The Wire
West Wing
Oz
ER
Deadwood
The Sopranos
The Wire (The best show never watched) then Oz. Nearly finished the 3rd series of The Wire and have the 4th sky+ courtesy of TG4.
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good stuff, between that and the Wire I'll have plenty to keep me going.Originally Posted by jebus
On a side note, why were these shows never picked up by channels over here? Surely there must be a slot for them somewhere? Same thing has happened with one of my favourite shows of late: Entourage - they had the second season on at some mad hour on network 2 and never bothered showing the third (or fourth for that matter)
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
BBC2 have never rated American imports, Arrested Devolpment was given the same treatment as Seinfled and Larry Sanders and thrown on at 11pm on a non-descript weekday. That said I think we get American humour more than our British counterparts
Wire also on my to do list. Have the first three seasons of it on my hard drive but havent watched it yet. Dexter is a quality series though. The best show i've seen in years. Prob followed by heroes and then Jericho.
In fairness, The Larry Sanders Show was always likely to be on late enough.
I don't mind BBC too much as they are at least producing their own shows of some value - RTE bang decent imports on late when prime time is full of crap as well. They had The West Wing starting at 11.30 most of the time, for example.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Just noticed the Wire Series 1 -3 is on Amazon's uk site as the DVD deal of the week for anybody that was interested in buying them.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
saw an ad on rte for their schedule for April and Entourage was on it....anyone know if this will be season 3 or 4?
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
ITV4 are showing series 4 at the moment. Just started last week. I know you get lost pretty much the same time as sky one does.
Just bought the Boxed set of Season 4 of The Wire (made a mess of recording it on TG4 recently.) Oh My Christ, it is quality. Best season yet I think. Amazing show. (Can I vote for it again to even the scores up)
Seriously though, how many people, who have seen all of both series would rate the Sopranos above the Wire ? I'm interested.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Me.
Not saying the Wire is anything less than magnificent either
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I have never seen the Wirebut I like what I am hearing about it.Oz was very good.Love the Sopranos.Have to say I found a few of the scenes in OZ shocking.The scene where the Nazi(schindler?)nails that paedophile priest to the floor..oh Lordy.Quality though.The fact that people on here rte the Wire higher than the Sopranos has me intrigued.West Wing is of course quality.
I'll go one better, never heard of itI have never seen the Wire
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I would guess this is season 3. Fairly sure they showed 1 & 2 back to back last time even though I did not watch on RTE. Great escape TV though.
shockingI'll go one better, never heard of it
I loved the Soprano's but think the Wire is much more consistent - no filler episodes.
I voted for The Wire in the poll. The Sopranos was fantastsic, but the writing in The Wire is something else. But then I thought the Shield was better than the Sopranos.Just bought the Boxed set of Season 4 of The Wire (made a mess of recording it on TG4 recently.) Oh My Christ, it is quality. Best season yet I think. Amazing show. (Can I vote for it again to even the scores up
Seriously though, how many people, who have seen all of both series would rate the Sopranos above the Wire ? I'm interested.
Just finished season 4 myself.
Season 1 - good introduction - a bit slow but addictive.
Season 2 - I thought it was brilliant, some great 1 series characters - the Sobotkas and the Greek.
Season 3 - Better than the 2nd, goes back to the streets. Highlight - Brother Mouzone and Omar - the odd couple.
Season 4 - The school - well that was class, school system, politics and mad Marlo.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
I hope McNulty features a lot more in season 5. Only 10 episodes though which is a bummer.
just bought season 2 there...can't ruddy wait to watch it...I voted for The Wire in the poll. The Sopranos was fantastsic, but the writing in The Wire is something else. But then I thought the Shield was better than the Sopranos.
Just finished season 4 myself.
Season 1 - good introduction - a bit slow but addictive.
Season 2 - I thought it was brilliant, some great 1 series characters - the Sobotkas and the Greek.
Season 3 - Better than the 2nd, goes back to the streets. Highlight - Brother Mouzone and Omar - the odd couple.
Season 4 - The school - well that was class
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
4th Series of The Wire starting next Monday night on FX if anybody wants to watch it.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
Season 3 starting on Monday night - 10.55 on RTE 1
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
The Sopranos is number one. By a mile.
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