-10-19T20:40:33Z")
I saw a cartoon describing _Game of Thrones_ as “_The West Wing_ in medieval England. Your parents will love it.” 😃 'Cause I _loved The West Wing_. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/12 "2012-10-19T21:02:28Z")
Check out _ **Lost Girl** _. It’s between seasons right now, so it’s a nice time to pick it up from netflix, if it’s available there. Canadian urban fantasy (in the manner of Charles de Lint’s every novel, or Emma Bull’s War for the Oaks) about the “fae”. Seems to be a catchall for just about any sort of mythical critter you can think of (though almost all take basically unremarkable, albeit attractive, human form). There are Light Fae and there are Dark Fae, who interact with the human world in fundamentally different ways… but it’s not that you’d call either side exactly “good”. Our protagonist is Bo, a succubus who is unaligned and mostly goes around fixing fae problems. I’m rubbish at describing shows, but it’s really quite good. I swear. 🙂 Oh, forgot to mention–it plays in the states on Sci-Fi. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/13 "2012-10-19T21:19:07Z")
What series was about the guy who was trapped in a very small spaceship (I think his fellow astronauts were killed) and he warps into another universe or something? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/14 "2012-10-19T22:35:45Z")
I don’t know why, but I am totally hooked on _Dead Like Me_. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/15 "2012-10-20T00:50:13Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I don’t know why, but I am totally hooked on _Dead Like Me_. I liked that show and was sad when it was canceled. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/16 "2012-10-20T01:24:55Z")
Haven ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/17 "2012-10-20T01:26:58Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > What series was about the guy who was trapped in a very small spaceship (I think his fellow astronauts were killed) and he warps into another universe or something? Planet of the Apes? Buck Rogers? Farscape? Smallville? People should watch Saving Grace. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/18 "2012-10-20T01:39:21Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Which is the one with the dinosaurs? (Is there more than one?) _Portal_ or something? _Primeval_. They’re making a US spinoff version, the trailer of which is [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K0-LK5jLyo). ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/19 "2012-10-20T02:10:37Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Where is the "None of the Above’ option? +1 ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259/20 "2012-10-20T02:15:24Z")
Try _Grim_ _Buffy Angel Sherlock_ > [@a35362](#): > > What series was about the guy who was trapped in a very small spaceship (I think his fellow astronauts were killed) and he warps into another universe or something? _Red Dwarf_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-tv-series-is-worth-watching/638259.md?page=2)