2014-11-15

Okay, so I'm new here. Here are some recommended TV Shows, I will try to provide a genre for the shows to ensure people who like certain types of shows will not be disappointed. Plenty more to come, with more areas to cover. If I get time, I will try break up the lines of text with some images.

Recommended TV Shows

Crime / Law Enforcement etc

1. Forever (Must watch IMO)

A 200-year-old man works in the New York City Morgue trying to find a key to unlock the curse of his immortality.

2. Stalker (Must watch IMO)

A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles.

3. The Blacklist (Must watch IMO)

Former government agent Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) has eluded capture for decades. But he suddenly surrenders to the FBI with an offer to help catch a terrorist under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth "Liz" Keen (Megan Boone), a young FBI profiler who's just barely out of Quantico.

4. Graceland (Must watch IMO)

Somewhere in Southern California, in a drug raid run by the US government, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and Customs and they are living in this house unofficially known as "Graceland".

5. Dexter (Must watch IMO)

A Miami police forensics expert moonlights as a serial killer of criminals whom he believes have escaped justice.

6. Gang Related (1 Season) (Must watch IMO)

Every villain has a noble cause, and every hero has a dark side. In the gritty new action-drama GANG RELATED, Detective RYAN LOPEZ is a rising star in Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force. What the world doesn't know is that long before Ryan became a cop, he pledged allegiance to a different band of brothers - a powerful Latino gang called Los Angelicos.

7. The Mentalist

A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John," the madman who killed his wife and daughter.

8. Castle (Must watch IMO)

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle gets permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

9. White Collar

A white collar criminal agrees to help the FBI catch other white collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeiter, and conman.

10. Person of Interest

A former CIA operative is recruited by an enigmatic billionaire to prevent violent crimes.

Comic / Sci-fi Shows

11. Arrow (Must watch IMO)

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

12. The Flash (Must watch IMO)

The adventures of forensic scientist, Barry Allen, who fights evil in Central City as a superfast superhero.

13. Birds of Prey

In the future, long after the Batman has driven himself into exile, his legacy lives on in the form of the Birds of Prey--Black Canary, Oracle, and the Huntress.

14. Smallville

A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville.

15. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The missions of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

16. Gotham (Must watch IMO)

The story behind Commissioner James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.

17. Constantine

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

Sci-Fi / Vampire / Werewolf Shows

18. The Vampire Diaries (watch till you can't stand it)

A teenage girl is torn between two vampire brothers.

19. The Originals

The Original vampire family, from The Vampire Diaries, return and settle in the city they helped build, New Orleans.

20. Bitten

When she left Stonehaven - 'for good this time' - Elena Michaels thought she had left the world of supernatural behind. Until the night she got a mysterious call from her pack leader asking her to come back.

21. Supernatural

Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as "hunters" fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.

Sci-Fi Shows

22. Continuum

A detective from the year 2077 finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future.

23. The 100

Set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.

24. Under the Dome

An invisible and mysterious force field descends upon a small fictional town in the United States, trapping residents inside, cut off from the rest of civilization.

25. The Tomorrow People

The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.

Drama, Comedy & Other Uncategorized Shows

26. Revenge (Must watch IMO)

The daughter of a framed executive makes it her mission to infiltrate upper Hamptons society and exact revenge on the people who set her father up.

27. Sirens

A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.

28. Benched

After losing her boyfriend and her high-powered job as an attorney all on one day, Nina finds that the only job available to her is at the Public Defender's office. She quickly realizes that the system is more screwed up than her own crazy personal life.

29. Suits (Must watch IMO)

On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college-dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.

30. The Good Wife

Alicia has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.

31. Common Law

Centers on cops Wes Mitchell and Travis Marks, who have a problem, each other. So their captain sends them to couples therapy.

32. Franklin & Bash

Lawyers and lifelong friends Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are recruited by a large firm's major partner after winning a high-profile case.

33. Human Target

A unique bodyguard protects his clients by secretly infiltrating their lives in order to draw out and eliminate threats.

34. Legends

Follows a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum, who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn't who he thinks he is.

35. Burn Notice

A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.

36. Royal Pains

An unfairly discredited but brilliant diagnostic surgeon winds up working with his cheesy brother in the Hamptons as a concierge doctor to the uber-rich and ultra-elite.

37. Satisfaction

A husband begins tracking his wife's extra-marital affair with a male escort.

38. Rush

Dr. William Rush is not your average on-call doctor. He's not attached to any hospital, he's highly discreet no matter what the ailment as long as the client can pay his cash-only premium and the doctor can party with the best of them. He has no desire to change his life or how he lives it, until an old flame and his conscience begin to stir things up.

39. Bleach

High school student Kurosaki Ichigo is unlike any ordinary kid because he can see ghosts. After an accident with a hollow, he got a power.So begins Kurosaki Ichigo's training and duty as a Shinigami, Soul Reaper.

40. The Glades

A former Chicago cop moves to a small Florida town and joins the state police.

41. Friday Night Lights

The trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff.

UPDATE

42. Elementary (only watch Season 1)

A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City.

43. Sherlock

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

44. Luther

A crime drama series starring Idris Elba as a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.

45. Orphan Black (MUST WATCH IMO) Tatiana Maslany is amazing.

A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

46. Mad Men (MUST WATCH IMO)

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

47. Hannibal

Explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.

48. Do No Harm (1 Season) (MUST WATCH IMO)

A brilliant neurosurgeon who has to battle his own alter-ego so that he can live a normal life.

49. Boston Legal

Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore, formerly of Young, Frutt & Berluti, settles in at a wealthy and powerful firm focusing on civil cases. With some help from his friend and mentor, veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take, often using less than honest methods.

50. Game of Thrones (MUST WATCH IMO)

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros.

More to be added, there are plenty here to start binge watching if you have time :)

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