- Sleepy Hollow----No other show like it. It mixes, American History, religion, the occult, horror movies & buddy cop movies with a dash of fish out of water......and with a bad as black woman as lead.
- Agent Carter-----Good old fashioned spy thriller, filtered through the Marvel machine with a natural looking woman fighting like a "man".
- New Girl-----irreverent comedy
- Galavant-----funny musical spoof of sword and board tales
- The Daily Show

In my house the Mentalist is forbidden. It was a mutual agreement between me and my wife because of how it ripped off Psych.

 

You got to give Sleepy Hollow a try. Its Supernatural meets National Treasure.

 

1. Flash - it is so fun and silly. I love the fact it embraced costumes. I am happy that the executives didn't try to Nolan it up. Missing the true genius of the Nolan movies that quality is why they are so great and not because they are dark and gritty. I also like the fact that Flash likes having his powers and they name their villains.

2. Doctor Who - I am a nerd.

3. Marvel Agents of Shield - I love the direction this show has taken in the second season. May is one of my favorite characters on TV of all time at this moment. I want her in a movie.

4. Arrow - Season 3 is not as good as season 2. The flashbacks this season feel so pointless. I also really like Felicity as she is also one of my favorite characters on TV of all time as well. She was awesome on The Flash

5. One Piece - Been watching for over 10 years now. I still enjoy this anime. I can't believe it has been going on for so long.

Agent Carter is really cool. Galavant fills me with joyous glee that it is on TV. I can't believe it is on TV. This list also shows I don't watch much TV anymore. Oh yea, I also like Constantine.

 

Well this isn't really fair because several of my all-time favorites won't be back for a couple of weeks, and I'm working through a pretty heavy backlog of stuff. Here's my favorites that I'm caught up with and watching as they air:

1. Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: It started really slow but this season has been out of control. This show did a complete 180. I'm looking forward to watching Agent Carter.
2. Brooklyn 99: Maybe the best comedy on TV right now. I'm taking it over New Girl, but I enjoy that show as well.
3. Star Wars Rebels: What can I say. I'm a sucker for Star Wars. Sue me. Lots of times I'm feeling like I'm watching Star Wars meets Firefly in cartoon format, and that's a good thing.
4. Arrow / Flash (tie): Yeah, I'm cheating a little bit, but they've had some crossovers and are set in the same universe. I'd probably give a slight nod to Flash right now over Arrow if you twisted my arm.
5. Sleepy Hollow: It feels almost "comic booky" in the way that it's goofy and almost anything can happy. Really, if you're a fan of Sleepy Hollow you should check out Constantine, which was the other competitor for this spot, although it's much more consistently good from week to week.

I'm also an avid Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/ EZTV user, so I have quite a bit of a backlog that I'm working through: Alpha House, Dr. Who, Falling Skies, Hell on Wheels, It's Always Sunny, Justified, Mad Men, Orphan Black, Sons of Anarchy, The League, The Walking Dead, Trailer Park Boys, Vikings.

And of course, as I mentioned at the top, I can't wait for these shows to come back: Archer (tonight!), Community, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, The Americans, The Fall. GoT is in a class all by itself but the last seasons of the Americans and Archer were both brilliant.

 

Tried it. Didn't care for it. Can't get into the characters or mythology. Crane and Abby are no Sam and Dean.

 

Tough while we're on recess. actually don't have 5 shows I'm watching at the moment

1) Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
2) Agent Carter
3) The Flash (still only OK with this show)

4) been watching Gravity Falls with my kids , pretty funny for a Disney show
5) nothing here. my wife makes me watch Outlander with her, so by default it makes the list since I watch nothing else

 

1. Agents of Sheild/ Agent Carter - Love Marvel, and love that the show is cannon that glues the movies together. Sky has become one of my favorite characters on TV.

2A. The Mindy Project
2B. New Girl - These are both great, smart comedies geared towards people my age. While I enjoy both, Mindy has jumped ahead of New Girl in pure gut busting laughs. As a bonus, the leads are two of my biggest TV crushes in a long time. I absolutely love that female leads can be written as akward and clumbsy and adorable.

4. Bones - winding down, but still a favorite after all these years. Well written and filmed, smart and with a sense of humor. I absolutely love that it features an ensamble cast of very intelligent, well spoken people who work together to solve the problem/get the bad guy, with very little back-fighting or internal drama. In a very broad way, I've come to realize that the things I like about Bones are the same as the ones I loved about Star Trek TNG.

5. Grimm - I wasn't super excited about the show at first, but my wife watched it from the beggining and I've gotten into it. Really, really well filmed (NBC at its best), and the cast is smart and likable. It was fairly hokey at first with the monsters, but has found its footing recently. The secondary characters give it weight. The mythology of the show is well thought out.

And thats it. I'm in the room when my wife watches a few other shows, but there's zero else on TV that I would watch today. I weep for Community and Almost Human, which were both so terrific but were cancelled after last year. Looking over the list of shows upcoming this spring, there's nothing new that I'm interested in at all.

 

Gravity Falls is funny for any type of show. When she belted with, "Don't Start UnBelieving," man did I crack up.

 

I can see that. Honestly I wish they ditched the flashbacks. They have felt nothing but pointless in the third season.

 

1) Always Sunny In Philadelphia
2) Parks and Recreation
3) The League
4) Arrow
5) Trailer Park Boys - They are back!!

 

1) Pardon The Interruption
2) Person of Interest
3) Arrow/Flash
4) Grimm
5) The Goldbergs

 

anyone tell me how to watch all seasons of 24 without buying the dvds?

 

The gf and I watch Homeland which is really good for the most part though sometimes the plot twists get a little ridiculous. We're a season behind so hopefully it'll get better. Seasons 2 and 3 has at times had me rolling my eyes. We also watch American Horror Story but I've only watched this season and I'm not getting into it much. Not a fan of the many cop/procedural dramas with their crappy writing and "good looking" actors who can't act.

As huge fan of Batman I really want to get into Gotham but haven't heard too many good reviews. I feel that a series about Batman would work better on cable (like FX) than network tv.

 

I think not being a fan of Batman helps when watching Gotham.

 

I can see that, not knowing any better. If the animated series is better then I'm worried. Not a knock against the wonderfully done animated series, but if Gotham doesn't come close to that shows quality then there's a problem.

 

Not only can Gotham not hold TAS's jock, its unfit to look the jock directly in the eye.

 

See that's what I as worried about. I've been longing for a Batman live action series that's similar to TAS in both quality and tone but I guess I'll have to keep waiting.

 

1. Banshee
2. Gotham
3. House of Lies (starts back up in a week or so, so that gives you some time to catch up on the past few seasons if you havent seen it.)
4. Mike and Molly

 

If you mean shows that are right now this minute on the air actively right now that limits things:

1) Banshee (Season 3 just started)
2) Person of Interest
3) Shameless (Season 5 just started)
4) The Americans (Season 3 starts Jan 28th...close enough)
5) Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Black Sails (Season 2 starts Jan 25th)

This of course cuts out shows in their offseason like the awesome Orphan Black, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who and Netflix shows like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black and Marco Polo etc.

 

Yes, that's what he means. He's doing it to get some insight on shows he's never heard of.

 

^^^ That.

 

This! Those of you who haven't seen this show yet are really missing out. One of the funniest shows in the history of television, IMHO.

Also, how does American Horror Story not make any of your lists?

 

Inconsistency. I love season 1 and 3 for example. But wasn't fond of 2 and 4. Kinda of happens when you change storylines every year and have actors play different parts. Sometimes it works for people. Sometimes it doesn't.

Crunch. Newsroom is only 3 seasons (Season 3 is only 6 episodes). First and 3rd season are very good. Hell it's worth it just to watch for Olivia Munn. Her character is pure awesome.

 

I don't do reality tv or semi-reality (Duck Dynasty for example). Very nauseating.

 

Agent Carter
Mentalist
Brooklyn 99
Elementary
Person of interest

 

Same here. I actually have nearly 3 TB's worth of shows on my drives. Eventually going to have to move to a 6TB drive and get another to back it all up.

 

Agree with you that 1 and 3 are better than 2 and 4. But the show is so well acted and I think even 2 and 4 are solid. 3 was the best. Witches, zombies, voodoo, Frankenstein, axe murderers, etc. etc.

Also, I think I mentioned it in the last thread but if cartoons count Adventure Time is one of my favorite things on TV right now. The kids like it too.

 

Most are crap, but Deadliest Catch is incredible. Its not fake.

 

It's so funny, despite the first couple of seasons being pretty terrible, it really picks up and is hilarious. The 3 Main Characters (Ricky, Bubbles, and Julian) work really well together, and then the supporting characters like Mr. Lahey, Randy, J-Roc, Trevor and Corey are awesome and are true characters by definition. Great Show. I'm glad there is people out there that actually watch it like I do. Lol

 

It is a great show. The episode "I Remember You" brought tears to my eyes.

 

And any of the episodes with the Lemon Grabs in it are home runs, especially the most recent 2 part Lemon Hope.

Gotta love the fact that the show's major reoccurring love theme centers around a torrid love affair between the drunken trailer park supervisor and his cheeseburger loving assistant.