Post by Anders on Jul 9, 2011 13:17:35 GMT -8
Sitcom (North American)
I'm going to put 30 Rock. It's smart, irreverent and inverts pretty much every Aesop ever used in television.
Sitcom (Other)
The Mighty Boosh, though it's pretty far out for a sitcom; surrealistic and with one brow high and one low.
Non-sitcom Comedy
QI, a British panel show hosted by Stepehn Fry which will teach you an enormous amount of more or less useless trivia.
Mini-series
The Kingdom; Lars von Trier's original, not Stephen King's ridiculous remake. Equal parts horror and hilarity. (The trailer below focuses more on the horror.)
Drama (North American)
Fucking Deadwood, cocksuckers!
Drama (other)
Being Human. Okay, so it's "genre" (which label I intensely dislike), but it's also good.
Dramedy
Eureka.
Special Interest shows
The only thing fitting here I've watched lately is Så mycket bättre, the Swedish version of a Dutch show. Take seven well-known singers from different eras and genres and have them sing each others' songs. I love odd covers so this is pretty much made for me.
Animated (North American)
South Park. Still funny.
Animated (Anime)
I haven't watched enough to be able to recommend anything.
“Genre”
The Middleman has been mentioned a couple of times, so I'll toss in The Game of Thrones. Probably the best fantasy series... well, ever. Faithfully adapted from Martin's books with great actors, and if you haven't read the books: don't get too attached to the characters. People die.
Wildcard
Svenska Slut, a Swedish kind of SF, kind of drama, kind of bleak comedy about nuclear waste. The first episode is available here (without subtitles, so not likely to be of use to anyone here): video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6785900194673789714
I'm going to put 30 Rock. It's smart, irreverent and inverts pretty much every Aesop ever used in television.
Sitcom (Other)
The Mighty Boosh, though it's pretty far out for a sitcom; surrealistic and with one brow high and one low.
Non-sitcom Comedy
QI, a British panel show hosted by Stepehn Fry which will teach you an enormous amount of more or less useless trivia.
Mini-series
The Kingdom; Lars von Trier's original, not Stephen King's ridiculous remake. Equal parts horror and hilarity. (The trailer below focuses more on the horror.)
Drama (North American)
Fucking Deadwood, cocksuckers!
Drama (other)
Being Human. Okay, so it's "genre" (which label I intensely dislike), but it's also good.
Dramedy
Eureka.
Special Interest shows
The only thing fitting here I've watched lately is Så mycket bättre, the Swedish version of a Dutch show. Take seven well-known singers from different eras and genres and have them sing each others' songs. I love odd covers so this is pretty much made for me.
Animated (North American)
South Park. Still funny.
Animated (Anime)
I haven't watched enough to be able to recommend anything.
“Genre”
The Middleman has been mentioned a couple of times, so I'll toss in The Game of Thrones. Probably the best fantasy series... well, ever. Faithfully adapted from Martin's books with great actors, and if you haven't read the books: don't get too attached to the characters. People die.
Wildcard
Svenska Slut, a Swedish kind of SF, kind of drama, kind of bleak comedy about nuclear waste. The first episode is available here (without subtitles, so not likely to be of use to anyone here): video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6785900194673789714