“30 Rock” – 6 seasons, 123 episodes, 45 hours
NBC features shows like “American Idol”, “Saturday Night Live” and “The Office”. But this glorious show was cancelled only to have garbage shows like “1600 Penn” receive air time. Take a look into a spoof show of NBC’s that is always overshadowed by its sister programs. Check out cast members Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan that have attracted guests like Jason Sudeikis, Jon Hamm, Steve Martin, and Oprah Winfrey. Words cannot even describe the glory, hilarity, jokes, quotable lines and under appreciated talent that lie within this show just waiting for you to watch it.
“Arrested Development” – 3 seasons, 53 episodes, 19 hours
This is genuinely the greatest television show ever made. The sad thing is, it never quite found its niche. It has sugar, spice and everything nice: comedy, mistrust within a dysfunctional family and a cast full of stars like Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi and the Ron Howard. The show about a family’s bankrupt contracting company in California that built their fortunes from a Marina Del Rey frozen banana stand. It’s quirky. It’s hilarious. And most importantly, it’s addicting.
“Freaks and Geeks” – 1 season, 18 episodes, 13 hours
If you’ve ever heard Childish Gambino’s most famous song “Freaks and Geeks”, you are already somewhat familiar with this show. This classic high school depiction- on which many other cliches about high school are built- features a star-studded cast led by megaproducer Judd Apatow. This show is worth watching for its cast alone- a cast that features Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel, Martin Starr and John Francis Daley. Despite only having one season, this cult classic has been critically recognized as one of the “100 Greatest Shows of All Time” by a 2007 Time magazine list.
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The League“* – 3 seasons, 32 episodes, 12 hoursThis improvised show is a perfect compilation of sports, comedy and nutty fandom. Starring
Nick Kroll and
Jon Lajoie, the YouTube personality who is an “Everyday Normal Guy”, “The League” puts nerdiness, fantasy league competitiveness and the NFL in one glorious made-for-TV package. Watch this to see a group of adults that always seems to go a little too far just to pick the right starters for Thursday Night Football. In other words, this show is a grown up version of “Blue Mountain State”.
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Doctor Who” – 6 seasons, 119 episodes, 89 hoursDon’t start screaming and ripping up this paper just because you may have heard of this show, or because you’re obsessed with the TARDIS. Calm down. For those of you who aren’t Anglophiles, here’s a brief description of what you’re missing out on: an alien Time Lord, the last of his kind, named the Doctor travels through time and space in his blue police box defeating Daleks and saving humans. Britain’s most popular science fiction show sounds confusing, so you’ll just have to take my word and go watch.
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Skins“* – 6 seasons, 55 episodes, 44 hoursDon’t immediately shun this show because you remember MTV’s short-lived, controversial and awful Americanized version. This is British, therefore it is immediately superior. If you like high school drama’s filled with pregnancy, tears and living youthfully, are a fan of “Degrassi”, “Glee” or “Awkward”, then this is the more awesome version of those shows. The cast is replaced every two seasons, so the story lines and character development always stay fresh, not mention this show has killer music.
More shows:
Comedy– “Portlandia”, “Little Britain”
Sports– “Blue Mountain State”*, “Friday Night Lights”
Drama– “Weeds”*, “Breaking Bad”
Science fiction– “The Walking Dead”, “Twin Peaks”
*This show is rated TV-MA and is not appropriate for all audiences
