best TV/cable show right now....what are you enjoying?

[Armaniac]

Homeland and Blacklist. Great shows. Both in between seasons now.

[mncz]

Some great television has been mentioned here. I've never been one for TV much. If I do watch a series, I try only to spend my time with high quality material.

Having said that, I now daresay that you're all living under a rock –––––– MAD MEN is the best show on television right at the moment.

It's a period piece depicting Manhattan's Madison Avenue's advertising district in the 1950's and 1960's.

Business everyday. Sexy women and constant adulteration. Money and office politics. Impeccable scripts and filmography. Wonderful, enveloping character development and tension-building.
but what else would you expect from the direct successor to the Sopranos?

From Netflix (I thought these bits summed it up quite well):

"Set in 1960s New York City, this series takes a peek inside an ad agency during an era when the cutthroat business had a glamorous lure."

A great (and the highest-rated) user review on Netflix gives a great description:

"Is this the only TV series in the world where no one plots to murder anyone, like ever? Bravo! Seems the show recognises human beings have many other vices other than the one to kill, and it does exploit them all. It wasn't until seeing this show that I finally understand the 1969 Bowie song "All the Madmen" from the album "The Man Who Sold the World" (who name is apparently Donald Draper!)."

I'm obsessed. Before this, it was Breaking Bad. I don't expect to ever watch anything better than Breaking Bad, but Mad Men is certainly giving Vince a run for his money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men

They do receive the occasional box of Bolivars to the office, too. All I can say is drop the crap you're following now and pick this up. The last half of the final season – 7 – will be airing in the begining of 2015 (the first half of season 7 just ended last week or so). It's an AMC program. Enough of my blabbing, just give it a try if you really want to watch something unique and compelling.

[jat]

Fargo is great!

+1, Billy Bob Thornton is excellent as the 'bad man'

And True Detective, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson

[MIKA27]

Rob, my faves will be;

1) The Walking Dead

2) Fargo

3) Game Of Thrones

4) Criminal Minds

There are a few more but the above especially the first three are brilliant IMO

[cigcars]

Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" on Travel Channel

The Biography Channel when they're profiling the great mobsters of yesteryear

The Simpsons on Fox

60 Minutes on CBS

And I L-O-O-O-V-E Gilligan's Island and F Troop on our Me-TV channel!

Also on Me-TV, Svengoolie hosting the latest Universal horror movie shlockfests from the '50's on Saturday nights!

[Fuzz]

Cable and broadband have been out for the last 5 days at home, so I'm stuck watching free-to-air!

My recent favs shows are:

Continuum

Death in Paradise

The Big Bang Theory

Top Gear UK

Mythbusters

[in0gravity]

Well since we are getting all the good stuff only 6 months later, can only mentioned what we are getting right now:

Suits

Vikings

Homeland

Sleepy Hollow

The Blacklist

regards

Lars

[Skyfall]

I can't believe no one is watching Fargo. I think it's a great show.

Fargo is great!

It blows my mind also that more people aren't watching Hannibal on NBC. ONE of the best shows in recent years all around. Freaking amazing cast! The season 2 finale (a couple of weeks ago) was one of the most mind blowing, amazing season finales of any show ever on TV. If anyone hasn't given Hannibal a shot, go start Season 1 now!

And Ray Donovan also for that matter = Awesome Show, Awesome Cast!

[IPORTER]

Good shows;-

1) Boardwalk Empire

2) Game of Thrones

3) Criminal Minds

Agree with you Rob. Cannot hack the reality crap. It is terribly embarassing and insulting to the intelligence.

[dicko]

Currently-

Generation Kill (about Iraq war same people that did The Wire)

Peep show (UK dark comedy about two losers-in-life flatmates)

Hell on wheels

[Reevzy]

Housos

[Ghabanos]

Sorry to go against the grain here. But I feel tv is making me stupid!!

Nonetheless I'm already addicted but trying to cut down. I think I'm more selective now.

Mad men, but this is last season already.

Penny dreadful

Suits

Whit collar

Californication

[assassin]

I am watching "Boardwalk Empire" on Netfilx. I'm in the middle of season four and it is an excellent show.

After this I am going to watch "The Wire", which I have heard some say was the best cable show ever made.

Yes Boardwalk Empire is great----unfortunatly here in Australia we only got season 1 about 3 years ago since then nothing--shafted again!

[Lotusguy]

Hannibal - you owe it to yourself to watch it!

[aes8]

If you haven't watched The Wire, get on it.

Be careful though, it's more addictive than crack.

Also, The West Wing is a ripper show in my book.

This although both have ended quite a while ago.

Currently GoT is the best current TV Drama

[scottm12]

Fargo

And pretty much anything on HBO, vice

[Colt45]

Mr. Selfridge - 2nd season recently ended

New season of Masterchef

Though I hate to admit it, Hell's Kitchen

[shlomo]

This year some of the new standouts have been:

The Blacklist

Hannibal !!!

True Detectives

Fargo

Black Sails

Silicon Valley

The Goldberg's

Penny Dreadful

In recent years, last year and current:

Ray Donovan !!!!! (you will like this one Rob!)

The Newsroom !!!

Last Man Standing

House of Lies

Shameless

Homeland

Game of Thrones

Da Vinci's Demons

Boardwalk Empire

Eastbound & Down

Dexter

Parks and Recreation

Rules of Engagement

Arrested Development

Deadwood

The Wire

Spartacus

The Borgias

Legit

Holy crap that's a lot of tv!! Where do you find the time?!?!

[Duxnutz]

I watch half this stuff at work!

[Fuzz]

I watch half this stuff at work!

Aren't you meant to be busy watching dials, gauges and stuff when flying?

[Ken Gargett]

will have a think but can anyone explain to me the appeal of 'suits'?

i have tried and tried - even have it on in the background at the moment. greatest load of tripe and superficial rubbish ever. i know some lawyers hate "legal" shows but personally i usually enjoy them (i've worked on three continents and this show is so utterly removed from the slightest connection to the real legal world). but this one is empty of plot, likeable characters, humour, reality... not empty of boredom.

two blokes, one of whom 'had a friend fake his harvard degree and admission as a lawyer' wander about telling everyone how good they are. cases are won with a clever quip at the last moment. no one is ever seen doing work. the secretary is some sort of savant genius. they pick up michael phelps in a bar and immediately make him their client. they are all connected to every useful person on the planet. more reality in 'game of thrones' and a show that is a million times better.

sorry, but this is the emperor's new clothes of the tv world.

[WilkINStheWEST]

Always Top Gear UK, I can watch the back catalogue over and over.

Game of Thrones

Californication

House of Cards

Arrested Development

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Walking Dead

Sent a long time ago from a Galaxy S5 far far away.

[Sutton]

Started watching Archer on Netflix and love it. Even had to buy season 5 on iTunes . "What we aren't paraphrasing anymore ?"

[Newkarian]

Walking dead

Game of Thrones

Under the Dome

[BRAC]

Right now I'm watching Orange is the New Black and True Detective.

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