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List of Best Rated TV Series as voted by the Fediverse
Monkey Dust (2003). It was a very dark animated comedy series on BBC3.
It isn't easy to find as it was very dark (joking about terrorism etc.) and isn't in streaming services. But it was great satire and had many memorable characters.
The producer died in a car crash which did for the show.
Danger 5
South Australian tv show that is a “what if Charlie’s angels tried to kill hitler” presented as a bad Spanish soap opera from the 70’s in the first season and a shitty action drama from the 80’s in the second.
Deliciously bizarre, infinitely quotable, phenomenal soundtrack, very hard to explain. Think power rangers levels of drama with tastefully absurd offensive elements (blackface, misogyny, nazis) played for perfect comedic effect. Seriously one of a kind show.
Both seasons are posted as one 6hr video on YouTube. - https://youtu.be/vFzCQcHglFA
The Middleman. Without a doubt one of the funnest comic book series adaptations. Natalie Morales and Matt Keeslar on a ridonkulas romp of silly yet intelligent adventures. Poor show only got 13 episodes but each ones a gem.
Ghosts. The British version, not the American remake. It is a heartwarming comedy about some ghosts that haunt a mansion.
Soo good. It's amazing to see the cast being silly with intent, dedication and love.
The caveman immediately climbed my "best written and portrayed character" list of all time. Perfect depiction of an enlightened being. Childish and wise in beautiful harmony.
Btw, the US version has grown on me. It starts as really really "American" with the extra-ness but over time it mellows out with some really heartfelt moments, interesting questions and wacky antics. I usually hate this cliche but.. "it gets better after the first season". Would recommend if you have time to kill and want to watch something light.
I haven't caught the UK version yet, just some of the US one, definitely interested now.
The US one's British character, Nigel (of course, "Nigel"; US writers seem to be pathologically incapable of not naming a male British character "Nigel"), has an accent so bad I'm genuinely starting to feel it qualifies as racist. :D
Haha the accents are quite heightened. My benefit of the doubt reason is that it's meant to be old timey so has to be extra. I am not in the US so I still can't believe that Alberta's accent is a real accent.
The show is a really good example of UK vs US humour and styles. Both quite well done so it's nice to see the positive differences. One is a quiet, mind your business deal and the other is a huge celebration of character and emotion.
Kingdom (2014)
It’s a drama that follows this family of mma fighters. It aired on a small network and never really promoted. It’s actually really well written and entertaining. You really care for some of the characters. One of the characters is gay, the series finale has an interaction related to that had me crying.
Profit
I passed on a lot of NBC shows after the canceled this and didn't even show us the episodes they'd already made.
Yeah, that was dark. Loved the few eps I did catch on the NBC Super Channel (free satellite/cable channel in Europe) back in the day.
Tales from fat tulip's garden.
Life After People. One of the last amazing productions of the History Channel as-was, before it became all Ice-Road Truckers, Ancient Aliens and fucking Pawn Stars.
It's just the speculative history of all of what humanity would leave behind if, for some reason, every human disappeared in a single day. With experts in preservation, ecology, geosciences, history and infrastructural engineering, it asks: What are the cascading effects of a worldwide technological civilisation? And how long would it take for everything we have built to be buried in the dusts of time? Look on, ye mighty, and despair.
Maybe not super obscure and more my wife’s suggestion than mine (though I also enjoyed it), but Merlin (2008) was a great show that unfortunately had a low budget for the first couple seasons and got cut short with very little warning to the directors at the end, but it’s still a great family friendly fantasy show. It’s my wife’s all-time favourite TV show, and while it’s not mine (I’d probably say Doctor Who for me), I totally get it. It’s very entertaining.
Whites
The Count of Monte Cristo (2004).
I liked the premise for The Lone Gunmen as a spinoff from the X-Files but I don't think they got the overall production quite right.
Snuff Box. Only 6 episodes but infinitely quotable. The theme song also fucking slaps. It’s the only show's theme song I actually occasionally listen to.
Space: Above & Beyond and Earth 2.
The former is a gritty wartime drama against an unknown alien species, and follows a Marine squadron.
Come for the cool spaceships, stay for the great storytelling.
The latter is about the colonization of another planet that we thought was uninhabited and also never visited by humans.
Come for the wagon train, stay for Tim Curry saying “poppet”
Both only lasted a season.