Well, that’s the straw that breaks this camel’s back. I’ll give ‘Vikings’ a try.
In return all I can reccommend is “Black Mirror”, a sardonic British ‘Twilight Zone’; and “Axe Cop”, a 5 year old’s cartoon-view of life and law which is astonishly refreshing.
During last season's "Vikings" I was struck by all the details in the sets (for example a golden chain that was strung around their most sacred temple), so I did a little research and found that everything I was noticing was historically accurate.