[Mistress]

Jekyll-great twist on the Jekyll/Hyde story and James Nesbitt was brilliant (I've seen about 3 out of the six episodes-ran into them flipping channels over the weekend)

Slings and Arrows-I've only seen two episodes, again through channel flipping, but I loved what I saw...brilliant show about a Shakespeare festival not unlike Stratford filled with wonderful Canadian talent, and Paul Gross's sexiness XD

Cold Squad-before there was Cold Case there was this wonderful Vancouver based cop drama that was much more character-centred definitely not as formulaic as it's more recent American counterpart (it still has cool flashbacks)

So, are there any good shows you like to watch or have come across that remain woefully unknown and underrated? Let's hear them here (wow...that sounded a tad awkward )

[Salome]

I know laot of people here have heard of these shows but the general public prolly hasnt

Rex
Darling of the Day
Robert and Elizabeth
Busker Alley
Baker Street
50 Million Frenchmen

[Orestes Fasting]

Elisabeth comes to mi--oh, you mean TV shows.

[Mistress]

lol...yes I mean TV shows...I probably should have specified that in the title...my bad XD

[Set_Buildin_Dad]

Here's a strange one for you that only and engineer could love - Junkyard Wars.

[Mistress]

I loved watching Junkyard Wars back in gr.7 and 8....I think I preferred the Brit version to the American one...I used to LOVE the TLC...before they changed to a home renovation/personal makeover network ...I loved watching the Tuesday and Thursday marathons of Secrets of Forensic Science and Medical Mysteries...that's what I used to watch before I discovered CSI in grade 10 XD

[lakmé]

Life. I don't know if it's coming back to NBC or not...but oh, how I loved it.

[wicked_boy]

I used to be obsessed with "The Worst Witch" and "Wizadora".

[DaddyDiesel]

God Ikno I will get shot for this. Dane cooks Tourgasm It was a mini series on HBO that lasted a while. I truly enjoyed it for some reason. Survivorman is another one I watch from time to time. Iuse to watch it takes a thief.

[Salome]

rare TV shows i loved:

Best of the West
Love,Sidney
Wizards and Warriors

[Mistress]

I loved Reboot and Beast Wars/Beasties (it was renamed because 'war' was deemed innapropriate for a child's TV show title) whe I was a kid. Beasties was basicalyl a Canadian CGI ripoff of Transformers but with animals in prehistoric earth and a change of names (except for Optimus prime and Megatron who stayed the same) and Reboot...is sorta hard to dezscribe...it was basically a CGI cartoon about a bunch of...people I guess you'd call them who lived in a computer...literally.

[LadyOfTheLake]

Pirate Master.

It was basically Survivor, on a pirate ship. It was cancelled when there were only 5 people left, but they had the last 5 episodes online.

[MaryMag]

[Theaterfan101]

It's Always Sunny in Philedalphia, its on FX.

Premies: Mac, Charlie, and Denis own a bar in Philalphia. Denis's twin sister, Sweet Dee, works at the bar. The get into many antics, often racish, homophoic etc, with out realizing. Charlie is in love with a waitress at a coffee shop that constantly rejects him. Danny Devedo plays Denis and Dee's father (or is he?). It is a hillarious show, and one of those that you really need to know the characters to get the humor.

[julycoaron]

I'm with you, Salome, on "Best of the West." The late Leonard Frey was hilarious as was Tracey Walter as his sidekick. I also liked "Open All Night" with George Dzundza from about the same era.

I also enjoyed Steven Bochco's "Bay City Blues," about a minor league baseball team with several actors from his "Hill Street Blues."

Brian (another oldtimer)

[Robinflamingo]

Head Cases, starring Chris O'Donnell and Adam Goldberg.
It lasted two episodes. It was up against the LOST season premiere.

Young Ones, a PBS/BBC comedy.

[TheWitch]

El Chavo del Ocho

[lizavert]

[Annie]

Slings and Arrows is my favorite show of all-time. I've seen them all and own the first two seasons. Canadian film at its best. Just brilliant!
Mark McKinney, Martha Burns, Paul Gross and Stephen Ouimette....*sigh*
Rachel McAdams in the first season is amazing!


Also Canadian and sadly long-gone, but a huge success in its day...Student Bodies! Does anyone remember?? With Jamie Elman??
My film acting teacher was one of the producers / directors / writers on the show when it was on. I'm trying to convince him to have the series put out on DVD. Would that be great?!

[candymancan]

Pushing Daisies!!! I absolutely love this show! And I can't wait for it to come back in the Fall!!! I bet everyone hates it just because Kristen Chenoweth is in it and they don't want to be considered fangirllzzzzzz but I love it! And especially the Chenoweth!

[sopranodespair]

I love Princes Tutu. it's an anime

[Mistress]

[Monsieur D'Arque]

Pushing Daisies is a haven for Broadway stars looking to earn a quick buck with guest appearances- watch for Raul Esparza, Swoosie Kurz, and Ellen Greene in guest appearances. Plus- almost every episode has a musical number of some sort.

[Kiwi]

no one around here seems to comprehend the wonder that is Boston Legal. I love that show, but no one watches it regularly but me, at least around where I live.

Also, Curb Your Enthusiasm is ridiculously hilarious.

[Mistress]

There is one Brit show I want to see...I've only seen ads and it's on too late for me to watch. Extras...it looks very funny.

[Kiwi]

Extras is funny. I've only seen one episode, but I liked it quite a lot.

[candymancan]

[Kiwi]

I saw it on HBO.

O/T: are you going to Green Sheets tonight?

[candymancan]

[Kiwi]

It's the awards ceremony for the musical and main play of the high schools in the district. Brian is up for an award, so I thought you might be going.

Anyway, back to TV shows.

[mizzie]

YTV was once my life...we're talking Breaker High, Student Bodies, Reboot, and another one I can't remember the name of that was really similar to Student Bodies, that involved the school Radio station or something.

Who else loved Boy Meets World?

But my favorite show will always have to be Freaks and Geeks. Why it was canceled, I'll never know.

[Mistress]

The radio show you speak of is, I believe, Radio Active which was hilarious...alas YTV is nowadays overun with really bad anime (xcept for their late friday night stuff I've seen) and Nickelodeon cartoons

*sigh* I rememeber when I'd watch YTV day in day out for Sailormoon, Reboot, Beasties, even Beyblade and Yugioh (yeahm I know, I was a little nerd XD).

[theatre_grl]

[Salome]

I loved the in-joke on boy Meets world..that William Daniels taught at John Adams High School!

[mizzie]

[Cake_in_Song]

I loved Worst Witch and Shirley Holmes. I also used to love some lameo Canadian show called The Odessey, about a kid in a coma. I thought the word was Nacoma when I was that age.

[lesmisloony]

[TylerMcMahon]

[lizavert]

[Sweeney Hyde]

[bwayobsessed]

I still adore Boys Meet World, I'm sad it never comes on anymore. The last episode made me cry uncontrollably. That show just sucked me and made me care for these characters so much.

Also, I love Pushing Daises; I'm going crazy waiting for it to come back.

[lesmisloony]

[lizavert]

[Annie]

to the Canadians around my age: (Mizzie, Cake..)

Does System Crash ring any bells?? I had completely forgotten about it until this thread appeared and I got to thinking.
It was kinda SNL-ish for kids...like a Canadian All That. I remember some of the recurring skits.....like a guru chick to gives advice from her locker or something?

Anyone? Anyone?

[lesmisloony]

[lizavert]

[lesmisloony]

[lizavert]

Nothing wrong with that!

BTW-I like your TARDIS theory. Knowing the Doctor, it could totally work!

[PappyCat]

[lonewriter]

I watch alot of BBCAmerica and I love shows like Coupling, , Footballers Wive$, MI-5, Robin Hood, Torchwood, Doctor Who, That Mitchell and Webb Look and The Graham Norton Show.

[theatre_grl]

[Gwen]

Don't know if anyone else remembers these...
Pepper Ann
The Weekenders

and some people might not have heard of Firefly...

[Annie]

[theatre_grl]

[EponineMNFF]

[lesmisloony]

[Roger's Chica]

[Roger's Chica]

[Mistress]

[wicked_boy]

I love Pushins Daises.

It's only been on for a couple episodes in the UK, the last one we saw was the one with the horsey murderer thing, and we found out Olive used to be a Jockey.

Kristen Chenoweth looks so good in those Jockey outfits! Anyone else think so?

[Salome]

I hate Cheno

[wicked_boy]

[bwayobsessed]

[kozafluitmusique]

Life Goes on ...... I watch it on DVD, though.

[EponineMNFF]

As Told by Ginger

I wish they had kept making it. I was kind of obsessed with it when I was eleven.

[lostquiche]

Freaks and Geeks! Man, I wish it ran for longer than one season! It was hilarious, and watching it now (It was from the 90', I think?) you see a lot of people who are big stars currently.

[bare24601!]

[Annie]

POPULAR.
WAS.
AMAZING.


I discovered it years after it was canceled, in reruns. I think it ran from 99-01 but I could be mistaken.
It's fantastic. Like Freaks and Geeks but spunkier. (LOVE Freaks and Geeks too.) Both of those shows died too young!


Tammy Lynn Michaels is simply awesome.

[Cake_in_Song]

[Cake_in_Song]

[Brigantine]

Favorite old TV show EVER- The Young Riders.
Season one available on DVD.

(PLease, please, PLEASE, Sony, release two and three!!!!)

I also really liked American Gothic. That kid fascinated me.
(*** going to google him now...****)

[lizavert]

The Young Riders

Now there's a show I haven't heard of in a long time. I remember watching that show and liking it very much.

[lonewriter]

[mizzie]

[Anno_Domini]

All the goodies have been mentioned: Student Bodies, Boy Meets World (LONG LIVE FEENY!), Radio Active, ReBoot, Beasties.

There was another show on TLC that I loved to watch: "Urban Legends Revealed" I think it was called, or some variation. It was neat, they did narrated reenactments of urban legends, and then analyzed them in an attempt to determine whether or not it could, or had actually happened in real life. Lovvvved that show. Spine-tingling

[lizavert]

[Mistress]

[Kiwi]

I used to watch Sailor Moon all the time when I was younger. Good times.

[lesmisloony]

Was anybody else a Nickelodeon hor? All That, Doug, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys (Tim Curry!), Figure It Out--I'm actually watching Legends of the Hidden Temple right now.

What was the show about that skinny kid who was secretly an alien? Like, The Adventures of Alan Strange or something?

And 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd about the jerk kid who was turned into a dog. And Clarissa Explains it All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch... man, I'm a loser.

My current favourite show is Doctor Who, though. Started watching it because of Torchwood. I just started S2 and I'm thoroughly addicted.

[Kiwi]

Hey Arnold and Doug were some of my favorites! Gotta love '90s cartoons

[bare24601!]

I loved Doug. Patti Mayonnaise was my hero.

[EponineMNFF]

[Mistress]

Does anyone remember Stickin' Around...the cartoon about stick people? That was fun...

[Salome]

[quote="lonewriter"
oh and when I was a kid there was a show called Voyagers, think Quantum Leap before there was a Quantum Leap.[/quote]

ah yes voyagers..starring Jon Erik Hexim. he shot himself in the head fooling with a blank pistol and died.

[Anno_Domini]

No, it is not Mythbusters. It did DRAMATIC reenactments of urban legends (i.e the hook on the car door, the dead boyfriend, although they aren't all so ghoulish), followed by interviews and analyses by experts in related fields trying to determine if it could actually happen, or if a similar incident had already occured, or if it is just a myth

[wicked_boy]

I watch that ^.

It's on the Discovery Chanel or Nation Geog, I can't remember.

[Mistress]

[AllThatJazzHands]

Anyone watch this on USA Network? SO FUNNY.

[Mistress]

http://www.igu.ro/latrecut/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/captain_planet_6325547.jpg

CAPTAIN PLANET!

I can't believe I forgot about that one...eco superheros...bad animated 80's hair..big name voices like Whoopi Goldberg and Meg Ryan (!) and themsong by Phil Collins...ah good times.

[Cake_in_Song]

[mizzie]

I remember Stickin' Around!

There was a boy in my grade five class who will never be the same thanks to my incessantly calling him Scradley.

[Chevstriss]

in the early 70s there was a short lived prime time show called SEARCH. The movie of the week pilot was called PROBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVVbYXG557c&NR=1
isn't the theme song encroyable?

It had 3 rotating male lead characters - this was something popular in the 70s - to alternate lead characters. Name of the Game did this format, as did Sunday Mystery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwOmmIEoLQg&feature=related

^^this one shows all 3 leading men

I recently found a Yahoo group dedicated to this forgotten show. Mostly techno-geeks, who as teens were fascinated for the "sci" part of the "fi", which, when watched today HAS ALL TOTALLY BEEN REALIZED. Back in the day, carrying a tiny camera and being logged in to a world wide computer bank was considered PREPOSTEROUS!

But my attraction was the Beefcake. oh yeah. I was 11. and the rotating stars were Doug McClure, Tony Franciosa, and the Alpha Male HUGH O'BRIEN. This show often had Hugh (his character name also) hitting the sack with gorgeous model types THAT HE WASN'T MARRIED TO!!!!

That kinda thing just wasn't SHOWN on TV back then!! (unless the fornicator got his/her comeuppance at the denouement). I recall, at prepubescence, being titallated by these playful bedroom frolicks. titallated and embarassed.



Then I discovered rock and roll and kinda quit watching TV altogether. We only had 3 channels and it was all the samey samey.

I DO remember noticing that blond who was always guest starring tho - oh what was his name again?

[Chevstriss]

mmmmmm Hugh as Wyatt Earp




He's got his Sheriff's star on his tightie whities!!!
PHWOAR!! this was the mid 50s, kidlets!!!



He's 83 now and stone deaf from the blasting caps used in the series.

[bwayobsessed]

[Mistress]

[Xxmcfly85xX]

Top Gear. Love it. Aaaand, no one knows about it

[Chevstriss]

[lonewriter]

Another show I watched when I was a kid was H.R. Puffinstuff starring Jack Wild (who also played Dodger in the movie "Oliver!")

[Salome]

all the Kroft shows were great.. Puff-n Stuff, Land of the Lost,Sigmund,Far out Space Nuts!