First decent TV series I've seen for a LONG TIME

[jimbo45]

Hi there
I'd almost given up on TV - but a colleague of mine gave me some DVD's of the US series COVERT AFFAIRS -- I must say it's one of the most intelligent series involving the CIA that I've ever seen with decent characters and outstanding actors.

Anyway a great change from boring "Reality" or terrible "Talent" shows.

Any other fans of this show here.

I think it's GREAT.

Cheers

jimbo

 

[noobvious]

Yes, I watch the show and I quite enjoy it.
I'll confess to being a stereotypical man and when the first promotional clips were shown, thinking,"I'll give the pilot episode a shot, she is cute." Example below, for those unfamiliar with the show....



But it has turned out to be much better than I expected. Clever storylines, great acting, and yes, it's not a reality or talent show (which I avoid like the plague).

 

[bigmck]

Hi there
I'd almost given up on TV - but a colleague of mine gave me some DVD's of the US series COVERT AFFAIRS -- I must say it's one of the most intelligent series involving the CIA that I've ever seen with decent characters and outstanding actors.

Anyway a great change from boring "Reality" or terrible "Talent" shows.

Any other fans of this show here.

I think it's GREAT.

Cheers

jimbo

You should look up "Burn Notice". It is well done and is along some what the same theme as "Covert Affairs". == Another thread was talking about the temperature. How cold is it in your town?

 

[alikhan]

Hi there
I'd almost given up on TV - but a colleague of mine gave me some DVD's of the US series COVERT AFFAIRS -- I must say it's one of the most intelligent series involving the CIA that I've ever seen with decent characters and outstanding actors.

Anyway a great change from boring "Reality" or terrible "Talent" shows.

Any other fans of this show here.

I think it's GREAT.

Cheers

jimbo

I have been watching Person of Interest , till now the show is pretty interesting . Hope they keep the show running . :sarc:

 

[bigmck]

I have been watching Person of Interest , till now the show is pretty interesting . Hope they keep the show running . :sarc:

I was just curious if in India you received the shows when the USA did. Person of interest had 23 episodes last season and is in the second season here. Are you in the same time frame?

 

[HAVOC]

I watch that show but not very often, one of the better shows on TV. I don't watch much TV anymore. I should just buy the DVD's.

Piper Perabo

 

[alikhan]

I have been watching Person of Interest , till now the show is pretty interesting . Hope they keep the show running . :sarc:

I was just curious if in India you received the shows when the USA did. Person of interest had 23 episodes last season and is in the second season here. Are you in the same time frame?

Nope,very few shows are actually broadcast live here . We do have cbs and fox network available . Like in mine STB , channels like CBS love , CBS spark , CBS prime , Fox crime , Fox traveller , FX , Nat Geo Music, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Wild , AXN , HBO , MGM , WB Channel , Fox Action Movies .
Person of Interest was used to aired live on a star world but it was taken off halfway through the season .

 

[bigmck]

I have been watching Person of Interest , till now the show is pretty interesting . Hope they keep the show running . :sarc:

I was just curious if in India you received the shows when the USA did. Person of interest had 23 episodes last season and is in the second season here. Are you in the same time frame?

Nope,very few shows are actually broadcast live here . We do have cbs and fox network available . Like in mine STB , channels like CBS love , CBS spark , CBS prime , Fox crime , Fox traveller , FX , Nat Geo Music, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Wild , AXN , HBO , MGM , WB Channel , Fox Action Movies .
Person of Interest was used to aired live on a star world but it was taken off halfway through the season .

Thanks for the reply. That is interesting.

 

[boohbah]

jimbo, check out Homeland, excellent show. nearing the end of season 2 now, see if your friend has any

 

[Layback Bear]

Give Hulu a try. Covert Affairs, Burn Notice are their any many more.
These are pretty good also.
Watch Castle online | Free | Hulu
http://www.hulu.com/ultimate-force

 

[C-11]

I have been watching Person of Interest , till now the show is pretty interesting . Hope they keep the show running .

I like it too.

Do a search online & you'll find a lot of episodes free to watch.

 

[noobvious]

I have been watching Person of Interest , till now the show is pretty interesting . Hope they keep the show running . :sarc:

I like it too.

Piper Perabo

+1

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there

Thanks for the others - Person of Interest and Burn Notice --good shows.
Homeland I already have.

Looking forward to Season 4 of Covert Affairs --glad it got renewed for another season.

Hulu can only be got where I am "Via other means" !!! and it depends on using a proxy connection -- I usually find watching TV via Net streaming still not a totally satisfactory experience even with decent connections -- I prefer to download to a portable disk and watch at my leisure since I travel a lot and Hotel Wifi connections aren't always very fast !!.

However it shows that there aren't that many decent shows being aired these days if we can only pick out 3 or 4 decent ones out of all the zillions of digital channels out there now. !!!

Anyway thanks for suggesting those shows.

Some others I found and liked :

I quite like a canadian series - Dark Skies , - (It's hard to find this series but it is available).
old US series -- "The Invaders"
and an even older US series - "77 Sunset Strip".

These 3 if you can find then are excellent -- especially the first two - Dark Skies and The Invaders.

Cheers and have a great XMAS / New Year holiday.

jimbo

 

[smarteyeball]

I hope there are lesbians in the show, eh Jimbo?

 

[boohbah]

did someone mention lesbians

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