New to you network show: tie between 30 Rock and Freaks and Geeks, but since I've spent the past two days streaming 30 Rock over netflix while doing indentured servitude housework, I'll go with that (stream it!), but I cannot praise Freaks and Geeks enough.
New to you cable show: Dead Like Me. Very much appeals to the sensibilities of a Whedonverse fan, plus Mandy Patinkin.
New to you foreign show: Rome. I have eternal love for frat boy!Marc Antony, and the two fictitious soldier characters they created to ground the historicity of the show are brilliant.
Show you should re-watch: The Black Donnellys. Make Lauren happy.
One of my friends recommended Dead Like Me forever ago. She's the same one who recommended Gilmore Girls, BtVS/AtS, and Veronica Mars so... I should probably get on that, lol.
I'm with penny_lane_42 all the way across the board except on the re-watch. I picked Sports Night because I've been watching In Plain Sight , The Good Wife and Parenthood and realized three of Sports Night's leading men are in each of these shows (Joshua Malina, Josh Charles and Peter Krause. I haven't watched it since it aired, but I remember really loving the smart writing and excellent acting. I wish I had time for a re-watch, but there's too much TV on this summer!
Freaks and Geeks is fantastic and I also enjoyed the also short lived Undeclared which shared some of the same writers, producers and actors. Both series only lasted a season.
The Wire is gritty and real and beautifully written, acted and directed. The plots are intricate and the characters are fascinating. It's brilliant.
I really enjoyed Rome, too. It's well written and acted. Though the writers played a bit loose with the historical accuracy, it was still fascinating and gorgeous.
Rome. Hands down without a doubt if you have to narrow it all down to just one choice, pick Rome. It is beautiful. The sets/scenery is to die for. The acting is INCREDIBLE. The writing is stunning. Whenever someone asks me to rec them a show, without hesitation, I rec Rome.
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And The Black Donnellys because I've been thinking about it lately. And because I have an icon for it.
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New to you cable show: Dead Like Me. Very much appeals to the sensibilities of a Whedonverse fan, plus Mandy Patinkin.
New to you foreign show: Rome. I have eternal love for frat boy!Marc Antony, and the two fictitious soldier characters they created to ground the historicity of the show are brilliant.
Show you should re-watch: The Black Donnellys. Make Lauren happy.
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Freaks and Geeks is fantastic and I also enjoyed the also short lived Undeclared which shared some of the same writers, producers and actors. Both series only lasted a season.
The Wire is gritty and real and beautifully written, acted and directed. The plots are intricate and the characters are fascinating. It's brilliant.
I really enjoyed Rome, too. It's well written and acted. Though the writers played a bit loose with the historical accuracy, it was still fascinating and gorgeous.
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