TV Programmes You'd Recommend To A Friend

[Dodge]

Doubt that as its not really a ratings winner and didn't even feature on NBC's autumn line up. Only coming in whe others failed, opening up its slot again.

Scrubs has been signed for another season by NBC, reverting to prime location on Thursday evenings. Only 18 episodes though (compared with 25 for My Name is Earl and 20 half hour and 5 hour long episodes of the Office :D )

[Anto McC]

Did anyone mention Brotherhood yet?

They're showing it on channel 6 and it's been good so far. I'd also mention Studio 60 on the sunset strip but it's been cancelled :(

[TonyD]

I'd also mention Studio 60 on the sunset strip but it's been cancelled :(


Saw the first couple of episodes of that. Had high hopes after the West Wing, (same writers/producers) but I didin't think it was a patch on it. Very disappointing.

[Anto McC]

Well i never actually saw a full episode of the West Wing so i couldn't draw a comparision but i was/am really enjoying Studio 60.

[pete]

Well i never actually saw a full episode of the West Wing so i couldn't draw a comparision but i was/am really enjoying Studio 60.

Studio 60 is ok but not a patch on the West Wing - tv show doesn't have the gravitas as President of the US. Lot of well know n actors in Studio 60 plus doesn't look like they skimping on production costs so tv ratings in the US probably don't justify it continuing.

[RogerMilla]

mostly all have been mentioned

west wing is numero uno for me , have the whole lot on DVD
also the X-files , absolute genius likewise full DVD collection
love the sopranos , red dwarf , hill street blues

I love "the Shield" and cannot recommend it highly enough

i know its schlock but i enjoyed prison break

really need to get "the wire"

[Dodge]

Started watching Entourage on RTE2 recently (don't have the extra ITV channels) & looks good.

Got into this big time recently. Great great show. Jeremy Piven as manic agent Ari Gold steals pretty much every scene he's in.

[Block G Raptor]

Heroes is a must. my self and mrs Raptor love curling up on monday nights to watch. we've even had the symbol tatooed on our shoulders:o

Our Friends in The North .
Jaysus I'd forgotten all about that show! that was class

[pete]

Got into this big time recently. Great great show. Jeremy Piven as manic agent Ari Gold steals pretty much every scene he's in.

True. The good thing is there is at least 4 series & RTE just started number two.

Heroes has taken a while to get going but very good episode on Sci-Fi earlier this week.

For any of the kids out there the X-Files was great at the start but rubbish after maybe 5 series. Other good oldies include Twin Peaks which I wouldn't mind watching again to see if as watchable as first showing. used to be a few good shows around the X-Files days such as Millennium & Dark Skies.

[inexile]

totally hooked on prison break

[Anto McC]

we've even had the symbol tatooed on our shoulders :o

Pathetic.

I'd recommond people download "The Riches"

[Billsthoughts]

If ya can find it Bakersfield PD was good........as well as that that Flatheads which was part of some silly yoof program on rte in the 90s was funny enough

[Risteard]

spooks

[SaucyJack]

"TV Playhouse",-animation show from Rob Smigel of SNL, the guy responsible for Triumph the insult comic dog.

Also Robot Chicken.

[SeaniesRedArmy]

Is Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps still in production? Quality show either way

its on bbc3. its hilarious

[SeaniesRedArmy]

Prison break
lost
desperate housewives
band of brothers
match of the day
eircom league weekly(even with keely)
The oc
one tree hill

[Dick Long]

Monk. It's great that.

[superfrank]

All the CSI's and Law & Order (the on with Dennis Farina).

[stann]

Monk. It's great that.

Spot on Dick. Monk is just the business!
Another couple of years and he'll be the new Columbo. :cool:

[pete]

Got into this big time recently. Great great show. Jeremy Piven as manic agent Ari Gold steals pretty much every scene he's in.

Excellent show, getting better all the time. Onto series 3 now (great end to series 2) & Jeremy Piven really is a scene stealer.

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My favourite clip is when he fires the mail boy thinking he is a junior agent you messed up on the job. :D

[Dodge]

My favourite clip is when he fires the mail boy thinking he is a junior agent you messed up on the job. :D


Who hilariously turns up in season 4

[Burny89]

Entourage just gets funnier and funnier

[pete]

With all the best comedies the characters need to be established.Unusually its all the supporting characters that get the best lines. Kevin Dillon is very good too. The Comic Con episode on RTE this week good one for him :cool:

HBO have certainly cornered the best of US tv.

[stann]

Rome.
Just brilliant.
Finished now but if you've not seen it yet scan the listings feverishly for repeats.

[shakermaker1982]

My favourite Entourage episode was when they went to the Playboy mansion. Quality.

[citizenerased]

The Shield
Sopranos
Extras
The Office
Curb your Enthusiasm
24

[pete]

Rome. Just brilliant.
Finished now but if you've not seen it yet scan the listings feverishly for repeats.


Started watching that recently from the start & its very good. Seen some of it on tv before but missed the start so did not know the characters.

[bellavistaman]

Started watching that recently from the start & its very good. Seen some of it on tv before but missed the start so did not know the characters.

Only fools and Horses
Fawlty towers
Family Guy
Friends
The Office
Home and Away (no tembarassed to admit it):)
Match of the Day

[Macy]

Enjoying Heroes at the moment on BBC2/3.

Times just haven't suited me for Entourage on either ITV or RTE. Will try and have look at box sets at some point.

Technically out of production (although talk of an 80's spin off), but enjoying Life On Mars on BBC3.

Someone mentioned about few Brit shows, a few of the HBO ones would be co productions with BBC - Band of Brothers and Rome for example.

[Seagull]

Rebus on ITV and TV3- Ken Stott plays Edinburgh detective, brilliant.

[Blue-Army]

Scrubs
The Simpsons
Friends
My Name is Earl
Mythbusters
Naked Camera

[bellavistaman]

Scrubs
The Simpsons
Friends
My Name is Earl
Mythbusters
Naked Camera

i hate naked camera, the cobh girl on it is a embarassment in my opinion. the whistler lad is funny though.

[anto1208]

Prison break
lost
desperate housewives
band of brothers
match of the day
eircom league weekly(even with keely)
The oc
one tree hill

Im glad im not your friend its thats the kind of ****e you would recomend to me

out of the 8 shows 4 are for women . next you ll be saying sex in the city is good :p

[Dodge]

Technically out of production (although talk of an 80's spin off), but enjoying Life On Mars on BBC3.

A US version is being developed

[RogerMilla]

really need to get "the wire"


since i posted this i have gotten through 4 seasons of "the wire" if you like cop shows then this is the one for you.

[bellavistaman]

next you ll be saying sex in the city is good :p

stop, what a show, that Kim Catrall, fiine wine! :)

[Neish]

since i posted this i have gotten through 4 seasons of "the wire" if you like cop shows then this is the one for you.

Where did you get Season 4 of the wire? I can't find it anywhere flew though seasons 1-3 and suffering from serious withdrawl since. Quality show prob my fav American show after The Sopranos

[John83]

A US version is being developed
That gets my goat up. We'll happily watch the US originals of good shows over here - hell, we'll happily watch the US originals of bad shows over here, but no chance will they just run a British (or Irish (*snigger*)) show over in the states. Bloody insular.

[pete]

A US version is being developed

I can see the logic. The BBC versions is nostalgia for 70s cop shows but they have different 70s cop shows in the US.

Only seen bits of the US Office but its written in US humour just inspired by the UK version so it seems to work.

[Torn-Ado]

The Sopranos (Best show ever made)

Big Cat Diary

Scrapheap challenge

Extras

University challenge

Father Ted

The Office (UK)

[Dodge]

Love the way people don't read the original criteria....

Anyway Pete, the US Office is the funniest thing on TV by a long way.

[Jerry The Saint]

That gets my goat up. We'll happily watch the US originals of good shows over here - hell, we'll happily watch the US originals of bad shows over here, but no chance will they just run a British (or Irish (*snigger*)) show over in the states. Bloody insular.

Can't understand why people care about this. The UK original has a total of 12 episodes, of half a season's worth of US television. It's not like they've gone around burning all copies of the original, it's still there. :) The Office (UK) arguably achieved more critical acclaim (and was watched by more people) in the US than in it's home country.

I'm in the middle of Life On Mars at the minute, having missed it the first time, but there's no reason that show couldn't have gone on for years - just space the "coma" bits out a bit more to remind people of the original premise without teasing the audience too much.

Mitch Hurwitz, creator of Arrested Development, was due to run a US version of The Thick of It which has a grand total of 8 episodes spread out over 2+ years - you just can't get away with that in US TV :eek:

Sadly, after the pilot (directed by Christopher Guest!) was made it looks like the series wasn't picked up. :(

[Dodge]

Sadly, after the pilot (directed by Christopher Guest!) was made it looks like the series wasn't picked up. :(
And did you see the cast? Usual Guest people. Grrr:mad:

Anyway it works both ways. Lots of British (and Irish) people don't rate US tv as they see it as formulaic or something but bar Gervais's comedies and maybe Phoenix Nights there hasn't been a good British sitcom this millenium (The Thick of It wasn't good IMO) while America has churned out classic after classic.

[bennocelt]

i hate American Tv shows, well most of them anyway........silly story lines, bad acting, and dull, and they take themselves way too seriously
Gone are the days when they made great TV............A Team, Streets of SF, Cagney and Lacey, macguiver, etc

anyway the best thing on Tv at the moment for me is...............
Life On Mars...............missed it the first time round, brilliant, and Simms is excellent (as ever)
and Eircom League Weekly...................Osam is a great actor, top drawer:)

[pete]

Only started watching the 1st series of the Life of Mars but I can see how it will run out of plot fairly quickly. Its just like a re-run of a 70s cop show as very little link to the present day...

US Office is on my list.

[TonyD]

Where did you get Season 4 of the wire? I can't find it anywhere flew though seasons 1-3 and suffering from serious withdrawl since. Quality show prob my fav American show after The Sopranos

Ditto. I'm desperate to see Season 4 of The Wire. The first three series were just awesome. IMO it's the best TV drama ever made. Better than the Sopranos by a distance.

Life On Mars - I just didn't get at all. Saw a few episodes (including the last one) but I can't see how people raved about it.

[Macy]

That gets my goat up. We'll happily watch the US originals of good shows over here - hell, we'll happily watch the US originals of bad shows over here, but no chance will they just run a British (or Irish (*snigger*)) show over in the states. Bloody insular.
Would the likes of The Office and Life On Mars not be on BBC America? Thought it was from their that Gervais won the Emmy's?

Another one for the list is House. Didn't really get it to start with, but coming around to it big time now. Going in the opposite direction is Shark - thought it had potential but kinda losing interest in it now (probably would've except for Sarah Carter!). Another US import which we'd watch is NCIS, be interesting how it goes after the end of the last season. Actually we'd be fairly lost for telly without five thinking about it.


Life On Mars - I just didn't get at all. Saw a few episodes (including the last one) but I can't see how people raved about it.
Shut it you jesse. :D I don't really think it was one that you could dip in and out off, and also I think you'd have to appreciate some of the old TV shows.

[anto1208]

And did you see the cast? Usual Guest people. Grrr:mad:

Anyway it works both ways. Lots of British (and Irish) people don't rate US tv as they see it as formulaic or something but bar Gervais's comedies and maybe Phoenix Nights there hasn't been a good British sitcom this millenium (The Thick of It wasn't good IMO) while America has churned out classic after classic.

The mighty boosh
Gareth Marenghi's Darkplaces
Peep show
modern toss
The royle family
Early doors
Shamless ( kind of )
Father ted

to name but a few

[Dodge]

Peep show maybe. Haven't seen enough of Darkplaces. Might Boosh isn't a sitcom and never heard of might toss

[cheifo]

Those Storyville documentaries that appear on BBC2 now and then(after Newsnight) I would highly reccomend.Last weeks featured a well known news reporter who videoed his life as he descented into Crack cocaine addiction was riveting albeit shocking in parts.
In fact most documentaries have me riveted.