Some Excellent TV Shows You Have To Watch

My last post was about some podcasts I really enjoy. Amy and I watch a ton of fiction television shows. So I want to continue this listicle run with some TV shows that I think are truly the bee's knees. Some of these shows are currently running. Others may have ended, but not too long ago.

Let me stress again: every show that I list here is a show that I think is seriously wonderful and worth watching as soon as possible. You can expect that I think each of these shows feature stellar acting, writing, and directing. So I'm not going to give a review for each show. I'll just link to each show's Wikipedia page, which you can get to by clicking show name below, so you can read a bit about it. Don't spoil it for yourself though, please.

These are not ranked in any particular order. Also, none of these shows are family-friendly. Sorry!


Better Things (FX)

Genre: comedy, drama


Detectorists (BBC Four)

Genre: comedy, drama


Killing Eve (BBC America)

Genre: thriller, comedy


Atlanta (FX)

Genre: comedy, drama


The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Video)

Genre: comedy, drama


Sharp Objects (HBO)

Genre: thriller, mystery


Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime)

Okay this is the one show that I cannot unanimously recommend to everyone, for two main reasons:

  1. The Return refers specifically to season 3. You had to have watched seasons 1 and 2, which aired in 1990 and 1991, which I did just so I could watch season 3. It also would have helped to watch Fire Walk With Me, and even The Missing Pieces. I didn't, and just read synopses and watched YouTube videos to fill in the gaps.
  2. David Lynch is the most famous surrealist director of our time. This show is really creepy, really really weird, and definitely a head-scratcher.

Genre: mystery, horror


The Crown (Netflix)

Genre: drama


Rick And Morty (Cartoon Network: Adult Swim)

Genre: comedy, sci-fi, animated

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