What old TV shows are worth watching?

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Anonymous wrote:Silicon Valley

+1

And....The Good Place with Kristen Bell and Ted Danson.

Yes! and Six Feet Under.

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30 Rock

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Parenthood

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Boardwalk Empire

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Hart to Hart

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Anonymous wrote:I recently started rewatching the West Wing for the first time since it aired. I don't think I saw the last few seasons either. I thought it would feel extremely dated but I'm surprised how much I like it. Sure, some things are just silly now but mostly it's enjoyable and it's kind of fascinating as a very specific fantasy of high minded politics in an era very different from the one we now live in. I highly recommend giving it a try. I originally planned to just rewatch the first season but I'm not on season 3 and just slowly working my way through when I have time to watch a show on my own. I really look forward to it.

I tried rewatching Buffy a few years ago and it just didn't do it for me. I think the difference is that I was a teen when it was originally on and it just hits different, I can't get into it.

Have you ever seen the show Battlestar Galactica? Not the original one from the 70s/80s but the remake that came out in the 00s. I highly recommend that one. The special effects are kind of cheesy (they weren't even that great the first time, it was a relatively low budget sci fi show) but the writing is really good and I think it's especially topical now in light of political upheaval and the AI development going on now. Actually, thinking about it makes me want to watch it again...

If you find the right BG streaming, can you report back? I often see it recommended but I'm never sure if I have the right one.

+1. The BSG reboot is superb, a little known show from the golden age of prestige TV. It’s awesome.

What is BG? BSG?

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West Wing
Mash

Sherlock
Turn: Washington’s Spies
Jane Eyre (2006) - Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens

Big Bang Theory
Hart of Dixie
Crash Landing (Korean Drama - subtitles)
Continuum
Being Erica
The Unit

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Anonymous wrote:I recently started rewatching the West Wing for the first time since it aired. I don't think I saw the last few seasons either. I thought it would feel extremely dated but I'm surprised how much I like it. Sure, some things are just silly now but mostly it's enjoyable and it's kind of fascinating as a very specific fantasy of high minded politics in an era very different from the one we now live in. I highly recommend giving it a try. I originally planned to just rewatch the first season but I'm not on season 3 and just slowly working my way through when I have time to watch a show on my own. I really look forward to it.

I tried rewatching Buffy a few years ago and it just didn't do it for me. I think the difference is that I was a teen when it was originally on and it just hits different, I can't get into it.

Have you ever seen the show Battlestar Galactica? Not the original one from the 70s/80s but the remake that came out in the 00s. I highly recommend that one. The special effects are kind of cheesy (they weren't even that great the first time, it was a relatively low budget sci fi show) but the writing is really good and I think it's especially topical now in light of political upheaval and the AI development going on now. Actually, thinking about it makes me want to watch it again...

If you find the right BG streaming, can you report back? I often see it recommended but I'm never sure if I have the right one.

+1. The BSG reboot is superb, a little known show from the golden age of prestige TV. It’s awesome.

What is BG? BSG?

I think it refers to Battlestar Galactica, which I never got into. For space drama, I’d suggest Babylon 5 or Star Trek Next Generation.

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Yes, BSG is Battlestar Galactica. It was a phenomenal show. Edward James Olmos as Adama was absolutely brilliant casting. “So say we all”

It apparently is very hard to find streaming though

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Anonymous wrote:Buffy will never get old to me! I watch it so much still. My daughter and I binged it during the pandemic and she loved it, too. It was fun to get to see it through her eyes, because the plot twists and such were all brand new to her, whereas I have probably seen every episode 50 times over.

I will look up BSG for you. I loved that show. I remember loving the original when I was a kid, but the 2000s version is incredible. (Edited-looks like it isn’t currently available, except maybe try plex or fandango at home? Google was a little unclear)

I have been out of work since March (yes, I am looking), and the show I keep coming back to when I’m not watching whichever episodes of Buffy are on Fuse that day is Hot in Cleveland. It was a TVland sitcom with Betty White in her 90s, along with Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Mallick. It’s just goofy, but the whole cast is really funny together and they had some incredible guest stars. Huey Lewis plays an aging rocker/love interest. Both the brothers from Wings have arcs. A couple people from Cheers show up. There is even a Jonas brother that plays one of the children. It’s on Paramount+.

There were some pretty good usa shows for a while - white collar with Matt Bomer was very good. I also liked Burn Notice and Covert Affairs.

2 other shows I really liked - Veronica Mars and Alias.

Have you watched Chuck? Spy show from like 2008-ish. I binged that when I had colon cancer 6 years ago. (No worries, I’m fine now)

There was a delightful show that was on when the writers strike happened called pushing daisies. It only got 2 seasons, sadly. But it was very well done.

Have you ever watched my name several or raising Hope? Greg Garcia is a local guy, and they make references to places around the dc area. In raising Hope, the dad is always wearing capitals shirts. These 2 shows are absolutely hysterical.

Raising hope is so funny all his shows all his shows are have you seen sprung?

My eyes yesterday didn’t catch my typo - the first Greg Garcia show mentioned was my name is Earl. Seriously, just incredibly funny shows.

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Barney Miller
All in the Family
Morse (same actor is in ‘A Year in Provence’ which is cozy)
Northern Exposure

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Anonymous wrote:I have some gaps -- never seen the West Wing, The Sopranos, Buffy, Veep, etc.

I'm watching Mad Men for the first time and think it's incredible.

All of those! Have you seen The Wire? The Americans? Homeland? Arrested Development?

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Anonymous wrote:Silicon Valley

+1

And....The Good Place with Kristen Bell and Ted Danson.

+1 to this. Another great comedy that I find myself re-watching is Happy Endings.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone (maybe you West Wing fans) know if Sports Night is streaming anywhere? Old Aaron Sorkin sitcom that I remember loving, wouldn't mind rewatching. Think it only had 2 or 3 seasons.

Sports Night! Love it!

If you like Sorkin, I loved Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and have rewatched it a couple of times. It was short-lived and critically panned, but I enjoyed it. It's on Prime. I haven't seen Sports Night and would really like to.

I loved Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Another great Sorkin show is The Newsroom. My husband and I yell I'M AFFABLE at each other all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:Burn Notice
Person of Interest
CSI Miami
The Avengers with Diana Rigg
Secret Agent with Patrick Magoohan spelled that wrong I know

Dh and I loved Burn Notice! We watched it as newlyweds, lol.

Six Feet Under was a great show, highly recommend.

+1000

Then watch Dexter for a totally different Michael C Hall character.