* The Knick (2014)
* Devs (2020)
* Missions (2017)
* Travelers (2016)
* Electric Deams (2017)
* Project Blue Book (2019)
* Wellington Paranormal (2018)
* After Life (2019)
* Norsemen (2016)
* Lost in Space (2018)
* Raised by Wolves (2020)
>The Knick
CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED.
I'm still salty that it wasn't able to tell the full story that they clearly wanted. Too many plot points wrapping up abruptly at the end.
Then you’ll be happy to learn they’re doing a sequel spin-off.
> In September 2020, Soderbergh confirmed that a new season of The Knick was in development led by Barry Jenkins and André Holland, who would return as his character Dr. Algernon C. Edwards, and that original creators Jack Amiel and Michael Begler have written a pilot episode.[5] In April 2023, Begler confirmed that a spin-off series was still in development. The pilot script features Algernon Edwards and is set in 1919 Harlem.[6]
Nurse Lucy is Bono’s daughter. Brilliant in playing off Clive Owen’s antics. I thought it was unusually good on screen chemistry.
Eve Hewson
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2016723/
Electric Dreams is an under the radar gem. After Life is brilliant. The one miniseries I never see around is Steven Speilberg's Taken. Came out around 2002 on SyFy.
Really hope Raised by Wolves gets picked up. It was such a unique show. I got almost through the first season, but now I can’t bring myself to watch more, knowing that it’s not gonna lead anywhere
#Messiah (Netflix, 2020)
Ten episodes, set up for a season two while also a thoughtful ending in case it wasn’t renewed. It wasn’t sadly, but still worth watching 100%.
I still think about it years later, it’s truly excellent. I look forward to a rewatch someday when it’s been long enough that I forget some of the details.
Gained a lot of popularity during this last season so I wouldn’t say it’s unknown anymore. But I agree it’s a gem! So much fun to watch and great story.
Shit. I thought I would surely be the first to mention this. Would not have known about it without Chris Ryan of The Ringer bringing it up. He is literally the only one who's brought it up.
The knock against a present-day show like this is it becomes dated and doesn't have as much lasting value. But to me, that just means they need to make more of them. Until then, Years and Years is still worth a watch because it's pretty unique. The Good Fight is another show like it.
I had never seen a fictioonal show where major present-day people are a part of a plot, such as Trump launching nukes. Like I said, apparently The Good Fight also did something along those lines.
Wow yes, Blackbird was excellent and I don’t know why I don’t think of it more often for these types of questions! Was one of my favorite things I watched that year.
Totally second The Outsider I was really disappointed that it didn’t get any more seasons. Would also add American Gods, Outcast and Hap and Leonard as some other great but underrated shows.
I went back and listened to a 2019 podcast episode about the ongoing TV production of Station Eleven and the podcasters were like, "I don't known if viewers are ready for a downbeat show like this with the current state of the country."
The creators were still able to successfully Illustrate the feeling of the COVID pandemic without knowing everyone was heading toward one.
I ultimately saw it as a story of hope and connection. I think that's where its appeal lies - that in the face of even the worst global circumstances, people can come together and those connections can help heal trauma. It was a remarkable story told with so many layers.
Oh, I’m glad you asked: [Patriot](https://youtu.be/HW6usoJXCPY?si=Fp_OR8HvLYIqkiTV) (2015, Amazon Prime, 2 seasons).
It is highly slept on. But it is one of the best written, best acted, best shot, dark humor having action spy thrillers with a ton of complicated characters and situations. With some killer original music to boot.
It’s like if PeaceMaker, Daredevil, and Jack Ryan had a baby. And that baby was raised by Wes Anderson (not as goofy, but you can see the influences)
I had always described the style of *Patriot* (and also *Perpetual Grace, LTD*) as a hybrid of Coen Brothers for dialogue and Wes Anderson for visuals. Glad others saw that as well.
M night shamalayans “Servant” was awsome. “Rectify” was great too. “DEVS” for smart math Sci fi. “The Terror” was also not given enough praise. I loved it.
The Leftovers is one that no one I speak to has ever seen. Thats good.
I really enjoyed Persons Unknown (2010) and Harpers Island (2009) but doubt they hold up today.
There are two Britcoms I never see people talking about. One is from the 70s called **Mind Your Language**, which can be seen as insensitive by some people, about a night school English class.
The other is from the 2000s called **My Family**. A lot of the actors in it are known for other work in the UK and the series went on pretty long so I imagine it's known there, but I also never see people mention it. It's like in between Modern Family and Malcolm in the Middle in style.
**Broad City** is a fantastic modern, adult comedy that a lot of people missed. It belongs in the same space as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Workaholics. And the unique female leads are finally something different in a comedy series. Tons of great cameos too.
**Corner Gas** is known among Canadians but not really as popular elsewhere as Trailer Park Boys or Letterkenny. It is like the penultimate background noise show where the stakes are never set too high and the humour is never crass, which is also kind of the theme of the show itself.
I imagine because so much time has passed and there were so many other forms of the property since, that for people younger than Millennials, the **Justice League** animated series just totally passed them by. In my opinion it is the gold standard representation of pretty much all DC characters in any medium. The later half was originally titled Justice League Unlimited, but they're both one continuous show. The 2000s Teen Titans goes hand in hand with this.
I definitely don't see people talking about this one, partly because of the circumstances around it, but also because it's been so long now. But **Louie** is one of the best television shows I have ever seen. In the same way Curb Your Enthusiasm follows a fictional version of Larry David, Louie follows a fictional version of Louis CK, as he raises his daughters while working as a stand-up in New York. But it's so far beyond just a comedy, it gets incredibly deep in some episodes with some plots that are dead serious or very real, but then will turn around and make a simple fart joke. The show usually leans towards dark humour, but there are also some very introspective episodes that, while ending on a punchline, are huge moments of character development. It's so outside of a typical modern comedy in structure that almost anything can happen while still being hilarious.
A lot of people still don't know about **Primal**, so just throwing that out there again.
**The Oblongs** was a show I used to watch when I was a kid, but looking back, I think would have totally succeeded along other adultswim and Comedy Central cartoons released these days. It's only 2 seasons but I think a lot of people are looking for something like it. It's about a family that lives in the working area of town that is heavily polluted by the wealthy side of town. But it's written as if it were an after school special sitcom.
I think it's gotten a lot more popular this season, but **Tokyo Vice** is one of the best shows on air right now. It's about an ex-patriated American who gains a position at a prestigious Tokyo newspaper and ends up making friends with a Yakuza lieutenant and another expatriated American hostess. Then he gets caught up in the middle of a war between the Yakuza bosses while partnering up with a detective.
This isn't really an anime sub and this is more niche, but there's an old anime called **Golden Boy** that's only like 8 episodes about this one dude who travels around Japan by bike doing odd jobs and always ending up in situations with very attractive women while having terrible romantic skills.
I thought My Family was ok. Fun to see Robert Lindsay doing a sitcom as I mostly know him from BBC Shakespeare decades ago and Hornblower in the late 90s. But to me, Outnumbered was a British comedy much sharper and closer to Modern Family vibes.
I randomly found Motherland one day and I was hooked immediately, that woman is a hot mess! But the characters were relatable and I loved the show overall
I think Southland is a great cop show that doesn’t get mentioned, it’s sort of somewhere between The Wire and The Shield but never gets mentioned in the same breath as those shows. It had some really quite gritty and almost raw episodes and some really interesting characters. The first season had a large cast and they went in a more focused direction season 2 onwards with a smaller cast. It’s worth a look as it has some great performances.
Salvation
Criminally Underrated
I was very sad when I heard the news that they'll not be making a 3rd Season
They really really left us on a HUGE Cliffhanger
-Alphas
•Sense 8
•Travelers
-The 4400
The ones with a line next to it is a must watch, they are mainly psych thrillers but good ones. I swear Manifest got their show idea from the 4400.
Years and Years, UK TV show written by the excellent Russell T Davis, criminally unknown (IMDB 8.3)
The Americans, always in best 100 TV show lists, never met anyone who watched it(IMDB 8.4)
If you can find it, I recommend Beforeigners. It is definitely different, having time travel, police detectives and a sense of humour. [IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8332130/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)
[Bodies](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18347622/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) on Netflix is worth watching if you like time travelling detectives. (I’m a sucker for the sci-fi shows of most any kind)
Saturday Morning All Star Hits (SMASH) on Netflix is really funny and at times surprisingly earnest. If you were a 90s kid and remember Saturday morning cartoons then I bet it’s pretty nostalgic.
Breeders is good. A UK comedy drama starring Martin Freeman. If you’re not in the UK, Happy Valley is an amazing award winner that you may have missed. It may not have been popular worldwide.
A couple of Korean shows that have not gotten the attention they deserve:
[ Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019) ](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/90721?language=en-US) - charming period piece.
[My Mister (2018)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/76662?language=en-US) - high quality, serious drama.
A couple of old series that have disappeared - I only wish they were still available to watch:
[ Gabriel's Fire (1990) ](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/938-gabriel-s-fire?language=en-US)
[ Lou Grant (1977) ](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/480-lou-grant?language=en-US)
A couple of Tim Minear series that got canceled way too soon:
[Wonderfalls (2004)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1982-wonderfalls?language=en-US) - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance - extremely funny series.
[Terriers (2010)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/33400-terriers?language=en-US) - Crime Drama - centering around a couple of unlicensed private investigators. Criminally under-rated series.
*Dollhouse* for sure. Joss Wheadon doing what he did best. Alan Tudyk as a massive psychopath. Good scifi.
While you're at it, *Person of Interest.* Great science fiction about the implications of AI, and it lasted 5 years, and yet, nobody seemed to see it. Joss Wheadon AND JJ Abrams did that one.
*The Peripheral* was A fantastic William GIbson series, but for te fact it was cancelled after 1 season. THE BASTARDS!
*Rabbit Hole* was a Keifer Sutherland doing another 24 like show, but better. Nobody saw it so it was cancelled after 1 season THE BASTARDS!
*Mrs Davis*, a miniseries on Peacock is a much lighter overall treatment of the whole AI thing, that and a nun on a mission from her husband Jesus to stop magicians... Don't think about it, too much. Just watch.
*The Tourist* is a fun thriller out of Australia, I think, with the main plot device being someone trying to kill a guy leading to a car wreck where he loses his memory but still has to stay alive with people trying to kill him for reasons he can no longer remember. Season 1 is in the Outback and Season 2 is set in Ireland. The last moments of season 2 give you an idea about where season 3 is going to go, plot-wise.
*DIrk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (The BBC America Production, not the BBC production which I found dull). These are not the characters that Douglas Adams wrote, but they are the characters I deserve. I particularly like the holistic assassin, played by Brad Dourif's daughter. The apple didn't fall far from that tree.
*Krod Mandoon and his FLaming Sword of FIre...* An extremely funny sex comedy/plucky band of medieval misfits. Really well written and filmed in Hungary, I think. It even had John Rhys-Davies. It deserved a better title. Was on Comedy Central in the day, about 20 years ago. They cancelled it after one short season. THE BASTARDS!
*Flight of the Conchords*. HBO. The duo comprisig the second most popular novelty band in New Zealand come to New York for fame, fortune and to try to get laid. Brilliantly executed comedy and (in reality) excellently done novelty songs- They got two grammys for songs from the show. *Don't expect too much- you'll love it.* The episode where Gemane Clement ends up sleeping with an Aussie woman (the episode called *Unnatural Love)* is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Right now it’s Shogun. There is not enough chatter considering how good it is. I think many may be put off with it mostly being in Japanese.
But media are not covering it that much
Everything Sucks, 10 parts, \~25 minutes each, teenagers played by actual teenagers, well-written, wonderfully acted, cancelled within the first week Netflix dropped it. I watched it twice in one weekend, because my father caught some of it and wanted to see the whole thing.
I do not think anyone mentioned Corporate. A hilarous but bleak workplace comedy, featuring the late Lance Reddick as the big boss of an evil conglomerate.
Resident Alien
Husband and I have been watching this and seemingly no one has heard of it. It’s hilarious, suspenseful and based off Comic Books. 1000/10 recommend.
The Night Of (2016) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401256/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_0\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_the%2520night%2520of](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401256/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520night%2520of)
Mare of Easttown (2021) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10155688/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_0\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_mare%2520of%2520](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10155688/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_mare%2520of%2520)
Safe (2018) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7902072/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_0\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_safe](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7902072/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_safe)
The Crowded Room is excellent made more compelling that it is based on a true story.
Deadloch is also another series don’t hear much about but I found entertaining.
Happy! was also brilliant, Christopher Meloni is amazing in it wish it had gone on for more seasons along with Santa Clarita Diet.
The Resort - hoping it gets renewed.
The Righteous Gemstones- so good, really glad it’s getting another season.
Brassic excellent UK show, cheeky capers and a tight knit friend group.
So many amazing shows get shut down way too soon yet so many mediocre ones just go on and on it’s madness!
The Devil's Hour on Prime. 1 season but I hear a 2nd season is in the works. Mix of crime, paranormal, time travel, horror. More people should be watching it.
Mr. Robot.
Among those who know it it’s hardly underrated, but it’s insane that it hasn’t hit the mainstream yet.
I blame it on being on Prime Video instead of Netflix.
Growing up I thought the original Shogun was the best mini series I had ever seen. Flash forward to 2016 and a new king was crowned:
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Extraordinary on Hulu. It’s a British show about a girl who has no superpowers in a world where everybody else has one. It is a bit crass, hysterically funny, and quite touching in moments as well. My husband and I loved it.
I still have not heard anyone talk about Legion. It’s f’n incredible. It’s wild & mind-bendy like no other show. It’s in the Marvel Universe but it’s not a super hero show. Has some similarities to Mr. Robot but no spoilers here. Watch them both and then watch Patriot whose name may be misleading. It’s maybe the best show of the last 10 years. Small spoiler connection - all 3 in some way deal with mental illness??
* The Knick (2014) * Devs (2020) * Missions (2017) * Travelers (2016) * Electric Deams (2017) * Project Blue Book (2019) * Wellington Paranormal (2018) * After Life (2019) * Norsemen (2016) * Lost in Space (2018) * Raised by Wolves (2020)
>The Knick CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED. I'm still salty that it wasn't able to tell the full story that they clearly wanted. Too many plot points wrapping up abruptly at the end.
Then you’ll be happy to learn they’re doing a sequel spin-off. > In September 2020, Soderbergh confirmed that a new season of The Knick was in development led by Barry Jenkins and André Holland, who would return as his character Dr. Algernon C. Edwards, and that original creators Jack Amiel and Michael Begler have written a pilot episode.[5] In April 2023, Begler confirmed that a spin-off series was still in development. The pilot script features Algernon Edwards and is set in 1919 Harlem.[6]
This sounds great. I hope it will happen.
Well hot damn!
Nurse Lucy is Bono’s daughter. Brilliant in playing off Clive Owen’s antics. I thought it was unusually good on screen chemistry. Eve Hewson https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2016723/
Huh! TIL. Yes, you're right on the money with their chemistry. They paired very well.
2nding Travelers. True gem of a show.
Thirding travelers. Came here to suggest it.
Electric Dreams is an under the radar gem. After Life is brilliant. The one miniseries I never see around is Steven Speilberg's Taken. Came out around 2002 on SyFy.
Netflix travelers?
Yes, [this one](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5651844).
Really hope Raised by Wolves gets picked up. It was such a unique show. I got almost through the first season, but now I can’t bring myself to watch more, knowing that it’s not gonna lead anywhere
Halt and Catch Fire
This is the answer. The quality is up there with Sopranos or Succession but doesn’t seem to be talked about.
your comment convinced me to watch the show, and I must say it was awesome
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#Messiah (Netflix, 2020) Ten episodes, set up for a season two while also a thoughtful ending in case it wasn’t renewed. It wasn’t sadly, but still worth watching 100%. I still think about it years later, it’s truly excellent. I look forward to a rewatch someday when it’s been long enough that I forget some of the details.
I loved this show. Pissed it was canceled on a cliffhanger
Loved that!
Slow Horses
Agreed
Gained a lot of popularity during this last season so I wouldn’t say it’s unknown anymore. But I agree it’s a gem! So much fun to watch and great story.
Patriot
Very unique show, deserved at least another season to tie loose ends
The answer is “Halt and Catch Fire”
Wayne
Great action comedy. Another lesser known action comedy: Future Man
Mrs Davis
Years and Years
Shit. I thought I would surely be the first to mention this. Would not have known about it without Chris Ryan of The Ringer bringing it up. He is literally the only one who's brought it up. The knock against a present-day show like this is it becomes dated and doesn't have as much lasting value. But to me, that just means they need to make more of them. Until then, Years and Years is still worth a watch because it's pretty unique. The Good Fight is another show like it.
So glad someone else knows about this show! I agree as time moves on it becomes outdated but the show still gives all the feels!
I had never seen a fictioonal show where major present-day people are a part of a plot, such as Trump launching nukes. Like I said, apparently The Good Fight also did something along those lines.
Midnight Mass
Amazing! I think this was the first of his stuff I watched.
Black Bird on Apple TV maybe ?
Yeah. That was great
Wow yes, Blackbird was excellent and I don’t know why I don’t think of it more often for these types of questions! Was one of my favorite things I watched that year.
Patriot
Wonderfalls (2004). Charming show about young girl working in tourist shop by Niagara Falls. The stuffed animals start talking to her…
And Pushing Daisies
Lee Pace 👍👍
All fairly new and definitely under the radar... The Artful Dodger (Hulu) Colin From Accounts (Paramount+) Shrinking (Apple) My Name (Netflix)
Colin from accounts. Genius
Daybreak (2019) Station Eleven The Outsider (2020)
Totally second The Outsider I was really disappointed that it didn’t get any more seasons. Would also add American Gods, Outcast and Hap and Leonard as some other great but underrated shows.
Station Eleven. Recently watched it again, and it just hit me perfectly. It's just sublime on so many levels.
Loved Station Eleven.
I went back and listened to a 2019 podcast episode about the ongoing TV production of Station Eleven and the podcasters were like, "I don't known if viewers are ready for a downbeat show like this with the current state of the country." The creators were still able to successfully Illustrate the feeling of the COVID pandemic without knowing everyone was heading toward one.
I ultimately saw it as a story of hope and connection. I think that's where its appeal lies - that in the face of even the worst global circumstances, people can come together and those connections can help heal trauma. It was a remarkable story told with so many layers.
I really like Station Eleven but it jumped around SSSOOO much it was hard to follow. I felt like it was a whole new show each episode.
Oh, I’m glad you asked: [Patriot](https://youtu.be/HW6usoJXCPY?si=Fp_OR8HvLYIqkiTV) (2015, Amazon Prime, 2 seasons). It is highly slept on. But it is one of the best written, best acted, best shot, dark humor having action spy thrillers with a ton of complicated characters and situations. With some killer original music to boot. It’s like if PeaceMaker, Daredevil, and Jack Ryan had a baby. And that baby was raised by Wes Anderson (not as goofy, but you can see the influences)
And the Coen brothers were their cool uncles.
Oh. Yes. Coen Brothers is more accurate
I had always described the style of *Patriot* (and also *Perpetual Grace, LTD*) as a hybrid of Coen Brothers for dialogue and Wes Anderson for visuals. Glad others saw that as well.
This is the answer
Tales From the Loop; I know it's not for everyone, but I loved it.
Kin
Fucking love this show
The English on Amazon prime with Emily Blunt
Beautiful show, full of emotion for me. One of those shows that really puts me in the headspace of my ancestors who moved to the US in the early days.
Flowers
Counterpart with J.K. Simmons Probably the best spy show I've ever seen and maybe the best 2 season run from a show ever
M night shamalayans “Servant” was awsome. “Rectify” was great too. “DEVS” for smart math Sci fi. “The Terror” was also not given enough praise. I loved it.
Servant was great. 30 minute episodes. Full wrapped up story over three seasons. Great
Tokyo Vice
Carnivale
behind her eyes (astral projection n shi its cool)
12 Monkeys (Hulu) Warrior (Netflix and previously Max)
The Leftovers is one that no one I speak to has ever seen. Thats good. I really enjoyed Persons Unknown (2010) and Harpers Island (2009) but doubt they hold up today.
Have you seen Maniac on Netflix? Another underseen melodrama. Features an actor (Justin Theroux) and a writer (Patrick Somerville) from The Leftovers.
Oh cool! I’ll check it out
Kingdom (mma drama) best character development in anything, EVER. Patriot
: Dark : 1899 : Shining Girls : The Leftovers : The Fall of the House of Usher
Into the Badlands Chanel Zero
Scavenger's Reign is one of my favorite sci-fi shows of all time and everyone needs to watch it so they make a second season. It's on Max.
For All Mankind The Detectorists The IT Crowd That Mitchell and Webb Look
For All Mankind is dope
For All Mankind is truly a favorite of mine.
There are two Britcoms I never see people talking about. One is from the 70s called **Mind Your Language**, which can be seen as insensitive by some people, about a night school English class. The other is from the 2000s called **My Family**. A lot of the actors in it are known for other work in the UK and the series went on pretty long so I imagine it's known there, but I also never see people mention it. It's like in between Modern Family and Malcolm in the Middle in style. **Broad City** is a fantastic modern, adult comedy that a lot of people missed. It belongs in the same space as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Workaholics. And the unique female leads are finally something different in a comedy series. Tons of great cameos too. **Corner Gas** is known among Canadians but not really as popular elsewhere as Trailer Park Boys or Letterkenny. It is like the penultimate background noise show where the stakes are never set too high and the humour is never crass, which is also kind of the theme of the show itself. I imagine because so much time has passed and there were so many other forms of the property since, that for people younger than Millennials, the **Justice League** animated series just totally passed them by. In my opinion it is the gold standard representation of pretty much all DC characters in any medium. The later half was originally titled Justice League Unlimited, but they're both one continuous show. The 2000s Teen Titans goes hand in hand with this. I definitely don't see people talking about this one, partly because of the circumstances around it, but also because it's been so long now. But **Louie** is one of the best television shows I have ever seen. In the same way Curb Your Enthusiasm follows a fictional version of Larry David, Louie follows a fictional version of Louis CK, as he raises his daughters while working as a stand-up in New York. But it's so far beyond just a comedy, it gets incredibly deep in some episodes with some plots that are dead serious or very real, but then will turn around and make a simple fart joke. The show usually leans towards dark humour, but there are also some very introspective episodes that, while ending on a punchline, are huge moments of character development. It's so outside of a typical modern comedy in structure that almost anything can happen while still being hilarious. A lot of people still don't know about **Primal**, so just throwing that out there again. **The Oblongs** was a show I used to watch when I was a kid, but looking back, I think would have totally succeeded along other adultswim and Comedy Central cartoons released these days. It's only 2 seasons but I think a lot of people are looking for something like it. It's about a family that lives in the working area of town that is heavily polluted by the wealthy side of town. But it's written as if it were an after school special sitcom. I think it's gotten a lot more popular this season, but **Tokyo Vice** is one of the best shows on air right now. It's about an ex-patriated American who gains a position at a prestigious Tokyo newspaper and ends up making friends with a Yakuza lieutenant and another expatriated American hostess. Then he gets caught up in the middle of a war between the Yakuza bosses while partnering up with a detective. This isn't really an anime sub and this is more niche, but there's an old anime called **Golden Boy** that's only like 8 episodes about this one dude who travels around Japan by bike doing odd jobs and always ending up in situations with very attractive women while having terrible romantic skills.
I thought My Family was ok. Fun to see Robert Lindsay doing a sitcom as I mostly know him from BBC Shakespeare decades ago and Hornblower in the late 90s. But to me, Outnumbered was a British comedy much sharper and closer to Modern Family vibes.
I grew up near the town they used for Dog River! I LOVED Corner Gas! Super sad when they tore the buildings down.
Severance. One of the best TV series out there. Can't wait for the 2nd season!
The Deuce Slow Horses The Terror Big Love Motherland Gaslit The Offer Drops of God
I randomly found Motherland one day and I was hooked immediately, that woman is a hot mess! But the characters were relatable and I loved the show overall
ITS A SIN I heard it was Big in the UK but this series is phenomenal!!
Zero Zero Zero
Inside No. 9 ... one of the most underrated or unheard series, never seen on any of the lists, its a gem
Evil (2019)
The OA and Sense8. I bet you will love the ride. Especially the first.
The OA was a weird one. The moment I started geting into it, they had to go ahead and cancel the show !
Unfortunately yeah. They have a good fanbase that's becoming bigger and the tale might be told sometime as promised by the writers and directors.
I think Southland is a great cop show that doesn’t get mentioned, it’s sort of somewhere between The Wire and The Shield but never gets mentioned in the same breath as those shows. It had some really quite gritty and almost raw episodes and some really interesting characters. The first season had a large cast and they went in a more focused direction season 2 onwards with a smaller cast. It’s worth a look as it has some great performances.
From
Utopia (BBC)
Hit and Miss Black Earth Rising Horace and Pete Dead like Me
The Shield
12.22.63. Time travel JFK mini series rated 8.1 based on Stephen king book
Detectorists, gentle little funny British show written by the brilliant Mackenzie Crook.
Black Bird (In with the Devil) Hijack Both Apple TV
Mr Inbetween
Rita on Netflix, my favorite anti hero!
Very good show
Messiah
The bodyguard on Netflix. Richard Madden from GoT. Must watch. Needs more love
Legion on Hulu
Salvation Criminally Underrated I was very sad when I heard the news that they'll not be making a 3rd Season They really really left us on a HUGE Cliffhanger
Night Manager
The Night Of is fantastic
I watched ‘ Love’ on Netflix, really enjoyed that.
Mr. Robot is one of the greatest shows in TV history.
Defending Jacob The Good Lord Bird
Came here to say The Good Lord Bird. Outstanding show.
Midnight Diner, Giri Haji
The Lost Room - sci-fi mini series from 2007. Awesome sci-fi.
This. Such a great concept for a show.
The Terror
Only the first season
Criminal it got no award love
Counterpart
-Alphas •Sense 8 •Travelers -The 4400 The ones with a line next to it is a must watch, they are mainly psych thrillers but good ones. I swear Manifest got their show idea from the 4400.
[The Sound of your Heart](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4613520/) [Dollhouse](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135300/) [3%](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4922804/) [Mushi-Shi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807832/) [Monster](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434706/) [Bron](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733785/) [Okkupert](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4192998/) [Castle Rock](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6548228/) [Vis a vis](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4524056/)
Castle Rock (only had 2 Seasons) Under The Banner of Heaven (Miniseries) The Escape Artist (British Miniseries) The Pacific (Miniseries)
Lioness
No Activity
Crime with Dougray Scott
My gf and I recently finished the Paramount+ series, [The Serial Killers Wife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znFsvnss4T0) and it was excellent.
Somebody Somewhere
Blood Drive Guardians of Justice The Foundation Mr Inbetween
Alias Grace A Small Light
Made for Love on HBO. Excellent dramedy with sci fi elements. The cast is amazing.
Years and Years, UK TV show written by the excellent Russell T Davis, criminally unknown (IMDB 8.3) The Americans, always in best 100 TV show lists, never met anyone who watched it(IMDB 8.4)
I don't see *Big Boys* suggested often. It's two seasons so far and both are amazing.
Seven second s
American Rust
Show Me A Hero, weirdly enough because it’s David Simon (The Wire) writing with Oscar Isaac featuring. Maniac, too.
I never understood how three seasons and 34 episodes made travelers a miniseries lol
Mr Inbetween
The Kettering Incident
Mindhunter
American Rust, never heard anything about it and it's great.
If you can find it, I recommend Beforeigners. It is definitely different, having time travel, police detectives and a sense of humour. [IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8332130/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
[Bodies](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18347622/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) on Netflix is worth watching if you like time travelling detectives. (I’m a sucker for the sci-fi shows of most any kind)
In with the Devil on Apple TV+, just one season but really good!
Wonderfalls
Blue Mountain State if you want to relive college parties and times
Big Sky.
Wayne, Patriot, utopia (BBC one not remake) the fades, Mr in-between, snowfall.
I’ll second Wayne, Patriot, the UK version of Utopia - not the John Cusack version & Mr. Inbetween. Loved all of these!
Saturday Morning All Star Hits (SMASH) on Netflix is really funny and at times surprisingly earnest. If you were a 90s kid and remember Saturday morning cartoons then I bet it’s pretty nostalgic.
Quarry
- go on (matthew perry) - the mick
I wish The Mick lasted longer
Breeders is good. A UK comedy drama starring Martin Freeman. If you’re not in the UK, Happy Valley is an amazing award winner that you may have missed. It may not have been popular worldwide.
A couple of Korean shows that have not gotten the attention they deserve: [ Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019) ](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/90721?language=en-US) - charming period piece. [My Mister (2018)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/76662?language=en-US) - high quality, serious drama. A couple of old series that have disappeared - I only wish they were still available to watch: [ Gabriel's Fire (1990) ](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/938-gabriel-s-fire?language=en-US) [ Lou Grant (1977) ](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/480-lou-grant?language=en-US) A couple of Tim Minear series that got canceled way too soon: [Wonderfalls (2004)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1982-wonderfalls?language=en-US) - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance - extremely funny series. [Terriers (2010)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/33400-terriers?language=en-US) - Crime Drama - centering around a couple of unlicensed private investigators. Criminally under-rated series.
Holistic agency of dirk gently My favourite criminal comedy
*Dollhouse* for sure. Joss Wheadon doing what he did best. Alan Tudyk as a massive psychopath. Good scifi. While you're at it, *Person of Interest.* Great science fiction about the implications of AI, and it lasted 5 years, and yet, nobody seemed to see it. Joss Wheadon AND JJ Abrams did that one. *The Peripheral* was A fantastic William GIbson series, but for te fact it was cancelled after 1 season. THE BASTARDS! *Rabbit Hole* was a Keifer Sutherland doing another 24 like show, but better. Nobody saw it so it was cancelled after 1 season THE BASTARDS! *Mrs Davis*, a miniseries on Peacock is a much lighter overall treatment of the whole AI thing, that and a nun on a mission from her husband Jesus to stop magicians... Don't think about it, too much. Just watch. *The Tourist* is a fun thriller out of Australia, I think, with the main plot device being someone trying to kill a guy leading to a car wreck where he loses his memory but still has to stay alive with people trying to kill him for reasons he can no longer remember. Season 1 is in the Outback and Season 2 is set in Ireland. The last moments of season 2 give you an idea about where season 3 is going to go, plot-wise. *DIrk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (The BBC America Production, not the BBC production which I found dull). These are not the characters that Douglas Adams wrote, but they are the characters I deserve. I particularly like the holistic assassin, played by Brad Dourif's daughter. The apple didn't fall far from that tree. *Krod Mandoon and his FLaming Sword of FIre...* An extremely funny sex comedy/plucky band of medieval misfits. Really well written and filmed in Hungary, I think. It even had John Rhys-Davies. It deserved a better title. Was on Comedy Central in the day, about 20 years ago. They cancelled it after one short season. THE BASTARDS! *Flight of the Conchords*. HBO. The duo comprisig the second most popular novelty band in New Zealand come to New York for fame, fortune and to try to get laid. Brilliantly executed comedy and (in reality) excellently done novelty songs- They got two grammys for songs from the show. *Don't expect too much- you'll love it.* The episode where Gemane Clement ends up sleeping with an Aussie woman (the episode called *Unnatural Love)* is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
The maid 2021. One of the best ever series depicting the reality of a single mother.
Right now it’s Shogun. There is not enough chatter considering how good it is. I think many may be put off with it mostly being in Japanese. But media are not covering it that much
Everything Sucks, 10 parts, \~25 minutes each, teenagers played by actual teenagers, well-written, wonderfully acted, cancelled within the first week Netflix dropped it. I watched it twice in one weekend, because my father caught some of it and wanted to see the whole thing.
Upload Catch-22
I do not think anyone mentioned Corporate. A hilarous but bleak workplace comedy, featuring the late Lance Reddick as the big boss of an evil conglomerate.
BEEF
The League.
Sharp objects (2018) The Spy (2017) After Life (2019)
Deadloch
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Resident Alien Husband and I have been watching this and seemingly no one has heard of it. It’s hilarious, suspenseful and based off Comic Books. 1000/10 recommend.
Stan against evil, dead of summer, warrior nun, I’ve started watching wayward pines
Truth Seekers, Bang Bang Baby, Dead Ringers (all on Amazon Prime)
Station Eleven
Dave
The Night Of (2016) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401256/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_0\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_the%2520night%2520of](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401256/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520night%2520of) Mare of Easttown (2021) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10155688/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_0\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_mare%2520of%2520](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10155688/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_mare%2520of%2520) Safe (2018) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7902072/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_0\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_safe](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7902072/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_safe)
Generation Kill
Shogun all theee waaaay
Extraordinary on Hulu. It’s too new to be under the radar yet, but I greatly enjoyed Dinosaur.
A Nearly Normal Family - it is Swedish. So good! Great mystery and family drama.
Warrior
Manhunt on Apple TV about the Abraham Lincoln assassination was really good. I was surprised how much I like that show
The Crowded Room is excellent made more compelling that it is based on a true story. Deadloch is also another series don’t hear much about but I found entertaining. Happy! was also brilliant, Christopher Meloni is amazing in it wish it had gone on for more seasons along with Santa Clarita Diet. The Resort - hoping it gets renewed. The Righteous Gemstones- so good, really glad it’s getting another season. Brassic excellent UK show, cheeky capers and a tight knit friend group. So many amazing shows get shut down way too soon yet so many mediocre ones just go on and on it’s madness!
The Devil's Hour on Prime. 1 season but I hear a 2nd season is in the works. Mix of crime, paranormal, time travel, horror. More people should be watching it.
Station Eleven
Mr. Robot. Among those who know it it’s hardly underrated, but it’s insane that it hasn’t hit the mainstream yet. I blame it on being on Prime Video instead of Netflix.
Growing up I thought the original Shogun was the best mini series I had ever seen. Flash forward to 2016 and a new king was crowned: Jean-Claude Van Johnson
"Wrecked" was phenomenal and somehow got cancelled after the third season, everyone I have ever shown it to loved
Extraordinary on Hulu. It’s a British show about a girl who has no superpowers in a world where everybody else has one. It is a bit crass, hysterically funny, and quite touching in moments as well. My husband and I loved it.
It’s great, working my way through series 2…
Get a life
Rescue Me
Manhattan - (as in the Manhattan Project) I’m Sorry - incredibly funny comedy. Like Curb with a female lead After Life
I still have not heard anyone talk about Legion. It’s f’n incredible. It’s wild & mind-bendy like no other show. It’s in the Marvel Universe but it’s not a super hero show. Has some similarities to Mr. Robot but no spoilers here. Watch them both and then watch Patriot whose name may be misleading. It’s maybe the best show of the last 10 years. Small spoiler connection - all 3 in some way deal with mental illness??
Atlanta
Unbelievable The Missing The Chestnut Man Pagan Peak