Looking for tv show recs

[fleurlb]

Himself and I have exhausted all of our available mutually-acceptable television shows and are looking for new shows to watch.

We both found the pilot of In Plain Sight to be tiresome and boring, which was disappointing because we both found Mary to be smoking hot. He loved Burn Notice, I hated it and spent most of the time wanting to punch the main guy in the face. I loved Lie to Me, he hated it. We both got bored of House somewhere around Season 3, although he still watches because he delights in watching Hugh Laurie be an insufferable grumpy prick. He's watched all the seasons of Dexter, I only watched bits and pieces after Season 2.

He loves Breaking Bad, but I found the pilot too depressing to continue watching. (Although I've seen bits of other episodes since then and might be persuaded into continuing to watch, but that's not going to help us because he's seen them all too recently to rewatch.) He came around on both Friday Night Lights and Leverage, but only after I'd watched all the episodes many, many times. He hated Sons of Anarchy, I loved it. Same with Supernatural and Veronica Mars.

So what has worked for us? Ummm...... we both loved The Shield, Heroes (until it started to suck), The Wire, and the first season of Damages.
Any advice on possible shows to watch would be much appreciated!

Comments

[celtic-flicka.livejournal.com]

Give Chuck another try--that and Leverage are the two shows right now that Mr. C and I both love in equal measure, I think.

I never watched the original Doctor Who because I thought it was pretty goofy, but Mr. C convinced me to watch the new version and I realyl liked it. There's occasional goofiness, but it's more of a drama/action show, I think, and surprisingly good production values for a TV show. (If you give it a go, please note that I found the pilot--the first one with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor--*was* a little goofy. But it gets better and better, and the David Tennant seasons are amazing.)

[fleurlb.livejournal.com]

My mom actually has watched the new Dr. Who and found it fascinating. "It's about time travel," she said, with this sort of awe in her voice. Which kind of made me wonder if she realized she was watching BBC America and not The History Channel or The Learning Channel.