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

[thedivinegoat]

Have you watched any Numb3rs?

[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.)