We had a similar topic a long, long time ago (I was still 28 back then!) but I decided to be a cheeky bastard, go all the way, make a difference, get the prom queen and start a new one. Ha!
So - what shows are you watching? Which ones do you recommend? And none of that reality bullcrap, we're talking about scripted (words and stuff on a page), old-fashioned non-MTV shows. I'll name five you should watch. Many of you have seen those, and for those who haven't - christmas looms closer, make a wish.
1.) Rescue me
Denis Leary (who doesn't love
Denis Leary?) playing a firefighter in post-9/11 New York. So far, so horrible. But this isn't Michael Bay directing and Jerry Bruckheimer producing. Leary is an ass, treats people like crap, drinks, bitchslaps his wife, gets paranoid and would put a gun to his head if he wouldn't move in fires all day long anyway.
A couple of scenes2.) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Three completely unappealing guys (four since Danny friggin DeVito came on board) and an equally unappealing girl own a bar in Philadelphia. Sounds like any other sitcom, but it's not. Really. Not. Episode titles include: "Sweet Dee's Dating a Retarded Person", "Mac is a Serial Killer", "Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender" and "Who pooped the bed?". It's TV of the "How did they get away with THAT?" kind. Plus there's no laugh track which is a bonus.
A couple of scenes3.) Californication
Fox Mulder, errrm, David Duchovny as a struggling writer addicted to smokes, booze and women while being madly in love with his ex (Natascha McElhone) and struggling to keep in touch with his daughter (do all the loglines I post sound like typical TV crap? 'Cause it really isn't.) It's a half hour drama which makes it all the more watchable, and Duchovny is simply brilliant.
A scene4.) Dirty Sexy Money
This is a bit of an unusual one. Just canceled a couple of days ago it won't make it past season two, and not many seem to like this show. I happen to find it highly entertaining - a drama evolving around a filthy rich (equally filthy and rich) family and their new good-guy lawyer. Donald Sutherland as the patriarch in his best role since the seventies, William Baldwin proving that he can act and it's got the older brother from Six Feet Under.
A trailer5.) John From Cincinnati
Nobody ever watched this show. Or, almost nobody. It got the HBO slot of The Sopranos after their last season, and people gave the one season it lasted the worst reviews possible. Still - there's a small fan community in love with JFC (not by accident the short version of Jesus Fucking Christ), trying to figure out what the hell that's all aboot. Basically it's the story of a seemingly retarded guy who shows up in a crappy coast town and befriends a completely disfunctional family of surfers - whereupon the townsfolk starts to experience (yeah) mircales.
Written by David Milch (Deadwood) the show is bulky, difficult and often not fun to watch. But it has become one of my all-time favourites - it's got a certain tone and feel to it that I have yet to see in other shows. Hard to describe, like most weird things you love. Plus Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy) redeems himself as an actor.
A trailerTell me yours, need input until Battlestar Galactica is back!
