The Small Screen: TV

[Kieran]

What were your favourite TV shows from 2016? I enjoyed:

The Walking Dead
Westworld
The Night Manager (British)
Homeland
River (British)
The Bridge (Swedish/Danish)
Ray Donovan


There's some I can't remember, but these are the ones I won't forget...

 

[DarthFed]

I've been binge-watching Suits. I'm about midway through season 4 and have really enjoyed it. Maybe the best show on network TV.

I also watch The Flash, it's kind of a Marvel-type show. It's midway through season 3 and I feel it's kind of losing steam already but it's been pretty good up to this point.

I'm really looking forward to the second season of Billions about a month from now. The 5th season of House of Cards should be coming out soon, no release date yet, but I've read that it will probably be early March.

 

[DarthFed]

Great year for sitting on our arses huh?

I just recently binge-watched Fauda on Netflix. It's an Israeli version of Homeland, highly recommended. Looking forward to HOC in a couple months and also pumped for Billions coming back in a few weeks.

 

[DarthFed]

As for ranking favorite seasons in 2016? That's tough!

I'd go as follows:

Game of Thrones
Westworld/ Ray Donovan - close to call so I will give it a tie
Billions
House of Cards
Homeland
Daredevil
Shameless

 

[Kieran]

Great year for sitting on our arses huh?

I just recently binge-watched Fauda on Netflix. It's an Israeli version of Homeland, highly recommended. Looking forward to HOC in a couple months and also pumped for Billions coming back in a few weeks.

HOC isn't coming back until May this year, which is fecked up. I suppose reality has been just so much stranger than fiction... :snicker

 

[DarthFed]

lol isn't that the truth. I figured it'd be March, that's too long of a wait!

 

[Kieran]

It's usually February, I think, for HOC. Homeland got caught expecting a female president. They even elected one of the candidates from HOC. The first ep was okay, but I really liked last season when carrie was in Berlin...

 

[DarthFed]

I forgot to mention that I've been watching a ton of the show Suits. It is excellent, the best show on network TV IMO. Some serious eye candy too. Prince Harry's fine piece is on that show as well as the ladies that play Jessica and Donna. mmmmm

 

[britbox]

Crammed in nearly 3 seasons of Peaky Blinders from Netflix... best thing I've seen in a while. Stars Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later)... great stuff.

 

[Kieran]

Anybody else here ever get into this TV adaptation of Sherlock Holmes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpTSWvFgtSc

 

[DarthFed]

I've heard really good things about that one. Will have to check it out sometime soon.

 

[DarthFed]

Also, I recently saw season 1 of Fauda. It's the Israeli version of Homeland. It was excellent.

 

[DarthFed]

I watched first 3 seasons of Ray Donovan and then somehow I missed the start of 4th season and haven't watched any of it yet. It must be a short attention span or something, but this is not the first series that I started to watch and after a few seasons just stopped. Are Ray and his wife still married? What is old Donovan up to? LOL

Just seeing this now @Billie sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Season 4 was excellent, I'd say it was the best one yet. Pretty riveting from start to finish. And of course the old man Donovan still finds some trouble.

 

[britbox]

2017 Hit List (most Netflix, with IMDB Ratings)

Peaky Blinders - Done. Great show,
The Fall (8.2)
The 100 (7.8)
London Spy (7.6)
River (8.2)
How to get away with murder (8.3)
Travelers (8.1)
Longmire (8.3)
Tyrant (7.9)
The Killing (8.2)
Downton Abbey
Bloodline (8.2)
Blacklist (8.2)
Designated Survivor (8)
Deadwood (8.7)
Penny Dreadful (8.2)

 

[the AntiPusher]

As for ranking favorite seasons in 2016? That's tough!

I'd go as follows:

Game of Thrones
Westworld/ Ray Donovan - close to call so I will give it a tie
Billions
House of Cards
Homeland
Daredevil
Shameless

I am really surprised you having been watching Power..it's a much better show than everything on your list but GOT..IMO

 

[Federberg]

Anyone watching 24 Legacy? Just caught the first episode. No Jack, but it's still good!

 

[Vince Evert]

Four Corners (ABC TV), which has been running in Australia since 1962.
QandA (ABC TV)
Stacey Dooley Investigates (SBS 2)
Hoges - The Paul Hogan Story ( Two Parter Mini-Series) (Channel Seven)
Super Vet (SBS TV)
60 Minutes - The Joanne Lees Story (Channel 9 Network)
Insight (SBS TV)

 

[Vince Evert]

Regarding Stacey's program, I first came across it last year. Yes she's pretty and young but I can't believe someone as young as she (she looks like she's 23 but I'm sure she's a bit older) would want to present a program on some of the world's hot spots. This is one of her best and moving -

 

[Vince Evert]

oh yeah Ross Kemp's program is good but they don't regularly show it here -

 

[britbox]

Regarding Stacey's program, I first came across it last year. Yes she's pretty and young but I can't believe someone as young as she (she looks like she's 23 but I'm sure she's a bit older) would want to present a program on some of the world's hot spots. This is one of her best and moving -

I remember Stacey Dooley from the UK... particularly when she visited her original hometown of Luton.