I just got caught up on Dexter after watching the first 4 seasons in about 3 weeks. I generally prefer this way to watch TV series, because I tend to align myself with 1 season wonders, and I like to join the conversation late in the series' life. I am considering breaking bad, mad men, weeds, californication, but want to get a broader opinion on whats the best show.

6/13/2010 10:02:07 PM

Chuck has 3 seasons and is probably the most addicting show on TV right now IMO. Season 4 this fall.

Burn Notice is on season 4 and it's pretty good. Psych season 5 starts in July.

House just finished season 6 like a month ago, will get a season 7.

6/13/2010 10:05:55 PM

Check out the first season of Spartacus.

6/13/2010 10:07:09 PM

I got hooked on dexter by instant watch too. Most of the shows you are thinking about are really great. The new season of mad men is starting in late July, so if you start now you should be caught up by then. Believe me it is so worth it. Mad men is one of the best shows ever written.

I am thinking about starting Breaking Bad but I heard it like watching Mr. Rogers turn into Nino Brown.

6/13/2010 10:07:09 PM

breaking bad is fucking amazing

especially when walt has his point of no return moment

6/13/2010 10:10:03 PM

I've gotten into Rescue Me lately...wouldn't consider it a great show but definitely a good one. Damages is another solid pick.

6/13/2010 11:00:25 PM

Hands down best active shows on TV: Breaking Bad and Mad Men

6/13/2010 11:08:44 PM

It's Burn Notice. Chuck is a good option as well.

I watched a season and a half of Mad Men and then just stopped. It turned from a show about womanizing ad execs to something they just tried to forcefully inject additional drama in to.

That said, I can only think of two shows that I've watched and then just stopped -- Mad Men and Damages. The first season of Damages wasn't terrible (though it got awful slow at times), but by about 3 episodes into the second season, I'd just had enough.

Psych is good, but it's not really a show you have to binge through. There are never really any overarching plots, it's just very episodic, so it's a great "I have to kill 40 minutes" show.

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6/13/2010 11:16:42 PM

Californication is one of my faves. Catch up so you can watch the upcoming season!

6/13/2010 11:17:02 PM

^ yep. the dialogue alone makes it worth it.

6/13/2010 11:46:43 PM

Breaking Bad is what I'm hooked on right now, in the depths of season 3 as it airs on AMC.

6/14/2010 12:00:00 AM

I forgot to mention chuck, i actually have all the episodes of season 1 and 2 saved on my ps3 right now, just totally forgot about it

psych is one of my favorite shows, but you're right you can definitely miss some shows here and there, I would recommend it for DVR fodder though for anyone.

6/14/2010 8:31:04 PM

Mad Men
Friday Night Lights

but before you watch anything else, check out The Wire

6/14/2010 8:33:40 PM

smallville, without a doubt.

6/14/2010 9:07:20 PM

A lot of these suggestions are good. A few that are still running that haven't been mentioned are Sons of Anarchy, Justified, and Spooks (a UK spy drama).

6/14/2010 9:27:30 PM

really? no one said House?

6/14/2010 10:22:30 PM

House was mentioned in the first reply.

6/14/2010 10:28:02 PM

chuck is the best show on tv, atm. dexter owns, californication owns, entourage owns. I like fringe and even though some eps are kinda meh, the overall arc owns. Dr who owns. Castle is pretty good. Sons of Anarchy's 3rd season starts in the fall i think, it owns. Justified is pretty good, but it just ended its first season (and will return for #2). True blood is good.

6/14/2010 10:28:23 PM

Mad Men

6/14/2010 11:06:19 PM

I can't keep up with 1 hour weekly dramas

So I'll just say Simpsons.

6/14/2010 11:40:21 PM

Breaking Bad, Chuck, House, Entourage, Californication, True Blood, Weeds are all great shows. Of those, I would say Breaking Bad is hands down the most consistently brilliant one, but the others hold their own. Californication is pretty great all around.

Bones
Eastbound and Down
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
30 Rock
Scrubs [current season sucks]
Boston Legal [canceled/ended]
24 [canceled/ended]

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Las Vegas
Burn Notice
Cinnabon

6/14/2010 11:50:43 PM

This last season of scrubs wasn't really even scrubs. fuck that shit, they gave it the perfect series finale in season 8 and while season 9 was very watchable, it just wasn't the same.

6/15/2010 12:07:23 AM

Who the fuck watches Burn Notice?

6/15/2010 12:13:42 AM

^It's only the highest rated cable program...

6/15/2010 12:20:43 AM

^^Aziz Ansari's cousin Harris does

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6/15/2010 12:45:50 AM

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"It's only the highest rated cable program..."

Is Burn Notice really that well rated?

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6/15/2010 1:16:40 AM

screentest knows.

6/15/2010 1:29:51 AM

breaking bad

6/15/2010 10:06:41 PM

Breaking Bad and Dexter are the best dramas on TV right now.

Rescue Me is the most underrated (and most undeservedly least-talked-about show) on TV for the last 5 years.

Community and Modern Family are the best new comedies this year and are must-sees. You can fly through the first seasons of both of them. The League started great and kind of fizzled towards the end of it's first season.

6/15/2010 10:30:10 PM

Burn Notice

6/15/2010 10:39:39 PM

chuck is awesome. as is breaking bad. watch those.

6/15/2010 11:05:37 PM

My wife says she's been wanting to see Mad Men, so I'll be watching that at a slower pace (she doesnt get into shows like I do)

For myself I'm starting Chuck (its already on the PS3) then I'm turning to breaking bad.

I saw someone mentioned some already completed series'. that is definitely down my alley as well. Any other decent sci-fi shows on now/recently other than fringe?

6/15/2010 11:30:15 PM

lol i looked this up... it's pretty close since they're up to episode 464 now

Quote :

" Q. How long would it take to watch all 451 simpsons episodes? A: With it's 451 episodes and several specials over a 1/2 an hour long, it would take approx. 250 hours, or 10.5 days to watch all of The Simpsons! • Answer provided by kgb agent Matthew on 2010-01-19 23:58:58 "

at first i thought... 10.5 days? pffft... but then i realized what that would actually entail and it kinda blew my mind

6/16/2010 12:48:04 AM

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"Is Burn Notice really that well rated?"

It's really the most watched show on cable (key word cable. ratings that get praise for cable stations sometimes get canceled on network)

Burn Notice is the #1 show on cable and Royal Pains was last summers #1 for new shows (take that with 50 grains of salt), USA is using that in their commercials.

Psych is a former cable #1, and I think Monk was before Psych.

6/16/2010 4:16:17 AM

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"I saw someone mentioned some already completed series'. that is definitely down my alley as well. Any other decent sci-fi shows on now/recently other than fringe?"

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was pretty good for network TV science fiction, though it only lasted two seasons.

Oh and I just realized there was a third show I just completely stopped watching and never thought to return to: Dollhouse.

6/16/2010 9:50:25 AM

Burn Notice is still really good, but last season and so far this season haven't been as good as the early seasons.

Royal Pains is showing promise, but like Modern Family and Community it's only 1 season in and I can't really include that on the "best long-running series on TV" at this point.

Chuck is my favorite choice for this with 24 and Lost ending. Psych is a solid one though. Then you have Bones, Entourage, True Blood, The Office, Leverage, and Big Bang Theory. I'd also include Eureka if you're into Sci-Fi, use to watch Fringe but I haven't seen the last 2 seasons.

Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles was getting better the longer it was on, was disappointed it was cut short.

6/16/2010 9:57:19 AM

some great ones are Sons of Anarchy, Nip/Tuck (ended), and Friday Night Lights

some good quirky shows are Eureka (on SyFy) and Royal Pains on USA

6/16/2010 10:00:13 AM

Breaking Bad and Mad Men are definitely the best shows on tv right now. Watch The Wire if you haven't

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6/16/2010 10:06:22 AM

Ah yes The Wire. I have about 3 seasons left on that show.

If you want exactly the opposite of what you asked for, check out Firefly.

6/16/2010 10:10:03 AM