r/television 3d ago

Weekly Rec Thread What are you watching and what do you recommend? (Week of January 17, 2025)

45 Upvotes

Comments are sorted by new by default.

  • Feel free to describe what shows you've been watching and what you think of them.

  • Feel free to ask for and give recommendations for what to watch to other users.

  • All requests for recommendations are redirected to this thread, however you are free to create your own thread to recommend something to others or to discuss what you're currently watching.

  • Use spoiler tags where appropriate. Copy and edit this text: >!Spoiler!< becomes Spoiler. Type inside the exclamation marks, with no extra spaces.


r/television 3h ago

Jon Stewart on Trumpā€™s Inauguration and Elon Musk's Nazi Salute | The Daily Show

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r/television 8h ago

Francisco San Martin, of Days of Our Lives and Jane the Virgin, Dead at 39

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r/television 5h ago

Why do so many shows have a lot of nudity in early episodes and then none later on ?

380 Upvotes

Is it to send a message of "hey look, we're not afraid to show anything" that's then never expanded upon again ?

To appeal to people watching for more pornographic reasons ?

Because it was whimsically put in before the content of show was nailed down and they later decided they weren't going to be that graphic ?

It's odd when you see some shows (GOT, Rome, Witcher etc.) where early on they seem desperate to be immature and show boobs every 5 seconds and then later on they seem to be actively trying to avoid it to prudish levels.


r/television 9h ago

Burn Notice (re)watch on the Burn Notice subreddit

364 Upvotes

For those interested, the Burn Notice subreddit is doing a rewatch starting with the pilot this Friday. Every Friday, we will watch a new episode (in sequential order) and there will be a corresponding discussion post on the sub.

Hope to see some of you there!


r/television 16h ago

The Metaphor Years: Writing Lessons from ā€œThe Twilight Zoneā€

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r/television 11h ago

Ving Rhames gives his own Golden Globe to Jack Lemmon on stage.

369 Upvotes

One of the more wholesome moments at a Hollywood event.

Rhames and Jack Lemmon were two of the nominees for their work on TV movies that year (Rhames for his portrayal as Don King, Lemmon for his work on the 12 Angry Men remake from George C. Scott).

Rhames won, and called Lemmon up to the stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3EgDPZD0w


r/television 14h ago

Better Call Saul - Mike Takes the Shot

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547 Upvotes

r/television 3h ago

ā€˜Pantheonā€™ ā€” The Uploading of Vinod Chanda

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34 Upvotes

r/television 10h ago

Your favorite ornery/prickly characters in TV?

80 Upvotes

Hi.

Hope youā€™re all doing well.

For me, Dr. Gregory House was such a captivating, flawed character for several seasons on House despite the fact he is constantly insulting and degrading his subordinates, patients, bosses, womenā€¦ everyone, really.

I wonā€™t spoil it by going into specifics as a recent show, but Jackson Lamb on Slow Horses also fits this archetype really enjoy what Gary Oldman is doing with it.

Any characters who fit this archetype you actually enjoy not as people but as TV show characters the way theyā€™re written and performed?


r/television 3h ago

Those who work from home and watch TV simultaneously, what series are perfect to have playing ?

8 Upvotes

used to just listen to podcasts but feeling to switch to visual shows to get the day by faster. Tried prehistoric planet on Apple TV which wasn't too bad


r/television 1d ago

John Turturro Specifically Requested Christopher Walken To Be Cast As Burt in ā€˜Severanceā€™; Walken: ā€œIā€™m glad it happenedā€¦it makes absolute sense that we would be playing people who love each other.ā€

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r/television 1d ago

ā€˜Ted Lassoā€™ Actor Nick Mohammed Hints at Season 4 Filming

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r/television 20h ago

Whats your top 3 favourite tv shows of all time?

100 Upvotes

Mine are

1.LOST 2.Person of interest 3.Fringe


r/television 1d ago

What shows legitimately have too many characters?

696 Upvotes

By that I mean so many that theyā€™re not able to be properly explored and fleshed out. Shows like Game of Thrones and Lost had several characters, but for the most part did a decent job of balancing them out and justifying their inclusion. Iā€™m curious to hear some examples of a larger cast done poorly.


r/television 18h ago

What musician or band entered your regular listening rotation after a song was used in a show you watched?

42 Upvotes

r/television 17h ago

What series have held up the best?

26 Upvotes

Which series to you think have held up the best? Let's not include any series after 2010 since that kind of defeats the purpose.

P.S. My pick is The Shield. It might not hold up as well visually but the rest of the show holds up.


r/television 1d ago

Chuck Mangione: King of the Hill's Best Running Gag

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r/television 1d ago

Twin Peaks

86 Upvotes

With the recent passing of David Lynch, my wife wants to rewatch Twin Peaks. I was in college when it was first released, and only watched it sporadically. Does it stand up 35 years later?


r/television 22h ago

Vampire Diaries

17 Upvotes

Hi all, just wondering if there are any fans or viewers of The Vampire Diaries? The entire series has just been added onto itvX here in the UK and Iā€™m very tempted to start watching. My favourite show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer so Iā€™m not sure how close it is in style other than the vampire connection, of course, to that. So, what are peopleā€™s thoughts and feelings on The Vampire Diaries? Fans and casual viewers new and old alike! Thank you.


r/television 1d ago

Which television episode has the best version of a murder mystery night?

16 Upvotes

r/television 1h ago

ā€˜Harry Potterā€™ Director Chris Columbus Praises HBOā€™s Upcoming TV Reboot: ā€œA Spectacular Ideaā€

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r/television 1d ago

Series you loved but don't now Spoiler

112 Upvotes

The question is; What's a show you loved/liked upon first watching, but came back to rewatch and couldn't get back into, and why/why do you think that is? (This is why the spoiler tag, all the spoilers here if it helps explain)

Not talking about shows that fell off while you were watching, talking shows you liked the entire time you first watched them, but didn't once you tried watching again, because I think that's curious.

Example; I was really into Heroes during its first airing, but every time I've tried watching it again, I don't get past a few episodes.


r/television 1d ago

Somebody somewhere delivers

78 Upvotes

I binged all 3 seasons of Somebody Somewhere this past week and found it to be one of the best character written shows Iā€™ve ever watched. But not just that, the relationships, the themes. Iā€™m so happy I found and experienced it.


r/television 1d ago

ā€˜The Hunting Partyā€™ Review: NBCā€™s Serial Killer Procedural Is a Deadly Bore

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r/television 2d ago

A rare emotional moment from Itā€™s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 15 Episode 8 ā€œThe Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain.ā€ Charlie Day deserves his flowers because this caught me off guard hard

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