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Friday, July 3, 2020

TV Show Suggestions


What's Worth Watching?


Last week on Twitter I asked for some suggestions for older TV shows I may have missed. I tend to enjoy British and Australian shows, American crime, comedy, mystery, etc.  I received some great responses, so I decided to put them in a blog post. Maybe you will find a new show, too! There are certainly a lot of good ones to choose from, based on titles others suggested. I tried to categorize them by the streaming service which offers them, but I may not have gotten it all correct! So, here goes.

Amazon

Damages
Vikings
The Listener
Leverage
New Amsterdam
Carnival Row
Mad Men
Upload (TV-MA)
Doc Martin
Unforgotten
Scott & Bailey
Bosch
Vera
Loch Ness
The Durells in Corfu
The Capture
The Tunnel
The Missing
Silent Witness
Fleabag
The Marvels Miss Maisel
The Man in the High Castle
Endeavor
Lie to Me
The Americans
Modern Love
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Good Omens
Our Girl
Sneaky Pete
Spirited (Australian)
Love My Way (Australian)
The Secret Life of Us (Australian)
The Expanse
Jack Ryan

Netflix

The Tudors (TV-MA)
Hollywood (TV-MA)
Dead to Me (lots of votes for this one)
Sense8
Bordertown
The Woods
Mr. Selfridge (movie)
Self-Made (based on the life of C.J. Walker)
The English Game
Last Tango in Halifax
Broadchurch
Sherlock
Offspring (Australian)
The Five, Safe, The Stranger (based on books by Harlen Coben)
Kim's Convenience
Hinterland
Bosch
Vera
Loch Ness
Call the Midwife
Designated Survivor
Anne with and E
Never Have I Ever
Virgin River (based on the book series by Robyn Carr)
Pose
American Horror Story
Reign
Schitt$ Creek
Black Spot
Trapped
Sweet Magnolias
Space Force
Madame Secretary
Godless
Shtisel (Israeli)
When Heroes Fly (Israeli) 
Fauda (Israeli)
Heart of Dixie
Wentworth
Manhunt: Unabomber
Narcos
Grand Designs
The World's Most Extraordinary Homes

Hulu
11.22.63 (Stephen King)
His Dark Materials
Taboo (TV-MA - naked Tom Hardy, so I'm told lol)!
The Great (TV-MA)

Acorn

Rake (legal drama)
Brokenwood Mysteries
Slings and Arrows 
Murdock Mysteries

Sundance

Liar

YouTube

Rosemary & Thyme

NBC (Free to Stream with commercials)
Superstore
Life

PBS
Baptiste (7 day trial on Amazon)
World On Fire

BritBox
Shetland

Paramount Network 
Yellowstone
68 Whiskey


Sue Jackson included a couple blog posts with more shows she has reviewed here: https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/p/tv-reviews.html as well as a Summer 2020 Preview here: https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/summer-2020-tv-preview.html

Hope you can find something new to watch, when you aren't reading a good book.

Happy Viewing!

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