Feed me, Seymour!

[eleanorjane]

Feed me more TV, that is!

I've run out of stuff to watch, and I'm looking for more shows to glom up. Shows that aren't currently airing are also fine.

Things I Like

* Humour (especially good dialogue. I am a sucker for banter.)
* Genre shows, sci-fi, fantasy, procedurals, mysteries, crime shows, et cetera.

(I should clarify that "Humour" is pretty much a requirement. With the exception of Star Trek, I cannot love a show that doesn't make me laugh, no matter how good it may otherwise be.)

Things I Do Not Like

* Sexism, ableism and racism
* Using the gender divide or modern relationship stereotypes (eg sitcoms where the men lie to their wives and the women are shrewish nags)
* Shows that resort to cheap stereotypes for their humour (eg Mock The Geek)
* Embarrassment humour

TV Shows I Particularly Like (some of which fail some of the above criteria, of course, because nothing's perfect)

* Farscape
* Futurama
* QI
* Star Trek: TNG, VOY and ENT (I've only seen a bit of DS9; I like what I've seen, but I don't know enough to assert either way)
* NCIS
* Castle
* Leverage
* Burn Notice
* Chuck

Various TV Shows I've Tried So You Don't Need To Rec Them

* White Collar
* The Stargate serieses
* BSG
* The Mentalist
* Lie to Me
* NCIS:LA

Suggestions gratefully accepted!

Comments

[helens78]

I feel obliged to give you the rec I got when I asked for recs, which is "Due South". It's funny and has great characters, and I will never think of Mounties the same way. :D

[eleanorjane]

Ooh, yes, that should have been on the "Shows I Like" list. I haven't seen all of it -- good call, I should finish watching it. :)

(Also, CKR and Paul Gross, OM NOM NOM.)

[helens78]

I know, right? This is why I started watching "Eastwick". OMG I did not think I would ever see so much Naked Paul Gross. I swear the man's naked in half his episodes. (I'm hesitant to recommend it, because I can't tell if it has a "girl power" theme or if it's hinky on a gender issue level. I kind of fail at gender awareness sometimes, plus I'm mainly watching for Naked Paul Gross and Hot Women Who Are Hot.)

[eleanorjane]

I stopped watching Eastwick when I heard it had been cancelled, because I didn't want to get invested in it. But yeah, I know what you mean - I think it's superficially Girl Power and underneath somewhat hinky... but I'm not sure. :)

And oh, god, Paul Gross's VOICE. That man could make reading the phone book sound sexy.

[helens78]

Having seen all but the last episode, I'm kind of sorry it was canceled, but certainly not devastated or anything. :) And holy crap YES to the voice -- he does this constant rumbling growl in Eastwick that made me go O_O!!

Also, I really, really want to write the AU where Darryl Van Horne seduces Benton Fraser. Nom nom nom nom doppelganger slash. :D

[eleanorjane]

Bwahahaha! You, ma'am, are an evil genius. :D

(Oh god, poor Fraser. He'd be so incredibly freaked out.)

[thedivinegoat]

Have you watched any Numb3rs?

[eleanorjane]

I have not! You think it'd be the kind of thing I'd like, then?

[thedivinegoat]

Oh definitely.

I love the relationship between the two brothers, and also between them and their dad, and I love the premise itself, (FBI agent and his maths professor little brother Solve Crime! With Maths!), but it's the women that make me love it so.

Amita, Terry Lake, MEGAN!!, Robin, Liz, Millie, Nikki, MEGAN!!! (Megan is awesome. I love Megan as much as I love Kate Beckett.)

It's not perfect, but it's good fun, it's got six seasons to catch up on.

[torachan]

I'm really enjoying Better Off Ted. I like Modern Family quite a bit, though it does hit my embarrassment squick fairly often (I have to pause multiple times per episode).

[damned_colonial]

The Middleman. Smart, funny, genrelicious, and better than most on gender/race/etc. (Main character is a Latina superhero who wears sensible clothes to fight crime.)

[thedivinegoat]

Ooo.

Second this enthusiastically.