Little known TV shows which are really good

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Freaks and Geeks

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obv. Only more so because I've been watching it again recently. Is it still little-known, though? I feel like it's known by people now, but it may just be the people I know.

Police Squad! is one of my favorites, though I don't think people don't know it; they may just not know how funny it is. If it's unknown at all, it's because it only ran for six episodes. (And because it ran twenty-five years ago, and lots of people I know are under twenty-five.)

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Police Squad was awesome.

Will hunt down Freaks and Geeks - as far as im aware it hasnt made it over here, or if it did it got litterally no promotion.

[biakabutukafan]

I opened this thread to mention Clone High, but obv I was beat to the punch. I'm still bitter at Punk'd for taking its spot after being canceled on MTV.

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Freaks and Geeks was an awesome show. Died way way too soon. Nath, I have a feeling your indie hipster crowd doesn't represent the norm. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


I don't know if Get a Life counts as little known, but it is really good.

Also Jason Bateman's first show - It's Your Move was hilarious.

Did anyone else ever get hooked on The Paper Chase?


Oh yeah, I have a strong feeling this is probably something that would only appeal to me - but PBS is showing a series called Shaping America - US history to 1877 that I think is incredible. For me it's kind of fun to learn the actual stories behind the few bits of trivia I remember from 8th grade history class, and take in the actual facts of early America from an adult perspective. There are so many parables to [censored] that's going on the world today. I'm becoming more and more of a history nerd the older I get.

[Jack Bando]

Dead Like Me was pretty good. (A group of people are grim reapers in the department of deaths that can only be labeled Rube Goldbergian accidents. One gets hit with a toliet seat from the space station.)

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Freaks and Geeks was an awesome show. Died way way too soon. Nath, I have a feeling your indie hipster crowd doesn't represent the norm. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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ROFL

You're so right. Although come to think of it, a lot of my friends don't know about Police Squad! unless I've told them. They're better at movies and music.

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I don't know if Get a Life counts as little known, but it is really good.

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OMG [censored] YES

This is the show I should have mentioned.

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Did anyone else ever get hooked on The Paper Chase?

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I vaguely remember it as a kid. I mean, I was probably 3.

[bisonbison]

The worst jobs in history - BBC show on Discovery Channel

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Police Squad! rocked.

Yeah The Paper Chase on Showtime from 83-86 is what I remember - I was in Jr. High/HS. It made Law School look kind of glamorous and fun. I think for me it was an escape where I fantasized about what it might actually be like to do stuff like homework, studying, or giving a crap about any of your classes.

[EvanJC]

i agree completely about clone high. also, check out sports night - so, so good.

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Police Squad! rocked.

Yeah The Paper Chase on Showtime from 83-86 is what I remember - I was in Jr. High/HS. It made Law School look kind of glamorous and fun. I think for me it was an escape where I fantasized about what it might actually be like to do stuff like homework, studying, or giving a crap about any of your classes.

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Yeah, in 1983 I was 2.

Come to think of it, maybe this show had a subconscious effect, because many of my peers have recently decided to go to law school, for reasons I don't understand.