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Vanity: Looking for good TV/Cable TV dramas. Any suggestions?
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Posted on 11/12/2012 3:14:13 PM PST by Leaning Right

A couple of weeks ago I was aimlessly changing channels when I came across CBS's "Vegas", a drama about the mob in Las Vegas in the early 1960's. It's a fantastic show, with a strong sense of right and wrong, and I didn't even know that the show existed.

So evidently not all of TV is either mindless reality or bland comedy. Any suggestions for other good TV dramas?


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To: Leaning Right

Many of the sorter season dramas on the cable networks are pretty good.

They show up at different times during the year:

Burn Notice [getting somewhat stale—it has been on for several years]
White Collar
Suits
Flashpoint (ION TV)
Copper just concluded season 1 on BBCAmerica
Hell on Wheels (AMC)
Justified (FX)
Southland (TNT)

Most of those show up in reruns and marathons at various times.


21 posted on 11/12/2012 3:29:16 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Leaning Right

In no particular order:

Castle
Burn Notice
White Collar
Leverage
NCIS
NCIS LA
Psych
Suits
Royal Pains
Vegas


22 posted on 11/12/2012 3:30:57 PM PST by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: TomGuy

Funny I see that about White Collar (which hasn’t been on as long) more than Burn Notice.


23 posted on 11/12/2012 3:32:42 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: RummyChick

Netflix is great. Many shows on cable — when I didn’t get cable — are on Netflix now.


24 posted on 11/12/2012 3:32:48 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Leaning Right

http://free-classic-tv-shows.com/Drama/index.php

The good stuff...

Armstrong Circle Theatre
Climax!
Diagnosis Unknown
Four Star Playhouse
General Electric True Theater
Gruen Guild Playhouse
Lux Video Theatre
Man With A Camera
Studio One
Suspicion


25 posted on 11/12/2012 3:35:36 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: Leaning Right

Best show on TV=tie between “Sons of Anarchy” and “Homeland,” with “Dexter” a close second. Later, “Suits” and “Hell on Wheels” start up, then later “Boss,” then “Breaking Bad” for it’s final eight episodes. (Guess I should have put “Breaking Bad” first-—fantastic, but the series is almost over).


26 posted on 11/12/2012 3:37:01 PM PST by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: mrsmith

Justified and The Good Wife are my favorites


27 posted on 11/12/2012 3:37:57 PM PST by estrogen (voter fraud was huge)
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To: Leaning Right

Also, if you have never seen Chiklis in “The Shield,” it remains the best show ever on TV. “The Wire” is a close second. Rent them.


28 posted on 11/12/2012 3:37:57 PM PST by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: Leaning Right

If you enjoy the medieval period you might like Game Of Thrones on HBO. It’s fantasy fiction and psychological thriller with a little horror thrown in, sort of Pillars Of The Earth if it were written by Dean Koontz, lol.

Well acted, well cast, beautiful sets, props, costuming and location (Ireland).

It can be quite adult at times, and it can be gory. It’s almost put me off because of this several times.

I’ll say the same for Boardwalk Empire, just a beautiful production, Steve Buscemi is the embodiment of a mob boss, surprisingly enough. Again, quite adult at times, and can be gory. Setting is early Atlantic City, teens and twenties, boom years. Stunning show, but disturbing at times.


29 posted on 11/12/2012 3:38:32 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Kartographer

The premises that some tv programs just do not hold up well ongoing series. They would be better served to be mini-series, I think.

I enjoyed Political Animals. It has about 6 episodes, IIRC. It didn’t get enough viewership to get renewed, but it didn’t have a cliff-hanger ending the left viewers hanging after it was cancelled.

There are still many TV series from the past 40 years that ended with cliff-hangers and no series resolutions.


30 posted on 11/12/2012 3:38:34 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Leaning Right
Person of Interest
Duck Dynasty
31 posted on 11/12/2012 3:38:41 PM PST by llevrok (I haven't left America. It left me.)
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To: Leaning Right

The DNC...and the GOP...pretty good corruption and mob’ish like show.


32 posted on 11/12/2012 3:38:45 PM PST by Osage Orange ( Liberalism, ideas so good they have to be mandatory.)
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To: Leaning Right

“Last Resort”, Thursday nights on ABC......Absolutely riveting.


33 posted on 11/12/2012 3:38:47 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: Leaning Right

I’d go back and watch all the seasons of “24,” possibly the last TV series made by a conservative.

If you don’t mind a show with no sense of right or wrong and you like Michael Chiklis (the bad gangster from Vegas), I can’t recommend highly enough getting all episodes of “the Sheild.” However, as noted above, it is very morally ambiguous and the bad guys often win.


34 posted on 11/12/2012 3:39:08 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Leaning Right

Blue Bloods


35 posted on 11/12/2012 3:39:11 PM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: LS

THE WIRE.

Best series ever!


36 posted on 11/12/2012 3:40:56 PM PST by bonfire
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To: Leaning Right

As a side note, if you have Comcast cable (Xfinity), past episodes are available for free via their “On Demand” function.........


37 posted on 11/12/2012 3:43:26 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: Leaning Right

Coming after the first of the year: Southland and Justified.

You can visit web sites for more info. Just search the names.

If you like gangster fare go to HBO and AMC web sites for Boardwalk Empire (a lot of nudity-heads up).

Breaking bad finishing up next year. may want to check out the first season and see whether to continue.

Check out BBC on wed night for Dramaville (the Hour and author) and other good british dramas.

I like Homeland on Showtime, very much.

Try The Wire if you can find it, perhaps HBO GO. One of the best series ever.


38 posted on 11/12/2012 3:44:18 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Leaning Right
Any suggestions for other good TV dramas?

Yes, find a good book. TV today is little more than crap and all you will be getting is Hollyweird agenda.

So, find a good book - then find another.

39 posted on 11/12/2012 3:44:28 PM PST by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for white collar criminals!!)
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To: morphing libertarian

Dramaville (The Hour AND LUTHOR)


40 posted on 11/12/2012 3:45:35 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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