Suggest me an intelligent TV show... please

[Chicky]

The Mitchell and Webb Look

This man knows best.

[Timosity]

The last decade of TV from any country has been pretty poor

There have been a few shows I've liked, but you really have to sift through the crap.

I would argue (in fact, I have argued) that on the contrary, this decade has been the best time for quality television probably ever. And I think that's mostly about cable channels like HBO getting in the game

Possibly a good point, and maybe a reason why I feel tv is crap, cause a lot of shows have moved over to cable. I'm not paying for tv. After not watching it a lot, I'm really glad I'm no longer addicted to it. It actually feels pretty good, I don't have to hang all week to see the next episode of whatever.

I looked thru that post you made, and I have seen some of the shows you mentioned, I saw the 1st season or so of sopranos but lost interest and never got back into it.

Someone mentioned Deadwood to me a few of years ago, it was only on pay tv over here, so I downloaded all seasons and watched it all, was disappointed it didn't continue.

One of my friends raves about Dexter, and i'll probably borrow the dvd's off him one day.

There's not many free to air channels in Australia, and they just play the big commercial crap.

A few of the alternative type shows get played late at night

I was more into sitcoms, and since Seinfeld, it has never really recovered, the first sign was when Raymond took over as the next big one. No other countries really make many sitcoms, or at least successful ones in recent times. The UK version of The office was good, not so much the US version. I really liked the UK version of Coupling, they also made a US version of it, but it didn't translate too well, didn't really work at all.

I'm more happy to be out of the tv addiction, and plan on getting out and doing more exercise, see what's really happening out there, not living on other peoples fantasies. just stick to a couple of shows and not be disappointed if i happen to miss them.

[rharpe]

Not sure what you mean by "intelligent"...

Everyone Loves Ramond
Kim Possible (animated series)

I am married with a family so the above work for me.  

[LGM]

I cannot stress this enough: BREAKING BAD

Two seasons of sheer awesome. Seriously. I find it even better than HOUSE, M.D.

Also, I hear MAD MEN is pretty good.

[LUniqueDan]

He's alive!

Two seasons of sheer awesome. Seriously. I find it even better than HOUSE, M.D.

Holy sh**

Better? Going to watch it right now.

[Stupot]

Fringe has 'meh' moments but I still want more.

Agreed... I stuck with the whole season, but despite being slightly disappointed nearly every week something kept drawing me back.. and the ending of the season was enough to ensure I'll definitely keep watching.

[Wesray]

Six Feet Under and Rome were great most of the time. Both shows are highly recommended!

For guilty pleasure, I recently watched Supernatural seasons 1 - 4. Once you get past the initial monster-of-the-week episodes it's actually quite a fun ride. Not necessarily intelligent, but currently among the best genre shows.