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Most underrated and overrated TV in your opinion

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PawneeParksDept · 11/12/2018 18:27

I'm talking about good TV not shows everyone realises are a bit cack

OVERRATED

This Is Us - everyone shits on about this like it's the most amazing new show in years

It's not as good as Brothers And Sisters was and not as good as Parenthood both similarly themed

UNDERRATED

I never hear anyone talk about Fargo ever and the second series was AMAZING I've just seen it

Parks And Rec

Never seemed to get any acclaim over here but so good and so funny.

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morningconstitutional2017 · 13/12/2018 13:54

I loved Early Doors and Inside No 9, hope they're repeated sometime soon.

CheddarIsNotTheOnlyCheese · 13/12/2018 14:24

I started watching Making of a Murderer. Everyone was saying how gripping it was. It got to a part where it's revealed that he abused and killed animals (threw a cat on a bonfire if memory serves me). Couldn't give a flying fuck what happened to him after that.

MissionItsPossible · 13/12/2018 15:32

Totally agree. I loved the first 4 seasons. Love Jessica Lange but after then it went down hill. I wondered if there were different writers because they were so rubbish compared to the others.

I hated the 4th series and gave up halfway through when it had a 2 week break. The 5th was just appalling and I didn’t make it past the first episode. Loved 6 and 7 and 8 was just decent

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TellItLikeItReallyIs · 13/12/2018 15:32

SCANDAL - SERIES 1 -3

Hugely underated in the UK I think. Less so in the states.

This was absolutely ground breaking stuff not least because it featured as the lead character a high achieving, powerful woman.

  • black woman.

  • a black woman who was in a relationship with a white man.

I know that may not sound like a big deal - but in USA tv series land, it really was.

KaliforniaDreamz · 13/12/2018 16:24

Boardwalk Empire is sublime!!!!

Overrated
Peaky Blinders - THE ACCENTS ARE ABYSMAL SORT IT OUT.

Underrated
Stella

loved Killing Eve and Mad Men so i would say they lived up to the hype.

Eenymeeny123 · 13/12/2018 16:27

Overrated the walking dead, come on now it is just miserable. Also dancing with the stars and I have up on breaking bad.
Underrated i really enjoyed the series the series the exorcist and penny dreadful.

EverybodyLovesRaymond · 13/12/2018 16:32

I hated the 4th series and gave up halfway through when it had a 2 week break.

I loved The Freak Show.

Agree, Breaking Bad went on far too long.

Loved Early Doors.

abacucat · 13/12/2018 16:49

The Walking Dead was brilliant at the beginning, but it then morphed into much of a muchness. Should have been 1 series at most.

Eenymeeny123 · 13/12/2018 17:05

I agree, I loved the first series even the second but how they dragged it out for this long!!!! And then have a discussion show about the episode afterwards!!

EffOrf · 13/12/2018 17:16

Overrated. The Walking Dead, Peaky Blinders

Underrated. Blindspot, The Americans, Fringe

motherone · 13/12/2018 17:17

Overrated

Breaking bad
Better call Saul
I'm a celebrity get me outta here

Underrated

The Tudor's
Gilmore girls
My crazy ex girlfriend
Miranda

springydaff · 13/12/2018 17:45

Looking forward to The Good Place...

(don't remember Moonlighting, sorry - was that Cybil somebody?)

( Did NOBODY see Hung??)

springydaff · 13/12/2018 17:49

labours point

augustusglupe · 13/12/2018 20:07

Tulips My first thought was Roger & Val...I only saw a few of the second series and still have them on planner. I love it, very clever!!

PaPica · 13/12/2018 20:27

Most underrated:

Agree with Fargo. Season 1 was 8 or 9/10 television, season 2 was 10/10. One of the best seasons of any show ever made.

I just finished Maniac and loved it, but it hasn't received much attention.

Finally, The Americans. Received major critical acclaim but not many people have actually watched it (maybe because it was made by a "smaller" network). It is seriously worth it. Starts out pretty good and just gets better with every season. I can't recommend it enough.

Graphista · 13/12/2018 20:54

Overrated:

Luther (and idris Elba for that matter) utter shite!

PLL - dd adored this and we usually have fairly similar tastes. I cannot get into it at all!

Orange is the new black - admittedly I don't like films/shows where the premise is sympathy for drug dealers (it's why I won't watch breaking bad either - sounds like I didn't miss much despite people in real life saying I was missing out and to "give it a chance"), but again dd loved so I gave it a go - hated it!

HIMYM - like it well enough but it's so clearly a rip off of friends but not done as well.

TBBT - loved the earlier seasons but later seasons kinda boring.

"Harrow with Ioan Gruuffuud as a pathologist in Australia." Yes started off well but got silly

Mrs

Underrated:

Lie to me - I loved this show thought the premise was fascinating and loved the characters too. So bummed that not only was it cancelled but the "owners" won't even let anyone else make/show it! What's that about? Totally miffed it's no longer on Netflix.

Gilmore girls - it's an almost perfect study of toxic families (and not just the gilmores) and I can very much relate to the Lp with one dd dynamic as that's me and dd (without the private education and chichi bed & breakfast - I wish!)

White collar - just strikes the right balance of comedy & drama for me with likeable characters and Matt Bomer is stunning

How to get away with murder - doesn't seem to get the kudos here it has in the states. Fantastic show and I'm beyond ecstatic there's a new season on Netflix!

Golden girls - there were some amazing episodes regarding things like HIV, women's rights etc that were WAY ahead of their time.

Quantum leap I adored - I agree the people I've discussed with in real life have only seen one or 2 episodes. The episodes regarding als own history are just heartbreaking, and I loved the trilogy episodes were wonderfully intricate. So frustrating there's nowhere to watch it online, I don't have a DVD player these days and I'm not getting one just for that!

In plain sight - the American one about witness protection, loved that show.

"but I think Joey (Friends spin off) and Rules of Engagement were quite underrated" agree. I don't think Joey got the support and promotion it deserved.

"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was fantastic" yes - also didn't get the support it deserved.

Fringe - I was loving this then it was whipped off Netflix!

Disagree:

Sorry but I love this is us and think it's better than brothers & sisters where the characters were a bit too "perfect" and didn't have real problems. It's also a pretty excellent study of family dysfunction this time though it's a family that's very much in denial of its dysfunction.

Friends??? No I love friends always will even with its (few) faults.

Ghost whisperer - got quite repetitive. Medium I preferred but sadly have been unable to see all series.

Interested:

Where is the comeback available in uk? Sounds good.

The Americans. - I was really enjoying it then it got whipped off free tv now it seems to be back at stupid times and several seasons ahead!

Scandal - again was loving then it disappeared to pay tv

TaliZorahVasNormandy · 13/12/2018 21:00

Underrated:

Waking the Dead (With Trevor Eve)
Whitechapel
Will and Grace
Fortitude (First season anyway)
The chilling adventures of Sabrina
Person of Interest

There's also a lot of foreign series on All 4 that are really good. Especially Killer by the lake.

Overrated:
Game of thrones
Breaking Bad
The big bang theory
How I met your mother
Orange is the new black
Scandal

Graphista · 13/12/2018 22:28

"Waking the Dead (With Trevor Eve)" I'm rewatching these at the moment. I suffer from anxiety and generally need to be doing at least 2 things at once but you have to watch these properly or you'll not know what's going on. Totally absorbing. I've just watched mels death 😪

"Person of Interest" I've seen up to penultimate season, tad silly towards end but generally I agree. No idea how/if I'm gonna see final season ever! I loved the longer story arcs.

PaPica · 14/12/2018 00:13

Oh, I thought of another underrated show that not many people have seen! Rectify. If you're looking for a new show to watch, google it. It's very good.

delboysskinandblister · 14/12/2018 00:34

Underrated

The Mimic Xmas Grin

Youmatter · 14/12/2018 01:54

Underrated - contagion

Overrated - breaking bad

runningoutofnameideas · 14/12/2018 03:00

Underrated: Some Girls.

So funny.

BBC had all 3 series on the website as a "box set" not long ago.

KaliforniaDreamz · 14/12/2018 11:52

More Underrated

Offspring. Wonderful show. Very moving at times (and passes Bechdale test)
and another Aussie show - The Letdown

KaliforniaDreamz · 14/12/2018 11:56

Some say the Sopranos is the best show of all time.
For me it's Mad Men

What do you all think?

PaPica · 14/12/2018 12:25

Mad Men is in my overrated list. It was so slow and repetitive. Can't believe it kept going for as many seasons as it did, tbh. The whole Don Draper arc could have been done and dusted in two, three seasons at most.

Sopranos is in my all time top 5 tv shows though.

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