TV Shows I absolutely loved (not in any particular order... except for the top 3 entries)
This is my list of shows I'd recommend to anyone who'd care to ask. Maybe you're of like mind and agree with my tastes or if you hadn't seen these choice picks, this is my offering of a mere 2 cent opinion for what I think is worth your time.
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- CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.While most everyone I knew + the internet was losing their heads over LOST and it's meandering nonsensical ways; I and everyone else who recognized superior quality, traveled amongst the stars through 4 harrowing phenomenal seasons. Simply the best post apocalyptic story I've had the fortune of enjoying the ride all the way through. This show set my standard of what to expect from a top tier cable tv show, ranging from the script, the sets, all the way through to the cast.
That about sums up what I have to say for RDM's perfect storm. - CreatorSteven S. DeKnightStarsAndy WhitfieldLucy LawlessManu BennettThe life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.I remember seeing street ads for Spartacus: Blood & Sand and my internal monologue didn't think much of the promise for graphic hyper violence plus lots of skin action. With such a timeless story that speaks to my admiration for freedom fighters in history I watched the first three episodes on a whim. Much to my surprise the production and execution of the show completely immersed my senses by the third and I became incredibly invested in the characters strife to merely survive! The first season was such a vastly different and believable view of the legend that it's made it so hard for me to go back to Stanley Kubrik's masterpiece of the 60's. Hats off to Steven S. De Knight and crew for seeing this series through after the trials and tribulations of losing the main lead, Andy Whitfield to cancer. Andy laid bare a visceral performance as Spartacus that makes you believe that's the kind of man other men would give their lives for and women would give their hearts to. Same can be said of John Hannah who played an excellent foil to the show's hero as a complete picture of an antithesis.
Kudos to Starz & SDK for daring to continue this gem of a show in following seasons with quality actors to resume the lead, and seeing the story to it's end with colorful characters and movie quality production values. Truthfully in the third & fourth seasons, with full insight that the end is imminent, I couldn't help but feel the best had already been seen in the first two seasons.
My advice watch the first 3 episodes in one sitting and prepare yourself to binge watch the rest of the first season. You'll see why. - CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.Not much can be said that hadn't already been said, so I'll leave it at that.
- CreatorDavid SimonStarsDominic WestLance ReddickSonja SohnThe Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
- CreatorJoseph WeisbergStarsKeri RussellMatthew RhysKeidrich SellatiAt the height of the Cold War, two Russian agents pose as the average American couple, complete with family.
- CreatorChris MorganStarsRamón RodríguezJay HernandezRZAAs kid, Ryan Lopez got connected to gang boss Javier Acosta. He's now detective in LAPD's Gang Task Force. While secretly passing info on to Javier, he's a good cop 95% of the time.An extraordinarily great premiere season, may be even the best series to come out of FOX since Firefly and the best cop drama since THE WIRE (to be fair I haven't watched THE SHIELD but it is in my NETFLIX QUEUE). Surprisingly great production and execution from one of the Fast & Furious writer/producer. I desperately hope it's renewed for a 2nd season, but the summer tv ratings slump didn't do this gritty LA cop drama any justice!
If you're a fan of Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs and/or Martin Scorcese's The Departed, then take that concept and expand it into a serial and you've got Gang Related.
Best new show in 2014 as far as I can tell. Well worth checking out! - CreatorJonathan NolanStarsJim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanAn ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mystery.This one surprised me purely based on the network it airs on! Take a few core elements of Batman, set it in modern day New York and you get Team Machine. While it is chock full of stock characters from the growing team of heroes and numerous rogues, the real star of the show is the social issues that permeate through each episode.
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeHajime YatateStarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi HayashibaraThe futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
- CreatorAdam ReedStarsH. Jon BenjaminJudy GreerAmber NashCovert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.
- CreatorCathy JonesBurnie BurnsStarsGustavo SorolaMatt HullumBurnie BurnsAfter the Halo event of 2552, there is a brief but violent period of civil war among the humans. Two armies on opposite sides of a canyon, the Reds and Blues, fight in the most worthless piece of real estate in the galaxy.
- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
- CreatorSean JablonskiStarsMatt PassmoreStephanie SzostakBlair RedfordA husband begins to track his wife's extramarital affair with a male escort.
- CreatorJ.H. WymanStarsKarl UrbanMichael EalyMinka KellyIn a not-so-distant future, a human cop and an android partner team up to serve and protect.Great concept, solid cast chemistry but not the best execution by way of serial story. A number of the episodes were completely separate from what had only been hinted at towards the bigger picture and at that those gems were few and far between... A shame it's not getting a 2nd season with so much potential.
- CreatorCameron PorsandehStarsBilly CampbellKyra ZagorskyMark GhaniméA team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation when they arrive in the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be an outbreak of a strange disease in a secluded international research facility.I'd followed this production for years ever since hearing Ron Moore's treatment for THE THING had been discarded by UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. Some of the actors performances are just plain hammy but if you can get past that the production is solid which is pretty rare for SyFy in recent years. It just makes me miss the perfect storm that was BSG on SciFi...
That said, I love the premise and dug the early portion of the first season; intrigued to see where the story goes next season. - CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
- CreatorBeau WillimonStarsKevin SpaceyMichel GillRobin WrightA Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.
- CreatorJenji KohanStarsTaylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningConvicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
- CreatorRemi AubuchonRonald D. MooreStarsEric StoltzEsai MoralesPaula MalcomsonTwo families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences.
- CreatorRobert LevineJonathan E. SteinbergStarsJessica Parker KennedyToby StephensHannah NewFollows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."
- CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
- StarsJon FavreauFaizon LovePeter BergActor/Director Jon Favreau hosts an evening with four Hollywood friends (four different people or combinations of people each episode), who casually discuss the craft of acting and the business of celebrity over dinner.
- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
- CreatorJohn LoganStarsJosh HartnettTimothy DaltonEva GreenExplorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.
- CreatorMichelle AshfordStarsMichael SheenLizzy CaplanCaitlin FitzGeraldDrama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.
- CreatorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideSheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.Yessss. Like many of the brain dead masses I too am watching this trainwreck of a show. Started as a fan of the comic long before AMC decided to pick up a script and feel that the show had suffered greatly from one miss-step after another. Sure it's a fun show with some iconic characters, but so much of the good qualities that are worth mentioning are frequently undermined by incredibly stupid/meaningless moments.
While the 4th + 5th season so far have been the best since the 1st, that doesn't mean much; but so long as we've seen the worst things can only get better right?... Riiiight - CreatorRobert RodatStarsNoah WyleDrew RoyMaxim KnightSurvivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
- CreatorBruno HellerWilliam J. MacDonaldJohn MiliusStarsKevin McKiddRay StevensonPolly WalkerA down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako KawasumiFuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
- CreatorJon BokenkampStarsJames SpaderMegan BooneDiego KlattenhoffA new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
- CreatorDavid SchicklerJonathan TropperStarsAntony StarrIvana MilicevicUlrich ThomsenAn ex-con assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff in the small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he has some unfinished business.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.A great show about love, cleverly disguised as a sci-fi show. Come for the spectacle, stick around for the relationships.
- CreatorMichael Dante DiMartinoBryan KonietzkoStarsDee Bradley BakerZach Tyler EisenMae WhitmanIn a war-torn world of elemental powers, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
- CreatorMichael Dante DiMartinoBryan KonietzkoStarsJanet VarneyP.J. ByrneDavid FaustinoAvatar Korra fights to keep Republic City safe from the evil forces of both the physical and spiritual worlds.
- CreatorDrew GoddardStarsCharlie CoxVincent D'OnofrioDeborah Ann WollA blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.Of all the MCU phase 2 productions this show steals all the thunder! Sure the movies are fun and good for drawing big crowds to fill Disney/Marvel bank accounts, but this binge-worthy show is a labor of love and is deserving of your attention.
- CreatorPaul T. ScheuringStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerAmaury NolascoA structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsAlexa DavalosLuke KleintankRufus SewellIn a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a young woman discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes.
- CreatorCris ColeStarsBen ChaplinMichael ImperioliRomany MalcoA group of guys travel to Belize to see an old friend, when things take an unexpectedly dark turn.