They do have some winners from time to time. I started watching one that I thought was hilarious, but they ended up cancelling it. The main guy was the creator of the show and I thought he was a brilliant writer because the show was intelligent and really funny.
How not to live your life.
A really good show is Luther with Idris Elba as a detective in England who teams up with a sociopathic woman who helps him solve crimes.
"Anything with Walton Goggins in it has to be good."
Well I was wrong. Watched this stinker of a movie called 'Cowboys & Aliens' with Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, and the above mentioned Walton Goggins. It's really bad.
I managed to catch 3 seasons of How Not to Live Your Life -- funny as crap.
Another show from the UK that I really love is the original "Life On Mars" -- ABC tried to do an American version of it. It's a cop show, with a mind-bending twist: a Manchester cop from 2006 gets struck by a car and wakes up in 1973. This trailer doesn't really do the show justice:
Actually had to do some digging to find all 3 seasons of Ashes to Ashes -- on Hulu Plus of all places. Agreed that Life on Mars was better, but I really dug the ending for A2A. Plus, 3 more seasons of DCI Gene Hunt -- after Walter White, my favorite TV character to come along in the last 10 years: (Gene at the dating agency) "I'm looking for love....ya got any?"Don't know if you're aware, but if you're interested, the BBC did a sequel of sorts to Life on Mars; Ashes to ashes (Staying on the Bowie theme ) It wasn't quite as good as the original but was still good.
My personal favourite is “You great… soft… sissy… girlie… nancy… French… bender… Man United supporting POOF!”. He's a character for the ages, is Hunt.Actually had to do some digging to find all 3 seasons of Ashes to Ashes -- on Hulu Plus of all places. Agreed that Life on Mars was better, but I really dug the ending for A2A. Plus, 3 more seasons of DCI Gene Hunt -- after Walter White, my favorite TV character to come along in the last 10 years: (Gene at the dating agency) "I'm looking for love....ya got any?"
My personal favourite is “You great… soft… sissy… girlie… nancy… French… bender… Man United supporting POOF!”. He's a character for the ages, is Hunt.
Fawlty Towers was great! Dr. Who fan!Don't know if you guys in the States ever got a British comedy called "Absolutely" but it was an under-rated gem.