What are some popular TV shows recommended by a scientist?

[Jameson]

I'm really into a few series. My favorite show right now is Breaking Bad. Highly recommend it. The first few seasons of Dexter were amazing but the show has gone downhill. Also recently on BBC there has been the best version of Sherlock Holmes I have ever seen. Recommend as well Shameless and Californication (both on Showtime) and finally The Big Bang Theory. A few more shows I watch when I can: House, The Mentalist and The Office (yuck).

What about you?

 

[alexmahone]

Law and Order
The Big Bang Theory

 

[Spam]

I agree with Breaking Bad. Maybe my n°1 TV series.
But since I'm catching up with Oz, I'm wondering if this one shouldn't be n°1 ! Anyway, they are two really AMAZING shows.
Another recommanded one : Six Feet Under, maybe the only show which made me feel like I learned something while watching it : truly overwhelming.

I have also been recently disappointed by Dexter and some other show such as Boardwalk Empire (which first seemed to be outstanding !).
Anyway, with my exams coming nearer and nearer, I don't find the time to watch as much as I used to...
Yet, I keep watching Oz :')

 

[polygamma]

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Big Bang Theory
After Lately
Storage Wars
The King of Queens

 

[Deveno]

i watch a lot of tv. shows i watch (in no particular order):

House
Castle
Person of Interest
Dexter
CSI
Unforgettable
Game of Thrones
Once Upon A Time
Grimm
The River

probably forgetting some stuff. oh well.

 

[Sherlock1]

Also recently on BBC there has been the best version of Sherlock Holmes I have ever seen.

You rang?

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I really hope Moriarty returns in the next series somehow. The BBC also screened Inside Men, the last episode of which will be transmitted tomorrow night on BBC one (I imagine the whole series will be available on iplayer for a while after, though). I think it's really good.

 

[CaptainBlack]

Big Bang Theory
Sherlock (which I don't like very much because it is too predictable)
Dr Who (when its on)

and not much else any more...

CB

 

[Sherlock1]

Sherlock (which I don't like very much because it is too predictable)

If it was really predictable, explain the ending then! (Rofl)

 

[CaptainBlack]

If it was really predictable, explain the ending then! (Rofl)

Given the epsisode title you know he did not die. Given that, I was not bothered to work out the detail, however my 17 year old daughter says she spotted what happened.

(In fact I was miffed off at the ham-fisted way the producers felt they had to explicitly give the game away by showing he was alive, same with the beheading of The Woman)

CB

 

[Jameson]

Given the epsisode title you know he did not die. Given that, I was not bothered to work out the detail, however my 17 year old daughter says she spotted what happened.

(In fact I was miffed off at the ham-fisted way the producers felt they had to explicitly give the game away by showing he was alive, same with the beheading of The Woman)

CB

I read quite a bit about theories of how Sherlock survived the fall but none of them seemed convincing. What does your daughter say about it? Obviously telling John to stand in place was a big part of it and the cyclist hitting him as well seems too perfect to be coincidental.

 

[CaptainBlack]

I read quite a bit about theories of how Sherlock survived the fall but none of them seemed convincing. What does your daughter say about it? Obviously telling John to stand in place was a big part of it and the cyclist hitting him as well seems too perfect to be coincidental.

To be honest I did not ask.

There may have been some TV jiggery pokery involved as it certainly looked like Sherlock on the ground despite not quite being shown a close up. But it is quite obvious that the real body if there is one is Moriarty's. Also in the book they both fall, if that is a clue?!

CB

 

[Jameson]

I want to add Damages to my list. I'm not very into law shows but after watching the first season in three days on Netflix I am officially hooked.

 

[Ackbach]

Also in the book they both fall, if that is a clue?!

I thought that in The Empty House, Holmes explains that "I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds, and clawed the air with both his hands. But for all his efforts he could not get his balance, and over he went."

 

[SuperSonic4]

Opening up the PVR...

Pointless
Eggheads
Motorway Cops
TV Burp
Mock the Week
The Tube [ended yesterday]
The Big Bang Theory
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

 

[alexmahone]

At the moment:

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Unforgettable
Criminal Minds

 

[Swlabr1]

(In fact I was miffed off at the ham-fisted way the producers felt they had to explicitly give the game away by showing he was alive, same with the beheading of The Woman)

I agree with this entirely (although I wasn't bothered about the Woman bit). There were quite a few bits in the series which didn't quite `work'. I mean, in the Baskervilles episode, why was the guy still producing the gas? Was he hoping to sell it somewhere or something? I just wasn't convinced by it...

 

[anky2930]

I read quite a bit about theories of how Sherlock survived the fall but none of them seemed convincing. What does your daughter say about it? Obviously telling John to stand in place was a big part of it and the cyclist hitting him as well seems too perfect to be coincidental.

I love how i met your mother series the most and also love to see vampire diaries and in HIMYM I love barney's character most.

 

[anky2930]

I want to add Damages to my list. I'm not very into law shows but after watching the first season in three days on Netflix I am officially hooked.

Hi Jameson,
I want to ask you something that my post should be 8 in the forum but there is only one displaying,What is the reason behind this?

 

[alexmahone]

Hi Jameson,
I want to ask you something that my post should be 8 in the forum but there is only one displaying,What is the reason behind this?

Posts made in the chat room don't count.

 

[Jameson]

Posts made in the chat room don't count.

That is correct. We like a user's post count to reflect high quality posts so by not having posts in the chat room count toward this total it allows more freedom in the chat room.

 

[Jameson]

Just watched The Big Bang Theory season finale. Wasn't too impressed. Lots of season finales are coming up though and summer shows will take over. I've kind of forgotten what most of those shows are so can't really say what I'm looking forward to but I'm hoping a couple of them will be my new regulars. If not, well then I should be studying anyway for my exam in July so I'll live. Anyone excited about a finale wrapping up or a new show coming up?

 

[Fantini]

It's old but relevant. I'm almost ending sixth season of House and so far it's one of the best. How many of you have watched it? I think it's amazing.

 

[SuperSonic4]

It's old but relevant. I'm almost ending sixth season of House and so far it's one of the best. How many of you have watched it? I think it's amazing.

I watched the first four seasons but I noticed towards the end of season 4 it became a generic character based program (instead of plot driven)

 

[Fantini]

Fourth season was the worst, in my opinion. Perhaps if you continued you changed your mind. The main plot of the show became basically the personality of House, which I do find very amusing. The "unsolvable" medical cases became just the background for what really mattered: the relationships between the characters.

Maybe what I just pointed out is what exactly you didn't enjoy in the show though. In that case, happens. (Drunk)

 

[Jameson]

House hit a low at some point around the fourth season, although I can't remember precisely. It definitely picked back up again and became watchable until the end, and believe me I am a very harsh critic so I do not say that lightly. :)

 

[hp12345]

I haven't seen many TV series,but yeah I must say Big Bang Theory is my favorite from all.

 

[ModusPonens]

Well, the list is long, so I'll say the main ones:

Curb Your Enthusiasm (staring the cocreator of Seinfeld, Larry David)
Louie
Seinfeld (just finished the 4th Seinfeld marathon in my life, not counting the episodes I watxhed on TV)
The Big Bang Theory is good, although the writing structure is a little cliché
HIMYM

 

[Jameson]

Well, the list is long, so I'll say the main ones:

Curb Your Enthusiasm (staring the cocreator of Seinfeld, Larry David)
Louie
Seinfeld (just finished the 4th Seinfeld marathon in my life, not counting the episodes I watched on TV)
The Big Bang Theory is good, although the writing structure is a little cliché
HIMYM

Louis CK is my favorite comedian at the moment. He's crude, unapologetic, politically incorrect and hilarious. Louie is not a normal sitcom or comedy show by any means but I too like it a lot.

First few seasons of HIMYM were very funny but the story has dragged on too long for me. Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel are carrying the show.

 

[ModusPonens]

Louis CK is my favorite comedian at the moment. He's crude, unapologetic, politically incorrect and hilarious. Louie is not a normal sitcom or comedy show by any means but I too like it a lot.

First few seasons of HIMYM were very funny but the story has dragged on too long for me. Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel are carrying the show.

He's my favorite stand up comedian. My favorite comedian is Larry David. Louie still has much to do to catch up with Larry, an almost impossible task, imo. He's young, so we'll see. :) Have you seen Lucky Louie, his previous sitcom?

I see where you're coming from, on HIMYM. I didn't have that problem because I saw 6.5 seasons in a row, so it didn't seem too long. :D Jason Segel is my favorite. :)

 

[kanderson]

I like the big bang theory, house and seinfeld lol. To bad house ended.

 

[Jameson]

Currently watching:

1) Dexter

2) The Office - curse myself after episode for still watching it

3) The Big Bang Theory - not as good as it used to be, which is normal as shows use up more and more possible story lines

4) The Mentalist - good, not great show

5) Elementary - the US's version of the amazing series Sherlock. It's much better than I thought and thankfully it's not the same show at all, which would have been a disaster. They changed Sherlock's background story and made Watson a woman, so it doesn't really seem like Sherlock Holmes at all. I don't know why they didn't just do the same show with different names since so little is from the original characters

 

[SuperSonic4]

3) The Big Bang Theory - not as good as it used to be, which is normal as shows use up more and more possible story lines

I concur, it's not quite been the same since they introduced girls who are not Penny. After that it lost the core ideal of nerds trying to socialise with a "normal" woman.

Not much I'm watching at the moment :(

 

[Jameson]

I concur, it's not quite been the same since they introduced girls who are not Penny. After that it lost the core ideal of nerds trying to socialise with a "normal" woman.

Not much I'm watching at the moment :(

Nothing? C'mon I don't believe that. When I say "watch TV" I really mean the next day on my computer. Watching live TV seems silly to me now because of wasted time for commercials unless it's something that cannot wait until tomorrow to witness or isn't fun anymore.

I agree that adding characters on TBBT weakened the idea of the show and Penny's character. The two female additions are brilliant, accomplished and more or less able to interact socially with others. Penny hasn't changed much comparatively and there's not much to do with her character.

All shows start getting bad eventually. I'll be curious to see if they admit it and wrap the series within a couple years or milk it for as long as possible.

 

[SuperSonic4]

Nothing? C'mon I don't believe that. When I say "watch TV" I really mean the next day on my computer. Watching live TV seems silly to me now because of wasted time for commercials unless it's something that cannot wait until tomorrow to witness or isn't fun anymore.

I agree that adding characters on TBBT weakened the idea of the show and Penny's character. The two female additions are brilliant, accomplished and more or less able to interact socially with others. Penny hasn't changed much comparatively and there's not much to do with her character.

All shows start getting bad eventually. I'll be curious to see if they admit it and wrap the series within a couple years or milk it for as long as possible.

I can see TBBT going on for a while but I'd like this season or next to be its last, I just don't see where they can go.

Like you I don't watch anything live (hooray for recorders) but I do have a backlog of tv to watch when I can get around to it. Usually try and find some science/military history to watch, especially in HD and on the BBC for content quality.

• Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
• Built in Britain_20121017_2231.ts
• Filthy Cities
• How Britain Worked
• How Earth Made Us
• Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve_20121021_1731.ts
• Order and Disorder with Jim Al-Khalili
• Tails You Win_ The Science of Chance_20121021_1900.ts
• The British Army of the Rhine_20121022_2100.ts
• The Chase (x15 episodes)
• World War Two_ 1942 and Hitler's Soft____20121021_2210.ts

The Chase is your typical teatime quiz show

 

[MarkFL]

Like most here I also enjoy watching The Big Bang Theory.

I am wondering if Sheldon is ever going to engage in "coitus" with Amy...LOL!

I also like Rules of Engagement, although I must profess to finding Jennifer "easy to watch." (Tauri)

I also think Louis CK is a brilliant stand-up comedian...his timing is right on. I love his take on children too.