Looking for TV Series to Watch

[Davonu]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

[retiredguy123]

Breaking Bad was one of the highest rated series ever.

[Nucky]

The Blacklist would lead the pack for me.

The second would be Chicago P.D. Chicago Fire and Chicago Med.

Third would be Roseanne, The Conners, The Munsters, Hogan's Heroes, MASH.

Sorry some of them don't meet your request but they kept me off the streets during the pandemic.

[REDCART]

SouthLAnd on HBOMAX is 4 seasons long and I believe close in quality and story to The Shield or The Wire.

Red Oaks on Amazon Prime 3 seasons.

You might also enjoy Godfather of Harlem and Condor on EPIX. Comcast charges $5.99 per month for EPIX.

[Stu from NYC]

Besides the regular channels what else do you have?

For example do you have prime video?

[Ben Franklin]

Wholesome series on Netflix: "Anne with an E," "Heartland."

Doc Martin, Longmire, Better Call Saul, Ozark, Hell on Wheels, Halt and Catch Fire, Virgin River, Godless, Sense8(not for the old school people), Everwood, Jericho...

[Mrprez]

Not sure where you’d find it, but we really enjoyed “The Closer”.

[JGVillages]

“Startup”
3 seasons on Netflix

[Road-Runner]

Three to consider:

Magnum P.I.
Bull
Blacklist (previously mentioned above)

[Cupcake57]

Bosch

[SIRE1]

If you have access to Netflix, I can definitely recommend the series "The Kominsky Method". It stars Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin. It is about an actor who is an acting coach who would fit right in with The Villages crowd. There are 3 seasons with 8 episodes each and my wife and I have really enjoyed watching it. And in almost every episode, there is an "old" actor in a cameo role that you kind of recognize but have to watch to credits to be sure (like said "older"):popcorn:

[Davonu]

Thanks for the input so far. Just a couple of additional bits of info regarding my request...

In reply to a previous question or two...I can access almost any show. Yes, I have Prime Video. So please forward your recommendations regardless of where you might have watched them.

Also, I do prefer higher resolution video. It doesn't have to be 4k or anything like that, but some of the older shows that are so grainy I probably wouldn't be able to get into. That's one of the reasons I requested something not toooo old in my op, like 2010ish or later.

Again, thanks for input so far. Keep the recommendations coming.

[Stu from NYC]

Via Prime

We have liked
Hanna
Bosch
Vikings
Amazing Mrs Meisal

[Boomer]

OP,

From what you said about your favorites, I think you might like the BBC’s New Tricks. Three retired detectives come out of retirement to solve cold cases. These “old” guys can be a bit set in their ways — which are not always according to accepted procedures — but they get the job done.

The series ran from 2003 to 2015. (We are not through all those seasons yet.) I like the series because you get a murder mystery without the gore and some witty dialogue and interesting glimpses into the detectives’ backstories.

Amanda Redman is their boss. She keeps them in line — sort of — well — not really — because they pretty much do whatever they need to do.

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I recently found another British series starring Amanda Redman, The Good Karma Hospital. It’s not a mystery series though. It started in 2017. I am watching it currently and really like it. Wonderful scenery and cultural insights, too.

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One of the funniest ones we have watched lately is Ted Lasso. I had put off watching it — although people kept telling me I had to. But I did not know anything about soccer so I thought I would not like it. Anyway — loved it — and added more British slang to my vocabulary.

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Someone has mentioned The Kominsky Method. Michael Douglas stars in it and Kathleen Turner is in the last season as his ex-wife. It’s about aging with snappy dialogue. Liked it a lot.

Boomer

[chet2020]

I liked Monk, The Mentalist, and NCIS, so perhaps we're on the same wavelength. I haven't seen all the shows mentioned above, but agree Bosch, Godless, Longmire, The Closer (and spin-off Major Crimes) are excellent. Current fare, Mare of Easttown on HBO is quite good.

[Stu from NYC]

Also Endeavor and DC Morse are good british detective series.

[John41]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Canon
Rockford Files
Hawaii Five O

[GrumpyOldMan]

Mare of Easttown is an excellent "who done it"
The Good Place is a supper silly comedy/satire about heaven and hell.

[Flanman]

Bosch is great. Coming back for a 7th. Southland just started but good. Ted Lasso is another. Found it funny and entertaining.

[SacDQ]

HBO
DEADWOOD, and
THE WIRE

[noslices1]

Vikings just started back on the History channel.

[hjdttt]

If you like detective shows with a twist, wait for Netflix or Amazon to stream “The Sniffer” again for free. It’s a Russian-Ukrainian show, and I think it’s interesting to see their take on detective dramas. Another out-on-a-limb suggestion is HBO’s “Beforeigners,” which is Norwegian. May be a bit too much nudity for some, as there is a caveman who likes to walk around without a stitch on. (Yes, a detective show with a caveman.)

[Windguy]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input.

You should tell us what streaming services and premium channels you have.

[MandoMan]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Try “Burn Notice” on Amazon Prime. Ex-CIA man and his girlfriend and buddy do detective work for free to help people in need. It’s set in Miami. It’s light-hearted and fun, which is rather surprising as there are plenty of fights and the girlfriend is always eager to blow things up. It was on for five or six years.

[chenault55]

We are watching Gilmore Girls. There are 7 seasons on Netflix. It’s a light drama with very tongue in cheek wit. It doesn’t have much sex or foul language but it’s entertaining. Like all shows it takes a few episodes to get to know the characters etc but if you decide to try it I hope you you enjoy it.

[l2ridehd]

Try Nurse Jackie, The Durells of Cofu, The Republic of Doyle, Heartland, Hart of Dixie, Sons of Anarchy, Peaky Blinders, Last Tango in Halifax, Lucifer, Hell on Wheels, Longmire, Yellowstone, Doc Martin, and there has to be something there you will like.

[J1ceasar]

New trick seconded .

[charmed59]

I liked Castle, which was similar to the Mentalist with a civilian, in this case a best selling crime novelist paired with a detective. Nathan Filipina from Castle now stars in the Rookie which is also a crime drama with quite a bit of humor.

[J1ceasar]

You could also try the beauty and the baker which is a limited series. Some people also like sci-fi is a series now called Jupiter also very interesting with Josh Duhamel. I can go backwards on YouTube to the '50s to some of the very nice cop shows Burke's law was fun, danger man, secret agent, dragnet, all the Colombo's, you can look for poirot as well or anything by Agatha Christie

[J1ceasar]

It was also a very interesting series either on Netflix or prime but it was in Spanish with English subtitles about time travel it had a lot of history about Spain. But it's not for prudes

[SERENITY52]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:
Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime

[SeaCros]

Not in any order but pretty good shows
- Bosch
- Yellowstone
- The Wire
- Seal Team
- FBI
- The Neighborhood

[Eg_cruz]

New:
The Rookie
Bull
Blue Bloods
Chicago PD..(can get rough)

Older cop shows
Castle
Closer
Major Crimes

For light murder movies I like the Hallmark Murder Mystery. There are about six different series to watch like Murder She Bake, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries and Chronicle Mysteries

[Annaq]

We watch most of the shows mentioned but “Queen of the South” was really good too. This last year we watched reruns of Game. Of Thrones and The Sopranos and Breaking Bad and Hell on Wheels and Sons of Anarchy and Dexter to name a few. They were just like new again because we forget so much of how the story went.

[giorgio1948]

BLOODLINE on Netflix

[riley2011]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Try Yellowstone with Kevin Costner. New season will be starting soon but you may have time to watch the first 3 seasons ( could be 4).

[kenoc7]

The Brokenwood Mysteries on Prime

[Scouty]

We love detective shows on Britbox and Acorn.

[jcgrether]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

So many good suggestions but only one mention of Blue Bloods. Such a GREAT NYC Detective/Police drama! Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlbery, Bridget Moynahan, etc. Ran for 11 seasons, started in 2010. This one might be right up your alley.

[GaryKoca]

For detective shows, I highly recommend Broadchurch, and English show that takes you through an entire season with one case. For regular series, The Kominsky Method, Schitts Creek, and Doc Martin are comedies and all hysterical. Another English detective series that is good is Grantchester. For network series, we like Blue Bloods with Tom Selleck.

[Petersweeney]

Father Brown was a good whodunnit like clue….

[wamley]

Netflix Sinners, Three different stories about 8 episodes each. We weren't sure we were going to stay with it, but at one point it struck us as great psycological crime story. We are in the middle of the second story.

[vagent711]

Death in Paradise and A Place to Call Home are both excellent

[b0bd0herty]

- Mr. Mercedes on Peacock: Stephen King story with detective
- Ozark on Netflix: KInda a breaking bad story of an acccountant
- Watchmen on HBO: A sequel to the movie 40 years later.

[Iowagirl2]

Death in paradise and Murdoch mysteries. Also on prime a series called Upload is really good.

[JohnnyT]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Harrow on HULU was excellent, 5-6 seasons. It's the type of show you don't want to stop watching.

[Rick13994]

Agree on Ted Lasso. It was hilarious! Only issue is it is on Apple TV, which we had free for a while. We may get it again long enough to see season two once it is released.

We are also enjoying the Kominski Method which some people mentioned. In the past we enjoyed Ozark, Breaking Bad, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Queen's Gambit. Life in Pieces is funny in an interesting format (four shorts about the same family per episode) with good writing.

[Jerseyborn]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Murdoch Mysteries on Hulu.

[cathiehines]

We are watching The Ranch on Netflix. Sam Elliott, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Winger. Funny. A lot of
F-bombs, but don't they all? We also watched Virgin River.

[John Hollner]

I haven't seen it mentioned but if you liked Monk then you'll love Psych. Light-hearted detective fare. Also, for drama, Longmire is a good choice. And both series' have ends. They weren't just canceled.

[BettyInFL]

I've been binge watching Blue Bloods (up to season 4 right now)
any Star Trek series or StarGate SG1 (yeah, I'm a geek)
NCIS New Orleans
Blacklist
Supernatural (early seasons really good, final seasons a little out there)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Angel
Breaking Bad (Hubby loved it, me not so much)

Hubby likes Decades Channel, lots of Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Newhart series
I like GET TV, yesterday watched 4 Walker Texas Ranger episodes.

[NorineBerlinski]

I loved Grimm

[Sharonaha]

Heartland, Everwood, Longmire, Body of Proof, Unforgettable or Broadchurch!

[Tunesmith]

Bosch

I agree, I liked Bosch....a brooding detective series.

[Astron]

We like British mysteries like Midsomer Murders and Vera and many others on a service called Acorn. They also have a New Zealand series called Brokenwood Mysteries that is currently my favorite. There are too many mysteries to list here; check it out at Stream British Mystery Series on Acorn TV (https://acorn.tv/browse/mystery/)

[Tunesmith]

I loved Grimm

Oh yeah, I agree. Loved Grimm.....kind of a cop/science fiction/fantasy/comedy/monster series. Based on the idea that the creatures described in the "Grimm's Fairy Tales" books actually exist. 6 seasons, 123 episodes. It could get a bit 'out there' in some episodes, but in general it was very entertaining.

[CFrance]

Not sure where you’d find it, but we really enjoyed “The Closer”.
I second "The Closer." It's LAPD detectives. Always a bit of a twist in there, oftentimes humorous (the Bridezilla episode, for one, Santa for another).


Have you watched House?

Also a really good one was Leverage Leverage (TV Series 2008–2012) - IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103987/) These guys run around righting wrongs à la Robin Hood style. (They're sort of crooks--anti-hero style.)

[kbace6]

If you are looking for interesting crime dramas, then a couple from the past which are good to binge watch, would be Justified and Dexter. Justified is kind of like the old West gunslinger reimagined for modern times. Dexter is a bit twisty, where a serial killer who only kills other serial killers works as a CSI for the Miami PD.

Good luck, there are a lot of good shows out there, but there is also a lot of crap to filter through.

-Kevin

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

[BBBnWitty]

New Tricks on Prime is exactly what you're looking for.

[Sandi0304]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Orange is the New Black
Scandal
The Tudors
Schitts Creek

[Gerrys]

I loved SUE THOMAS FB EYE. It is on Tubi. Unfortunately, it is only 2 seasons long.

[warbon]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:
Murdock on Acorn

[Shutterbug]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Murdock Mysteries, Blue Bloods, The Black List, Father Brown, Grantchester. These are ones we like and for the most part, with some minor exceptions, family friendly.

[nhenson]

We watched all seasons of Broadchurch a series about a murder in a small town in England. Right now I am having a "senior moment" and can't remember the name of the streaming channel. Be sure to use closed captioning so you can understand everything.

[BrianL]

Some of the shows we like are:
Castle
Leverage
Burn Notice
The Glades
Warehouse 13
The Librarians
Covert Affairs
Eureka
My Family (BBC comedy)
Blood & Treasure (Paramount Plus)
Ellery Queen
Hawaii Five-O (The newer series)
The Equalizer

Some of these are available streaming from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, or Paramount. Some are available on DVD from Netflix. Nice descriptions of all of them are on IMDb.com. Most of these shows have many seasons.

[meridian5850]

Justified
Bosch
The Shield
The Unit
Blue Bloods
Longmire

[jerry van]

I enjoyed Last tango in Halifax

[Bca1113]

Endeavor, Mare of Easttown, Inspector Lewis (lots of seasons) Ted Lasso is fabulous (Apple TV). If you don’t mind subtitles/want to brush up on your French: Call My Agent (not detective), Lupin. Another one we found darling is Midnight Diner and Midnight Diner-Tokyo stories (Netflix, Japanese). It’s about a diner in Tokyo (so another subtitle one) and the different people who go there. Oh, and The Restaurant (Sundance, Swedish) - a bit soap opera-y but we liked it a lot. We have a whole spreadsheet of shows someplace…

[lem001]

Wholesome series on Netflix: "Anne with an E," "Heartland."

Doc Martin, Longmire, Better Call Saul, Ozark, Hell on Wheels, Halt and Catch First, Virgin River, Godless, Sense8(not for the old school people), Evergreen, Jericho...



I would especially agree with Heartland and Longmire

[toeser]

If you have or get a Roku, two multi-year series are great:

Covert Affairs
White Collar

[Proveone]

Kominsky Method on Netflix.

[chuckpedrey]

Show called “Rosemary & Thyme” features two retired ladies who are in the business of renovating overgrown English manor grounds and seem to always end up solving a murder.

[toeser]

The Blacklist would lead the pack for me.

The second would be Chicago P.D. Chicago Fire and Chicago Med.

Third would be Roseanne, The Conners, The Munsters, Hogan's Heroes, MASH.

Sorry some of them don't meet your request but they kept me off the streets during the pandemic.

Of more interest with "The Blacklist" is that the star, Megan Boone, is part of the Developer's family. From Wikipedia:

"Her grandfather, H. Gary Morse, was the developer of The Villages; her mother, Jennifer Parr, is the Director of Sales."

[jjombrello]

The Marvelous Mrs. Mazell. Some rough language but funny and entertaining. If you enjoyJewish humor, this is it.

[BlackhawksFan]

Some of my recent favorites:

Chicago Fire
Chicago PD
Blue Bloods
The Rookie
FBI
FBI: Most Wanted
Law & Order SVU
Law & Order Organized Crime (new)
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Rescue Me
The Shield
The Wire
Sons of Anarchy
Justified

[BlackhawksFan]

Canon
Rockford Files
Hawaii Five O

You forgot Columbo and Police Woman 😂😂

[reliablejim111]

Thanks for the input so far. Just a couple of additional bits of info regarding my request...

In reply to a previous question or two...I can access almost any show. Yes, I have Prime Video. So please forward your recommendations regardless of where you might have watched them.

Also, I do prefer higher resolution video. It doesn't have to be 4k or anything like that, but some of the older shows that are so grainy I probably wouldn't be able to get into. That's one of the reasons I requested something not toooo old in my op, like 2010ish or later.

Again, thanks for input so far. Keep the recommendations coming.

A good detective series on Prime is "Bosch" and it has a new season starting the 25th.

[PugMom]

the first 3 seasons of Fargo

[HJBeck]

Rome, The Tudors, The Following (its intense), Yellowstone (takes at least 2 episodes to appreciate), The Killing, can't think of many more that are at least 9-10 rating on our scale. We are junkies!! These are the ones that are exciting. Need dramas let us know.

[EBZ06]

I find very little worth watching on Network TV. These are all on cable: The First 48 (A&E); NYPD Blue (Netflix); Fargo (HBO): Better Call Saul (Netflix); The Wire (HBO); Ray Donovan (SHO); Justified (FX); Deadwood (HBO); Hell on Wheels (AMZ, Amazon); Shameless (HBO); Band of Brothers HBO); Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO); Veep (HBO); Mad Men (Netflix).

[Spalumbos62]

Thanks for the input so far. Just a couple of additional bits of info regarding my request...

In reply to a previous question or two...I can access almost any show. Yes, I have Prime Video. So please forward your recommendations regardless of where you might have watched them.

Also, I do prefer higher resolution video. It doesn't have to be 4k or anything like that, but some of the older shows that are so grainy I probably wouldn't be able to get into. That's one of the reasons I requested something not toooo old in my op, like 2010ish or later.

Again, thanks for input so far. Keep the recommendations coming.


I just started watching lucifer....I know, terrible name and you think it's all about, devil, horror, and spooky......its not....its funny....give one episode a try...you might like it

Others...bloodline, last tango in Halifax, castratrophy,....I don't watch any scarey, violent, sci-fi, or Gothic stuff. I wanna to be entertained, laugh a little and if I find I'm thinking about the show latter after watching...its a good one.

[august2959]

We are re-watching Downton Abby on Netflix. Forgot how wonderful it was. We are really enjoying it.

[frostola]

You have a lot of great suggestions and I will add a few more.

NETFLIX- Outlander
Manhunt
Unabomber

HBO- Your Honor ( Bryan Cranston)

[golfing eagles]

Have to agree with:
Bosch
Nurse Jackie
Jack Ryan
Kominsky Method
I would add Game of Thrones
and for an offbeat choice:

The Handmaid's Tale

[Johnnierich]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:Anyone who lives in the Villages has to watch "The Kominsky Method!"

[macawlaw]

Leverage - 2008-2012.

[Skoego]

"Bosch" and "Blacklist"as well as "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan"

[jnsbill]

Yellowstone - Paramount - 3 seasons
The Good Fight - CBS All Access 4 Sea.
Bosch - Amazon - 6 seasons
Leverage - IMDB
Condor - HBO Max - 2 seasons
Coyote - CBS All Access
Departure - Peacock
For All Mankind - Apple - 2 Seasons
Goliath - Amazon - 3 seasons
Lost In Space - Netflix - 2 seasons
Picard CBS All Access - 1 season
Star Trek: Discovery CBS All Access 3 Seasons
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - 2 Seasons Amazon

Old TV
Designated Survivor
The Shield
24
LA Law

[Worldseries27]

i'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which i mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but i am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past i've liked monk, the mentalist, some ncis (the original is all i've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and the mentalist which i mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, i'm open to suggestions. Again, i will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:
per your predilections
1. Sherlock starring benedict cumberbatch
2. Luther starring idris elba.
Elementary my dear chap, elementary! 🔍

[SusanStCatherine]

Since you like comedy, check out "Taskmaster". It is very funny and entertaining. It's described as a British comedy panel game show. Five contestants (mostly comedians) are assigned tasks to complete and are judged by the Taskmaster on how well they perform. His assistant runs the tasks.

You can find it for free on YouTube. Make sure it's the British version with Greg Davies.

The first episode of season 2 is a really good episode to watch to see if you like it.

It's very popular - they just finished series 11 and have been renewed through series 15. It's so popular that eight other countries have their own versions - the New Zealand version is pretty good and it's in English. The US version failed on Comedy Central mostly because they shortened it.

[Red Rose]

Try Schitt's Creek on Netflix.

[SFSkol]

Others that have not been mentioned:

Numb3rs on HULU - Mathematician helps solve FBI crimes.
Green Wing on YouTube free - best classic British humor since Fawlty Towers.
Person of Interest - on HBO MAX - Eye in the sky computer that predicts crimes.
Bones - on TNT - HULU - A forensic anthropologist solves FBI crimes.
Mozart in the Jungle - Amazon -NY Symphony Orchestra shenanigans.

[tvbound]

Bosch

I second that. If they could find the right person, like they did (IMHO) with Bosch, would love to see a Jack Reacher series. It has to be someone close to the 6'5", 250lb. guy in the books - not the 5'6", 150lb. movie version.

[Steve Biasi]

Monk was my favorite, also. As someone mentioned, Breaking Bad and it's prequel, Better Call Saul are great as well. Blacklist is another good one. Burn Notice and Early Edition were also good.

[Rocket6789]

Can't believe no one mentioned Justified

[Stu from NYC]

I second that. If they could find the right person, like they did (IMHO) with Bosch, would love to see a Jack Reacher series. It has to be someone close to the 6'5", 250lb. guy in the books - not the 5'6", 150lb. movie version.

Jack Reacher would be a great character in a series and sure need a big fellow for the part. No idea what they were thinking when they cast Tom Cruise.

[Parteeinga]

Try Lucifer on Netflix. Great series

[MareL]

I also HIGHLY recommend "The Kominsky Method" Was a great series.

[hjdttt]

El Ministerio Del Tiempo (The Ministry of Time)

[Koapaka]

Could not agree more on Netflix Lucifer. It is funny, crazy, who done it fun with a twist of British dry humor.

[Doug526]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:
OUTLANDER IS EXCELLENT About Scotland Highlanders.

[Doug526]

Heart of Dixie is a comedy and very good. :popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:
I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

[2newyorkers]

Bosch, Murdoch Mysteries and The Bletchley Circle about 4 British women code breakers.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Breaking Bad was one of the highest rated series ever.

Oh, yeah!!

[GrumpyOldMan]

Nikita, and The Widow.

[2newyorkers]

I second that. If they could find the right person, like they did (IMHO) with Bosch, would love to see a Jack Reacher series. It has to be someone close to the 6'5", 250lb. guy in the books - not the 5'6", 150lb. movie version.

A series is in the works on Amazon Prime. Alan Ritchson (google him) plays Jack.

[Boston-Sean]

The Americans on Amazon Prime.

FX show about Russian spies living as Americans in DC during the Reagan years.

[Ben Franklin]

I forgot to add Fringe. John Noble does an excellent acting job.

[Boomer]

OP,

You mentioned sitcoms.

My absolute favorite of all-time is 3rd Rock from the Sun, starring John Lithgow. (I think he is a genius-actor who can play all kinds of roles.)

Lithgow and his pretend family are actually from outer space, have taken human form, and are trying to figure out how to fit in.

It ran from 1996 to 2001 so many of the pop-culture plots are a little dated, but you’ll remember them.

Sometimes observing human nature can make me feel like I surely must be from outer space. . .so maybe that’s why I like this show so much. . .

Boomer

[Polar Bear]

OP,

You mentioned sitcoms.

My absolute favorite of all-time is 3rd Rock from the Sun…
We love that show too. Just looking for something a bit newer. :)

[Fltpkr]

"I think you might like the BBC’s New Tricks."

Two thumbs up on that suggestion.

[Boomer]

LOP,

You mentioned sitcoms.

My absolute favorite of all-time is 3rd Rock from the Sun, starring John Lithgow. (I think he is a genius-actor who can play all kinds of roles.)

Lithgow and his pretend family are actually from outer space, have taken human form, and are trying to figure out how to fit in.

It ran from 1996 to 2001 so many of the pop-culture plots are a little dated, but you’ll remember them.

Sometimes observing human nature can make me feel like I surely must be from outer space. . .so maybe that’s why I like this show so much. . .

Boomer

We love that show too. Just looking for something a bit newer. :)

Polar Bear,

I know what you mean. Alas, I must confess that I have watched the entire thing through 3 times — since streaming was invented. (blush)

I felt a little better about my go-to escapism when I saw Lithgow being interviewed after he had played Churchill in The Crown. He said that 3rd Rock is what he likes to watch best — out of all his stuff.

Jane Curtin is the perfect foil to Lithgow’s character. And when William Shatner and John Cleese show up in various episodes, it makes the storyline even better. Jan Hooks was terrific, too, as Harry’s love interest. The Thanksgiving scene that was a riff on the same kind of scene in the movie Tom Jones (based on Fielding’s novel) is scandalously funny.

Uh, oh. . . I feel a 4th run coming on. :)

Boomer

PS: A question for Bosch fans: I thought Mr. Boomer would like it — and he does. We started at the beginning. But here is what I need to know: Does it take the entire season for one case to be solved? This case in the first season is creeping me out. I think New Tricks is more my speed.

[Mrprez]

L



Polar Bear,

I know what you mean. Alas, I must confess that I have watched the entire thing through 3 times — since streaming was invented. (blush)

I felt a little better about my go-to escapism when I saw Lithgow being interviewed after he had played Churchill in The Crown. He said that 3rd Rock is what he likes to watch best — out of all his stuff.

Jane Curtin is the perfect foil to Lithgow’s character. And when William Shatner and John Cleese show up in various episodes, it makes the storyline even better. Jan Hooks was terrific, too, as Harry’s love interest. The Thanksgiving scene that was a riff on the same kind of scene in the movie Tom Jones (based on Fielding’s novel) is scandalously funny.

Uh, oh. . . I feel a 4th run coming on. :)

Boomer

PS: A question for Bosch fans: I thought Mr. Boomer would like it — and he does. We started at the beginning. But here is what I need to know: Does it take the entire season for one case to be solved? This case in the first season is creeping me out. I think New Tricks is more my speed.
It’s been awhile since I watched Bosch S1, but I think the entire season (about 6 shows) centers around 1 main case. Read the books, they are excellent reads.

[2newyorkers]

Just started to watch Sweet Tooth on Netflix and enjoying.

[DotComMom]

White Collar

[Chi-Town]

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Polar Bear,

I know what you mean. Alas, I must confess that I have watched the entire thing through 3 times — since streaming was invented. (blush)

I felt a little better about my go-to escapism when I saw Lithgow being interviewed after he had played Churchill in The Crown. He said that 3rd Rock is what he likes to watch best — out of all his stuff.

Jane Curtin is the perfect foil to Lithgow’s character. And when William Shatner and John Cleese show up in various episodes, it makes the storyline even better. Jan Hooks was terrific, too, as Harry’s love interest. The Thanksgiving scene that was a riff on the same kind of scene in the movie Tom Jones (based on Fielding’s novel) is scandalously funny.

Uh, oh. . . I feel a 4th run coming on. :)

Boomer

PS: A question for Bosch fans: I thought Mr. Boomer would like it — and he does. We started at the beginning. But here is what I need to know: Does it take the entire season for one case to be solved? This case in the first season is creeping me out. I think New Tricks is more my speed.

Boomer, season one of Bosch was pretty gritty but still got me hooked. Each season is different. Season 7, the final season, is being released Friday, June 25th. Still time to binge.

[asianthree]

TV was not watched in hour home, except for Sunday evening, Disney, in color at grandparents house. And once for the 3 solid days of President Kennedy’s funeral.
So using Utube TV I watch sitcoms from the beginning to end. Right now it’s Bewitched, no thinking needed, plus you can multi task, and still know what’s next. After that
Bull
Big Bang
Young Sheldon (helps if your child was a young Sheldon)
All Rise

[Kelevision]

If you’d like to branch out a bit. I’ll recommend Mare of Eastown on HBO, Breaking Bad is one of the best shows ever but not sure it’s for you, very dark comedy/drama but it’s not lighthearted. Maybe White Collar or Phych would be close, sans the great comedic acting of Tony Shaloub. If you really want to branch out and go completely crazy but watch a great show….. Umbrella Academy on Netflix.

[Betty Wagner]

Murdoch Mysteries on Ovation. Also, Midsumer Murders.

[Bay Kid]

Yellowstone. Catch up, new season coming.

[Stu from NYC]

Yellowstone. Catch up, new season coming.

Great show cant wait for more.

[Chrishawk65]

Just read great reviews of “Mare of Easttown” starring Kate Winslet. 7 part series on HBO.

[nhenson]

Don’t miss Mare of Easttown on HBO Max with Kate Winslet as a small town detective in PA. Show is the best we’ve seen lately. We paid for a month’s subscriptionand it’s worth every cent.

[nhenson]

Loved Mare of Easttown on HBO Max. Mare is a female detective in PA. It has received excellent ratings. Subscribed to HBO Max for a month to watch, and it was well worth the cost.

[Boomer]

Boomer, season one of Bosch was pretty gritty but still got me hooked. Each season is different. Season 7, the final season, is being released Friday, June 25th. Still time to binge.


Thanks, Chi-Town,

As I recall, you are the one who got me hooked on Shameless. I had never heard of it until I read your recommendation on TOTV.

I made it through Season 1 of Bosch, even though it was damned creepy. I had to make sure the serial killer got what was coming to him.

I do like the character Bosch, although I doubt that I will ever read the books.

Now we are on the one about the body in the trunk of that beautiful car.

Boomer

[SIRE1]

We just finished watching "The Kominsky Method!" on Netflix and really enjoyed it. We have now started watching another series that is also on Netflix - "Lupin" . It is a French made series, but all the dialog has been dubbed into English. Other than mouth movements not always matching the audio, it is really well done. It is about a black man avenging the conviction and death of his father. It reminds me a little of "Mission Impossible" and if you liked any of those movies, I think you might like this one too.

[Boomer]

Thank you to everybody who recommended Mare of Easttown.

Definitely binge-worthy.

Acting, writing, twists and turns -- all excellent. Jean Smart certainly is coming into her own as she has aged from being Charlene in Designing Women. Her role as Mare's mother should get her an award. She is so real.

Watched it all in two nights and a morning -- glad it was only 7 episodes because we really do have a life outside of television and the computer.

. . .There is a short segment following the last episode where the actors and writer talk about the making of the show.

I am interested in our varying American accents, dialect, and colloquialisms so I liked hearing British Kate Winslet talk about how she worked on sounding like she was, not only American, but from the specific area of Pennsylvania that was the setting for the story.

As much as I liked Justified, when I watched it a long time ago, I never thought they had the Harlan County accent exactly right.

Boomer

[CFrance]

Thank you to everybody who recommended Mare of Easttown.

Definitely binge-worthy.

Acting, writing, twists and turns -- all excellent. Jean Smart certainly is coming into her own as she has aged from being Charlene in Designing Women. Her role as Mare's mother should get her an award. She is so real.

Watched it all in two nights and a morning -- glad it was only 7 episodes because we really do have a life outside of television and the computer.

. . .There is a short segment following the last episode where the actors and writer talk about the making of the show.

I am interested in our varying American accents, dialect, and colloquialisms so I liked hearing British Kate Winslet talk about how she worked on sounding like she was, not only American, but from the specific area of Pennsylvania that was the setting for the story.

As much as I liked Justified, when I watched it a long time ago, I never thought they had the Harlan County accent exactly right.

Boomer
I'm interested to know, is this small town in eastern or western Pennsylvania, Boomer? If western, I might have to sign up for HBO Max and watch the series. I can recognize my hometown accent no matter where I hear it. Always makes me feel good.

[Boomer]

I'm interested to know, is this small town in eastern or western Pennsylvania, Boomer? If western, I might have to sign up for HBO Max and watch the series. I can recognize my hometown accent no matter where I hear it. Always makes me feel good.

I think in the interview part they said Delaware County. I don't know PA accents so I don't really know how they did. Btw, Mare drinks Rolling Rock.

At Miami U., kids from Cleveland always thought kids from Cincinnati had a southern accent.

[CFrance]

I think in the interview part they said Delaware County. I don't know PA accents so I don't really know how they did. Btw, Mare drinks Rolling Rock.

At Miami U., kids from Cleveland always thought kids from Cincinnati had a southern accent.
Rolling Rock was originally a western PA beer (Latrobe, outside of Pittsburgh, home of Arnold Palmer) but has now become a national brand. Western PA accents are peculiar in that they sound uneducated, but a study by the University of Pittsburgh linguistics department found that the accent is widespread throughout economic and educational levels alike.


I think I just talked myself into subscribing to HBO Max. When the lockdown first started, HBO put Max up for 60 days free of charge. I binge-watched all 60+ episodes of Six Feet Under, a fantastic show.

[Ecuadog]

I'm interested to know, is this small town in eastern or western Pennsylvania, Boomer? If western, I might have to sign up for HBO Max and watch the series. I can recognize my hometown accent no matter where I hear it. Always makes me feel good.

"At first, the producers just wanted the accents to be a general New York sound. It wasn't until Kate Winslet decided to have her accent be authentic to the Philadelphia area that the production got on board. Because the story is set in the fictionalized version of Easttown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, there were discussions about whether to use the "Delco accent", a version of the Philadelphia accent common in Delaware County. It was Winslet who insisted that the accent be used, despite being a particularly difficult accent to learn, because she felt that the community was essential to the story, and thus required an authentic dialect." --from IMDB Trivia click here (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10155688/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv)

Great show. Loved it. Watched it on HBO Max. My YouTube TV is currently giving me 5 free days of it.

[CFrance]

"At first, the producers just wanted the accents to be a general New York sound. It wasn't until Kate Winslet decided to have her accent be authentic to the Philadelphia area that the production got on board. Because the story is set in the fictionalized version of Easttown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, there were discussions about whether to use the "Delco accent", a version of the Philadelphia accent common in Delaware County. It was Winslet who insisted that the accent be used, despite being a particularly difficult accent to learn, because she felt that the community was essential to the story, and thus required an authentic dialect." --from IMDB Trivia click here (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10155688/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv)

Great show. Loved it. Watched it on HBO Max. My YouTube TV is currently giving me 5 free days of it.
Thanks, Ecuadog. My father's side of the state for me, but I'm interested anyway, and we've got You Tube TV.

[Avista]

Braking bad, The Crown, of course Downton Abbey,

[Boomer]

Rolling Rock was originally a western PA beer (Latrobe, outside of Pittsburgh, home of Arnold Palmer) but has now become a national brand. Western PA accents are peculiar in that they sound uneducated, but a study by the University of Pittsburgh linguistics department found that the accent is widespread throughout economic and educational levels alike.


I think I just talked myself into subscribing to HBO Max. When the lockdown first started, HBO put Max up for 60 days free of charge. I binge-watched all 60+ episodes of Six Feet Under, a fantastic show.


Hi CFrance,

When I read your comment here on Six Feet Under, I decided it might be a good one for us to start watching. We are to the part where Nate catches on to what Brenda has been doing -- and realizes that her writing is not fiction.

I like the show -- other than Brenda. She makes my skin crawl -- and I feel like the writers are pandering to a percentage of their perceived audience by taking up so much of the plot with her psycho behavior.

I like David and Nate and Keith and Rico and hope Claire and her mother eventually get their acts together, but I can't take much more of Brenda.

I was hoping Brenda would go away, but I just looked up how long she is in the series and found out she is there from the pilot to the finale.

I realize dysfunction junction in general is the basis for all the characters' relationships, but I am so tired of Brenda that I want to stop watching. But I also want to know how everything else turns out.

Brenda gets too much attention from the writers. I think they are leaning on her plotline mostly because it's easy pandering. I hope her storyline does not continue to take up so much space in the scripts.

Other than Brenda though, the rest of the show is getting me hooked.

Boomer

[GrumpyOldMan]

The Killing is an excellent well-written detective story with lots of twists and turns.

[Papa_lecki]

We just started re-watching “Band of Brothers” again

[Ecuadog]

I am currently hooked on Billions being shown on Prime.

[Stu from NYC]

New season of Bosch is out we decided to watch the first 6 seasons again and than #7.

Also watching Mozart in the Jungle, very interesting.

[Ben Franklin]

Lucifer, on Netflix, is a somewhat funny take on a detective series. Manifest, also on Netflix, involves some detective work. Mindhunter, Frequency, Lupin are also detective series.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Lucifer, on Netflix, is a somewhat funny take on a detective series. Manifest, also on Netflix, involves some detective work. Mindhunter, Frequency, Lupin are also detective series.

Lucifer is excellent tongue-in-cheek humor with the premise of the Devil coming to earth because he gets tired of being cast as the bad guy all the time.

Lupin is an excellent "revenge" story - loved it.

Man From High Castle - alternative timeline where Hitler wins WWII. Absolutely excellent story and acting.

Motherland if you like witch stores of alternative timelines. Verry innovative storyline and excellent characters.

[patfla06]

Thanks, Chi-Town,

As I recall, you are the one who got me hooked on Shameless. I had never heard of it until I read your recommendation on TOTV.

I made it through Season 1 of Bosch, even though it was damned creepy. I had to make sure the serial killer got what was coming to him.

I do like the character Bosch, although I doubt that I will ever read the books.

Now we are on the one about the body in the trunk of that beautiful car.

Boomer

Michael Connelly’s books were terrific.

[Ben Franklin]

Lucifer is excellent tongue-in-cheek humor with the premise of the Devil coming to earth because he gets tired of being cast as the bad guy all the time.

Lupin is an excellent "revenge" story - loved it.

Man From High Castle - alternative timeline where Hitler wins WWII. Absolutely excellent story and acting.

Motherland if you like witch stores of alternative timelines. Verry innovative storyline and excellent characters.

I will have to take a look at Motherland. Thanks for the tip.

[Boomer]

Ted Lasso, Season 2, starts tomorrow, July 23, on Apple TV.

If you have not heard about Ted Lasso, you can find an article about it on npr.org, today.

It is just plain fun.

Apple does not drop the episodes all at one time. I think they might do two the first week and then dole the rest of them out on a weekly basis. Such is Apple's marketing, I guess. (sigh)

But if you are new to Ted Lasso and it sounds good to you, you can watch all of Season 1 while you wait.

Boomer

[Boomer]

American Rust — based on a book, which I have not read.

Subscribed to Showtime to watch it because I think Jeff Daniels is an excellent actor. He plays a sheriff in this one, a decent guy who is in a mess — actually a few messes. Showtime drops one episode each week and there are a few more to go.

You can find the trailer online or the book’s summary on Amazon if you want to know more about it before signing up for Showtime. (Mr. Boomer and I are hooked on the story.)

Boomer

[tophcfa]

My list would include oldies such as:
Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Shield, Justified, Mr. In Between, Dexter, Mayans, and the four seasons of Fargo on FX.

[retiredguy123]

Perry Mason

[Topspinmo]

New season of Yellowstone coming up on paramount channel in couple weeks.

[Topspinmo]

Watch perry every morning.

[Kelevision]

My list would include oldies such as:
Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Shield, Justified, Mr. In Between, Dexter, Mayans, and the four seasons of Fargo on FX.

A new season of Dexter just started

[Two Bills]

If you have a decent VPN (I use Private VPN when in US.) and can get into UK tv catch-up channels, there are some rather good series.
My favorite is Luther with Idris Elba.

Best channels.
BBC1 and 2.
ITV.
Channels 4 and 5.

[Stu from NYC]

Heartland on Netflix and Peacock network.

Life on a horse ranch in Alberta.

Shocked we like it but now our favorite show and over 200 episodes.

[walterray1]

Heartland on Netflix and Peacock network.

Life on a horse ranch in Alberta.

Shocked we like it but now our favorite show and over 200 episodes.

but no one has mentioned Peaky Blinders on Netflix. Gritty, violent and entertaining on a certain level. Binge watching worthy for sure.

[Bogie Shooter]

Every show that has ever been on TV has now been mentioned......:22yikes:

[Boomer]

[QUOTE=Bogie Shooter;2016505]Every show that has ever been on TV has now been mentioned......:22yikes:[/QUOTE
- - - - - - -


Aw, c’mon, Bogie. This thread is a good one. This morning, I learned here that Dexter is coming back. I never thought I would watch Dexter but then I did. Who knew I would be rooting for a serial killer. But then I did.

Yesterday, I learned about Mr In Between so we tried a few last night. Mr. Boomer likes it. I don’t like it much. But I like the writing style — kind of Coen-like.

Even though we are back to a social life, the past year-plus got us into the habit of watching television more than usual in the evenings, and I have found some good ideas in this thread.

This thread is not about dog poop or roundabouts or anything to do with the mess our country is in. Nobody is arguing about anything. Nobody is obsessed with spreading their “research.”

Anyway, in defense of this good thread, I have to tell you, “Bogie, behave yourself.” Maybe give us a suggestion for a show or maybe watch Ted Lasso sometime. :)

Boomer

[Bogie Shooter]

Dear Mr. Bogie Shooter, Sir:

You are one of my favorite posters. I really like your Orwell quote and I get it — and I also know Orwell would be horrified to see how so many have co-opted his work.

But, c’mon, Bogie. This thread is a good one. This morning, I learned here that Dexter is coming back. I never thought I would watch Dexter but then I did. Who knew I would be rooting for a serial killer. But then I did.

Yesterday, I learned about Mr In Between so we tried a few last night. Mr. Boomer likes it. I don’t like it much. But I like the writing style — kind of Coen-like.

Even though we are back to a social life, the past year-plus got us into the habit of watching television more than usual in the evenings, and I have found some good ideas in this thread.

This thread is not about dog poop or roundabouts or anything to do with the mess our country is in. Nobody is arguing about anything. Nobody is obsessed with spreading their “research.” (I never dreamed that the word ‘research’ would make me want to puke. Who could have ever imagined that the definition of ‘research’ could be co-opted, too. Now, that’s Orwellian.)

Anyway, in defense of this good thread, I have to tell you, “Bogie, behave yourself.” And maybe watch Ted Lasso sometime.

Sincerely,
Boomer

I didn’t intend ruffle any feathers……sorry you took it as criticism of the thread. :ohdear:

[FenneyFanatic]

On Apple TV: Ted Lasso

[Boomer]

I didn’t intend ruffle any feathers……sorry you took it as criticism of the thread. :ohdear:

Aw, Bogie, I love it when you ruffle feathers. You’re good at it. It’s OK. I rarely can write a one-liner, but I can admire them. I was just giving you a little rufflin’ back.

Besides, I do not get my feathers ruffled that easily. I am just drinking coffee and picking on you — just a little— this morning. You gotta be Bogie and I gotta be Boomer. We both have been in this silly play for too long to revise these alter-egos. :)

But now I have to go to my book club, with people I can actually see. I guess I’d better hurry up and finish the book instead of messing around on TOTV.

Boomer

PS: I edited my quote and toned it down a little but that was after you quoted me. I really need to stop editing after I hit submit.

[coralway]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:





Hill Street Blues on H&I

[patfla06]

Thanks, Chi-Town,

As I recall, you are the one who got me hooked on Shameless. I had never heard of it until I read your recommendation on TOTV.

I made it through Season 1 of Bosch, even though it was damned creepy. I had to make sure the serial killer got what was coming to him.

I do like the character Bosch, although I doubt that I will ever read the books.

Now we are on the one about the body in the trunk of that beautiful car.

Boomer

All of his books are terrific.

[Bogie Shooter]

Aw, Bogie, I love it when you ruffle feathers. You’re good at it. It’s OK. I rarely can write a one-liner, but I can admire them. I was just giving you a little rufflin’ back.

Besides, I do not get my feathers ruffled that easily. I am just drinking coffee and picking on you — just a little— this morning. You gotta be Bogie and I gotta be Boomer. We both have been in this silly play for too long to revise these alter-egos. :)

But now I have to go to my book club, with people I can actually see. I guess I’d better hurry up and finish the book instead of messing around on TOTV.

Boomer

PS: I edited my quote and toned it down a little but that was after you quoted me. I really need to stop editing after I hit submit.
At the end of the day we can laugh and move on……

[Willis56]

Death in Paradise.

[TimeForChange]

The series Fargo is great. Not the movie but the series.

[Villageswimmer]

I didn’t end all posts so this may have been recommended. Grantchester on PBS. Love it.

[Tillis]

Castle is my long time favorite! Investigation mixed with romance and comedy!

[CFrance]

Castle is my long time favorite! Investigation mixed with romance and comedy!
Where can we find that show?

[Boomer]

Castle is my long time favorite! Investigation mixed with romance and comedy!

Where can we find that show?


CFrance,

I don’t know if you will see this post in time, but I was just channel-surfacing and saw that the Lifetime channel is running one Castle after another, now, with the last one at 3:00 AM tomorrow.

I don’t know how often that happens, and I don’t know if it is on any of the streaming channels, so if you catch this post, it will offer just a quick, temporary fix.

Boomer

Addendum: I just asked Google where Castle is now: Hulu.

[coffeebean]

Mad Men - Jon Hamm..... Oh My!!!

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Virgin River

The Morning Show

Big Sky

[Davonu]

Castle is on Hulu with ads, and a couple other places with purchase options (no ads).

[Catalina36]

Great Series "Justified"

[Flyers999]

Comedies
Seinfield, The Nanny, The Good Witch, Kominsky Method , Marvelous Mrs Maisel,Gracie & Frankie

Espionage Thrillers
24 & Homeland

The first season of Cobra Kai is as good as it gets.

If you like the bible, The Chosen.

[fishon]

A Touch of Frost.
Detective series.

[LateBoomer]

Babylon Berlin...netflix

[Boomer]

Heist on Netflix -- true crime documentaries about. . .heists.

The only one we have watched is "Pappygate." It's about the heist of a fortune in Pappy Van Winkle bourbon from the Buffalo Trace distillery.

[Ben Franklin]

Just started watching Dopesick, on Hulu, a series about how Purdue Pharmaceutical positioned and killed Americans.
Dopesick Limited Series Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUGY-8kpHNI)

[tophcfa]

Dexter is coming back. Starts Sunday at 9 PM on showtime.

[wlasowicz]

If you like detective series there is British series on the Roku channel called Mid Summer Murders

[coffeebean]

Dexter is coming back. Starts Sunday at 9 PM on showtime.

Saw a bit of one episode at a friends house. Dexter........NOT my kind of guy!

[Karenu]

Corner Gas is on Amazon Prime. Great comedy

[anaconda]

“Startup”
3 seasons on Netflix


1. I, Claudius
2. All Creatures Great and Small
3. Deadwood
4. Justified
5. Game of Thrones
6. Vikings
7. The Sopranos
8. Downton Abbey
9. Fauda
10. Yellowstone

[tvbound]

We just caught up with the first two episodes for this season of Yellowstone. Really glad it's back.

[TimeForChange]

Fargo either series.

[Bosoxfan]

I'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which I mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but I am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past I've liked Monk, The Mentalist, some NCIS (the original is all I've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and The Mentalist which I mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions. Again, I will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

Yellowstone

[DeanFL]

Breaking Bad was one of the highest rated series ever.
.
.
IMO BB was the BEST series I ever watched... 3 times, it was so good.
.
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[Bonnevie]

currently on season 3 of Narcos...can be violent at times but very interesting

also Squid Game on Netflix....not for everyone but I loved it.

[Rainger99]

24. My wife and I watched the first season this summer. Eight more to go!

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I didn’t end all posts so this may have been recommended. Grantchester on PBS. Love it.I also love Grantchester and the 2 shows that follow it Baptiste ( you’ll have to start the season or you won’t be able to follow ) and Vienna Blood ( CSI and profiling at the turn of the century)

[Boomer]

Today on AARP’s site, aarp.org, There is an article “What to Watch on TV and Streaming This Week.”

The writer gives short summaries of the shows.

Dexter is back. (We watched Dexter recently. I had never watched a show about a serial killer before — and certainly never thought I would actually root for one — until Dexter. (I had to close my eyes during some of the scenes though.)

I already knew that Dexter is back, but I did not know that John Lithgow, the Trinity Killer, will be showing up again. Lithgow is one of my favorite actors. He can play such varied roles as Winston Churchill in The Crown to the hilariously confused alien, Dick Solomon, in the old sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun — and now again on Dexter — a psychopath — so calm and smooth to people he meets — who would never suspect him.

3rd Rock from the Sun is my favorite sitcom of all time. I still watch an episode or two once in a while, even though I have seen them all. I love the premise and the humor as all of the aliens try to figure us out. The Thanksgiving episode is a classic.

Boomer (who has been watching way too much television in the evenings since the pandemic showed up. Now, our lives are somewhat back to normal, but the television habit seems like it’s here to stay.)

[Boomer]

Somewhere in one of these long threads about what to watch, someone mentioned Corner Gas. I can’t find that person’s post again, but I want to say thank you. I would never have found this show on my own.

We just finished Season 1 and, so far, I think Corner Gas is one of the most cleverly written sitcoms, with some of the best characters, I have ever seen. It’s kind of like Northern Exposure meets Seinfeld — only, maybe better.

The episode where Constable Karen goes fishing with Hank is one of the funniest (for me) so far.

Boomer

[JOTTOJ]

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" on Amazon Prime

[Davonu]

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" on Amazon Prime
Agree. Just waiting for the new season.

[rustyp]

Somewhere in one of these long threads about what to watch, someone mentioned Corner Gas. I can’t find that person’s post again, but I want to say thank you. I would never have found this show on my own.

We just finished Season 1 and, so far, I think Corner Gas is one of the most cleverly written sitcoms, with some of the best characters, I have ever seen. It’s kind of like Northern Exposure meets Seinfeld — only, maybe better.

The episode where Constable Karen goes fishing with Hank is one of the funniest (for me) so far.

Boomer

One of my all time favorite shows. The entire series stays funny right through the end. The character acting in this series is outstanding. Brent Leroy Butt also wrote and starred in the movie "No Clue". Very similar to Corner Gas humor. Free on IMBd TV. Brent also wrote a Canadian TV series "Hiccups" but I have not been able to find it for streaming yet.

[Boomer]

One of my all time favorite shows. The entire series stays funny right through the end. The character acting in this series is outstanding. Brent Leroy Butt also wrote and starred in the movie "No Clue". Very similar to Corner Gas humor. Free on IMBd TV. Brent also wrote a Canadian TV series "Hiccups" but I have not been able to find it for streaming yet.


We have just started Season 2. I am happy to know it stays funny all the way through its seasons.

The plots, the lines, and the characters definitely fit my kind of humor.

The icing on the cake is the fact that the Canadian production does not assault us with a laugh track — like so many of my old favorite American sitcoms do on Hulu.

Thank you, Corner Gas, for not assaulting — and insulting — your audience with one of those stupid, loud, obnoxious laugh tracks.

Boomer

[Boomer]

Acapulco on Apple TV

Acapulco has kind of the same feel as Ted Lasso . It is a charming story with some endearing characters. Maybe not quite as good as Ted Lasso but fun to watch.

Sometimes the characters speak Spanish -- but mostly they speak English. I did not consider it distracting to need to turn on the captions. The story moves along just fine -- in both languages.

If you are looking for a light and happy show, Acapulco might be it.

If you are looking for a not light or happy show, Yellowstone will work for that. It has been mentioned here several times, so I decided to track it down. Found it last night and got started on Season 1. We are hooked. This ruthless bunch keeps making me think of the Sopranos.

Boomer

[SFSkol]

If you are looking for a classic British comedy check out "Green Wing" on YouTube free. Unique characters, strange comedic situations. If you like Monty and Fawlty, this is a must see.

[Bay Kid]

Next Sunday starts the new series 1883. Should be great.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Fargo either series. I hated the last year swapping the kid back and forth I just stopped watching

[RPDaly]

Yellowstone

[ronsroni]

Godfather of harlem!



i'm ready to find something new and just looking for some input. I'll even consider older series, but ideally it would be something a bit newer than a couple of my favorite shows which i mention below, maybe something from 2010 or later. And having a number of seasons "in the can" would be very nice too...

I like detective shows and such, but i am open to any type of series if it's interesting enough. To give you a clue to my tastes, in the past i've liked monk, the mentalist, some ncis (the original is all i've seen), sitcoms and various other types of shows. I rarely get hooked on pure drama. Monk and the mentalist which i mentioned above had something in common...very good detective plots with really fun main characters and a humorous slant in every episode.

Okay, i'm open to suggestions. Again, i will consider any show if it's good. :popcorn:

[Stu from NYC]

I hated the last year swapping the kid back and forth I just stopped watching

Was that like wife swapping?:)

[Veiragirl]

Wentworth

[Boomer]

Dear fellow Yellowstone fans,

I have been caught in a phone tree, off and on, alllll morning.

I am up north right now, and I do not have time today to drive all over hell’s half-acre, in a lot of traffic, to their bricks and mortar office in hope of finding an actual person to help me.

I am really, really not happy. And that is not a good look for me.

Do any of you happen to have Beth Dutton’s phone number? Maybe I can send her to represent me.

Sincerely,
Boomer

[laboutj]

Ted Lasso on Apple TV. The guy has such a positive attitude that you can't help but feel good after watching the show. There's not much on tv that can make you feel that way.

[kilowatt]

This was such a great series. My wife and I enjoyed it immensely. A must watch!

[Davonu]

This was such a great series. My wife and I enjoyed it immensely. A must watch!
What series is that?