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- Star Trek TNG and DS9
- Battlestar Galactica
- Breaking bad
- The expanse
Mecha Shiva! Mecha Shiva!
I was gonna say Firefly. "Objects in Space" is amazing.
But it's Ted Lasso, since at least once in every episode it gives me some happy or sad feels and I think we all need to feel the feels.
all 3 stargate series. oldtrek mostly, nutrek is just not even close, other than prodigy and lower decks, snw i find its still not good considering what other people are saying. use a different showrunner.
maybe spn although its through comprehensive videos of the seasons which fans graciously posted on youtube, mostly s1-5. inuyasha, not yashime or whatever it is, because fans made it weird, by making it a grooming situation rin+ sesshomaru. blue gender, Fullmetal alchemist, the og series. the new one is somewhat all over place. pre-disney takeover of marvel shows. gifted, runaways, AOS.
grimm might be up someones alley, it has a spn spin to it, and it ended as it should, and not dragged on forever like with supernatural.
a short series, DAMAGES, with glenn close, if you ignore the network changes that included sex scences for some reason.
medical drama: House, ER just not the last few seasons, which one of the actors became the showrunner of pitt. not any of those new ones with nobody actors i keep seeing on youtube.
bio shows, like monsters inside me.
netflix original: CASTLEVANIa, the first series one. the 2nd one is currently in limbo, as netflix sees which shows to cancel.
sandman and blood of zeus if they hadnt rushed to cancelled these series.
Ones that I deeply love to the core but wouldn't consider comfort TV:
- Sense8
- Bojack Horseman
- Fleabag (and I will probably never watch it again tbh)
- Atlanta
- Heated Rivalry
Comfort shows:
- Heated Rivalry (ya twice)
- Law & Order: SVU (yes I know it's copaganda but I will die for Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler and you can pry this show from my cold dead fictional-cop-loving hands)
- Red Dwarf
- Doctor Who (the RTD era)
- Dinosaurs (the criminally underrated puppet one from the 1990s that every adult needs to rewatch immediately)
Honourable mentions for me have mostly been mentioned by other commenters but Schitt's Creek, Arrested Development, The Good Place. And one I haven't seen in this thread yet, Resident Alien!
Better call Saul. It was the show breaking bad tried to be.
Twin Peaks. It's one of the most original shows I've seen, and I think it manages to strike a perfect balance between mystery, drama, comedy, and general quirkiness. The third season in particular is a goddamn masterpiece imo. Also Dale Cooper has to be one of my all time favorite characters. It's definitely not everyone's cup of coffee though
The Return is thoroughly good. 💯
Doctor Who.
Quantum Leap is the gold standard for me.
Runners up: Night Court, Better Call Saul, Bojack Horseman, and The Twilight Zone. Those are all shows I have rewatched multiple times.
I love Bojack so much but I know myself well enough to know that when I start a rewatch it's time to schedule an appointment with my counsellor.
I earned these neurosis and I'm keepin' them.
I think Trailer Park Boys up to the end of the Swayze Express arc
The Sopranos
Except for the ending. I hated the ending so much that I've learned to write screenplays so I could write a mob show with a better ending.
It’s really hard to say, there’s severance, breaking bad, and a lot of good tv shows out there
There will probably be a lot of recommendations for Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, etc., and they're all great.
One that tends to fly under the radar is The Americans, about a family of Soviet spies under deep cover in suburban DC. A top FBI counter-espionage agent moves in across the street, and they become close friends.
Great writing, acting, everything. One of the very best finales I've ever seen.
Star Trek TNG. Without a doubt.
Macgyver is up there, so is Westworld.
I'm genuinely curious how you rate the seasons of Westworld, the first season is absolutely one of the best things I've ever watched, and I still enjoyed the second season, but it really declined from there in my opinion
I do love MacGyver! Grew up on that, Quantum Leap and Wings!
Battlestar Galactica ( the newer one)
MASH
I was going to post BSG as well
Classic MTV. Saturday morning toons.
The Simpsons.
I always struggle to name one best thing at anything. Best movie? IDK, plenty of them are great, can't say which is the best. Favourite colour? Depends on context. Best car? Different each week, as my mood swings. But if I had to pick one tv show and crown it the best, it would be:
Red Dwarf
Hands down the most viewed thing for me. That absurd British humor just clicks with me, just as Monty Python or Black Adder or Black Books did. I used to watch it to fall asleep for years, especially at the college. It was many years ago but I still remember a lot of replicas word by word.
If you haven't seen it, look up the German sci-fi comedy show Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot. There's a fan translation of the first season and official English subtitles for the second season. It's got a really good off-the-wall energy, and I don't think it's well enough known outside Germany.
The Good Place, basically perfect television.
Fringe, because I find it infinitely rewatchable.
The good place is entirely fantastic, but season 1 is pure perfection.
Supernatural, WestWorld (first two seasons), Justified, Mr Robot as well.
Scrubs and Hogans Heros
As with movies, foods, music, etc. my "favorites" always shift around depending on my mood, but just now off the top of my head:
- Doctor Who
- Star Trek TNG
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (which is coming back again, again!)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Bob's Burgers
- Ghosts (the US version)
Firefly/Stargate/expanse
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