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was having a think, over the last few years some real top quality stuff has come from the US....

 

24

Prison Break (season 1)

The Unit

 

Have to say, IMO the very best are....

 

1. The Wire

2. Band of Brothers

3. The Sopranos

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If we're talking about recent/current programs then I'd say 'Dexter' is the finest series to emerge from the USA for some time - if you like to walk on the dark side anyway . A longer term view may well conclude the 'Star Trek' in all it's many manifestations has been both the longest lasting and quite probably the most influential TV series ever produced .

 

Gene Roddenberry = Genius .

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At the moment, True Blood is pretty good. Lost and Heroes are firm favourites of mine. Family Guy and American Dad obviously, but don't know if you can class these as series'. Band Of Brothers is the best television ever made.

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I will find out how good The Wire is this xmas.

 

Lost, Curb, South Park, Family Guy, Dexter, Twin Peaks, etc..

 

American TV is certainly enjoying a 'golden era' right now, but there's an awful lot of crap being produced too - Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, CSI Miami, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, as well as the multitude of reality/talent pap (all spawn from the UK sadly)....

Thedelldays

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I will find out how good The Wire is this xmas.

 

Lost, Curb, South Park, Family Guy, Dexter, Twin Peaks, etc..

 

American TV is certainly enjoying a 'golden era' right now, but there's an awful lot of crap being produced too - Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, CSI Miami, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, as well as the multitude of reality/talent pap (all spawn from the UK sadly)....

 

The wire is without a doubt the greatest TV production to come out of the US...with the Band of Brothers a close second

 

you simy have to watch all 5 seasons

 

the reason why it got mixed views from the states as the series highlights the very things wrong with American society.

 

Brilliant

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Haven't seen The Wire but Band of Brothers was great, along with the first and second series' of Prison Break (tailed off after that). 24 was very good but really has outstayed its welcome, i'll continue to watch it though.

 

As someone above mentioned Studio 60 was a good watched as well.

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Whilst I totally agree with everything that`s been said about "Band of Brothers", around this time last year the HBO series "John Adams" was being shown. It a staggering peice of television starring Paul Giamatti as the second President of the US and told his story from just before the Revolution to his death. IMHO a masterpeice and well worth catching up with.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Adams-Complete-HBO-DVD/dp/B0017I1GAC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1260436950&sr=8-1

 

I love "Two and a Half Men". Always maintains a high laugh per episode ratio, and I also currently enjoy "30 Rock". Am I the only one who fancies Tina Fey something rotten??:)

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Damn my eyes but I'm going to swerve off-topic very briefly as there isn't a general TV shows/dvd boxsets thread that covers British TV shows. I just finished I Claudius, the BBC epic from 1976 (a good year) all about several generations of sex, drugs and baby-killing obsessed Roman emporers. Absolutely brilliant stuff with an all star cast - a young and unbearded Brian Blessed as Augustus, John Hurt as Caligula, Patrick Stewart as a wonderfully evil head of security/thought control, Christopher Biggins as Nero (!) and Derek Jacobi as Claudius, all in sublime form. The perfect tale of absolute power with lashings of blood, nudity and incest, what more can you want?

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Whilst I totally agree with everything that`s been said about "Band of Brothers", around this time last year the HBO series "John Adams" was being shown. It a staggering peice of television starring Paul Giamatti as the second President of the US and told his story from just before the Revolution to his death. IMHO a masterpeice and well worth catching up with.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Adams-Complete-HBO-DVD/dp/B0017I1GAC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1260436950&sr=8-1

 

I love "Two and a Half Men". Always maintains a high laugh per episode ratio, and I also currently enjoy "30 Rock". Am I the only one who fancies Tina Fey something rotten??:)

Good call. John Adams was an awesome series.

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Damn my eyes but I'm going to swerve off-topic very briefly as there isn't a general TV shows/dvd boxsets thread that covers British TV shows. I just finished I Claudius, the BBC epic from 1976 (a good year) all about several generations of sex, drugs and baby-killing obsessed Roman emporers. Absolutely brilliant stuff with an all star cast - a young and unbearded Brian Blessed as Augustus, John Hurt as Caligula, Patrick Stewart as a wonderfully evil head of security/thought control, Christopher Biggins as Nero (!) and Derek Jacobi as Claudius, all in sublime form. The perfect tale of absolute power with lashings of blood, nudity and incest, what more can you want?

 

A genuine classic and exactly the kind of thing we can't seem to produce in Britain anymore :( always used to watch it when I was sick and off school.

 

Messalina ftw!

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At the moment, True Blood is pretty good. Lost and Heroes are firm favourites of mine. Family Guy and American Dad obviously, but don't know if you can class these as series'. Band Of Brothers is the best television ever made.

 

Season two is even better.

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I will find out how good The Wire is this xmas.

 

Lost, Curb, South Park, Family Guy, Dexter, Twin Peaks, etc..

 

American TV is certainly enjoying a 'golden era' right now, but there's an awful lot of crap being produced too - Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, CSI Miami, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, as well as the multitude of reality/talent pap (all spawn from the UK sadly)....

 

Is not crap. Good show actually.

 

The Wire.

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The Cosby Show. I like it when Theo does something wrong and Clifford forgives him as he's learned a lesson. Then Clifford does a funny voice or dance and Rudi rolls her eyes at him. Brilliant!

 

You made this joke on the old 'US shows' thread.

LVSaint

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Is not crap. Good show actually.

 

The Wire.

 

Bones is not the worst offender but the scripting is **** poor and characters are real turds IMO. The Kathy Reichs books that the series is based on are nothing like it.

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I know it has finished now, and I am sure I have mentioned it on here elsewhere, but The Shield was amazing. The way they ramp up the tension over seven seasons without it going stale or getting ridiculous like Lost is an incredible achievement.

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I know it has finished now, and I am sure I have mentioned it on here elsewhere, but The Shield was amazing. The way they ramp up the tension over seven seasons without it going stale or getting ridiculous like Lost is an incredible achievement.

 

Up to series 5 now. I do like Lost but it has become a little ridiculous, even for me.

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Obvious I know but The Wire is the best but I am re-watching The whole series of Deadwood and that isnt far off the standard of The Wire.

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I love "Two and a Half Men". Always maintains a high laugh per episode ratio, and I also currently enjoy "30 Rock". Am I the only one who fancies Tina Fey something rotten??:)

 

Two and a Half Men is awesome and is reportedly netting Charlie Sheen approximately £13million per year.

 

For more serious stuff, The Sopranos certainly knocked the socks off The Wire.

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Obvious I know but The Wire is the best but I am re-watching The whole series of Deadwood and that isnt far off the standard of The Wire.

 

Just about to start this.

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1. NYPD Blue

2.Curb your Enthusiasm

3.Frasier

 

 

 

Can anyone remember the name of a series about 15 years ago, set in the deep South. Which dealt with the racial issues of the late 50's/60's. It was pretty good, had the bloke from Law and Order in it. I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

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Obvious I know but The Wire is the best but I am re-watching The whole series of Deadwood and that isnt far off the standard of The Wire.

 

Deadwood is ****-sucking, mother-phuqing amazing. Some people have said that whilst series one is enjoyable, there's not much to keep you hooked. Series two is much better and ends brilliantly, can't wait to watch the third and final season.

Big John

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1. NYPD Blue

2.Curb your Enthusiasm

3.Frasier

 

 

 

Can anyone remember the name of a series about 15 years ago, set in the deep South. Which dealt with the racial issues of the late 50's/60's. It was pretty good, had the bloke from Law and Order in it. I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

 

Sounds like 'I'll fly away' but actors name escapes me, sorry.

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