I haven’t been watching much in terms of actual shows for a good while, then while listening to a podcast a host casually mentioned they had rewatched Chernobyl, how it still holds up, that there’s a reason it got as much acclaim as it did, etc. So I thought I’d give it a go and wow, loved it (still one episode left to watch).
Had me thinking, what else have I missed out on? What are some “absolute cinema” TV shows that still hold up and and are considered must watch?
Severance is amazing and worth watching multiple times.
The Walking Dead through the end of season 6
Futurama
Ted Lasso
The Good Place
3rd Rock From The Sun
Band of Brothers
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (don’t let the trailers fool you— it starts kinda slow but it’s an adult storyline and is phenomenal from like middle of Season 1 on. The last four episodes are iconic for me. You can skip the movie.)
Long Way Round (sequel Long Way Down is excellent also)
The IT Crowd
Marvel’s The Punisher
Chapelle’s Show
Haunting of Hill House / Haunting of Bly Manor
Fringe
The Expanse
Simpsons through season 7
I loved Severance’s first season. After that, ehh it’s alright
The IT Crowd is unique, some of the stuff in it is a bit dated now, but some of the jokes in it are so good that I know people who still quote them decades later.
Absolutely love me some Band of Brothers and Fringe. Been wanting to rewatch Person of Interest too.
Person of Interest is very good also. Really good casting.
Finally, I was scrolling to see if anyone else mentioned Fringe. I need to rewatch it sometime, I haven’t seen it in probably a decade or so and I still remember it was one of the first shows that made me realize what really good TV actually is (I was in my early teens at the time).
Is third rock from the sun really good I tried it but couldn’t get past my hatred for the laugh track but seen enough recommends that i might try to push through to see if i can get into it?
3rd Rock a decent turn-your-brain-off 90s sitcom, but if you’re having trouble getting into it I don’t think pushing through is going to change your opinion any.
Another very similar but different series was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neighbors_(2012_TV_series)
I don’t recall if it had a laugh track, but I guess that’s likely.
Laugh tracks come with the territory for comedies, sadly, and especially those from the 90s when it was probably at its most egregious levels.
As for the show, yes, please keep going. John Lithgow and Jane Curtin are so perfect together, and then throw in French Stewart craziness, Joseph Gordon-Levitt in one of his first big roles, and Wayne Knight, among many other cameos along the way— it’s definitely a must watch.
The walking dead? Huge zombie movie fan I didn’t finish all of season 3. It just got to the point where this is ridiculous and I turned it off
Yep. After season 6 ending where you meet Negan it kinda goes off the rails, IMO. But the first six seasons are great.