[Haggar]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

A few good series to watch:
Yellowstone
Newsroom (fantastic)
Suits (fantastic)
Landman
Reacher

The first 15 minutes of the first episode of Newsroom with Jeff Daniels may be the finest piece of monologue ever written for TV!

And watch the mini highlights of the West Wing on UTube including the one with Martin Sheen - the president - calling the Butterball Turkey hotline.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by kschwi

Here goes. I don't think there is a consistent pattern.
Dramas
The Wire is my number 1 all-time favorite show
The Sopranos
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
Rectify (very underrated)
The first five seasons of Bosch
Men of a Certain Age (great cast and all great guys. My wife loved it as well)
Freaks and Geeks
Justified
The Americans

A few Science Fiction
The X Files (Had some very funny episodes that are worth rewatching)
Lost (ran out of steam in the final few seasons)
Firefly
Fringe

Loved Moonlighting back in the day
Veronica Mars
Chuck
Quantum Leap (the original.)

Sitcoms
Frasier
Dick Van Dyke
Cheers
Better off Ted
Modern Family (we are on season 4)

Off the top of my head in no particular order:

Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Sons of Anarchy
Mayans
Justified
Kevin can #@$& himself
The Shield
All the Fargo’s
Reacher
Jack Ryan
Bosch
House
Stranger Things
Poker Face
Two and a Half Men

And my all time favorites:

Deadwood
Mister Inbetween

And the best made for TV show ever:

Married With Children (Ya gotta love Al Bundy)

[kellyjam]

Originally Posted by natjos

The Pitt on Max is excellent.

Agreed it's just I can't get past the young Noel on ER now is the head of the Emergency Room in Pitt. I feel old LOL

[Jack58033]

There is an app on ROKU named MHZ. It has the best series from Europe. It cost about $8 a month. One series from Germany "Babylon Berlin" was listed as the best series in 2024 by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. I am sure it is available off different platforms.

[fairdinkum]

Virgin River has drama but nothing heavy duty. A lot of focus on the romance. Light sexual material.

[kschwi]

This was a good discussion.

I've seen quite a few shows recommended in this thread like Reacher, Ozark, Longmire (Enjoyed seasons 1-5, a bit leery about starting season 6 given where it is headed) , Queen's Gambit, Deadwood ,Babylon Berlin, and Schitt's Creek. We started Suits which had a great pilot, but my wife was not a fan of all the bickering and back stabbing and prefers more upbeat shows.

I've heard some very good things about this recommendation, Mister In-Between. Foyle's War also sounds interesting.

A couple I would give a hard pass to, Kevin Can F**K himself (sounds hateful), West Wing and The Newsroom which may be good shows but are more for politically minded people left of center although I am sure there are some exceptions to this.