My younger brother watches all kinds of stuff so I've managed to catch bits of everything. I don't fancy arguing with anyone I just want to get all my opinions out there.
The Big Bang Theory, the Mindy Project and ones like that are all the same. They have the same brightly coloured, hipster film sets, the same shallow characters and same story-lines that have been continuously re-marketed for the last decade.
I can't deal with the shows centred around families like 'Modern Family' that are just regurgitations of Malcom in the Middle. I've seen this part where all the kids and family members are being loud and naughty and making all this mess all over the house and the mum comes indoors, looks around and just says "I'm going into the family room". I'm not sure if this is supposed to be funny but it's just too obvious for me.
All new Simpsons episodes since season 8 have been no good either. I know characters evolve but what exactly has Lisa become? She used to be an intelligent and vegetarian little girl. Instead she's now an anti-establishment liberal who can still conversely be obsessed with 'Mapple' products and the 'Survival Games'. I mean, as a child I hated not knowing who all these random American celebrities they would reference to in episodes from the 1990s but it's almost as if the writers can only parody real life events now and are unable to think of anything original. Homer used to seem accidentally funny. He wasn't a complete idiot and you could tell that he had his own form of logic that he used to decide his actions. Now he stupid and just for the sake of it and one can't discern any meaningful intention behind his actions. As a result he has become completely unlikable to me. The show itself, in an attempt to become edgy or something is a lot cruder now, with Bart a TEN YEAR OLD in one episode trying to convince Marge and Homer to have another child in all sorts of vulgar and inappropriate ways. He's supposed to be 10...I almost complained to Ofcom.
All that American nonsense with
the slug Kim Kardashian, Millionaire Matchmaker or the Real Housewives of tomato and ice cream county are so scripted it makes me want to tear my hair out. That being said, British television is becoming awful too what with shows like 'TOWIE'.
'New' Doctor who has been crap ever since David Tennant left. It's a shame that many Americans haven't seen some of the wonderful episodes with him and Christopher Eccelson before the show descended into childish nonsense. The show has become more popular in the USA since Matt Smith and
Count Dracula Peter Capaldi but not a single "real" episode of Doctor who has been created since. The Moon is an egg? Sentient, fireproof trees can protect the Earth from a deadly solar flare? PLUH-EASE! Watch 'The Waters of Mars' if you want to see true Doctor Who.
This 'Mrs Brown's Boys' is a total embarrassment and the worst thing to crawl out of Ireland since Boyzone.
I am ashamed of the BBC! It's just not funny at all. The crudeness and vulgarity isn't groundbreaking or pushing back boundaries like some would believe. Little Britain was crap too but it was far more controversial than this sludge. I cringe at the thought of people from other countries thinking this is what we produce.
Adventure Time was great, I thought it was really unique at the time. While other great cartoons like Courage the Cowardly Dog had surreal and dark humour at times, Adventure Time really took it up a notch and the first 2 series I think were great. Now it seems to live off of its old glories and has created some sort of weirdo story-line arcs that I'm unable to follow. Also, I don't want to feel sad when I'm reminded he's the last human and stuff, or that the "fire princess" thing will die if she leaves the volcano so they can never be together. It's meant to be a cartoon I don't want to be depressed! Adventure Time has spawned many other surreal cartoons that I haven't watched cos I'ma busy grownup :3
What the hell is Breaking Bad supposed to even be? I've watched episodes with my brother, I've read about it on Wikipedia and I literally just can't get into the slow-talking unlikable characters one bit. I liked the part where that guy's face got exploded off at the hospital by the man in the wheelchair but I just think it's terribly overrated and shallow.
Argh not to generalise here, there probably is some great American television but everything that gets to the UK I hate. I mean, just like Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Under the dome, it's all the same with some sort of tough mysterious man with a dark history and a strong independent woman who trys to hide her emotions blah blah. It's just too tedious for me.
I love NCIS though, I've never correctly guessed who the murderer is and all the characters are well put together, mhmm my favourite show from the US.
If you want something great then watch Black Mirror or Utopia, they're dark, funny and really make you think and use your brain instead of turning it off. Black Mirror is an anthology set in the very near future and deals with the impacts of new technology on society, it's quite satirical but still really dark and has been compared to the Twilight Zone. You'll probably want to skip the first episode of series one of Black Mirror though, it's not in good taste in my opinion but the rest are great, probably a 16+ as there are adult themes.There are three episodes in each of the two series plus a Christmas special and they are available to watch on Netflix.
I can't say much about Utopia without ruining it but it truly is one of the best shows ever produced. It's largely concerned with a global conspiracy theory and the race against time to prevent a secret 'network' implementing it. It's all about vaccines, viruses, overpopulation; classic Illuminati stuff so if that's the sort of stuff you're interested in then you should watch it. There are 12 episodes in total that have everything you could want, comedy, love, danger but there are some incredibly dark and violent scenes though so definitely 18+. Brits can watch it on 4oD but I don't know if it's on Netflix or anything I'm afraid.
Here are some trailers!
Doctor Who: Waters of Mars
Black Mirror series two
And Utopia is hard to describe, there are no real trailers so I think I'll just link to this scene