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Best "hidden gems" - TV shows


name the best tv shows most people have never heard about.

i'll start:
the booth at the end
chosen
(jim) profit
wondershowzen
liquid television
the maxx

Update:
- cracker

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Hidden gems is hard, but the two that come to mind the quickest;
Friday Night Lights
Firefly

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firefly is surely fantastic. i heard about FNL lights, but it did not sound that interesting to me. is it really worth it?

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FNL is really good Drama. The football is just a backdrop, the show is about life and relationships. Season one is probably a bit long season 2 is hurt by network interference and the writers strike, but season 3-5 are easily some of the best network TV has to offer.

Can't stop the signal.

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sounds good. thx. :D

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Just watching S02 of The Booth At The End. I like it.

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i am glad you liked it. thanks for checking it out. a third season was announced, but it seems like it will never see the light of day. :(

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Shame there was no season 3. WOuld have liked to have seen more.

Poor Melody!

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yeah, me too.

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Me three.

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I so randomly found this show on an app from my phone for City TV binge watched it in my cell phone years ago.

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Couple of recent hidden gems I have found.

Hap and Leonard
Grace and Frankie

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thanks. will check it out.

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liquid television
the maxx

great choices, I finally got the maxx on dvd years ago and it was still trippy.

Community
Aeon Flux (MTV series)

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thank you. :D

it took me ages to find someone that sold me recordings of liquid television.

as for maxx, i still have to check out the full comic series.

community is awesome and aeon flux is insane. wasn't it first shown within liquid television?

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Freaks and Geeks...it was said to be the best show that no one watched...except for a few of us fanatics!

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I saw it. Liked it and was sad they didn't continue with it.

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I agree about Freaks and Geeks!

But I would have to say the best hidden gem is by far Bates Motel. The best show ever!

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Utopia

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The booth at the end is awesome!

Kingdom Hospital

Dead like me

Don't trust the Bitch in Apartment 23

Sanctuary (Web series version is best! but Sanctuary was remade with a budget so the episodes were remade for TV)

The Sara Silverman Program.

Tin Man (wizard of Oz miniseries)

Roswell

Tremors (based on the movies)

Twitch City (really weird Canadian sit com)

Black Books is good. Not really a hidden gem in the UK but in North America a doubt it's well known.

Not sure if all these apply, but I don't think they are very mainstream.

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"The booth at the end is awesome!"

glad you liked it. :D

i gotta check out some from your list, but so far i can agree on dead like me, the sarah silverman program, tremors and most of all black books. i gotta admit though, that the sarah silverman program had it's run and made it as far as the format could be pushed.

and i agree, in terms of the US "black books" is surely a hidden gem.

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If you like Stephen King, then I would start with Kingdom hospital. You would know in the first episode whether this show was for you and it's only 13 episodes or so. Sort but awesome like Firefly. It's dark yet funny.

If your looking for just funny, Don't trust the bitch... Another one that's easy to tell if it's worth watching through in the first episode.

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Got another one for you "The Tick (2001)"

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