Last weekend's laugh out loud moment.

[Spacecadet]

Mad Dogs is worth a watch

Video: Mad Dogs, Sky 1, preview - Telegraph

only 4 parts but by far the best British drama I've seen in a long time

[2BIT]

Yeah House is formulaic, where they spend 80% of the show trying various solutions to heal someone, eventually House has an epiphany, and the rest of the team are shown to be pretty useless. It's the other stuff that I still watch it for, particularly House as a character himself and his interaction with the others. Hugh Laurie plays one of the more interesting characters on TV if you can see past the fake american accent.

As for Chuck, well it suprised me how good it actually is (as someone who can't stand overtly geeky stuff such as The IT Crowd). Only got interested to see what the 'nerd becomes spy' angle was about and suprisingly the nerd side is probably the most underplayed part of the show in that you don't have to be a nerd/geek to get or enjoy the humour, a lot of it is movie/comic book originated. It's certainly more about great chemistry amongst the lead actors, good writing (not to mention hundreds of classic one-liners, think Big Trouble in Little China), and a great mix of comedy, drama, and romance. The latter suprisingly compulsive due to the chemistry between the leads, and how good an actress Yvonne Strahovsi is when showing emotion through expression and very few words. There's also the 'strahotski' factor as well, but there's a lot more to her than a hot blonde who doesn't mind appearing in her underwear or tasty outfits frequently.

I know these shows aren't going to appeal to everyone but if you haven't at least given the first couple of episodes of the first season a go you could be seriously missing out.

yeah I know that House has a lot more going for it, think I'll try a few episodes

felt the same about chuck (i don't mind geeky humour, don't like IT crowd though - isn't funny) so think Ill try this too, there is another similar show burn notice

Funniest show on US tv was Arrested Development, it could be relentlessly funny at times, not everyones cup of tea - it's very silly and similar in style to scrubs (lots of in-jokes, non-sequiturs etc) but is actually funny and not stuck up it's own arse

[Scrag Meister]

Just started watching Breaking Bad and have finished up to episode 4 of season 1. Season 2 ready and waiting for Season 1 to be completed.

Recently done some hard core series watching while on the bench.

Dexter Season 5
True Blood Seasons 1,2 and 3 (36 episodes in 4 days!!)
Weeds Seasons 5 and 6
Six Feet Unders Season 1,2 and half of 3 so far.
Breaking Bad half of Season 1

Other recently viewed recommendations
Zombieland
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy
The Blind Side
Blood and Bone

[Sysman]

You must be as weird as me then.

I still think the portaloo thing was amazing.

"Why are you blue?"

It gets a bit grim towards the end of the series though.

The last episode is positively surreal and one hell of an exercise in cause and effect.

But I will watch Series 3 when I can get it.

[PAH]

Mad Dogs is worth a watch

Yeah it was ok, but I felt slightly let down after the last episiode. Was expecting more to the story.

Was drooling over the villa though, and the Spanish female copper wasn't bad either. Set on Majorca if I remember right.

[PAH]

felt the same about chuck (i don't mind geeky humour, don't like IT crowd though - isn't funny) so think Ill try this too, there is another similar show burn notice

Burn Notice does look pretty good, sort of a modern day take on The Equalizer, seeing as the premise is a spy that gets kicked out and then does jobs on the side while trying to find out why the burn notice was issued on him. Only seen the first 3 or 4 episodes but intend to watch more when I get chance.

Chuck reminds me of Alias but takes itself less seriously, though there are obvious similarities with the main spy in both shows being a kick-ass female. Sydney Bristow or Sarah Walker. Hmmm, both please. Ideal blonde and brunette male fantasy material.

For those interested, Chuck season 1 has just started showing on 5* (previously Fiver) on freeview etc. Episode 2 is on 9pm tonight, repeated 8pm (probably with cuts) on Thursday, and at 9pm Saturday. Make sure you watch the first (pilot) episode first if you can as it sets everything up and is a great episode too.

[alreadypacked]

There is a lot of hype about "terra nova" due to start in the US next month, hope it lives up to the hype

Started watching the Borgias, looks ok, hope Neil Jordan can keep his sh1t together.
He has given himself a lot of credits, writer, director, producer etc. etc. so I am not holding my breath.

[d000hg]

I think the bath-tub episode in series 1 is probably my favourite. Sadly, that was also the point my wife decided it wasn't for her so now I have to watch it without her.

[Scrag Meister]

Recoding "Walking Dead", anyone else watching this? Haven't seen any yet.

[alreadypacked]

Sounds like Lost MkII to me.

I don't think I'll bother.

I was hoping for B5 type show.

Lost MkII and I'm out.