Submitted by NeitherIndependence t3_1271yf9 in television
I really like TV Shows between the 1990s and the 2000s. They feel a bit less generic and I just enjoy watching shows that are a bit removed from our modern technology and society. Would really love to here your favorites. I'm currently watching Buffy and like it a lot.
Well obviously the obvious answers are the sopranos, the wire, mad Men, oz, The shield breaking bad.... I assume most people have at least heard of these shows and recognize them as being pretty well received.
But I also have a soft spot for Beverly hills 90210, and Dawson's Creek as a guilty pleasure. Dawson's Creek was an interesting slice of the late '90s because the teens weren't obsessed with popularity like they were in shows like One tree Hill. They were sort of a group of people like the class clown and a film nerd and a poor Joey Potter whose father was in jail and whose mother died.
They sort of snubbed their nose at cheerleading and school sports etc ... And that was sort of what life was like in the late '90s. I don't know if it was the aftermath of Nirvana or whatever, but people sort of snubbed traditional notions of popularity in high school.
Buffy is a pretty good show. It was sort of a time period before all of the shows had been part of the so-called Golden age so there was often a lot more episodes. That meant more filler but also a ton of content.
That could be good or bad.
I really enjoyed Dawson's Creek. I like small town shows that follow characters into adulthood even in the case of Dawson's Creek it went a bit of the rails at the end.
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Fringe or bsg
The X Files
The Practice
Roswell
Homicide:Life on the Street
From the 1990s Babylon 5 is great if you like scifi
/r/PopularWB. Ryan Murphy's first show. People say they share similarities with Glee.
Lost, Mad Men, Desperate Housewives, Breaking Bad, Veronica Mars, Sex and The City, Dexter, That ‘70s Show, Arrested Development, and The O.C.
I’m glad you’re enjoying Buffy! That’s one of my favorite shows of all-time. I recommend watching Angel too
Most of my favorite shows started before 2010
Buffy, The wire, The sopranos, Mad men , Lost, Desperate housewives, Scrubs
And My favorite comfort show Gilmore Girls
Seinfeld, Newsradio, Simpsons, Frasier, Father Ted
Impeccable taste
News radio was great!
Freaks & Geeks
Dark Angel
Do Over
Pushing Daisies
Boston Public
Wonderfalls
Surface
Invasion
Jack & Bobby
Commander in Chief
Jericho
Dawson's Creek
Fringe
Dexter
True Blood
Dead Like Me
Six Feet Under
Young Americans
The X Files
The Lone Gunmen
Popular
Glee
Roswell
Smallville
Charmed
The O.C.
Does Pushing Daisies end on a cliffhanger? I’ve been kind of wanting to check it out but I do know it was cancelled
It’s been awhile since I watched it, but I believe so.
Avatar the Last Airbender. Cannot say enough good things about it
Love that show, was my entire childhood
24, without question.
I’m the same. Some of my favorites are ones I share with my parents, others are from when I was growing up. A lot of mysteries on PBS are also set in earlier time periods without much technology.
American Dad
That 70's Show
Law and Order
Family Guy
Cold Case
Charmed! Always Charmed. And Monk.
It'd be way harder for me to name favorite shows AFTER 2010!
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IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER Jericho, The Unit, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek Deep Space 9 (Also Voyager, and Enterprise both grew on me), 24, Alias, Smallville, Roswell … goodness, so many more.
What about the great TV shows of the 60s and 70s. Do you want those also?
I think just shows from 1990-2009
OK thx. Those don't interest me as much.
Well that's the time frame that the OP was posting about.
You're probably right. Although he also said he liked shows that didn't have modern technology. So for the 60s and 70s, that's really significant! - no cellphones, no computers, no internet, no cable TV, ,,, quite a difference.
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The Wire
The Sopranos
Deadwood
Twin Peaks
The Shield
Larry Sanders Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm
It’s Always Sunny