Obviously I think most of the shows I watch are actually awesome, but here are the ones featuring most concentrated awesome:
West Wing - manages to be so detailed and cerebral and still completely addictively easy watching
Black Books - personal No. 1
Life On Mars - just love the concept and storylines. Almost nothing made me cringe, which is something that ruins a surprisingly large number of shows for me.
Skins - not so sure about this. I think S3 is made and executed brilliantly so it's not just my flailing that makes me love it, but I'm still to be convinced by S1 and 2
Sugar Rush - basically all the bits I love about Skins but better and more believable, IMO.
FireFly - sci-fi that forgets it's sci-fi and instead becomes some sort of modern twisted Western? Yes please ...
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip - I found this much more engaging than 30 Rock, which was a nice comedic treat but nothing I'd think was any better than something like Scrubs. Sunset Strip was really great though, and getting to see Matthem Perry in a proper role and being awesome in it was a lovely bonus.
That list definately makes mewant to watch Breaking Bad and Veronica Mars now though. Gotta say that Flight Of The Conchords really wasn't that good to me, just mildly funny. The songs were by far and away the best part, and worked just as well out of context.
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West Wing - manages to be so detailed and cerebral and still completely addictively easy watching
Black Books - personal No. 1
Life On Mars - just love the concept and storylines. Almost nothing made me cringe, which is something that ruins a surprisingly large number of shows for me.
Skins - not so sure about this. I think S3 is made and executed brilliantly so it's not just my flailing that makes me love it, but I'm still to be convinced by S1 and 2
Sugar Rush - basically all the bits I love about Skins but better and more believable, IMO.
FireFly - sci-fi that forgets it's sci-fi and instead becomes some sort of modern twisted Western? Yes please ...
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip - I found this much more engaging than 30 Rock, which was a nice comedic treat but nothing I'd think was any better than something like Scrubs. Sunset Strip was really great though, and getting to see Matthem Perry in a proper role and being awesome in it was a lovely bonus.
That list definately makes mewant to watch Breaking Bad and Veronica Mars now though. Gotta say that Flight Of The Conchords really wasn't that good to me, just mildly funny. The songs were by far and away the best part, and worked just as well out of context.