One of you fine gentlemen recently posted about rewatching Sopranos and Deadwood over and over, and as someone who for reasons I cannot recall missed out on both of these shows thought that that is a pretty good recommendation to at least check them out. I recall also seeing recommendations for the likes of The Wire and Entourage, which are again shows that I have never checked out for some reason.
Aside from hopefully getting some good content to watch there might be others in the same shoes, so here is your chance to spread the love. If you include a sentence or two about why you recommend a certain show that is very much appreciated.
I like Colombo. The character is still somewhat in the zeitgeist. People still do the "one more thing bit." Still it's a detective show told through the villain's perspective.
In a similar vein Murder, She Wrote is good. I like the show but there are proto-woke elements in it. I'd say it has strong feminist and liberal sensibilities in it. Still it's a cozy little who done it, and Jessica Fletcher is an enjoyable character.
Someone mentioned Father Ted, I'll add "Keeping Up Appearances" for the BBC tally. Also if you enjoy Simon Pegg, "Spaced" is a nerdy little British sitcom before Pegg did "Shaun of the Dead."
As far as American sitcoms Barney Miller is probably underrated. The Republican on the show is the black guy. It takes place in a Manhattan police station so there's a glut of diversity, including faggots, be warned.
And I'll always say Frasier is my favorite sitcom, so I always recommend it.
My mother used to watch Murder, She Wrote with me when I was a kid. We had a little meme we shared while watching, which is that old granny Jessica Fletcher is a serial killer, and we tried to "whodunnit" the mystery show into showing that Fletcher killed the murder victim of the week, AND planted evidence to accuse/frame another person.
Surprisingly, there were very few weeks we couldn't logic out a hollywood-logic-level line to her actually being the villain. It brought great laughs to both of us.
It actually makes sense since she's always around murder. How else could she statistically be around so much murder?
My family calls her the Angel of Death and if you are a family or friend you'll be accused of murder.
Welp, that seals the deal for me. Bitch is guilty af.
I love Colombo and Murder She Wrote. Colombo is like a “reverse who done it”. Also I’ve heard it described as a who catch-em
Spaced is great. They did a great job wrapping the series up.
Peep Show is another good British comedy. The name comes from the initial idea that all shots would be from the point of view of one of the characters but that drops off as the series progresses.
Thank you for all the recommendations. Colombo got a surprising amount of mentions, I recall watching some of it, so I will give it an episode or two of a try.