Kevin Can Go Fuck Himself. It’s a basic family sitcom, laugh track and all, but only when the husband character Kevin is on the screen. Any other time there’s a drastic shift in tone to dark and serious, and the wife character trying to figure how to kill Kevin.
You got me hooked. I have to watch it now. Thanks!
The Newsroom on HBO, 2012-2015. Jeff Daniels. It’s about a TV cable news show trying to stick to integrity and real news while losing market share to FOX and CNN. Many, many story lines about the Republican news anchor warning Republicans about the Tea Party and the Koch brothers. If watched in 2012-15, it would all seem dramatic hyperbole but the show warned about far , far worse things to come. This is pre Alex Jones and Donald Trump.
Alex Jones was around back then, but he was very fringe. His biggest thing was being a “9/11 Truther”. It’s funny, because so many people associated him with the Left back in the early 2000s because of that. I know a lot of normally Left-leaning people who got sucked into his nonsense back in the day.
Trump was around too, but he was very much just a joke. We kinda fucked that one up.
- Dollhouse
- Skins
- Being Human UK
- Misfits
- Wonderfalls
+1 to others recommendations for Dirk Gently and Pushing Daisies
If you ever take the opportunity to watch these 13 episodes, be sure to read the “planned episodes” section afterwards to see how cursed the world is for Fox not having learned their lesson with having cancelled Firefly too soon.
A 20-something Niagara Falls souvenir-shop worker finds her life is changed forever when inanimate animal figures - toys, cartoon images etc. - begin talking to her. Their cryptic messages set into motion a chain of events that invariably lead her into the lives of others.
I haven’t seen it in awhile but I remember the british show Detectorists being surprisingly sweet/moving (I don’t usually enjoy dramas)
12 Monkeys, the show. Really deep dives into the nuances of time travel. Clearly had an excellent science advisor. Not the biggest budget or greatest script/acting but the writers really puts in the work for sci fi fans (The 100 style).
The detectorists is so good, a gentle watch tbf, but we need more like that I think .
I really enjoyed that show. I couldn’t help but wonder where they were getting all the booze, bullets and cigarettes 25 years after the collapse of civilisation, though.
The Night Shift (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Næturvaktin), an Icelandic sitcom about the staff of a service station - at least at first. It’s pretty deadpan like the Office or I’m Alan Partridge, and their situation just gets more dire and funnier as the series progress. It got a UK DVD release thanks to the BBC, and I just learned there is a movie too.
Years and Years. A miniseries, but fantastic, and I never see people talking about it.
The Day of the Jackal.
It’s a captivating thriller about an assassin. It’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time
https://www.justwatch.com/uk/tv-series/the-day-of-the-jackal
The Knick
Rubicon (2010), it’s a proper spy thriller based on intelligence analysts as opposed to field agents.
Unfortunately it got canned early, but I loved the story and writing, I have a feeling the show was a little too close to home, but that’s a whole other conspiracy theory…
Mr Inbetween
Is this still lesser known? I really like that it’s Australian dialogue.
I actually am curious how many others here remember Portal. Even when it was on the air, I never met anyone (IRL or online) that watched it.
Danger 5. It’s an Australian tv show that had two seasons. It’s a surreal, screwball comedy about a ragtag team whose mission every episode is to kill Hitler.
If you want to see a TV show that has Nazis, dinosaurs, cigarette commercials, and a talking bald Eagle, then this is your show.
It’s good for a Sensible Chuckle.
The bit with the Italian submarine crew being stereotypically obsessed with coffee is gold.
And, of course as always, kill Hitler. 🦅
Can confirm. I’ve also seen Danger 5. Nothing quite like it, except for maybe their other projects.
This show is funny as shit. I love it.
Idk if it’s “lesser known” exactly but it’s a comfort show that I can have on in the background at all times: Psych.
It’s got a specific pacing and humor that tickles my brain just right. They will let some of the funniest jokes you have ever heard just fly right by if you aren’t paying attention.
Not super complicated or deep thinking. Just cheesy fun.
I can always rely on someone recommending this show in these threads. Still my favorite show of all time
“I don’t lose things. I place things in locations which later elude me.” Has become part of my normal vocabulary.
My dad thought it was so funny that it got him to watch the show and now it’s one of his favorite shows too.
If you like Psych I’d recommend High Potential. Very similar but stars Kaitlin Olson (from it’s alway Sunny) as a single mom with high IQ helping the police.
I used to love Psych but, after binging a season or two, it was too “one note” for me and couldn’t keep my interest. Similarly, for High Potential, it couldn’t keep my attention once I found out that it’s almost another take on Psych’s formula.
There’s a popular French series with the exact same pitch, HPI. I don’t know which one is the rip-off though.
I loved Psych when it was airing and enjoyed the movies, but binging the show just makes me dislike Shawn.
The way he treats Gus stops being funny for me when it’s just constant.
But, pineapples!
I’ve heard it both ways
It’s a show that gets funnier each time you watch as you get more and more of their references.
I can’t recommend “Better Off Ted” enough to people looking for something smart and witty.
The Veridian Dynamics commercials alone would justify this show’s existence. Not that it needs it. It stands on its own merits.
Amazing show. I loved it very much.
A friend of mine recommended the show to me and I loved it. It was literally cancelled the next day.
So it was YOUR fault!
