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The Wire is awesome, British TV less so

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TheFuriousWombat:
I just got into The Wire. A bit into season two, it kinda reminds me of what Law and Order would be like if Law and Order was seriously brilliant and full of awesome characters and really well written. Deadwood was also incredible. The day it was canceled was a tragic day for television.

DanteShepherd:
When my wife and I were on our honeymoon, she had trouble sleeping and we ended up watching bad British TV in the wee hours of the morning.  Some shows were good and entertaining - Hotel Babylon and Cold Feet (although since all the titles were in Finnish, it was hard to figure out what they were called) - but some were, like you're saying, just awful.  One had hairdressers fighting ninjas in the streets.  If anyone could tell me what was going on there, I'd really be astounded.  It made no sense at all.

the Goat:
Cold Feet does have very good writing. Of course, the only reason I know this is because my girlfriend has been obsessed with the show since it appeared on Bravo some years ago.

Also, I can't forget about Black Books, which, though sadly over, had a great three seasons. Also, Russell Brand's Ponderland is some of the best TV out there now, anywhere.

TheFuriousWombat:
Not a whole lot on TV right now is good. Ever since the great HBO series ended (Sopranos, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, The Wire and even Rome) there just hasn't been much of anything worth watching. Lost is still pretty excellent and I have high hopes for the final two seasons, Generation Kill is apparently a rather good mini-series and that new vampire show on HBO sounds potentially cool. As far as I can tell, that's kind of it. Is there anything on right now that even approaches the excellence of those now defunct series?

KvP:
Mad Men out on the AMC.

I also like the Shield, but it's sort of pulpy and at this point Vic Mackey has squeaked through so many incredibly difficult situations it's sort of becoming routine and I don't know how they're going to end the series right.

I don't get to watch much brit TV, but what I do get to watch are brit mystery / Inspector series. What I generally like to do is pick out a character who's brought in early in the story to help the Inspector in some way and say "that's the guy who done it!". I'm nine for eleven so far (never forget) Come on Inspector Lynley, don't be so thick. Or at least don't inhabit a world that's so obvious.

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