Which of the following Television Series are Good Bets???

[shadowkat]

I threatened to do this in another post. I've saved so many television series to my DVR, and I've lost track of which are worth watching and which are a waste of time. I keep forgetting what's on when.

So, I'm curious to know what everyone else would recommend. What new television shows, assuming there are any, that you love or would recommend giving a shot? [Note if it's been on for more than a year or two, with at least 30 episodes, it's NOT new. Example: Agent Carter is new, the Arrow is not. That said, I'm making an exception with The X-Files (which is sort of a revival), American Crime (which is new each season, sort of like American Horror Story and Fargo), and shows that just started last year and popped up again now like Agent Carter.]

I'm limiting this poll to the television series that I've heard and can remember -- it's like the dreaded presidential poll, it's impossible to list them all. But, here's the thing, if your favorite isn't on this list - please put it in the comments, and be sure to include where it can be found and what it is about.

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Thanks. Hopefully, I'll get more than five responses. LJ has been sort of dead lately in regards to posting.

ETA: I left THE COLONY off the list by accident. Has anyone seen it? Is it worth watching?

Comments

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to figure out what I think about DC Legions as well. It feels like someone took a Doctor Who cross-over superhero fanfic and removed anything that could be deemed as copyright infringement. But there are some interesting characters in the mix and it appears to be character driven...so there's potential.

Two of the one's I marked, I'm not sure about...

Did try The Man in the High Castle - but I think you have to be in the right mood to concentrate on it? So, will go back to it -- thank you. It's on streaming so easier to watch whenever.

[liliaeth]

the thing with DC Legends, and the reason I didn't click it on, was because it literally feels like a comic book. And not the good ones.
It literally feels like a comic book team up, you know, one of those mini-series, that have most of the fighting and the occasional rare scene outside of that, with little to no character development.

Don't know if you read the Civil War miniseries, it's a bit like that. Except it's only the main series, and not the explorations of each character that you got in their own books, which usually made the event worth reading.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. I read Avengers vs. X-Men, and yep, it felt like that, exactly. (The reason I passed on Civil War -- because in order for that series to make sense, you need to be following the Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, etc. The Avengers vs. X-men only worked for me, because I read the X-men leading up to it. But the Avengers side fell a little flat. They actually across as jerks, because I didn't follow that end of the story.)

A comic book team up that doesn't really dig enough into the characters to be interesting. (Although it may do that yet, it's not real clear at this point. The pilot sort of ...dug a bit into Hawkman and Hawkgirl.) I unfortunately had stopped watching The Flash and Arrow, prior to the resurrection of White Canary, the Atom, and the re-introduction of the two villains. They've basically taken all the supporting crime fighters from those series and dumped them into this one.

So, I agree...it feels a bit too comic bookie and not in a good way.

I did click on Shannara Chronicles...mainly because it is growing on me. There's an interesting world there, and potential. (Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy World Coming of Age Tale, with a bit of a gender flip on the weak/niave ingenue blond boy, and two fighter trained women.) But, I'm also a bit on the fence about it...because, it is incredibly cheesy. Written by the guys who did Smallville.