oh god read less need more much more TV pls kthxbai

[sab]

So, based on your knowledge of Sab and television; sell me on:

Demons
Sanctuary
Lie to Me
Trust Me
Lark Rise to Candleford
Sophie
Being Human
Primeval
United States of Tara
Skins

(eta (tuesday): Okay, so thanks to all y'all beautiful people, I will try Sanctuary, Being Human and United States of Tara expecting boatloads of promise, and Primeval expecting boatloads of crack. Will give all the rest a pass and will report back on my findings after executing the experiments. My LORD THANK YOU.)

I haven't seen a single ep of any of these except Skins, of which I've seen a few and actually quite liked, despite my bias against teenager-based shows. Still I haven't seen anything in order and don't remember much; plus I think the cast is all different now?

Anyway; if you're watching, have watched, are loving, have loved, tried and hated, or are ambivalent about any of the above, let me know? And if you ARE loving, or even liking one of the above, pimp it to me, will you? Picspam is always nice but not necessary (eta: because with a handful of very particular exceptions, hot people are not enough to sell me on a show, especially those tiresome young hot people *sigh*). Funny quotes or clever plot references are good! Fic recs too!

ALSO if you're out there and curious about one of these shows, go ahead and comment and second the request and maybe some nice soul will answer us?

LOVE,
SAB

Comments

[infinitemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Demons is in a special place of bad. It is so fundamentally, cracktastically stupid with bad acting and nonsensical accents -- not just from Philip Glenister, the two human leads are from London and have northern accents. WTF -- that noone should be forced to watch it. Merlin is dumb but it's fun-stupid and decently acted. Demons makes it look like The Godfather.

Lark Rise To Candleford is cosy TV. It's heritage telly, set in some past where people are pleasant and jolly and say things like "bless my soul" and its plots need not detain you for five seconds. In short, it is like a BBC Little House On The Prairie or similar and the presence of several very charismatic actors in the cast need not detain you.

Being Human is superb. Do not watch the pilot. While all the present leads are good, the earlier Mitchell was one of those strange, charismatic presences that overshadows the current Mitchell, even though he is excellent. The characters are endearing, it's very dark but funny, and they've twice surprised me with how far they are willing to go. There's an arc, though I am not sure where it's going yet, and you'll have the entire series within two weeks -- it's only six weeks long.

If you want something else, give Moses Jones a try. I loved it.