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- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.Yes, this recommendation is an obvious given. But that does not make it any less awesome.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.The Doctor is a time travelling alien with companions that accompany him in his TARDIS. It's the only show where the lead actor can change and also have the lead character change personalities so completely and have it fit seamlessly into the narrative. The show recently had its 50th anniversary even though it did have a long hiatus.
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsJohn BarrowmanEve MylesKai OwenThe members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats.A spinoff of Doctor Who that focuses on Captain Jack Harkness a man from the future that can't die. He heads up a team that run around chasing aliens. The show is darker than Doctor Who.
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.Although the episodes are sporadic, the writing acting and pretty much everything is so amazingly awesome that waiting years between episodes is worth it. The show is a modern take of the Sherlock Holmes stories with Doctor Watson, Moriarty, The Woman and other famous characters and stories.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.It's a cult classic for a reason, it's demise midway through its first season was really annoying but it's nicely wrapped up in "Serenity"
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsEliza DushkuHarry LennixFran KranzA top secret organization erases the identities of attractive young people, turning them into blank "dolls" ready for imprints of temporary identities they need to fulfill assignments for clients.Another Joss Whedon show. Also awesome. People get their personalities wiped and walk around like "dolls" and then get imprinted with different personalities and sent out into the world usually as prostitutes. If you can overlook the sexual overtones of the show it's a very interesting examination of the end result of a sci-fi premise.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsSarah Michelle GellarNicholas BrendonAlyson HanniganA young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.Joss Whedon's vampires don't glitter in the sun or drink synthetic blood or wear fancy jewelry. Buffy's vampires are actually believable. "Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer."
- CreatorAlan BallStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellTelepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire.The world knows about vampires and most drink synthetic blood ("True Blood"). But the show is more complicated than that and it has a LOT of sex, violence and an EXTREME amount of gore.
- CreatorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideSheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.The "Ricktatorship" vs "The Governer" vs "Terminal" and who cares about the flesh-eating zombies anymore? Now they're only a problem en mass and even then they can be herded like cattle or walked through disguised in zombie guts. The real story comes from how the characters live (and die) in this apocalyptic world. After the show Chris Hardwick hosts "Talking Dead" and provides the fandom grief counselling.
- CreatorDave EricksonRobert KirkmanStarsKim DickensFrank DillaneCliff CurtisA Walking Dead spinoff set in Los Angeles, California. Follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.A spin-off of The Walking Dead focusing on a family in Los Angeles during the early days of the zombie apocalypse. This show is relatively new and although it's good so far, there havn't been many episodes.
- CreatorJosh FriedmanStarsLena HeadeyThomas DekkerSummer GlauSet after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.I have watched this series so many times and I'm still not sick of it. A machine from the future comes back to save a teenage John Connor. They escape with Sarah Connor through a time machine to a time 8 years in the future, skipping over Sarah's death. The way the show legitimately explores theories of time travel is amazing. The only downside is it ends on a cliffhanger that always leaves me in tears.
- CreatorJames Manos Jr.StarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDavid ZayasHe's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.At first I never wanted to watch a show about a serial killer. But I got sucked in. Dexter has a code. He only kills bad people. Season 5 is my absolute favourite with Lumen. But then again, the Trinity Killer story arc is great and so is season 1's Ice Truck Killer. The show does tend to go downhill after a while but is still binge-worthy.
- CreatorMatt NixStarsJeffrey DonovanGabrielle AnwarBruce CampbellA spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.It's like MacGyver with a how-to voice over on becoming a spy. Each episode is fairly encapsulated, but there is usually an over-arcing story as well that develops the characters and stops the show going stale and boring.
- CreatorCarter BaysCraig ThomasStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersA father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.Hilariously funny half-hour show that tells the story of five friends, their adventures and relationships. It's legend... wait for it... dary!!!
- CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.Each episode wraps up in 20 minutes, but there are over-arcing storylines that develop each of the characters romantic relationships, girlfriends, marriages. The hilariousness comes from the science in-jokes and science mocking that nerds and non-nerds can both enjoy.
- StarsChris O'DowdRichard AyoadeKatherine ParkinsonThe comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.English humour is sometimes abrasive to me, but this show is so funny I can put up with the jokes that go on too long, etc. It's about two guys who work in the dingy basement that is the IT department. They get assigned a manager who knows absolutely nothing because she lied on her resume. There's a running gag "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.Storybrooke is ruled by an evil mayor/queen who adopts the son of "the saviour" and when she comes to town things get weird. There's some pretty storylines like an evil Peter Pan, bad guys becoming good guys, good guys turning to the dark side and nearly every fairytale and disney story warped and twisted into one giant multiverse.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJack ColemanHayden PanettiereMilo VentimigliaCommon people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.Regular people discover they have "powers" then discover conspiracies involving the people closest to them. There are a few that can absorb multiple powers and they are awesome. There are villains like Sylar that turn good, good guys that do evil things thinking they're doing the right thing, there's complete *beep* and then there's Hiro... Yattah!
- CreatorSteve FranksStarsJames Roday RodriguezDulé HillTimothy OmundsonWhen a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.Faking being a psychic? The people in charge can't prove or disprove he's a psychic but if he admits it then he'll get thrown in jail. The only person he can't fool is his Dad who trained him in the ways of Jedi like observation. Basically, he's just a really good detective but is too childish to be a detective so he pretends to be a psychic instead to solve crimes.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.Two brothers, Dean and Sam, fight ghosts and evil with salt and shotguns. Eventually, they're joined by the angel Castiel and a demon Crowley and they're more awesome than the main characters who are forever sacrificing themselves for each other, dying then coming back to life. There are a few recurring characters, but most of them die. At the end of every season is a recap of the story so far set to a 70's rock ballad. Rock music and their car (an Impala) play a big part of every story.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimAndrew KreisbergStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseySpoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.Origin story of the Green Arrow (Oliver Queen). Gotta love it when he takes his shirt off and climb that chin-up ladder. He does that less and less as the series goes on and the storylines get more complicated. Perhaps that's one of the reasons I'm not as into this show as much as I was when it began.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiGeoff JohnsAndrew KreisbergStarsGrant GustinCandice PattonDanielle PanabakerAfter being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, and fighting crime in Central City.Spin-off of "Arrow" and origin story of the Flash (Barry Allen). In this version though the flash has been created much earlier in his timeline and is still growing up. Much better than Arrow, but that could just be that I love the character "Flash" in the DC universe's cartoon films.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsCaitríona BalfeSam HeughanSophie SkeltonClaire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.An English woman time travels back in time from 1945 to 1743 while visiting Scotland and she has to navigate the perils of knowing more than she should and thinking she deserves more rights and respect than women received back then. Absolutely epic.
- CreatorHoward GordonGideon RaffCraig WrightStarsAdam RaynerJennifer FinniganAshraf BarhomAn unassuming American family is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.An American family travels to an Arabic nation to attend a wedding. The father the second son of the country's dictator who left to become a Doctor. His sadistic father dies, and his sadistic brother takes the reigns and chaos and drama ensues. It is very intense and the whole time I'm screaming "Get the hell out of there!"
- CreatorDiane Ruggiero-WrightRob ThomasStarsRose McIverMalcolm GoodwinRahul KohliA medical resident finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police.High-functioning zombies... so long as they eat brains. But when they eat brains they see visions of the dead person's life. One zombie who works in the morgue uses this to her advantage to solve murders and pretends to be psychic. Based on a comic book means it has decent storylines, interesting characters. The casting and acting is also awesome.