EgonSpengler
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From another thread:
... and I thought I'd open it up to everyone.
Some people say that we're in a "Golden Age" of television, because there's so much content available, and so many ways to access it. To me, it's more of an "Industrial Age."
I've heard/read that at the recent "TCAs" (the annual Television Critics Association event) there were four hundred scripted series on the 2015-2016 schedule. If you watched television 12 hours a day, every day, you wouldn't be able to watch everything. (And that's just American television, with a dollop of British and Canadian shows, and doesn't even count old shows available through streaming services.)
For all the television that I watch, there aren't many (any?) shows I would really miss if they were cancelled tomorrow. I drop shows like a stone all the time, searching for the one that'll grab me by the... er... lapels.
Networks and streaming services are struggling with advertising, viewership numbers, business models, scheduling. You name it, the industry is banging on it, bending it, trying to make it profitable. Content producers are throwing everything at the wall, trying to see what sticks. There seems to be a show for every niche, and they're looking for new niches, too. Meanwhile, we the viewers are trying to drink from the proverbial firehose.
tl;dr - What television shows do you like to watch? Why do you like them, who would you recommend them to, and where can we find them?
... and I thought I'd open it up to everyone.
Some people say that we're in a "Golden Age" of television, because there's so much content available, and so many ways to access it. To me, it's more of an "Industrial Age."
I've heard/read that at the recent "TCAs" (the annual Television Critics Association event) there were four hundred scripted series on the 2015-2016 schedule. If you watched television 12 hours a day, every day, you wouldn't be able to watch everything. (And that's just American television, with a dollop of British and Canadian shows, and doesn't even count old shows available through streaming services.)
For all the television that I watch, there aren't many (any?) shows I would really miss if they were cancelled tomorrow. I drop shows like a stone all the time, searching for the one that'll grab me by the... er... lapels.
Networks and streaming services are struggling with advertising, viewership numbers, business models, scheduling. You name it, the industry is banging on it, bending it, trying to make it profitable. Content producers are throwing everything at the wall, trying to see what sticks. There seems to be a show for every niche, and they're looking for new niches, too. Meanwhile, we the viewers are trying to drink from the proverbial firehose.
tl;dr - What television shows do you like to watch? Why do you like them, who would you recommend them to, and where can we find them?
Well written, well acted, well directed. Insanely good-looking people of both sexes, but that's American television, for better or for worse. Lots of closeups and a little bit of "shaky cam", both of which aggravate some people, but I like the directing and photography. For me, the ages of the actors playing high school kids is a little bit distracting - most of them were the age of graduate students - but it's by no means a deal-breaker. Overall it's the best show I can recommend right now, provided you have a way of watching it. 
in the spin-off episode in which the agents from NCISNO beat up two (2) suspects! 
Bakula hurled a lobbyist across the hood of a car and later the lady agent bounced a guy's face of the interrogation table. WTF?! 
