Starting final season of "Battlestar Gallactic" led to conversation with fellow BSG fan, AC, about our favorite TV series. We traded some suggestions; here's my tentative list of the best TV series in recent years (that I've seen - and I'm probably leaving something off...):
The Wire. Let's just acknowledge this as the gold standards for the possibilities of episodic TV.
The Sopranos. And yet - everyone forgets how great this was now that everyone talks about The Wire. The Sopranos is totally different material but broke every possible boundary and set the initial standard.
Friday Night Lights. The most likable series ever on TV.
Battlestar Gallactica. Yes it's cheesy, corny, too much video-game stuff - but what a great, well-designed, complex story.
Mad Men. There's no one you like on the show. And you can't stop watching it.
The Staircase. This may not belong on the list, in that it's a documentary series, about a murder trial, but it is so full of drama and surprise - you can't not watch this.
The Office (British version). Hysterical. So dry.
Sleeper Cell. Very compelling and scary and very contemporary. One of the few to air on consecutive nights. Domestic terrorists.
Slings & Arrows. Grows on you. Very funny series about Canadian Shakespeare troupe - anyone who's been around theater will no how true this is.
Huff (Season 1): one of the best family dramas, had a lot of potential but could not carry through beyond season 1, unfortunately.
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