What popular TV series do you have no interest in whatsoever?

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spunkybooster@reddit

Law and Order. Especially the with Ice T and that ugly broad.

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Harrry-Otter@reddit

Drag Race. Just not my cup of tea.

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englishnb@reddit

honestly, drag race uk is the only drag race franchise i watch. it’s just so good and a lot more entertaining thank the original american one. people are a lot less fake and argument-y

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notaspecificthing@reddit

I binged it up to s10, then it just felt the same every season. I do love the comedy queens

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Yeah I CBA with the newer seasons, there are too many of them and they're not that original. They're also chronically overproduced and I find it difficult to be impressed by someone who paid 3k for a costume. Why are they getting points for that? They didn't design or make it? They're getting a prize for being rich.

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notaspecificthing@reddit

The sob stories make me cringe too, and the 'oh no she cant sew' is bullshit

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

Ugh honestly it's not that hard to sew and yet they still don't bother learning? I don't think drag race is a great way of telling how good someone is at being a drag queen, but some of them are terrible at doing the show considering most of the skills are easy to learn. They'll drop 30k on costumes yet they won't do a few sewing lessons? Singing, acting, dancing, comedy and improv lessons are nothing compared to what they spend on outfits and they're a way bigger part of the show if you want to win.

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BrizzelBass@reddit

I'm so with you. My friends want to take my card away because I didn't get.. sashay away. I just never understood drag nor have I ever wanted to put on a dress. But if its for you then fine.

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Famous-Yoghurt9409@reddit

I hear you're a homophobe now, Father?

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LordFingernips_III@reddit

Fecking Greeks!

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Mother_Ad7869@reddit

It's not the Greeks he's after, it's the transvestites! 🤗🤗

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bungle_bogs@reddit

They invented gayness

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AtebYngNghymraeg@reddit

What's the church's position? Should we all be homophobic now?

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Shoes__Buttback@reddit

Down With This Sort Of Thing

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folklovermore_@reddit

Careful now!

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

Careful now

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uk123456789101112@reddit

Love this reference!

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Harrry-Otter@reddit

Naaa, I loved Queer as Folk back in the day. I’m just not wild about drag.

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Strict_Palpitation76@reddit

Cause you're not a female, or presumably gay. It's an estrogen fest with males

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AskUK-ModTeam@reddit

Yeah less of the generalisations mmkay?

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OhCrumbs96@reddit

There are plenty of women who don't enjoy it and find it to be really distasteful.

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Strict_Palpitation76@reddit

Na you're right. I was completely off. Men and women both feel identical about it. I can't believe I was so inaccurate with my generalisation 😩

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ascension2121@reddit

I’m a gay female and it is tedious

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Strict_Palpitation76@reddit

He's a male so the gay bit was specific to a gay male, higher levels of estrogen is the primary factor

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SplinterClaw@reddit

Trans-girl here... Not a big fan of it either. My friends find this strange.

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Mushroomc0wz@reddit

Yeah I’m gay and not a big fan I respect the art of it, the hard work is great it’s just not my thing!

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ScratchChrome@reddit

Have an upvote 🫶

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SplinterClaw@reddit

"My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined." Thanks :) Have a hug.

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ScratchChrome@reddit

It's comments like this that will make complete strangers fall in love with you. Have a lovely day. And thanks for the hug ;)

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Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit

I'm a gay man. Never watched it.

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kramer2006@reddit

Silly goose

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Kim_catiko@reddit

I love Drag Race, it's so ridiculous.

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grafeisen203@reddit

Hard same. But I'll add.that I don't watch very many TV shows at all anymore.

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Super-Land3788@reddit

Dr Who is cringey trash, there I said it.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I don’t know if it has _always been_ cringey trash, but - for me - it went that way during the Matt Smith era and has got progressively more so

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

Enjoyed the Eccleston and tenant years as a kid, but could not stand matt Smith and I refuse to ever watch again. It just seems so cheap and childish. The female one they have now would have put me right off. Not for being a woman, but I cannot stand her accent. It just makes her come across as incredibly thick. My mother's 62 year old partner still wants to watch it whenever it is on, and find it mind-boggling. Though this is a person that calls armageddon one of his favourite films and will happily put on death wish 5 half way through without even consulting anyone else in the room about it.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

I hate Jodie Whittaker’s accent. I agree that it makes her sound thick, but most accents do that for everyone. (If you don’t cringe when you hear local Vox pops… my god do we sound like that? … yes. We do.) She’s not thick at all, but her accent is very irritating - I’m sorry. She was the same type of annoying in Broadchurch.

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

Yep, many accents make people sound thick. I live in Derbyshire and there are so many people that sound like morons because of it. I must've noticed at an early age because I've been told I sound posh my whole life. I never realised that speaking correctly so that you could be understood makes you posh. I just don't want to sound like people that say tek instead of take, gev instead of gave, call the main meal of the day a drink and sat ey up me duck.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

I like my accent but I know it doesn’t translate. If I’m recording something, I’ll not go full on unless I’ve been asked to. The only reason RP was chosen as the English standard was cos everyone could understand it. Have to say that I’ve problems understanding a few voices on itv 2 cos they’re so fast/thick accent. I’ve never heard a Belfast accent I like, y’know? Unless they’re really soft.

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geoffery_jefferson@reddit

"I cannot stand her accent. It just makes her come across as incredibly thick." lmao based

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AprilBelle08@reddit

I loved Ecclestone and Tennant as a kid. I didn't think anyone could live up to Tennant, I tried a few episodes of Matt Smith but just didn't like them, and I've never watched it since.

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

Exactly. I thought he was too young and hated his way of speaking and mannerisms.

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Super-Land3788@reddit

The proper old skool ones were good but all of the modern ones are just embarrassing. The appeal of reality TV stuff like Big Brother or Love Island is totally lost on me as well.

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lorddazron@reddit

It's rubbish made for man-children. Always has been, always will be. Generally BBC fiction tends to all look the same. Terrible effects and writing. It's literally because the makers know they have safe jobs, so they don't put as much effort into it. It also has an air of upperclass snobbery as well, much like a lot of the BBC. The only good things to come out of the BBC are League of Gentlemen, inside No. 9, and anything with Attenborough.

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meepee42@reddit

Funny you say that because all the league of gentlemen have been in doctor who and one of them even working on Dr Who.

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windol1@reddit

I can understand that, for the most part they were rather tame although, younger me most definitely found 2 episodes quite scary/creepy, gas mask kid and the stone angels episodes.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Oh Jesus the gas masks. I’d happily forgotten about those. And the no sleep episodes with no opening credits. Jesus FUCK.

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Super-Land3788@reddit

They stole the Angels concept from The Shining (the book)

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verisakeet62@reddit

Hated the original Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee, etc), and the reboots haven't changed my opinion. Just seemed "sticky-backed plastic" cheap, back then. Now? A bland cash-cow for the BBC.

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Super-Land3788@reddit

The OG one was of it's time, doesn't really hold up today but was fun for what it was. The new ones are just lame imo.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

OG is very much 60s and suspend-disbelief-all-the-way-to-Andromeda-ridiculous; that’s what makes it good for the time. The only ep scared me, really, was the faceless mannequins one and the getting trapped in wifi. Noooo thank you. But being the geek I am, I loved seeing the end of the universe with Eccleston!

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Capital-Clerk6452@reddit

Liked it as a kid (Pertwee and Baker) can’t understand how adults enjoy it now. It is cringeworthy and embarrassing. Jodie Whittaker is a talented actress but you wouldn’t know it from her work in Dr Who - awful!

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Whyisthethethe@reddit

That’s kind of the appeal

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Marketing_Usual@reddit

The BBC has made tons of amazing shows over the years, don't be such a snob

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Whyisthethethe@reddit

I like Dr Who lol

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Marketing_Usual@reddit

I agree 👍

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verisakeet62@reddit

Hated the original Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee, etc), and the reboots haven't changed my opinion. Just seemed "sticky-backed plastic" cheap, back then. Now? A bland cash-cow for the BBC.

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charliedacey@reddit

The Boys, I think it was recommended to me a little too strongly but also my level of superhero media fatigue just made it impossible to maintain interest in

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FeeAdministrative499@reddit

I started watching that when it first came out, tuned in whenever a new season dropped, but I'm not even bothered about season four now. I feel like the only reason I watched season three was because of Jensen Ackles.

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HypMoonr@reddit

Ah, as someone who hates superhero media and avoids strongly, I rather enjoyed the Boys.

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Think_Ad_780@reddit

Pretty much all of them

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FeeAdministrative499@reddit

Honestly, same. There are certain popular TV shows that I kind of like, but I wouldn't rave about them. Like The Sopranos has a few episodes that I like. But shows like Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Barry, The Office (both versions), Peep Show, I just have no interest in any of them. I've tried to get into a few of them, but lost interest at some point. Barry is the only one that I'm considering giving a proper watch.

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Jlaw118@reddit

Happy Valley. I tried it when it first ever came out and just couldn’t get into it. Then when there was the hype of the finale recently and everybody was raving about it, I thought I’d give it another go thinking I’m older and maturer now from when it first came out, I’ll probably understand it. Nope. Both me and my girlfriend got to the second episode and we just weren’t feeling it

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FeeAdministrative499@reddit

I was the same with Line of Duty. I tried to watch the first season and lost interest. Nothing about it compelled me to keep watching.

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Jlaw118@reddit

Surprisingly Line of Duty was one thing I got hooked on and loved! Didn’t think much of the last series though

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Malediction101@reddit

Sarah Lancashire, queen of misery porn.

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AndrewHarland23@reddit

It was good id say but it suffers from having characters that are all a bit of an asshole tbh.

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gold-from-straw@reddit

To me, after growing up a child of colonials in Kenya, Happy Valley will always refer to the super rich colonial set who were constantly shagging each other (not my family, although my great aunt was involved with that group somehow as a child when she witnessed a murder)

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bogloid@reddit

With you on this. It seems every time I see a show with Sarah Lancashire in it. It's always someone who is *miserable* See also lesley Sharpe and Nicola walker for similar. If Lancashire won't do it. They will.

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Usual-Sky6568@reddit

I saw it described somewhere as misery porn

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I never saw it, but from what I can gather, the title was rather misleading.

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Critical-West-7406@reddit

Got that right - I watched it all, it was OK but nothing amazing. Each episode was extremely depressing though. Seriously, it made Eastenders look like the Teletubbies.

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NewLeem@reddit

Yeah, I binged it all after the finale was all over the news as being outstanding and superb. It was fine.

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mufflepuff21@reddit

Same re: Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty (it was a big thing for a while) and GoT especially- tried one series of it and it was a snorefest

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FeeAdministrative499@reddit

Ozark was interesting for the first two seasons as it explored an area of crime that doesn't get much attention: money laundering. I found it quite interesting. But the show as a whole got a bit stale after a while.

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CyborgElbow@reddit

Derry Girls - for no particular reason other than everyone insisting I have to watch it, which tends to make me less likely to bother for some reason

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JohnWong1996@reddit

That seems like you're cutting your nose off to spite your face

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CyborgElbow@reddit

Maybe, but it's not the kind of concept I'd be massively interested in anyway so everyone going on about it makes me less interested still

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JohnWong1996@reddit

Okay so it is about the concept of the show? You literally said the only reason was because people recommended it to. Am I the only person that actually like it when people recommend me shows to watch, and value their opinion enough to watch it?

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FeeAdministrative499@reddit

It depends on the show. I'm not a fan of fantasy (bar season one of The Witcher), so recommending Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings to me is a wasting your breath. On the same note, I don't recommend shows to my friends or family because I know that we have vastly different tastes.

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JohnWong1996@reddit

Okay, so why did you say that you ignore recommendations out of spite, when now you are claiming it depends on the show?

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DameKumquat@reddit

Give it a couple episodes. They're short. If you don't love it after 2-3 episodes (and tbh the first one should suffice), I suppose it's not for you. But I shall think less of you for it. It may help if you remember the 90s and the Troubles.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Oh my word… I agreed to give it a go with my other half. We both looked at each other, cringing, after the first few minutes. We agreed not to bother giving it any more time.

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Krismusic1@reddit

So many! Peaky Blinders, I watched when I had a severe reaction to a Covid vaccination and couldn't cope with anything more demanding. I watched 30 of the 32 episodes then recovered. I was so annoyed that I had wasted my time with such shite that I refuse to watch the remaining two episodes. What a load of bollo!

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FeeAdministrative499@reddit

The issue I have with Peaky Blinders has nothing to do with the quality of the show or anything, but the critical reception around it. When it first aired it was one of those TV shows that flew under the radar for many people, but somewhere around season five everyone and their mum started watching it, and proclaiming it was the best thing they've ever seen. I don't think I heard anyone talking about it pre-2019 and then suddenly everyone I knew was watching it. It was weird. I just hate it when a brilliant TV show flies under the radar for two seasons, gets cancelled and then everyone watches it years later only to wonder why it's been cancelled.

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Mike7676@reddit

I know myself pretty well. If it takes me three tries to get into a show, I'm assured that I won't be into it. I was stuck for something to watch during Spring Break here in the US and I slogged through the entirety of the first five seasons I think?

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FeeAdministrative499@reddit

I agree. I've tried to get into The Wire three times and each time I've bailed about four episodes in. I have no doubt that it's a fantastic TV show, it's just that I can't get into it.

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Goose-rider3000@reddit

I know entertainment is entirely subjective but I just can't imagine someone not enjoying Peaky Blinders. Different folks, different strokes, I guess.

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Paulsonfire@reddit

I watched the first 2 seasons. Didn't like any of the main characters, just wanted them to all die but clearly that won't happen. I hate when TV shows expect you to root for the protagonist when they're clearly an awful, awful person in every way.

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wren1666@reddit

Same here, just hated everyone on it and wanted them all to die. Couldn't be bothered with waiting for that to happen so just stopped watching it.

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gold-from-straw@reddit

Having just said I couldn’t cope with game of thrones because of all the murder all the time… I really enjoyed peaky blinders and I don’t know why lol!

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Don_Tommasino_5687@reddit

That’s what The Sopranos and Boardwalk did so well - wrote it in a way that you gave a shit about the main characters even though they were assholes. Agree with you about Peaky - thought it was terrible.

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MegsAltxoxo@reddit

May be a character doesn’t have to be good person in order to make them interesting to follow and watch. I mean it’s ok if you prefer it that way, but do Show need to only have lawfully and morally good main characters? The appeal in the story was that he isn’t an entirely good person, that he is ruthless and overly ambitious, plus his emotional problems from war. So what you see is him claiming on top and fail many times. That edgy teenager boys went on to idolize it like the Joker etc was not the TV shows fault. It’s pretty clear he never meant to be a likable good person. That was not the point of the show.

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Paulsonfire@reddit

Always Sunny / Succession are amazing shows because all of the protagonists are awful, but the show is written in a way where they're not glorified ala peaky blinders. Peaky Blinders is definitely set up for you to like and root for the protagonist. If you're not rooting for him, the show just doesn't reward that at all

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BobDude65@reddit

I can imagine someone not liking it, but I can’t imagine someone saying that it’s complete shite. I personally didn’t like Breaking Bad very much at all, but I’d be an absolute idiot if I said it was objectively a bad show. Maybe same can be said about that commenter?

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Krismusic1@reddit

I thought Breaking Bad was terrible also I really couldn't get invested in a drug manufacturer. Guess I'm an idiot according to you. I'll have to live with that somehow.

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dbxp@reddit

It starts off ok but it's suffers from power creep, such shows only work when youre supporting the underdog

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Goose-rider3000@reddit

Worked for me

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BaseballFuryThurman@reddit

That's weird. I really liked Peaky Blinders and can definitely see why others wouldn't.

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Astrohurricane1@reddit

I didn't get everyone saying how good Adrian Brody was in it. I thought his performance was one of the worst displays of acting that I've ever had the misfortune of seeing on a screen. Truely terrible.

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NorthernSoul1977@reddit

Same. The cinematography, the twists, the insanely charasmatic anti-hero. Loved it.

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Mike7676@reddit

It took me a few tries to get through the first episode honestly. I did watch the entirety of it, enjoyed some but I think I've put my finger on my issues with the show. Like almost any premium cable show in the last 20 something years (At least North America wise) it has Syndication Slowdown. I don't even know if that's really a thing but I've cottoned to a few things: The show wants to suck you in so here's some blood, controversy, drugs and full nudity. Once the show runners feel "safe" then they tell more nuanced stories....in a good show. In a bad show, they'll hit the brakes on anything salacious and it's so jarring that you lose interest. Not that Peaky Blinders did exactly that, but there's definitely a point where it gets slower.

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yesnomaybe01@reddit

It’s a show for wankers like Danny Dyer. Bet he loves it

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iwanttobeacavediver@reddit

Urgh, this. My mother loves it and so I gave it a fair shot. I honestly couldn't get past the first couple of episodes. It was one endless montage of people walking around, talking or smoking. I genuinely found myself wondering why the hell I should care about any of it.

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lumpytesticle69@reddit

"Northerners do Violence" is my nickname for it. bit of drama, then a rumble. rinse. repeat. not helped by the BBC News website constantly fucking talking about it, shoehorning it into any story it could. Like when the town its shot in won a prize for being pretty or something it starts like "royston vasey, the town in which bafta award winning BBC TV show Peaky Blinders is filmed in, has won an award". first picture? cillian fucking murphy, not the town. (tbh this is not a peaky blinder problem, this is shitty bbc news website problem. anything that happens is brought back to them. "sally smega, who once played a dead body on a slab in the bafta winning BBC TV Series detective series Monkfish today won an oscar for something completely different, but if it wasn't for her time working for the beeb she would have got nowhere". You know the only person they don't do this with - Jerry Sadowitz. He had a series on the beeb, they never mention it) Also Cilliam Murphy is so far up his own arse he doesn't need a dentist to tell you state of the back of his teeth. Heard an interview on Radio 4 Front Row about Oppenheimer and I just had to turn it off. Plus whenever I see him I think he's about to put a big suit on and start singing 'Girlfriend is Better'

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Krismusic1@reddit

I hear you. I won't be going to see Oppenheimer.

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lumpytesticle69@reddit

me to but part of that is I have heard that there is music over virtually all of it, which sounds like what you have to do when what's on the screen isn't really bringing across the emotional feel. Just makes me think 'star wars prequel trilogy'

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yrmjy@reddit

What's your idea of more demanding TV?

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Krismusic1@reddit

I actually meant something more demanding than TV.

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yrmjy@reddit

That makes sense

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Don_Tommasino_5687@reddit

Yeah Peaky Blinders was terrible. Especially compared to the likes of Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos. Just couldn’t take the rock music as they slo-mo walked through a forge with sparks flying behind them, at all seriously.

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chonkyclouds@reddit

You got a lot further than me. I have no criticism for Peaky Blinders, it just didn't grip me for some reason. That's okay, I don't have to like everything. Bit surprising though as usually I love gritty crime stuff like that.

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plumbus_hun@reddit

I refuse to watch it purely because of the weird “tough guy” quotes that chav lads share on Facebook with the peaky blinders background

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Krismusic1@reddit

Sound reason.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Thank you, friend - I now feel validated and justified in my avoidance of it. Have a great day 👍

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Krismusic1@reddit

Ha ha. I hope you enjoy the time I saved you!

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Thank you again - Yes, I’ll probably spend that time playing video games or making music playlists 😁

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damned-n-doomed@reddit

Breaking Bad. Watched the first 2 seasons cause I was told “it gets better”. It didn’t. Apparently season 3 is where it “really gets good” but IMO I shouldn’t have to sit through 2 seasons of a show before I can enjoy it.

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nearlydeadasababy@reddit

Same, managed a season. "It gets better"... no ta, not investing any more time in it as it would need to be a completely different show.

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ItsyouNOme@reddit

Shows need to respect your time. It should be good at season 1.

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Divi_Filus_@reddit

should a story book respect your time and have it's start and finish in page 1 and 2?

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

That's not what they meant at all and it's very obvious. There's no excuse for a piece of media to be boring at the start. It's called bad pacing.

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Divi_Filus_@reddit

breaking bads genre is literally called slow-burn

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

Slow burn does not mean "is badly paced". This is not an argument. Being a slow burner does not absolve the show of any pacing issues. If anything, it suggests that pacing is specifically a huge aspect of the show and if they've still fucked it up then that's even worse. A slow burn relies on keeping you interested. That's the whole point, you have to be aware that the audience will get bored without giving them something. And imo it's really not much of a slow burn anyway, it's just an excuse for a generic episode structure which features 40 minutes of nothingness sandwiched between 5 minutes on either side of excitement to give the illusion that it's keeping you hooked with great pacing when in reality its a cheap trick that relies on weekly release to prevent audiences from realising how formulaic the structure is.

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ComprehensiveDingo0@reddit

Breaking Bad’s episodes could be condensed into half the time without losing anything plot wise, which I’m no really a fan of. I prefer proper razor sharp media, where you can’t cut a single thing out without the story losing something important.

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

Yeah, I think there's something to be said for some rambling stories if that's the whole point (American gods springs to mind although even that is very polarising) but for most shows they should absolutely be cutting off as much fast as possible. It's no shock that a lot of the best writers of all time say that when making a book/film/show they write loads and brutally skin it until there's just the essentials left. I think in general the medium of weekly released shows made for TV airing produces bad outcomes because they've demanded a specific and repetitive structure with time constraints for when the viewer interacts with it. You don't generally get this level of restriction with anything else and it's the reason for a lot of shows being bad imo.

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_Permanent_Marker_@reddit

Yep i was like that, then I quit my job and had untold binging time available so i thought id give it one more try. Absolutely loved it.

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SitUbuSit_GoodDog@reddit

I did the same thing on maternity leave. I'd tried to watch it before and just found it negative and stressful rather than enjoyable. But once i was on leave and I didn't have my own work stress to worry about, it became much more enjoyable watching Walter White's whole shitshow. I think what makes Breaking Bad better than other series is the ending. It's not a happy ending but it makes sense and it does a good job wrapping up every loose end

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yrmjy@reddit

Should have quit your job and started cooking crystal meth

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_Permanent_Marker_@reddit

same my name

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

Yeah I always tell people I gave up halfway through, and despite what I said they'll insist that I should have kept going after season 2 because it gets better. They all look baffled when I reiterate that I gave up precisely after the point they said was the best bit. The problem with breaking bad is that it's designed to be watched week to week and trick you into thinking it's incredibly engaging. It's the exact same format every time. The whole episode basically nothing happens and it drags very slowly, then the last five minutes something exciting happens and leaves on a cliffhanger. The next episode will resolve this in the first five minutes and do the exact same thing. Every episode is absolutely nothing sandwiched between 10 minutes of mildly interesting action with no real stakes. I noticed this after the first season and it never changed with the exception of a few episodes. About 95% of the show up till the point I gave up followed this exact format. The first season was actually not terrible, it was still slow but at least it had some originality. I also quite liked the fly episode even though everyone else seems to hate it. At least it was an interesting choice.

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somerandomnew0192783@reddit

Or, alternatively, it builds story and then has some action related to said built story. It's not meant to be John wick where it's just non stop shooting and car chases.

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

I like that you assume someone who dislikes breaking bad must just be too dumb and can only enjoy action films. I don't like action films either. The issue here is that whilst nothing but action is bad, so is nothing happening. It also really isn't building up story for the most of it, it's generally just fluff that has no payoff and doesn't need to be as long as it is, just gratuitously long shots of the characters sitting around or some scenery, occasionally a subplot that goes nowhere and some dialogue that doesn't amount to anything. If they cut out about 20 minutes of each episode it'd probably be very good.

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Bravo233Leader@reddit

Sorry..... But it does....

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contractor_inquiries@reddit

It also starts in episode 1 with the main character ready to commit suicide by cop (literally the first scene). The episode ends with him drugging and kidnapping two drug dealers and chaining them in a basement. He murders one and melts his body, and the acid burns through the bathtub and splashes dead body all over the house. All in episode 1 I think. Maybe some of it is Ep 2. If that didn't twig your interest for where the series might end up then it isn't for you. Series 1 is definitely slow and suffers as the other guy said but ultimately it becomes more of the above, on bigger scales (and more tightly plotted).

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Right, I’m going in!

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SlightlyFarcical@reddit

Breaking Bad is good but not because of what all the silly think. Its the story of a man who turns out to be a massive cunt and fucks over everyone and like all stories like this, its an exponential curve, not linear one so it takes a while to kick in.

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MattSR30@reddit

Lol, I just wrote pretty much the exact same thing in another comment before seeing yours. Fully did two seasons as well. Funny that.

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kieronj6241@reddit

I fell asleep during every single episode we tried to watch. The wife had to keep nudging me and we gave up in the end because, much like in your experience, people told us it gets better, but it has to grab us from Ep1 or it’s not worth it.

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

Unsurprising considering that most episodes are devoid of any plot apart from the first and last five minutes.

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grequant_ohno@reddit

Same! Made it through two seasons and just got bored.

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borsadilatta@reddit

I love that the first comment under this is someone telling you that season 3 is where it gets really good.

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ManufacturerDeep5046@reddit

>Watched the first 2 seasons cause I was told “it gets bet It's all good, man.

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AlwaysQuotesEinstein@reddit

This is fair, as much as I like the show, the quality is consistent, if you don't like the 1st and 2nd season, there's not much point in continuing.

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SuboptimalOutcome@reddit

I'll try and defend it a little. It was very much a casualty of the writer's strike in the first two seasons. Season 3 **is** where it gets really good, with the introduction of Saul and Mike, but if you're not liking it by S2 it probably won't change your mind.

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According-Remote-317@reddit

I'm about to finish season 2, hoping S3 lives up to the hype!

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Leland_Gaunt87@reddit

I liked the first 2 seasons but got bored of it and lost interest at the start of season 4.

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troy_mambo@reddit

Great assessment. S1 is *slooooooow*. S2 fairly quickly sets the scene for everything that's to come. It ain't for everyone, and that's ok.

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Siccar_Point@reddit

Yeah, exactly. It doesn’t get *better*, it gets *faster*.

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Charlie97_@reddit

I’m happy I stuck with it through the first two! The last two seasons are two of the very best I’ve watched.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

This is a really fair and true comment. I watched it and I generally enjoyed it, but I think the key thing about it getting good in season three is that it gets good _if_ you are already enjoying it.

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contractor_inquiries@reddit

It also starts in episode 1 with the main character ready to commit suicide by cop (literally the first scene). The episode ends with him drugging and kidnapping two drug dealers and chaining them in a basement. He murders one and melts his body. If that didn't twig your interest for where the series might end up then it isn't for you. Series 1 is definitely slow and suffers as the other guy said but ultimately it becomes more of the above, on bigger scales (and more tightly plotted).

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Leifang666@reddit

I only got through Breaking Bad because of Covid and having it on whilst working from home. It does get better but I think I just never liked Walter and that made it hard to watch.

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BobDude65@reddit

Agreed, watched the whole thing but never got into it. Really liked Better Call Saul tho.

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Shadakthehunter@reddit

I only watched the pilot. Couldn't be arsed with the rest of it.

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LPL09@reddit

You are seriously missing out. It's not exactly an intentional slow long setup I think the show was just slightly confused for a season or two. I usually agree with this and I won't sit through anything, but breaking bad was my exception and once you get to 4/5 it's easily the greatest show of all time. 20 hour movie.

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ProD_GY@reddit

What series do you enjoy?

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No_Tonight2356@reddit

Fr fr

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PurpleQuoll@reddit

I skimmed through the episodes on streaming, so I could get the idea. I still didn’t really enjoy it, but have experienced it all, more or less. I found Better Call Saul better.

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mchoneyofficial@reddit

Took me two goes to watch it all. Not awful, just never really felt THAT interesting or stand out to me (might just be a taste thing as so many love it though?).

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eidolon_eidolon@reddit

God, someone told me the exact same thing! I struggled through those first two seasons and still thought it was boring, depressing shit. I also agree that a good programme shouldn't require you to watch multiple episodes before it 'gets good'. See also: the Wire.

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Thomasinarina@reddit

I get told the same thing about Community a lot.

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Smeetsie11@reddit

And Schitt’s Creek. I’ve tried twice, but it’s just not for me and I don’t think it’s funny. And the characters are annoying.

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invincible-zebra@reddit

Yup. Got told to ‘just power through.’ Why should I? It was boring so why should I just continue? Made it to halfway through season 2 before turning it off.

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Siamesecat666@reddit

Nah breaking bad is seriously good

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Paulsonfire@reddit

Season 1 was bland, didn't enjoy it either. But season 2 was brilliant, so yeah if you didn't enjoy it then not worth going through the rest

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AkimboFrice@reddit

Mrs brown's boys

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thesh0e92@reddit

Anything with Miranda Hart too.

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Disastrous_Wait_6611@reddit

I challenge this. I don’t find Miranda funny, but she’s great in Lead Balloon and in Nighty Night.

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The96kHz@reddit

Hyperdrive too. Early 2000s she was great. Basically right up until Miranda.

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Disastrous_Wait_6611@reddit

Ohh I haven’t heard of hyperdrive! I’ll check it out. I’ve been looking for 2000s British comedies. Nighty Night and High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman being two of my absolute favourite shows of all time. Any suggestions?

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noodlesandpizza@reddit

She was good in Call the Midwife as well

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MrsFuckinTommyShelby@reddit

I was going to comment this too. I'm not a fan of her at all but I did like her character in Call the midwife.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

I thought that was where she started! Obviously not :)

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AtebYngNghymraeg@reddit

Much underrated, hyperdrive. Too many people were criticising it for not being Red Dwarf, but it never set out to be that sort of comedy.

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The96kHz@reddit

I'm gutted I can't seem to find it anywhere. I found an old DVD my dad made recording the first series from the TV - can't get the second. I'd actually pay to watch it all again. I went off Nick Frost a bit in the years since, but him and Hart (and of course Kevin Eldon, who's still excellent) are all great in it.

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AtebYngNghymraeg@reddit

It was on one of the streaming services. I rewatched it last year. Can't find it on any of the services I have now, though.

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panicattheoilrig@reddit

My mum and I must be the only ones in the country that like her lol

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LPL09@reddit

She was occasionally ok in Not going out, although still slightly annoying, can't stand her outside of that

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mandyhtarget1985@reddit

I dont mind her on panel shows like would i lie to you etc. but anything where she is acting a part - i switch off

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Ronotrow2@reddit

Irish here it's boring and shite.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Insult to Ireland

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VillagerN9@reddit

Never watched and don’t intend to either.

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Cyan-180@reddit

Mrs Brown and Miranda, very different in that one is working-class Irish and the other middle-class English, but similar in that the both repeatedly break the fourth wall. OK, it means they can get away with less clever storylines and jokes, because they get more laughs by making the audience feel involved. It's like panto. For decades TV comedy got further from its theatre roots, and these shows brought that aspect back. The problem is if you don't identify with the character then the enforced palliness may not work for you.

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AndrewHarland23@reddit

It was a show I found funny a few times and now I’m like “wait, no, this was never funny. Just crude and cringey”. My mum and granny insisted on watching the Christmas special last year, they love it but as soon as the episode finished they were both like “that was crap”. I think it takes a while for the penny to drop that it’s so in your face and heavy handed with it’s comedy that it is one of the most hokey forms of comedy out there. It belongs about 4 decades ago really.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Right with you on that one. An insult to “comedy”

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wallpapermate@reddit

And the word ‘brown’. And wives. And boys. A veritable trifecta of offences.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I would quadruple upvote this if I could

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Agitated_Horse24@reddit

Who actually watches it cos most people I know think it's shit and most of what I've seen online seems to agree with that opinion.

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AkimboFrice@reddit

It's actual target audience is people aged 50-70, that use the word "woke" unironically to describe anyone who tries not to offend other people.

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The96kHz@reddit

Having met my incredibly bigoted stepmum (whom I can confidently say is the least imaginative person I've ever met - literally devoid of any curiosity whatsoever) I'd say you're right...she fucking loves it. "Ooooh, a gay character said something gay! That's naughty."

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Agitated_Horse24@reddit

Ah so no one I'd choose to associate with. Got it.

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dormango@reddit

You take that back

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meinnit99900@reddit

I beg you lot to get a different answer instead of doing this same karma farming shit answer over and over, no one even watches it it’s hardly unavoidable

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count_crow@reddit

Oh look it's this answer *again*

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crazyhorse91@reddit

Who in the year of our lord 2023 is watching or thinking about Mrs Brown’s Boys

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DeirdreMcFrenzy@reddit

Same people who go on about James Corden. It's easy upvotes.

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Ed495@reddit

Also has t been on for ages aha

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Fit_Examination_7850@reddit

Me too. It's the most unfunny overrated bs ever

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ToothSuccessful9654@reddit

Oh absolutely!

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ramona1987@reddit

The worst birthday card I ever received was on my 35th birthday when my nan got me a Mrs Brown's Boys birthday card, banging on about being old, like she's not twice my age 🙃

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Usual-Sky6568@reddit

I remember years ago I was visiting my parents and they said I had to watch it because it was hilarious. They told me my BIL was some kind of weirdo because he didn’t laugh when they showed it to him, guess what? Neither did I

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

God yes. Awful show. Totally unfunny and offensive

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Badgerbreath1981@reddit

Snap.

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Valuable_Recipe_1387@reddit

Totally agree. Absolutely dire.

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siege80@reddit

Absolutely awful

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Seldom-Posts-836@reddit

Love Island. I just don't get it.

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

I feel like I'd maybe watch it for the hype if it wasn't an hour every bloody day. It's way too much to keep up with, and the fact that within that 45 minutes of actual footage they're only doing/saying something interesting about half the time is quite disturbing. People talk about drama and social media as issue for the contestants' mental health, but surely you have to consider boredom on that level some form of torture? Between 20 people in a 24 hour period they had a total of about 20 minutes of actually interesting conversation? And most of that is usually a challenge. No wonder they always look so excited for them, they're bored to death. The only appeal is that they're attractive but I can't find myself to be interested in someone so mindnumbingly dull that they can't even sustain a single interesting conversation once a day. How do they take the sum total of all of their interactions for a full 24 hours and yet they still come off as utterly empty between the ears? It's wild.

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evaca1112@reddit

Ironically it's also the commitment I can't do, a new episode to catch up on each night is too much for me. You miss two episodes and you're completely out of it.

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

Honestly reckon you could condense each episode into about 5 minutes and nobody would have any idea in a conversation that you hadn't watched the whole thing.

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Solid_Tackle7069@reddit

Proper 'Deano' telly that.

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Representative-Bass7@reddit

My wife loves it, to me it seems like TOWIE and shows like that, where it's partially scripted, because they all seem to say the same things every year.

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Steelhorse91@reddit

Towie isn’t partially scripted, it’s entirely scripted, and the acting is god awful. At least old mindless viewing like neighbours used to hire actual actors and have some vaguely compelling story lines, rather than some secondary school level who’s seeing who gossip.

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panicattheoilrig@reddit

My cousin’s friends with one of the boys off TOWIE. I think he’s one of the less egregiously fucking annoying ones, to be fair. My cousin is infuriating though (she’s an anti-science conspiracy theorist now after COVID) so I’m not sure lol.

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mandyhtarget1985@reddit

I recall a series maybe early 00s called The Hills on E4 that was one of the first scripted reality programmes and predecessor to towie and made in chelsea. I remember thinking how bad and wooden the acting was (before i knew it was termed scripted reality) and that the storylines were just incredibly mundane everyday high school gossip.

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OhCrumbs96@reddit

Surely "scripted" implies that the characters would have to be able to read?

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glxxyz@reddit

They just need to repeat what the producers tell them.

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Rose_Of_Sanguine@reddit

The one and only time I watched TOWIE I thought it was satire.

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ClassroomDowntown664@reddit

it's not scripid at all it's structured reality where the producers set up scenes and get cast members to talk about a topic .

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TameRacingDriverUK@reddit

I simply can't stand TOWIE, I have to put headphones on or go in another room. It just seems to me to be some spoiled little airheads being paid to gossip and whinge about their love lives to me. Utterly pathetic. My lass loves it though 🤦‍♂️

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ellisellisrocks@reddit

That's because it features lots of people with nothing to say.

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Rekyht@reddit

Most people would struggle with unique and vibrant chat if they were locked in a villa with 15 other people and absolutely no forms of entertainment whatsoever, especially for 8-12 weeks.

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Mag-1892@reddit

Had this argument with my sister who loves these shows. If they’re not scripted it’s very lucky the 2 people who have fallen out always happen to bump into each other where a film crew happens to be set up so they can argue

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TonyKebell@reddit

thank fuck I figured out how to filter subreddits out of my home screen. Sick of seeing OMIGAWSH SOANDSO AND SOANDSO BROOOKE UP AFTER THE SHOW!?!?!?!? 😭😭☹☹😭☹😭😱😱 ___ Do you motherfuckers have nothing going on in your own lives? Christ!

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Spirited-Parfait7245@reddit

My dad's friends thought I might enjoy it because of the attractive Women, as if that's enough. It's 2023, we have porn.

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Arkas18@reddit

Never found many of the men or women on there attractive personally, of course it's down to personal preference but they've always been very much the default conventionally "hot" type with generic personalities and get forced by the directors to basically wear underwear all the time. Just totally not my thing.

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printedflunky@reddit

We have FREE porn, with better acting

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Spirited-Parfait7245@reddit

I agree haha.

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mk6971@reddit

Any reality show of that ilk. Just full shallow talentless airheads.

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Arkas18@reddit

Pretty much

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Arkas18@reddit

It's bloody awful. Basically everything I don't want to see and nothing I do. Guess I'm just not their target audience though but I still don't understand the hype.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I should’ve added that. Yup, zero interest, made worse by casual acquaintances frequently telling me I absolutely HAVE to watch it and that I’d love it.

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mammammammam@reddit

Don't bother, I watched half an episode once to see what all the fuss was about but had to switch over as I felt my brain cells disintegrating lol. Loved original big brother though when it was still normal people before they put all love island wannabes and influencers in there, then it got boring.

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fragmnt@reddit

I’ve never watched any of them. And Love Island looks simply awful. That said, I did watch Milf Manor. Which was gloriously trash.

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skyersjet@reddit

Before we even get to the lack of talent it's just depressing to watch people younger and more attractive than you making money on TV.

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tamhenk@reddit

Me neither. Unfortunately my wife loves the fucking thing.

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Vyseria@reddit

I started S1 recently. For context, I usually love dating shows, married at first sight, first dates, farmer wants a wife, all great loved them. love island?! The misogyny, the whole premise, the switching and just basically all the comments made about everyone else. Just felt it was horrible and mean. I want to see couples find love or at least try to find love... Not their next sex conquest (I'm paraphrasing the language used on the show)

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Same-Mission-2231@reddit

Incredibly controversial opinion to share on Reddit this

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ShibuRigged@reddit

Such a niche and unheard of one, I dare say it belongs on r/unpopularopinions, the true home of niche takes.

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wildchvrlie@reddit

I'll admit I watched two seasons of it and was briefly hooked on catching the latest episode but then I got bored of seeing the same copy + paste people having shallow chats. Plus hearing about the effects it's had on the mental health of people who appeared on it really puts me off.

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Spikeymikey5050@reddit

TV for stupid people

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HighKiteSoaring@reddit

It's the death of culture

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BaseballFuryThurman@reddit

I think it's shite as well but I've stopped judging as much after becoming a fan of Married At First Sight. It's everything I usually hate and yet I love watching it. I think it's just a nice change of pace from the usual stuff I watch. Sure, it's likely about as real as Breaking Bad, but I can at least suspend disbelief. Maybe Love Island is that show for a lot of people.

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ThatSignificance7230@reddit

A very sad sign of the times.

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Exotic-Broccoli-1761@reddit

Any type of reality show. They are all pretty much cringeworthy and I blame them for most of today’s idiotic “celebrity” culture.

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LionLucy@reddit

I don't like Love Island but I begrudgingly watch it all summer because everyone at work talks about it

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Kaiisim@reddit

They emotionally terrorise attractive young people basically.

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Mindless-Peak-8669@reddit

Stranger things, peaky blinders, game of thrones, breaking bad, friends, the big bang theory, greys anatomy.. never seen any of those

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Long-Improvement-894@reddit

Foot ball

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NoCommunication7@reddit

Soap operas, love island, anything on netflix

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jejdhdijen@reddit

Tell me your favourite shows and I guarantee they have ‘general cliquey fans circlejerks’

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--Seafoam--@reddit

For years everyone hated Deep Space Nine and I could live in peace. Now everyone realises it's the best thing ever commited to television because they watched it over lockdown on Netflix

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windol1@reddit

Well I'm glad people are coming round, there's something about it that has always been more interesting than the others. Don't get me wrong, I grew up watching The Next Generation and do enjoy it, but DS9 just has the edge. Voyager on the other hand I just can't stand, it was an interesting story but something just puts me off ever watching the show again.

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--Seafoam--@reddit

Yeah it really was a one off. A response to TNG in a way, they're intertwined. I see bits of DS9's darkness in Enterprise - that episode where Captain Archer fires on a crippled civilian ship, boards it, steals their warp coil, and leaves them dead in hostile space. They were three years from home with no warp and no weapons. Seeing Archer agonise about that just reminded me strongly of something Sisko would do. But mostly DS9 had the strongest characterisation and growth.

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DannyBrownsDoritos@reddit

I've only watched a couple of episodes of Enterprise but the one thing that struck me about it was how much the two human main characters come across like Ugly American tourists. I half expect there to be an episode where the British guy gets black out drunk, fingers an Andorian and then jumps of a balcony. Also for a franchise that doesn't lack for creepy sexualisation there seems to be a lot more of it in Enterprise.

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--Seafoam--@reddit

It's the old story where the first two seasons are not as good and the second two are much better. You can really feel the pressure and terror they're experiencing and how alone and far from home they are. There's no Federation. I do agree with the sexualisation, you can probably thank Rick Berman for that - the guy responsible for putting Seven of Nine in a catsuit, making Jadzia Dax's actress wear a padded bra and then killing her off, making Beverly Crusher's actress leave for season 2 of TNG, making telling Kira Nerys' actress she walked like a lesbian and had to wear heels, etc etc,

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windol1@reddit

>mostly DS9 had the strongest characterisation and growth That's it, the number of regular characters from various different species helps to shake things up as well, plus I found voyager and TNG both to be constantly stumbling into trouble before one of the main crew finds a solution and saves the day. I never really thought about enterprise sharing attributes of DS9, but I always felt Enterprise was rather under rated as in my opinion done a great job telling the story of the only earth ship in deep space, with very little advanced technology, even the episode you mentioned hammers home the desperate situation they're in.

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--Seafoam--@reddit

Ah yeah, Jeffrey combs I think his name is. He was Shran in enterprise, he was in an episode of voyager, he was brunt too. I'm watching Voyager at the moment. It's so fucking stupid I love it. Me and my husband cheer every time Neelix or Chakotay gets hurt. Cause we hate them!

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ArmouredWankball@reddit

Babylon 5 ripoff.....

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--Seafoam--@reddit

Mum can we have DS9? We've got DS9 at home.

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canlchangethislater@reddit

Mercifully, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and I, Claudius don’t.

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tarmac-the-cat@reddit

Thought it was just me.

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HankLard@reddit

Home Improvement.

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Bored--Person@reddit

The wire? I can never find anyone to talk about this show to.

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onenicethingaday@reddit

That's because it was an old show that covered controversial and upsetting topics. It's not something you can just chat with a stranger on the bus about

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

A fair point, well presented.

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

A lot of the big glossy American dramas. I'm sure some are good but generally ther

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pakasion@reddit

Outer Banks

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CrystalQueen3000@reddit

Game of Thrones

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I held off on that one for quite a while before giving in 🤣

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Necro_Badger@reddit

It's all fine for the first 6 seasons, and then... Oh dear. It was remarkable how quickly everyone stopped talking about it when 7&8 dropped. It's like it never existed

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AdSingle6957@reddit

4 series

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TheGreatBatsby@reddit

> It's all fine for the first 6 seasons, and then... 4 seasons. 5+6 have a marked drop in quality and the less said about 7+8 the better.

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Reignbeaus@reddit

Yeah that's what puts me off watching it. I was considering giving it a go but then I remembered all the moaning about how it ended and decided not to bother. I don't want to invest all those hours watching something that I know has a crap ending.

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Martell77@reddit

People are over dramatic about it, but it definitely didn't help having a 2 year break before the final season so it allowed so many fan theories and hype to build that it was going to be impossible to please everyone. There are issues with the last season for sure, but it's nowhere near as bad as everyone made it out to be, it's not even the worst season imo. I've also noticed with people who have only watched it since it's finished have enjoyed it and their criticisms are so much smaller than those who waited the two years. If you think you'll like it, give it a go!

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jedseeds@reddit

Out of interest, which season is worse?

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Martell77@reddit

I think s5 has the worst quality of writing, I find it's extremely noticeable that it's the first series without any source material to go off; the Dorne plot speaks for itself. I also find s2 really slow but that's because I had no interest in the main plot lines of that series especially Dany in Qarth, but I don't remember the writing itself being bad that's just preference of storylines. I'd place s5 as the worst series for me

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yung_augustus@reddit

I think the whole storyline with the religious cult (the sparrows?) required an incredible suspension of disbelief, more than anything else that happened in the show.

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JockAussie@reddit

8, and it's not close.

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jedseeds@reddit

Yeah sorry, the comment I replied to claimed 8 wasn’t the worst

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Brilliant-Disguise@reddit

I didn't like the last season either, but felt the hatred was really overblown - mainly by the terminally online fans who made the show their whole identity. Go on r/freefolk and they're still whining about it.

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RimDogs@reddit

Don't worry about the whinging. People just got so invested in their own theories and spat the dummy out when it didn't match. Once the show ran out of material because he hasn't finished the books things did rush to the end, but I think if you watch it now it should be good.

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kazf0x@reddit

I watched it last year, never had been interested before, and all I knew was everyone hated the last season. I loved it. I can't believe I didn't have anything spoiled, although my memory is like a sieve. I didn't mind s7 or 8 - I felt it was rushed and definitely subpar compared to other seasons, but it didn't stop me from immediately doing a rewatch of it all. I've now watched HOTD 3 times.

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mandyhtarget1985@reddit

I read all the books first and enjoyed them. Liked the first lot of series as they followed the books pretty closely, then they started to diverge from the storyline. Still waiting on the next book as it has to be better than the final tv series

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AkimboFrice@reddit

I don't know anyone who's watched it that didn't like it. I know a fair few like you that said they weren't interested for ages, then watched it, and then got annoyed that no one wanted to talk to them about the old tv show they are now obsessed with XD

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jacknimrod10@reddit

I started watching it last year. Watched like eight episodes in two nights then made the serious mistake of looking up the show on IMDB.When I saw that Sean Bean was only in it for like 10 shows I just couldn't carry on. Didn't want to see old Ned get done in. Bad enough that he got speared through the leg, the bastards.

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Astrohurricane1@reddit

what show/movie have you ever watched where Sean Bean doesn't get killed off? It's his trademark thing lol

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TheGreatBatsby@reddit

Sharpe.

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gold-from-straw@reddit

Ooh the Martian! Always a surprise when Sean Bean makes it to the end credits lol

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jacknimrod10@reddit

I know. Guess I was setting myself up for a fall. Still hard to take though.

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qtx@reddit

This is probably the first time ever I've come across a Sean Bean fan. I mean he's an alright actor but to stop watching something because their character gets killed off? That just seems so incredibly weird to me. Not just Sean Bean, any actor. Ignoring 10 years of high tier entertainment over such a minute thing is just odd.

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jacknimrod10@reddit

It's more to do with the character he plays in GoT. Do you not find yourself engaging with characters in shows and films? If not, what exactly do you get out of watching anything? You may as well stare at the wall.

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AkimboFrice@reddit

I almost couldn't watch anymore when one of my favourite characters gets his head crushed like a grape after showboating.... But there's always new characters to learn to love! The last season however... anyone reading this yet to watch GOT. watch up to the last season, then make up your own ending and call it a day, you'll live a happier life that way.

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minipainteruk@reddit

>I almost couldn't watch anymore when one of my favourite characters gets his head crushed like a grape after showboating.... Fictional death I'm still not over! The scene is slightly different in the book if I remember rightly. Pretty sure he gets his jaw ripped off.

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marbmusiclove@reddit

This is why I’ll never start it!!!

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sirfletchalot@reddit

There's only 1 other show that screwed up the ending quite as much as GoT and that TV show was called Lost

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C9FanNo1@reddit

Tbf, GoT was starting to be shit since season 5, but we forgave most of its sins because s1-s4 was AMAZING.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

I watched the first four back to back. Yes I am insane. Worth it.

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RimDogs@reddit

One of my favourite things about that show was playing deadpool each week?

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-SeraWasNever-@reddit

I liked it at first but eventually got tired that an allegedly dark fantasy adult-oriented programme felt like it was produced by horny teenage boys at times. Multiple sex scenes with fully nude women and fully clothed men. Rape scenes portrayed as titillating sex scenes. Rape scenes where there weren't any. Dumped it during season six. Plus, the fan base can be so annoying to talk to.

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Infamous-Turn-2977@reddit

The constant sexual assault is why I dropped it as well around the same time

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sjr0754@reddit

I ground my way through the first two episodes and, well I don't hate it, but I found I didn't care about the characters so I gave up on it. It seemed to be trying to pull the Spooks trick of killing off seemingly major characters, about ten years after it had already been done better.

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illarionds@reddit

You, umm, realise it's based on a series of books, right? (Which predate Spooks, FWIW). For all its (many) faults, it did at least more or less follow the books in terms of who dies, especially the season 1 and season 3 "shock" deaths. Comparing it to Spooks is a bit like saying "Those Lord of the Rings movies - they were OK, but they totally stole the idea of hobbits from Willow".

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sjr0754@reddit

>You, umm, realise it's based on a series of books, right? (Which predate Spooks, FWIW). Yes, shockingly I am aware of this. However as a narrative device ***for television***, it seemed shall we say, less than impressive. Particularly when it pushed as a selling point of the show. >For all its (many) faults, it did at least more or less follow the books in terms of who dies, especially the season 1 and season 3 "shock" deaths. I'll take your word for it, given that I think that GoT will fall in the same category as Harry Potter for me, I don't think I'll be reading them. (My personal view of HP is that the films are better than the books, entirely because they're shorter). >Comparing it to Spooks is a bit like saying "Those Lord of the Rings movies - they were OK, but they totally stole the idea of hobbits from Willow". Managing to squeeze Spooks, Willow and LOTR into the same sentence is something new.

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VictorAnichebend@reddit

I wasn’t keen like. Tried it cos everyone I knew was talking about it, gave it a chance and it wasn’t for me. Saying that, I struggle with anything from the ‘swords, dragons, goblins’ fantasy genre. Never been into Lord of the Rings or Skyrim or anything either.

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KatelynRose1021@reddit

I hate that kind of fantasy too. Seems like we’re in the minority though. I watched a few episodes of GOT because my friend was watching it, but couldn’t get into it so gave up.

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jam_scot@reddit

I watched the whole first two seasons and gave up. I mean it was okay but just not worth the time.

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MattSR30@reddit

Probably a lot easier to get into whilst it’s airing, yeah. This was me with Breaking Bad. I watched two seasons of it because everyone said it was the best show ever made, so I wanted to give it a go. Wasn’t particularly fond of the first two seasons so I stopped. Binging it probably impacted that. I wasn’t about to binge another 70 episodes or whatever.

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sirfletchalot@reddit

That's literally my favourite genre of TV shows and movies haha. And yet I'm not a geek in the sense of going all out with D&D tabletop games, playing dress up etc like some do. Maybe I should be....

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coldlikedeath@reddit

I remember when it was on bbc 2. I was in first year of university, and it didn’t grab me at all.

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gold-from-straw@reddit

I read the first book and hated it. Then watched it and hated it. Probably all the rape and murder that put me off, I couldn’t cope with it all the freaking time!

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

Honestly this is such a struggle. Wtf happened to all the people that kept telling me I had to watch it? I used to hear loads about it and not be able to contribute to people chatting about it then all of a sudden once I've watched it nobody I know has ever seen it? Wtf? Where did they go?

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SpecialUnitt@reddit

I know no one that likes it by the end, even before the disastrous last season. I haven’t seen it but some people I knew who did checked out before the last few seasons

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Fantastic_Picture384@reddit

I hated it.. my GF loves it but its pants...

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16_mullins@reddit

If you're gonna try insulting something maybe get your grammar right

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Fantastic_Picture384@reddit

What do you mean ?

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16_mullins@reddit

its

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Fantastic_Picture384@reddit

Wow... 🤣🤣🤣

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Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit

by the time my sister got around to watching it, I couldn't remember most of the characters' names or why they did the things they did. So she couldn't chat to me about it.

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perro_abandonado@reddit

The only people I know who “don’t like it” watched a couple of episodes of season one and said it was boring. No matter how much I urge them to carry on they refuse so let them miss out lol.

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sjr0754@reddit

It has really poor characterisation, like why should I *care* about the characters or the story? There's no compelling reason beyond "trust me bro", then I'm sorry but I'm just not buying it.

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perro_abandonado@reddit

No one says you have to care 😅 You either like it or don’t. I’m just talking about the people that write it off after an episode or two. I mean there’s a reason it’s so popular… it really is great. But if it’s not your thing or you don’t want to believe the hype all good lol.

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TameRacingDriverUK@reddit

Guilty but quite a few people I know who did like it recommend I avoid it due to how crap the end / last series is. To be honest though I'm not really into fantasy type stuff anyway so I'm not really the target audience.

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perro_abandonado@reddit

The last season isn’t great granted but it’s still worth a watch! And even if you skipped the last season the rest is soooo damn good! The people who harp on about the last season and make it the be all and end all need to calm down imo haha. Other great shows I love have a shit last season (Dexter) but I still wouldn’t want to miss out on all the other epic seasons!

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sjr0754@reddit

It has really poor characterisation, like why should I *care* about the characters or the story? There's no compelling reason beyond "trust me bro", then I'm sorry but I'm just not buying it.

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No-Screen-7870@reddit

i watched all of season 1 and thought it was dull tbh

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Mclarenrob2@reddit

At least you could watch House of the dragon more quickly!

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kuzianinja@reddit

I tried to like it but was so utterly boring so didnt even finish. GoT had so much more going..even more plotholes

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TameRacingDriverUK@reddit

Watched the first one. That was enough for me. Crap! Also I've heard from others who did like it that the last part is so disappointing that they wouldn't actually recommend that I start watching it knowing I'd have to go through the end of it.

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DisconcertedLiberal@reddit

This is exactly me. I wrote it off literally for years like nah not a fan of fantasy, whilst my friends urged me to watch it. Now I'm on s4 on first watch through, abdol loving it, and my friends try but struggle to enjoy me talking about it as it's old news!

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Watched the first two episodes. Totally boring

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blueeyedtangle@reddit

That was me! But I was lucky enough to have people in my close circle who are huge fans and will jump at any opportunity to discuss it

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paprikapants@reddit

I'm your outlier then! I was a late teen when it came out and found the first episode extremely troubling so didn't watch it again until it became a cultural phenom (I also personally blame the rise in step-bro porn on GoT). I then read the first book, found it okay, and watched the show til mid season 5. Then never watched it again.

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AkimboFrice@reddit

Cersei and Jaime going at it was extremely troubling for you? Like, are you okay now? Did you get therapy?

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paprikapants@reddit

It was the first HBO show I'd seen so it wasn't just their incest and attempted child murder that I found gruesome at that scale of cultural impact, but yea I've had an awful lot of therapy since then unrelated to GoT :P still working on my justice sensitivity though

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RowRow1990@reddit

I didn't watch it for ages then did and I loved it. Although I can safely say that watching that show with your dad is a big awkward

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Steelhorse91@reddit

Liked it until about halfway through the second series then gave up because the quality of the writing seemed to drop off a cliff. Kind of like when they decided to milk lost and the walking dead for as many series as possible, so their scripts just became random filler to drag things out.

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Thomasinarina@reddit

>I watched the first two seasons, did not get the hype at all. I watched the first two seasons, did not get the hype at all.

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DubiousVirtue@reddit

Same. it was what made me purchase Now TV.

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caroline0409@reddit

I saw enough on Gogglebox to know it’s not for me.

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TheGrumble@reddit

Good job that one had no annoying fans to put you off it.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

There were PLENTY of fans to put me off it, but I finally succumbed 😂

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watsee@reddit

I tried watching this once and it bored me to the point that I felt annoyed. Can't understand the hype. Absolute shite.

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ninja-wharrier@reddit

I watched every series except the final series. Now I am too afraid to watch the final series.

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wren1666@reddit

Pixies and Wizards. I fucking hate the fantasy genre.

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Infamous-Turn-2977@reddit

I has years of people telling me I would love it because I love fantasy, but I got to season 5 and just got so, so sick of the gratuitous sexual assault on women being used as a plot line. That and was it really necessary for every other scene in S1 to be set in the brothel? I love the defence of “it’s medieval times, it would happen like that” yes well they all have teeth and no one’s dying of dysentery so you can probably skip some of the rape too

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Took me a while, that one, but once I was in, hooked.

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mammammammam@reddit

I started watching it a few years in, only because Ed Sheeran had a cameo appearance and got slated so watched because I felt sorry for him lol, but actually enjoyed it so watched them all from the beginning and loved it, even the controversial finale.

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darkestDreaming67@reddit

I got to the point where Hodor dies and realised I didn't give a shit. Season 5-ish?

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AnxiouslyPessimistic@reddit

Literally started watching it for the first time last week. It is good to be fair haha

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AtebYngNghymraeg@reddit

Me neither. Plus I pissed off all my co-workers who watched it by referring to it as a kids' show on the grounds that it's fantasy. Yes, I know it's not a kids' show. It was just office banter.

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stolethemorning@reddit

What about House of the Dragon, the prequel?

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Cleanshirt-buswanker@reddit

House of dragons is great. Try that if you don’t want to catch up on all the game of thrones seasons

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douggieball1312@reddit

I never watched it because it was on a channel I don't have and I never cared about it enough to subscribe or pirate it. Maybe I'll catch it one day if it ever gets repeated on Channel 4 or something.

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kramer2006@reddit

Never watched it,over rated?

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Just don't get it. To like Lord of the Rings which I also despise

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Thomasinarina@reddit

I watched the first two seasons, did not get the hype at all.

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Organic_Chemist9678@reddit

Me too. I like a bit of nudity as much as the next man but all the fantasy stuff is boring.

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bug_snugness@reddit

Really good until the last season

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imminentmailing463@reddit

Ted Lasso. Ostensibly a comedy and yet every clip I've seen of it has been nothing approach funny to me. And a lot of the clips I've seen also seem really cringey, and not in an intentionally amusing way, in a 'this dialogue is really bad' way. It doesn't matter how much positive press it gets and how many people on twitter talk about it, I just can't raise any interest based on what I've seen of it.

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DannyBrownsDoritos@reddit

Yeah it feels like a Disney Channel show for adults that also doesn't care abour or understand it's subject matter beyond the surface level.

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JHutch95@reddit

When it's funny, it's very funny. Got quite a few belly laughs out of me throughout the 3 seasons. But my God, they lay it on thick. I had to remember at times that it's a show catered for the American audience with its sickly sweetness. There's a scene in season 3 which includes a spontaneous Beatles sing along outside a pub with everyone joining in and sweet Jesus it made me want to stick my head in the oven. And don't dare criticise it in front of a hardcore fan; they'll just tell you to BELIEVE more and to be "curious, not judgemental" (Christ). Saying that, I do think it was worth a watch overall. Interesting premise and funny enough, but did get dragged down by the toxic positivity. They do try to address the latter in the show but in practise, I really don't think it lands.

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Representative-Bass7@reddit

I enjoyed watching it, I joined the Ted Lasso group on Reddit. I made a comment about how every game was shown live on TV, and got really strange replies, I assume mainly from Americans who didn't get that not every match is shown live over here, they were saying I didn't understand that people would watch games in the pub rather than go to the game.

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DameKumquat@reddit

Really? With all the Sky Sport however many and all other TV channels, not all Championship matches are shown? I assumed all the Premiership and Championship ones would be but not necessarily the lower leagues.

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scorpionballs@reddit

Oh yeah really. As a Chelsea fan, I’d say roughly 2/3s of their games are shown love each year. In the UK I mean. All the games are televised worldwide so you can always catch an illegal stream

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DameKumquat@reddit

Strewth. People pay 90 quid a month for Sky and that, and can't even see all of their Premiership team's matches? Not sure who's ripping off who!

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utfr@reddit

I really enjoyed the show too but the three lads in the pub will always be strange to me. ‘Die hard’ fans, even go as far to turning up at training yet never go to a game😂

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imminentmailing463@reddit

Yeah that's kind of the vibe I get and is what puts me off. I generally don't like mawkish sentimentality and relentless positivity, and it seems like that's really something it goes in for quite a lot...

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AprilBelle08@reddit

Fair enough, I thought exactly the same and refused to watch it. I caught the end of an episode my husband was watching and I loved it, binge watched the whole thing. But, each to their own!

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bladu_t@reddit

I liked the show, but with one exception: Juno Temple is fuckin hideous, i just cannot look at her. My wife thought she was cute.. 🤮🤮🤮

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DRUGEND1@reddit

First season was great. Genuinely warm and funny. Second season was a drop off a cliff. Leaned to heavy into the schmaltz every week and most of it was completely unearned. Just mawkish dross. The Christmas episode was the nadir. Plus the central idea of the first season (someone trying to purposely sabotage her team by bringing in a ‘useless’ American coach) was done with and everyone just became bezzy mates and told each other how much they love each other constantly. Season 3 wasn’t much better but didn’t have quite the same lows as S2. In short… You’re right not to bother with it.

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lumpytesticle69@reddit

yeah I quite liked S1 and I hardly watch anything, so it was enough to keep me entertained. "comedy" is stretching it, its just a warm hearted fish-out-of-water drama with amusing moments. It works as he's a nice guy against a cynical world. But you're right S2 just wasn't up to it. don't get me wrong there were some nice bits as the characters have moved on, but we weren't really going anywhere, feeling like standard US 'we dont have any idea where there is going and could get cancelled at any moment but lets try and eek it out for as long as possible' feel.

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DuskytheHusky@reddit

I know what you mean, actually, but despite that I really enjoyed all three seasons. The way I think of it is, some of the humour/sentiment is very targeted at Americans (it's a bit obvious) whereas a lot is very British. Hard to put a finger on it, but you know when you watch it.

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Time_Gene675@reddit

It is both cringy and funny. The most shameless part is how they present a bunch of premier football players as worthy decent moral people, as opposed to what they actually are.

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imminentmailing463@reddit

That's a very hackneyed view. I don't think professional footballers are any more or less moral than the average person in their 20s. Lots of them do great charity work and other generally socially good things. But that doesn't make for a convenient narrative to bash them with.

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AlrightTrig@reddit

Hackneyed?

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imminentmailing463@reddit

Per Google: > (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite.

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onenicethingaday@reddit

It's the size of the ground and staff that makes me laugh. They had two(later 3-4) coaching staff and three back office people.

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Bored--Person@reddit

When did footballers become immoral indecent people?

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missuseme@reddit

I thought the same, then I watched it and loved it. Your position seems to be the default British position for anyone who hasn't watched it.

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AlrightTrig@reddit

I watched the entire first season. Thought it was awful. Not funny, feel good for the sake of it, bland football stereotypes. Absolute shite.

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DuskytheHusky@reddit

I must admit, I refused to watch it for AGES until we had nothing else to watch, so I agreed on an episode. Finished all 3 seasons a few weeks later, it was really good. Didn't think it would be my sense of humour at all, but some of it slayed me. I read it described as 'nicecore', which it really is. It's a hard sell to some people though, since I was so "NOPE" for so long based on a few clips I'd seen.

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TeddyMMR@reddit

It's not a laugh out loud comedy, it's more of a feel good comedy. Once you know the characters and want them to succeed, you'll probably find those same clips enjoyable but without knowing them there is no reason to care.

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mchoneyofficial@reddit

I REALLY liked the first season...seasons 2 and 3 I'm not sure what I think of them tbh...

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RoutineMaximum6832@reddit

It's just so good.

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Blandiblub@reddit

I watched S1 fairly closely and didn't see what the guys was about. Then I decided to give it another go for S2, admittedly by having it on in the background during night shifts. I've done the same for S3 and I can't even finish it.

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DannyBrownsDoritos@reddit

I'd say Ted Lasso but the truth is I had a massive interest in it because it seemed to be a show deliberately designed for me to hate it and by God they managed that with aplomb.

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imrik_of_caledor@reddit

Succession. I have no interest in the problems of the super rich.

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CompetitiveArcher431@reddit

Try the 1st episode then come back and tell us we're all wrong. If you've ever watched Peep Show half the lines feel like interchangeable.(same writer).

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DuskytheHusky@reddit

Some of the lines are literally in both, as are one or two characters/actors

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scorpionballs@reddit

Which actors are in both?

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DuskytheHusky@reddit

April's husband Angus is in both. He's a major shareholder in Waystar RoyCo, and does a video call with Logan Roy. Also, they bring in a senior guy called Stefan Strauss in one episode. I've made a list of Peep Show references, let me see if I can find it

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BrandyWineBridge1402@reddit

I tried the first episode. Everyone in it was a rich nob head. I gave up after that

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Rekyht@reddit

I think you may have missed the concept of the show. Bit like watching Game of thrones and moaning it’s set in a fantasy medieval world.

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TheGreatBatsby@reddit

*"I tried watching The Bear, but all people did was talk about food! What's the point?"*

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aredditusername69@reddit

I watched to half way through season 3 and never liked it. Not seen a show so far up it's own arse since Derek. People going on about the big season 3 'twist' episode as being the best tv episode ever. Jesus Christ. It was so average.

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scorpionballs@reddit

Taste is a funny thing isn’t it

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ItsyouNOme@reddit

Only peep show nailed the you should hate them but you like them trope. This is you should hate them and do. Also relatable tv tropes are usually more successful too.

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Critical-West-7406@reddit

I'm watching it now and really enjoying it. It took 2-3 episodes to really get into. I know what you mean about the super rich - I'm often sat there thinking "I would just fly off to the Maldives and live there rather than deal with this stress"

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cwstjdenobbs@reddit

I just can't get into it. I can't stand cringe comedy at all. But I can also tell it's not bad and people shouldn't pass up giving it a go just because it's about rich people. It doesn't seem sympathetic to them.

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NickTheChocolate@reddit

I thought the same but then I started watching and couldn't stop. I've not seen a program before where absolutely all the characters were complete arseholes who manage to self-sabotage every situation with no regard for the consequences on everyone else.

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Low-Grocery5556@reddit

A show with super rich people that I find much more interesting is billions. Maybe because half the characters are trying to take them down.

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mynameisfreddit@reddit

it takes the piss out of them

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Kurapikabestboi@reddit

It's a lot deeper than that. It's about generational trauma more than stupid shit rich people do.

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custard-powder@reddit

I have watched it all the way through. The thing for me though is it’s super confusing if you don’t pay attention and that’s what put me off a little. Too many people involved and a lot of sameness between the episodes. Not to spoil it but the ending wasn’t great too

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SuboptimalOutcome@reddit

I watched it. It wasn't worth it. Whiney brats arguing how to divide the money daddy earned.

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canlchangethislater@reddit

How did you get on with King Lear?

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SuboptimalOutcome@reddit

Being left handed, I wasn't allowed to take English lit at school. I enjoyed *Ran* though, the battle scenes were a lot better than those in *Succession*.

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jai_kasavin@reddit

This is my kind of humour. I really enjoyed these three comments.

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SuboptimalOutcome@reddit

I'm not joking, my school wouldn't let me do English lit because I was left handed.

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Freebornaiden@reddit

Yes and that is why it was hilarious. You're not supposed to like the characters you know right?!

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SuboptimalOutcome@reddit

It felt pointless though. I didn't care what happened to any of them. Why I watched it all I don't know.

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aredditusername69@reddit

The only thing I really liked about the show was Jeremy Strong. I thought he played the unlikeable rich loser extremely well. Rest of it was so meh.

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I_BUMMED_BRYSON@reddit

I didn't get it either, it's like Arrested Development without the humour.

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imrik_of_caledor@reddit

I'd argue Arrested Development is also Arrested Development without the humour but in all fairness I didn't give it much of a chance.

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Usual-Sky6568@reddit

Watched the first few episodes, couldn’t be arsed with it

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BrandyWineBridge1402@reddit

I’m exactly the same. I gave the first episode a go and thought everyone in it was an absolute nob so I swerved watching anymore of it

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Paulsonfire@reddit

Yeah, don't watch it if you hate seeing rich people suffer

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BastardsCryinInnit@reddit

Schitt's Creek has got a lot of "omg it's hilarious" love but I find it all a bit 20 years ago. American humour isn't always my humour.

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Malediction101@reddit

The clips I've seen and the name itself are eyeroll-inducing. Tries too hard. It's called Schitt's Creek because Schitt's Creek sounds like the word shit. It's very clever.

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imminentmailing463@reddit

I gave it a go because so many people raved about it. Couldn't click with it at all.

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Reignbeaus@reddit

Same. I think I made it through 2 episodes and didn't laugh once so gave up.

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imminentmailing463@reddit

I think I gave it 3 or 4 but yeah same experience really. I have patience for comedies not being a laugh a minute. But I do need to find them at least a little funny if I'm going to keep with them.

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kazf0x@reddit

It took me at least 4 episodes before I started liking it. I tried once & gave up after episode 2, thinking it wasn't for me then tried it again a few years later. I then binged it. My bf, on the other hand, loved it from the start. I'm going to watch it with my kid after we've finished Supernatural.

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Whyisthethethe@reddit

Isn’t it Canadian?

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Smeetsie11@reddit

Tried twice, didn’t laugh once. I found the characters incredibly annoying.

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lady_fapping_@reddit

I'm American but couldn't click with it either. Think I've lived in the UK too long.

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Critical-West-7406@reddit

To test your UK-yness, which of these are correct: Twat or Twot Lego or Legos I couldn't care less vs I could care less Bollocks! vs darn it The guy is a wanker vs The man is a jerk  Thank you for your participation

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ItsyouNOme@reddit

It is all of the first options...

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lady_fapping_@reddit

Twat, Lego, couldn't, bollocks, wanker. Bit warm today (Did I pass?)

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Malediction101@reddit

The Sopranos. Looks like it holds itself in high regard.

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TheUrbanisedZombie@reddit

Never really took to any of the reality shoes, TOWIE, I'm a Celebrity, Big Brother and Love Island etc.... As for series, House of Cards, Mr. Robot. Nothing wrong with them, just not interested.

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FredH3663@reddit

The Office, didn't find it funny

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morphey83@reddit

UK or us?

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FredH3663@reddit

The UK, I didn't think that a US remake was going to be better.

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Shoes__Buttback@reddit

The original UK version is one of the single best TV series of all time. It basically invented a whole genre of comedy singlehanded. However. You might have to be British to enjoy it fully, given that there's a lot of regional references, slang, and shorthand for stuff, or maybe just enjoy very dry, cringe humour. The US version is just hot garbage, and I did persevere with it for a bit. Obvious, shit jokes, clunky dialogue. I could see no appeal in it at all.

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PulledApartByPoptart@reddit

I thoroughly disliked Jim and Pam. They did not hold a candle to Tim and Dawn.

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macamc1983@reddit

Don’t make this mistake, us remake is ten million times better than the Uk one and one of the funniest sitcoms of all time

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PulledApartByPoptart@reddit

I've heard that people from the UK tend to prefer the UK version and people from US tend to prefer the US version. I'm from neither but I prefer the UK Office.

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Monkeytennis01@reddit

I think they are both great in different ways. UK office is more subtle/dry humour, but I think the characters in the US office have more depth.

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llksg@reddit

There’s so so soooooo much subtle humour in the US office. Not a single word is wasted. We rewatch constantly and I find new things to find hilarious every time that I missed before

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Monkeytennis01@reddit

Yes, I think a lot of the subtleties in both probably depend on if you live in the UK or US and/or have worked in places like The Office with those very people. I think both are great and have different strengths.

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pm_me_your_amphibian@reddit

You’re making me want to try it again. I started watching the first season and it was just cringey-bad. Can I skip the first season?

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macamc1983@reddit

Yes it’s very important you get past the first season that’s when they changed it. I would say start from scratch again and just get through the first season and from then on it’s literally amazing

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pm_me_your_amphibian@reddit

Fiiiiiiiine I’ll do it

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hotdogwaterslushie@reddit

You'll be glad you did, I promise!

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windol1@reddit

That's because it followed the same route as the UK version, which in my opinion came off exactly the same, but as many others say by season 2 it starts to develop its own story a bit while mixing in some antics.

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ReneRottingham@reddit

Can’t stand the US version. The UK version was decent but not something I’d watch again.

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Bored--Person@reddit

If you find shouting funny I suppose.

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Alsaki96@reddit

It is though. After an awkward first season it finds it's own rhythm. Some truly hilarious moments glued by great cast playing great characters.

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lumpytesticle69@reddit

and not one of them is ricky gervais so it gets a million points for that.

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agwalker12@reddit

Funnily enough he does make a cameo appearance

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lumpytesticle69@reddit

minus 1 million points for griffendor! :D

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yesnomaybe01@reddit

It’s not better at all

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macamc1983@reddit

Up there with the best things I’ve ever seen

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pizza-on-pineapple@reddit

Watch the US version starting at season 2. It’s so much better than the UK version (and it’s not often I will admit that about anything UK vs US). Or at least watch the episode ‘Stress Relief’ to get a feel for it and decide if you want to commit based on that (season 5 episode 14 and 15)

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aredditusername69@reddit

The US one is a completely different show, and very funny its own right.

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bogloid@reddit

I woukd say the US office is superior. Simply because of the growth of the other characters outside the main 4. The latter seasons are not to be discussed however.

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chonkyclouds@reddit

The US version starts off similar to the UK Office, but then continues on and becomes its own independent thing. You might still not like it to be fair, but it's very different and it's definitely one of my comfort shows.

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uk123456789101112@reddit

Hated the UK one, first season of US one wasn't good, but after that I enjoyed every episode afterwards. Once it leaves being the cringe of the first season based on the UK one it gets really funny.

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PotterWhoLock01@reddit

I’ve tried both UK and US The Office, both are equally unfunny I’d say.

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eyeball2005@reddit

The office is one of the only shows where the Americans made it better. That and shameless

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notaspecificthing@reddit

Anything Ricky Gervais does is bad

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louisejanecreations@reddit

Same. But US I haven’t seen uk one as I can’t find it

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BlakeC16@reddit

It's on iPlayer.

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louisejanecreations@reddit

Oh thanks that could be why I’ve not found it :)

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MattyJPitlith@reddit

Big Bang Theory

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Goose-rider3000@reddit

The Marvellous Mrs Maisel. Have tried three times and can barely get through the 1st episode. The title character is so unbelievably annoying and unlikeable. It was genuinely unpleasant to watch.

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DameKumquat@reddit

Never managed to finish the first episode, myself.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I got into that early on but it lost its appeal pretty quickly after the first season, and I agree she can be annoying

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macamc1983@reddit

Yellowstone

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kieronj6241@reddit

I watched 1883 and 1923, am now on Yellowstone and as there’s a 100 year gap things have happened in the time frame that I’m presuming will come out in Season 2 of 1923. It has nowhere near the atmosphere of the prequels, but as a whole, it’s been written for the viewer to confront some uncomfortable realities and here in the UK, they aren’t quite as prevalent given we didn’t lie, cheat and steal land from the First Nations, so the vast majority of UK viewers won’t really get it. For clarification, I made it about a third of the way through ‘Bury my heart at Wounded Knee’ before I had to put it down because what the Americans did to the First Nation was just f***ing brutal, nasty and underhand. The First Nation have every right to be annoyed and just want what was rightly theirs in the first place.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Watching Teonna in 1923 is very hard, because it’s true. I just keep thinking priests, nuns, all bastards in authority. Those poor people.

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kieronj6241@reddit

Agreed. I’m hoping for a season two and that she and Joe(?) make it out.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Her friend? I don’t know her name. I think there is s2 on the way.

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kieronj6241@reddit

Hank’s son(I think, the priest tried to take him back to the school, (no pity for that character.)). I did read there was a season 2, but it had been held up by all sorts of set building issues. I also need to know if Spencer makes it back and exacts revenge on Banner.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Oh, yes! Yes! I need to continue watching. You didn’t spoil anything, no worries – I want to watch more now. I didn’t particularly care for the getting home from Africa bit though. Ehhhhh.

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kieronj6241@reddit

Oops. Sorry. I forget about putting spoilers and all that. I did think that whole part of the storyline was a bit drawn out.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

No, you didn’t, don’t worry! Eh, me too, I was just, I know it’s a long, hard journey but please get back to the actual action because Banner’s on his bullshit and we’re missing iiiitttttt! I can’t wait to see Spencer and Banner meeting; Mirren delivering, “Not that one.” made me laugh. She’s brilliant. Also see Flynn’s smile when Banner and your sleazy dude meet Cara at the post office. That grin just says, “as per scene requirements but *I’m getting to see two acting greats battle it out! Doesn’t get better than this!*” Acting alongside both Timothy Dalton (former Bond) and Helen Mirren (The Queen!), I’m so jealous. I love that scene, the snark is off the charts! I’ll watch on tonight, good way to start my weekend! Thank you for unwittingly encouraging me to watch it again; I’d kinda fell off it a bit.

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kieronj6241@reddit

Oh, so you don’t know about what Timothy Dalton’s character does next then??? (No spoilers.) What I find interesting in 1924 is the rapid acceptance of technology and how it’s going to change the place.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Aaaaaaa i can’t wait! He probably fucks them all up the left somehow. Yes, it’s incredible to see!

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KingofCalais@reddit

Breaking Bad, watched a couple of episodes and it was complete shite. Narcos, see above. Suits, dont give a shit about lawyers or their lives plus Meghan is in it. Last of Us, seen the odd bit of it while my sister was watching it, didnt grip me. HotD, Game of Thrones s8 was dogshit so i refuse to give them views. The Witcher, watched it up to now but i wont be watching more as Cavill is being replaced and i hate when characters are recast.

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sianie706@reddit

Any kind of US medical drama/comedy… ER, Greys Anatomy, Scrubs, House,

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EmiAndTheDesertCrow@reddit

I’m really picky about TV (to the point where I don’t even own a TV) but two shows I did majorly get into were House and Grey’s. I still put an episode from Amazon Prime on my phone to go to bed. I know the episodes inside out so it doesn’t matter if I fall asleep. Currently revisiting House Season 1!

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tealcs_emblem_indeed@reddit

Game of thrones. Tried to get into it so many times. Also breaking bad

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Yeahmahbah@reddit

Star trek

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Z_odyssey@reddit

Peaky blinders, succession, prison break

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Maleficent_Depth_517@reddit

Big Bang Theory.

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NickTheChocolate@reddit

It's a one joke show that got stretched to 12 seasons. As a scientist I watched the first season and laughed along with it. Once the [Flanderization](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flanderization) took hold then it went from poking fun to some really nasty and abusive behaviour.

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Maleficent_Depth_517@reddit

I was the same with the geeky stuff, then by the time I did a rewatch of season 1 for season 2 coming out, I was like ‘what am I watching?’.

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deadeye-ry-ry@reddit

Oh god how do people find that show funny it's so bad

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gary_the_merciless@reddit

I know a guy who named his son Sheldon. He also puts brown sauce on hotdogs and wears tracksuit bottoms that look like denim.

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Marketing_Usual@reddit

I don't find it funny, but I enjoy watching it

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Complete_Resolve_400@reddit

I enjoy the bits of science that they throw out that are usually mostly correct I binged it because I'm a nerd basically

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Marketing_Usual@reddit

The first season was my favourite for that reason

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smiley6125@reddit

Same. It takes zero thinking. It is just easy watching crap. It isn’t funny though. Maybe the odd scene, but I’m not watching it to sit chuckling.

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sophia_snail@reddit

Maybe you don't find it funny because you don't understand the physics?

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MissDisplaced@reddit

I think the initial first two seasons were kinda cute and very snarky type humor. But the characters kept getting worse and worse. Though the finale did sort of redeem Sheldon.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Cringe. Shite.

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chainrule73@reddit

Peaky Blinders, I've simply no interest in that sort of show.

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Sly1969@reddit

TV is so last century.

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Funk5oulBrother@reddit

Any show with canned laughter like friends or big bang. If you have to tell people where to laugh, its not funny.

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MurkySalamander106@reddit

Breaking Bad, Peaky Blinders, Downtown Abbey, The Simpsons and all cartoons

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iamsleepy42@reddit

Lord of the rings, love island, wednesday, riverdale, friends, euphoria, game of thrones, the hunger games, ru-pauls, big bang theory, stranger things, the bear…. i don’t rly like TV😂

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panicattheoilrig@reddit

Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, Stranger Things, 13 Reasons Why, Euphoria, Peaky Blinders, Riverdale…

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ahoneybadger3@reddit

Trailer park Boys. It's just not for me.

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fabfotog@reddit

Breaking Bad

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bartread@reddit

Fleabag.

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buymybone@reddit

Stranger Things, no idea if it's good or bad. It's just the people I knew who were raving about it turned me off. Sons of Anarchy. Basically The Sopranos for people who listen to Nickleback. Though I struggle to sit through any TV show at this point, last show I enjoyed was Mr Inbetween.

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bartread@reddit

>Basically The Sopranos for people who listen to Nickleback. This is a massive disservice to The Sopranos, which was an immeasurably better show.

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lemon0o@reddit

Yeah problem here is Mr Inbetween is one of the best TV shows of all time, so almost everything, with a few exceptions, is shite in comparison

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Eleven annoys me, and then people wanted to get that tattoo? I was out.

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CrystalJizzDispenser@reddit

SOA essentially boils down to a bunch of people who make increasingly poor decisions and refuse to learn from their mistakwa.

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Kat8844@reddit

That is the best description of Sons of Anarchy I’ve ever seen!, I’ve seen a couple of episodes and thought it was truly awful.

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AndrewHarland23@reddit

Honestly I feel stranger things was good for like 2 seasons. It would have been perfect if it was just a one season show actually. I honestly only watched the rest for the 80s nostalgia. Everything else just became so overdone and the characters are kind of unlikeable. Also, what they did to Barb was a disgrace #justiceforbarb.

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PerpetuallyChaotic@reddit

I really enjoyed the first season of stranger things, it got worse at season 2 and season 3 I'm not sure I watched even one episode

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windol1@reddit

Stranger things was okay, it started off being somewhat intriguing but I feel the story line got boring very quickly as it lost its mystery early on in its life cycle.

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mufflepuff21@reddit

I struggled to follow SoA and eventually gave up 5 errors in, I think the only reason I stuck with it was Charlie Hunnam is easy on the eyes

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Georgeisthecoolest@reddit

Can’t stand it when shows have no upside at all and all the characters meet tragic, fucked up fates.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Yup, I had/have similar feelings about Stranger Things. Nothing like annoying fans to put you off something before ever seeing it, eh? 👍🤣

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JanisIansChestHair@reddit

I started watched it a few weeks after it came out, didn’t expect to like it as much as I do. I don’t understand über fandoms.

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troy_mambo@reddit

A mate of mine persuaded me to watch it. All he said was "Watch Stranger Things. Trust me" and said no more about it. Much better than constantly banging on about how great it is.

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jacknimrod10@reddit

I'm not really a box set kind of person but the first three series of Justified are excellent. Highly recommended.

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buymybone@reddit

Like the look of the cast that's for sure. Looks like Deadwood with meth.

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jacknimrod10@reddit

It really is good. The pilot is excellent and it just gets better from there.

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r-og@reddit

I worked in a pub with Charlie Heaton about 10-11 years ago. Nice fella.

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Tulcey-Lee@reddit

Ah we love Sons of Anarchy, however we don’t like Nickleback and couldn’t get into The Sopranos. I didn’t mind the first series of Stranger Things but it lost me after that, my partner likes it though.

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Ze_Gremlin@reddit

Your description of sons of anarchy make me snort. I like nickleback I've never had any interest in the sopranos Based on your criteria, my lack of interest in SOA checks out

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MA14U@reddit

Mr Inbetween was so great. I only stumbled upon it from a youtube short and loved it so much, the perfect mix of humour and deep bits. I wish there was more to see but appreciate sometimes the more there is the worse it gets.

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Taskmasterburster@reddit

Mr inbetween is fucking top quality

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foldingsafari@reddit

"I don't answer questions." Fucking loved the delivery of that line.

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buymybone@reddit

Yeah loved that show, struck a great balance between seriously dark shit and humour. Also they managed to do a lot with half hour episodes.

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Psjthekid@reddit

I couldn't get into Stranger Things. Watched the first couple of episodes and I just could not follow it.

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hayleybts@reddit

I didn't watch stranger things till this year, gave in. You ain't missing out on anything

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bug_snugness@reddit

Great description of SoA 😀

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TululaDaydream@reddit

Line of Duty. I'm sorry I really tried. I watched the whole first series and a bit of series 2, but I just found it really dull. I didn't care about any of the characters. It all felt too dour and hopeless.

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laughordietrying42@reddit

Outlander

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Ronotrow2@reddit

Breaking bad.

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SmartPriceCola@reddit

Come Dine With Me Love Island X Factor Britains Got Talent

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fuckaduck247@reddit

Love Island. Its unbelievably cretinous

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StickInTheMuddyRoad@reddit

This! It's really sad to see what kinds of people are given publicity and screen time nowadays. When you start to think TV cannot get any worse, they somehow manage to dig deeper

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Hercules1874@reddit

Breaking Bad. I actually see a decent chunk of shows I wouldn't choose to watch myself when my husband watches them and I've changed my mind on very few.

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Kid_Kimura@reddit

Any form of reality tv

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gary_the_merciless@reddit

Mythbusters is great

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AlexRichmond26@reddit

Brazzeres Love House. Give it a try, the plot is amazing.

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quite_pyro@reddit

Same, I can't even watch the bake off or masterchef, I guess I just hate unscripted TV. Too much cringe when something goes wrong.

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GuybrushBeeblebrox@reddit

Yep. More like "reality" tv.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

I'm with you

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a_ewesername@reddit

95% of them on all channels.

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Throwawaymaster410@reddit

GOT

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Kitsune-93@reddit

Top of my head. I haven't seen The Office or Breaking Bad. I know they're meant to be good, but I've never felt the need to watch them. Although I've probably half watched them through memes and gifs over the years.

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GammaPhonic@reddit

At the risk of looking like a contrarian, all of them. Modern TV shows just don’t seem appealing to me in the slightest. I love Star Trek, but the Star Trek of the 80s and 90s. It’s all been downhill since Voyager ended. I love a good sitcom, but I think the most recent sitcoms I’ve actually got into are the Inbetweeners and Arrested Development. I think the most recent show I actually enjoyed is Adventure Time.

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Chazlewazleworth@reddit

Strange New Worlds is the only Trek I’ve enjoyed since the 90’s, it’s kind of back to its roots while still being modern. It’s worth a look if you like older Trek.

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dvb70@reddit

I honestly thought Strange New Worlds was really average. It's not terrible but also not remotely compelling. The recent series with the musical episode and a cartoon crossover were offensively bad and that's two episodes out of a 10 episode run. Honestly even the good episodes are retreading stuff TNG did but just not as good. I understand it must be tricky to come up with new idea's and TNG ran for so long it's going to be tricky not to copy stuff that's already been done but I get the feeling the writers are just playing stuff really safe. Actually unlike a lot of Star Trek fans I am of the opinion now I have seen enough of this universe. I would love to see a new Sci-Fi space show with new lore.

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southernscot22@reddit

Totally agree. having those two episodes back to back really ruined the whole series. I would rather they developed the characters back story like they did with No1 and Noonien-Singh, than this nonsense.I also feel they have pushed the Spook and Nurse Chappell relationship way beyond the original series. I did read that this was a deliberate story line they built up and made it out to be version of what could of happened , rather than what we saw in the original series! Meh!

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Chazlewazleworth@reddit

I’m hoping it’s just growing pains. For me musical episodes of anything always suck, but that’s a personal opinion because I can’t stand musicals. But, it would fit the pattern of Trek S1-2 TNG Shit, S3+ Great. S1-2 DS9 fine. S3+ Great. S1-2 Voyager, shaky. S3+ good. S1-2 Enterprise, hmm. S3-4, pretty good. Hopefully the trend will continue and we’ll get some good stuff in the next few seasons (if it gets more). I do agree though I’d love a new IP to come out. I’m looking forward to the 40k series, it’s got a ton of lore, polar opposite of Trek but other than the Expanse I can’t think of a really good new sci-fi IP in years.

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dvb70@reddit

Lets keep our fingers crossed it is growing pains. They are 2 series in and honestly can't think of a stand out episode at this point. Of course TNG had some pretty duff episodes as well in it's run but by 2 series in they had some real stand out classic episodes. I am very much looking forward to the 40k series as well though no idea when that's out. That's a universe I would love to see brought to life. As you say other than the Expanse there really has not been much in this genre for a while. Netflix had Another Life but that was terrible.

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GammaPhonic@reddit

I watched an episode of Picard that my house mate had on one time. It was atrocious. It was everything I dislike about modern TV.

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daronwy@reddit

SNW is great, feels like the most Trek thing since Voyager, also season 2 is bloody amazing so far (1 episode left for me to watch), that's not to say season 1 was bad, its really good, but 2 have been hitting it out if the park every episode.

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GammaPhonic@reddit

Oh, you’re tempting me now. But I just consider Trek to be a dead franchise. I don’t want to get my hopes up only to be disappointed again, haha.

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FitzChivFarseer@reddit

Sorry I have to also tempt you hahaha Strange New Worlds is amazing. I'd say give S1 ep 6 a watch (Lift us up where suffering cannot reach). It's not the highest rated ep on imfb but I love it. To me it feels very classic treky

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Chazlewazleworth@reddit

Picard is imo, awful. I’m a massive Trek fan but I couldn’t get past 2 episodes. Apparently S3 is better but, I’m not going to sit through 2 seasons of crap for 1 decent season

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FitzChivFarseer@reddit

You genuinely don't have too. S3 is the sequel to TNG that Piccard S1 should have been The only characters that get pulled from 1-3 is Jean Luc (obviously), seven of 9 (who you should know from Voyager. Just need to know that she was with the rangers for a bit and then joined starfleet) and Raffi (who is a huge conspiracy theorist who abandoned her family (husband, son and grand daughter) for drugs, has not gotten clean and working for starfleet but not managed to reconcile with family). There's 1 reference too S2s ending by Shaw but it's the most dismissive reference ever. Literally 1 sentence. Honestly watch S3. If you liked TNG it's just a love letter to that show. I love it so much!

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blfua@reddit

Adventure Time is quality.

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ItsyouNOme@reddit

Inbetweeners, peep show and psych are my modern shows. The rest are pre 00's

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aristocratscats@reddit

Breaking bad and Ozark

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SnapChap92@reddit

Stranger Things because it just doesn't sound like I'd be engaged. Love Island because the entire concept of that show is complete dogshit.

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Super_Objective3645@reddit

Any reality tv show

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Unhappy-Willow-7404@reddit

Peaky blinders for sure, ita just a poor man's Boardwalk Empire

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TheMegoosa@reddit

Friends. It's just shit. Love Island - it dominates the TV for weeks on end and has bolt on shows. AND when it ends it's not over as they throw another one on about what the contestants are doing after.

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DeceptiveRelish06@reddit

I'm currently on the last season of Breaking Bad, and it's been a slog. It's cringey, predictable at times, and generally fairly boring. When I first started watching it, I was told it would get better the more I watched, I'm still waiting.

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buy_me_a_pint@reddit

Friends

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Fruitpicker15@reddit

I came here to say that. I've tried to watch it but I can't even force myself to laugh.

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MarthaFarcuss@reddit

Gavin and Stacey. I don't care if you think it's good. James Corden is poison

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lumpytesticle69@reddit

it was never ostensibly good, it was just the best thing available during a very dry spell in comedy, and one of the better things that bbc3 produced, showing you how much of a waste of money that whole channel has been. i was going to rant about tennent in another thread about how he's only got one way of 'acting' same with cordon. he IS smiffy. in everything. History boys - slightly more educated smiffy. late show? smiffy on tv.

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Capital-Clerk6452@reddit

Agree- he is hateful

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Brunette111@reddit

I used to like it but I’ve realised how terrible Corden is and it’s killed it for me now. Won’t watch again.

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Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit

Can't stand that cunt.

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Naturalbornpixie@reddit

I was never into the hype of Lost even tho I tried to watch the first few episodes.

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milkywayT_T@reddit

Game of thrones, just doesn't appeal to me at all. Neither does friends or the office.

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Crispin_In_Parkland@reddit

Orange is the new black. Haven't watched any of them.

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xupd35bdm@reddit

Friends.

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ProfXavr@reddit

Literally like 99.9999% of broadcast television. Every now and then something comes along that grabs me (most recently The Bear), but otherwise it's all just so mediocre, especially in the UK. We're forced to choose between mundane reality TV about "regular people", mundane reality TV about minor celebrities, hit-and-miss comedy and copy-paste panel shows, and short form drama series about crooked cops and Welsh towns with serial killers. How many times can David Tennant be nominated for a BAFTA for standing on a cliff and frowning at a grey ocean? Olivia Coleman, too.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Tennant is overexposed at the moment, and it’s REALLY getting on my nerves. There’s many others can do better, but even if not, they deserve to have the chance.

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KaidsCousin@reddit

Orange is the new Black

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Taryn whoever posted in support of the goblin Cheeto, so nooooooppppeee.

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David_is_dead91@reddit

Heartstopper. As a gay I feel very much that I’m “supposed” to want to love it and binge it the minute it comes out. Maybe I’m being silly but I just see no appeal in watching a show that presents a version of teenage life which was absolutely not possible when I was that age. Nice that kids these days have that though.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Understandable.

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mysocratesnote@reddit

I'm immediately turned off when a programme has to be "with" someone... Cruising with Jane MacDonald, The Moon with Dara O'Briain... They're just craving attention -- _look, we got someone to present, come watch!_

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Wonders of the Moon is stunning. Dara is merely a bonus. He has passion for his subject there.

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Donkey__Oaty@reddit

Anything from Marvel. There are already too many movies TV is just way too much.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

I am done with MCU and it’s assorted bullshit *just* because it’s everywhere. I haven’t seen a bit of it, because it’s there anyway.

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burkamurka@reddit

The peep show. I do think its clever and can be funny but it gives me so much second hand embarrassment I can't watch it. The same thing with the inbetweeners but the comedy kept me going.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

I can’t stand Ayoade because of the inbetweeners.

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AndrewHarland23@reddit

I feel once you’ve seen like 5 episodes of peep show you get this jist and don’t really need to watch anymore.

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AprilBelle08@reddit

I think Peep Show is so funny but I can't watch it anymore. I can't cope with the cringe and 2nd hand embarrassment.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I felt similar, though I do generally quite like David Mitchell and Robert Webb in other material.

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

You watched their other shows together? Mitchell and Webb look, brass eye etc.

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SkullFaceMermaid@reddit

I love that Mitchell and Webb look, and David Mitchell is always so funny on all those comedy panel shows he does. Idk why I couldn’t get into Peep Show. I think like burkamurka says, it’s that secondhand embarrassment thing, it makes me so uncomfortable

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

You just summed up my feelings about them perfectly- Thank you 😊

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LJF_97@reddit

Sometimes I find it funny, sometimes I find it infuriating. Depends on my mood.

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Consistent-Whole-686@reddit

Love love love Peep Show.

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ItsyouNOme@reddit

Peep show is my comfort show. I throw any episode on when I don't know what to watch. I get why you would think that though.

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IcyNeedleworker0@reddit

Game of thrones. Strangler things. Personally, I love peaky blinders.

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ClarabellaHeartHope@reddit

Downtown Abbey. Absolutely cannot understand the attraction of it….. ridiculously boring!!

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Beautiful costumes though.

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JohnWong1996@reddit

I think its one of the greatest shows in British history. The writing is utter genius and so real to real life. Plus, being from South Wales, its nice to see some representation (even if from Barry)

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BobbyPotter@reddit

I don't remember Downton Abbey being filmed in Barry

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JohnWong1996@reddit

You'd be surprised! (I may have responded to the wrong comment - you can probably guess which TV show!)

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BobbyPotter@reddit

Haha I did guess 😂 and I fully agree with you!

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

I think period dramas (in general) to many are a bit Marmitey at the best of times.

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cobbland@reddit

Succession. Got through the first season, boyfriend loves it, I’ve never been so bored.

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zombiepiesatemyshoe@reddit

Game of thrones. Just not for me, didn't make it through the first episodes. My boyfriend absolutely LOVED IT. Until the last season/episode and he lost his shit 😂 It's in the don't even remind me about it category - so glad I didn't put in the effort just to be disappointment.

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coldlikedeath@reddit

Both Things and Blinders don’t grab me whatsoever. Reality tv the same. I don’t understand how people talk about it.

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KnottNormal@reddit

Walking dead, never looked interesting to me

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scp966@reddit

It started out alright but got boring really quick. The story is a never ending cycle of "run away from zombies - find a safe place to stay - place gets destroyed/taken over by zombies - repeat"

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KnottNormal@reddit

My parents watched it, and every time I saw them watching it it was always “let’s find a new safe house” - “oh no there’s zombies here” - “oh no now there’s bad humans here” and repeat

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scp966@reddit

Yeah. I normally love zombie stuff but had to stop watching it after a while, it was too repetitive.

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PotionIvy@reddit

Euphoria

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apurpleglittergalaxy@reddit

There's loads. Modern family is one of them.

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Arge101@reddit

Game of Thrones.

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tomparry94@reddit

Downton Abbey

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BeefcakeUK@reddit

Game of Thrones and all spin-offs. Squid Game.

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Lifear@reddit

Friends. Just seems a show so full of itself.

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Critical-West-7406@reddit

Could you be anymore wrong? (It was good at its time but when I watch bits of it now, I am amazed at just how "loud" it is an how every character is a bit of a cliche)

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Anything that was "good in its time" but isn't now was never any good to start with

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JohnWong1996@reddit

That makes no sense whatsover.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

What I'm trying to say if something doesn't stand the test of time, it isn't as good as something that does. And Friends doesn't

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JohnWong1996@reddit

Except you didn't say that. You said something that was good at the time, but now regarded as lesser for whatever reasons (you didn't specify, but we can think of societal changes, or technological) was "never any good to start with" You said that they were never good in their time, because now they are considered less than they once were. If you were trying to say "if something doesn't stand the test of time, it isn't as good as something that does", then you did so by not saying that whatsoever. You didn't even mention a comparison

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Porridge, Fawlty Towers, Rising Damp

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JohnWong1996@reddit

I think you've responded to the wrong comment

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

You asked me for comparisons

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JohnWong1996@reddit

No I didn't. I said you didn't mention a comparison in your original point, indicating you lied about the intent of your comment. Try rereading my comment.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

OK. I'm giving you the comparisons now. Is that too difficult to understand. Or are you just being awkward

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JohnWong1996@reddit

Okay. I never asked for them. 1. A Muppets Christmas Carrol 2. Top Gun 2 3. Pulp Fiction 4. Good Will Hunting Here's a list of my favorite films. My point was that you made a point, were challenged about itt hen claimed to make a completely different one. Just wondering why you lied

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Look. I admitted that I didn't go far enough in my OP. and why mention films. Friends is a programme. That's why I listed programmes from the past that still make you belly laugh

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JohnWong1996@reddit

No you didn't admit anything. Why did you lie? Here is a list of some football teams I enjoy watching: 1. Cardiff City 2. Manchester United 3. Everton 4. Ajax

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Oh just drop it. You're obviously some obsessive

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JohnWong1996@reddit

I will drop it when and where I see fit. I am simply responding to you and your lack of admitting your lies. Its bizarre why you can't admit it.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

I haven't lied. This is what's annoying me. I admitted I made a mistake. This is the second time.

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JohnWong1996@reddit

No you didn't admit you made a mistake. You claimed you meant something when you didn't

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

You're twisting my words. I admitted I made a mistake. In that I said something I didn't mean in my OP. What is you're problem. Do you want me to grovel

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JohnWong1996@reddit

No, you didn't. You claimed you meant it all along. i'm glad you can finally admit the mistake. Why did you say that you said something when you didn't?

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Fuck me. Do you want to take legal action or something

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JohnWong1996@reddit

I wasn't planning on it

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

The detail you're going into and the fuss you're make is ridiculous. As if it matters. It's only a reddit question. Not life and death

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JohnWong1996@reddit

Yet you continue to refuse to answer the question - it doesn't matter, yet you refuse. Very odd. I am not compelling you to respond. You are equally as invested as e.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

And I've got better things to do than argue

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Lifear@reddit

Well the original question asked for a subjective opinion, you have yours, and I have mine. Let’s just agree to disagree!

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cable54@reddit

Their comment is a bit from the show by the way

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Lifear@reddit

Ah, fair enough, explains why I never understood the comment!

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Critical-West-7406@reddit

'Twas a joke my dear friend The phrase is a joke from the show

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_Permanent_Marker_@reddit

and also how much sexism, homophobia, other isms they got away with. With everything and everyone thats being cancelled im surprised that it hasnt been so (not saying i think it should be just surprised is hasnt been)

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JohnWong1996@reddit

Which sexism and homophobia are you referring to? I can't think of any other -isms in the show, although i've only seen every episode about 50 times. The two I would imagine you were referring to are Chandler's dad (who is a drag queen, which is a source of embarrassment for Chandler throughout his life for a variety of reasons) and Freddie Prinze Jr as the Male Nanny (of which Ross, who didn't like it, was portrayed s wrong the entire episode)

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_Permanent_Marker_@reddit

I would say how they would refer to each other as "gay" using it as a derogatory term or a slur. Or "you are such a girl" Again I'm not saying it should be cancelled or anything, it's just interesting that it hasn't really been addressed. I just know for a fact most of the jokes they use wouldn't fly in most sitcoms now. But I'm not taking away from the excellence of the writing, I'm literally watching the show now because its one of my faves

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JohnWong1996@reddit

>I would say how they would refer to each other as "gay" using it as a derogatory term or a slur. Or "you are such a girl" Again I'm not saying it should be cancelled or anything, it's just interesting that it hasn't really been addressed. That's fair, those things were so normalised back then its easy just to drown it out.

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On_The_Blindside@reddit

>and also how much sexism, homophobia, other isms they got away with It's a product of its time and should be viewed through that lense.

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Never-Any-Horses@reddit

What sexism, homophobia and racism? There were gay characters, three strong female leads and the characters dated people of all races... They'll occasionally make reference to being 'gay' or 'girls' if the male characters are doing something feminine but you can't equate that to sexism or homophobia and nothing that you wouldn't find a group of close friends nowadays to joke about together.

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shelbiiee@reddit

The approach in Friends to lesbian/gay topics/storylines will always be interesting to me because in some ways it definitely was homophobic and then in other ways it was ahead of its time. The Carol and Susan wedding being one (I think at the time it was actually still illegal for same sex couples to be wed in New York). Apparently they set up a call centre in anticipation of loads of complaints and actually didn't get very many. So it was progressive in some aspects. It's just frustrating that sometimes it sacrifices that progressiveness for cheap laughs.

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On_The_Blindside@reddit

>how every character is a bit of a cliche Kinda, but Friends is what made it a cliché.

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canlchangethislater@reddit

Yeah. But it was quite nice at the time. Happier days.

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Critical-West-7406@reddit

It was and I also wonder if that was the start of the very traditional and typical sitcom shows - or was that more Frasier, Sienfield type things or even earlier stuff?

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canlchangethislater@reddit

I’m afraid I’ve no idea. I can’t even think of subsequent U.S. sit-coms… :-/

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

I don't think it's any kind of brilliant art or even that funny most of the time. But I rewatch it quite frequently, it just gives me a weird sense of coziness. It's definitely only "popular" because it's so many people's depression show. (Mine included)

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Goose-rider3000@reddit

Yes, it is full of friends.

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_Permanent_Marker_@reddit

Well fucking done

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MoorExplorer@reddit

Buffy the Vampire Slayer I know this is old, but as a sci-fi / fantasy fan, a lot of people my age consider it sacred ground. I mean, there are slightly less Joss Whedon worshippers post MeToo, but yeah…

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tommyvass@reddit

Prison Break. Shite.

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No-Relation1122@reddit

Agree with Peaky Blinders, but I think that was because I went down the binge watch route working nights. Episodes are so same-y and it's incredibly noticeable when binged.

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DifficultyDue4280@reddit

Stranger things

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Bored--Person@reddit

Sopranos. First episode he beats the absolute living shit out of someone in broad daylight in front of loads of witnesses. How he isn't in prison for the remainder of the series is beyond me, drama requires realism for me.

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hehwmdbhsamwgakwdvjs@reddit

not to mention the mob can pay their way out of petty things like that without issue. they don't hold nearly as much power now as they used to but they still have plenty of cops on their payroll. give it another go if you're bored and need something to watch, i've grown up in that environment and i assure you the show is very realistic in many aspects

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hehwmdbhsamwgakwdvjs@reddit

you must never have been to new jersey

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Additional_Cow_4909@reddit

Breaking Bad. I probably haven't given it enough of a chance but it doesn't seem as mind-blowing as people say. Probably an American thing.

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

It's not bind blowing at all. It's a very good show, but the people that make it sound bind blowing are the type of people that have never watched any other high quality drama series of around tge 40 to 60 minute mark. I always can tell when someone calls it the best show ever that they never watched the sopranos or the wire.

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No-Computer-2847@reddit

I’ve watched all three and Breaking Bad is the best of all of them. Always found The Wire to be overrated.

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hehwmdbhsamwgakwdvjs@reddit

sopranos is a masterpiece of media beyond the other two, it's so natural and doesn't feel acted at all. i grew up in new jersey and the sense of familiarity the show brings is indescribable. it's just organic. the wire was a little out of touch (no gangbangers would actually he intimidated by a guy whistling and waxing poetic, they'd just shoot him and call him a cornball) and tried a little too hard but still good. breaking bad was corny though. good but corny. felt like a theatre kid wrote it. very overdramatic and feels like you're watching actors, if that makes sense. BrBa is good but it shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as sopranos, and the wire sits somewhere in between.

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

I'd like to say I'm a reasonable person, but I cannot accept that. Breaking bad is the easiest to watch, but I'll never rate that over the wire or sopranos.

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No-Computer-2847@reddit

We all like what we like I guess. I disagree but your choice is valid.

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hehwmdbhsamwgakwdvjs@reddit

there's not as much difference between the americans and the english as one might expect. plenty of american shows are all wildly popular in the uk and vice versa

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Bored--Person@reddit

Breaking bad takes a man who you genuinely feel sorry for, wishing him well and turns him into someone you wish would just die. Great stuff.

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troy_mambo@reddit

It's great but Better Call Saul shits all over it. You can't watch that without watching Breaking Bad though, so there's that. Well, you can, but it'll make less sense.

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Rhinoceraptor37@reddit

British guy here. It's fantastic.

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Princes_Slayer@reddit

Game of thrones, peaky blinders, British soaps, reality Tv like celebs in jungles, ice dancing, ballroom dancing, anything with people clamouring for their 15 mins of fame.

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Cub3h@reddit

Anything Marvel. I didn't watch it initially because I grew up on Belgian / French comics and not superhero stuff from the States. I feel like if I did want to catch up I'd need to quit my job to make time, with all the movies, spinoffs, tv shows, netflix shows, stuff on Disney+ and god knows what else is part of the "universe".

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Outside-Apart@reddit

Peaky Blinders. Making English radgies look glamorous during completely unrealistic scenes while playing shite modern music. I’d rather have a wank with coarse sandpaper.

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farfetchedfrank@reddit

Strictly come dancing and The Great British Bake Off

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SpudFire@reddit

Celebrity bake off is ten times better. I find it's more relatable because I too am shit at baking

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Dramatic-Rub-3135@reddit

Nick Hewer on celebrity bake off was one of the funniest things I have ever watched.

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SkullFaceMermaid@reddit

I’m with you on Strictly, but I do enjoy the bake off. I never saw it when it was Mel and Sue tho, and Mary berry. I only ever saw it with Prue Leith and Noel Fielding. Funnily enough it was a big, burly, South African rugby player that got me into watching it 🤣

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dth300@reddit

I didn't know Prue played rugby

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SkullFaceMermaid@reddit

She keeps it quiet

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

I used to watch strictly and it was always a bit annoying as someone who used to do ballroom and Latin dancing a lot, but it's gotten worse and I can't deal with it anymore. The competition is utterly meaningless because the variation in training hours, dancing experience, teaching ability, judging (they tend to be very inconsistent), dance difficulty, themes and public support make the results not much better than random. I get that most people don't know enough to realise how bullshit it is but honestly it's insufferable, half the judges don't know what they're talking about at all and some people get given a good teacher, have lots of spare time, are liked by the public, have a dancing background and get given the dances to learn in a reasonable order. Then they get praised for being great at it when really they bloody should be.

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uk123456789101112@reddit

I like the fact that winning both shows means absolutely nothing, especially bake off as they do it for the love of baking.

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

They get quite a lot of money for strictly, and more the longer you're in. Although tbf it is often months of commitment with essentially part time job hours overtime in addition to their day job so it's completely fair. Though the dancers get paid a pittance which is quite disgusting.

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onenicethingaday@reddit

Really? A lot of them release cookery books and have tv shows. A lot of them now have careers in it, and others do go back to their everyday lives. Nadiya Hussain has to be the most famous winner, now a chef, author, TV presenter, and got an MBE. Not many reality TV shows actually give you your dream job/career at the end of it.

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audigex@reddit

People who win the first couple of series often get a bit of minor celebrity status and a book deal or something But by the time we get to season 15 or something, the market is well and truly saturated. Occasionally one particular stand-out character breaks through but usually they rapidly fade out of the public eye

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onenicethingaday@reddit

Normally, I agree with you on reality TV, but GBBO is the exception to this rule. If they want to make a career of it, they can. Unlike BGT, where they just end up back where they started.

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NewLeem@reddit

Every year I genuinely look forward to September for Strictly! My dad won’t even be in the same room as my mum when she’s got it on though.

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HankLard@reddit

My dad's exactly the same! He's a proper "man's man" and wouldn't be seen dead watching Strictly. I love being able to share the experience with my wife (who loves it) and being able to learn new things about a subject I never would have been interested in, as a man. Same with the Bake Off and baking. Genuinely got me interested in baking and I can now make a mean banana loaf because of it!

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NewLeem@reddit

Hank, you’re a catch!

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HankLard@reddit

Haha, thanks!

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llksg@reddit

I feel the same about bake off! So wholesome and fun

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TheDuraMaters@reddit

Your mum's plan is working.

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HangryHufflepuff1@reddit

Can't stand strictly, but I used to like GBBO before Noel Fielding. I just don't like him, put me off it

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ThatSignificance7230@reddit

Crying over cakes. Not for me.

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TameRacingDriverUK@reddit

Add that fucking ice skating program on as well. What a pretentious, upper class wankfest.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Like Strictly. No to Great British Bake Off tho. It's on all year. Why. Plus all the other cooking programmes. Seems to be one on every night of the week

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W0otang@reddit

Peaky blinders, watched 5 episodes and it was a massive chore. Breaking Bad as well. Just didn't get into it

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simmer_sabrinee@reddit

Love island, game of thrones, stranger things, peaky blinders, strictly

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CompetitiveArcher431@reddit

Call your mum now tell her Strictly is shit.

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rugbyj@reddit

People have enjoyed watching people dance for millenia at this point, so I'm happy it's at least _contained._

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AnAngryMelon@reddit

I did ballroom/Latin dance for a decade, can confirm that strictly is shit.

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CheesyLala@reddit

Came here to say Strictly. It's fucking EVERYWHERE on the BBC to the point where I just end up avoiding the BBC altogether because I'm sick of fucking 'breaking news' about the latest Strictly contestant.

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FenderForever62@reddit

What annoys me most is that the dance off episodes are pre filmed on the Saturday night and aired on the Sunday night, and they always try and act like it’s live. ‘On yesterdays show you saw…’ ‘On Saturday John and Ola did a jive to…’ just so they can peddle out another hour long show.

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TheProblemWithUs@reddit

Drag Race. I’m a man that’s also into men so I think I’m the target audience but I hate the culture surrounding it and the way a chunk of its fanbase act. Just zero entertainment in it for me, I don’t get it.

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AndrewHarland23@reddit

Is it bad that I think drag is a bit offensive to women? I say this as a bi guy too.

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mdogwarrior@reddit

The Sopranos, could never get in to it and don't see what the fuss is about, but everyone I know swears it's the best show ever.

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jane_c586@reddit

Not sure if it’s really popular anymore, but Wednesday. I got it recommended to me early December last year, but didn’t watch it until a few weeks later, when I was in bed with the flu, sick enough to get tired by typing. First two minutes were okay, next twenty minutes were a bit boring, and the rest was just awful. Here’s a hint: “Edgy and mature” doesn’t mean “boring and filled with inconsiderate, obnoxious brats”, and it’s hard to pull off yet another love triangle when your lead actress looks about nine years old.

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Straightener78@reddit

I usually don’t get a say in it, I’ve seen pretty much everything thanks to my wife’s appalling tastes. The only thing she never watched was Game of Thrones, so I guess that’s the only one I’ve never seen too.

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Wondering_Electron@reddit

House of the Dragon

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Papasmurfof2@reddit

Duurrrr, I no watch show cause too many people like show

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AmorousBadger@reddit

All the fucking inspirational Facebook Memes put me off Peaky Blinders. Pretty sure that a violent criminal in 1920 never said 'if you can't handle me at my worst...£

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Kat8844@reddit

Mad Men, a few years ago I watched the entire first season when I was stuck in bed with flu and just had no desire to watch the second, couldn’t stand Don Draper, didn’t care for the sexism (although it made me glad I wasn’t around in the 60s) plus it also featured the actor who played Angels whiny,highly irritating son in Angel being a whiny,highly irritating advertising executive.

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Sidabaal@reddit

Friends

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blind_disparity@reddit

Those seem like terrible reasons not to watch a TV show. I kinda get 'missing it' if an important part of watching, for you, is discussing the show. But you're going to completely reject an entire fantastic bit of television because some of the fans are kinda cringe??

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Yup, I (like many others) can be petty like that #sorrynotsorry 👍

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blind_disparity@reddit

It's your choice of course! But stranger things is one of the best and most enjoyable bits of TV I've seen in a long time.

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ajfromuk@reddit

Mrs Browns Boys.

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KayyJayy777@reddit

Peaky blinders, tried watching it on two separate occasions and couldn't get into it.

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PM-ME-YOUR-POEM@reddit

Literally most of the shite Redditors tell me to watch. Awful stuff.

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FederalAd329@reddit

Orange is the new black

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AndrewHarland23@reddit

Peaky Blinders. I just think the name is stupid, I know it means something but it just sounds so daft I don’t want to check it out. That’s how much of an obtuse cunt I am 😂

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No_Doubt_About_That@reddit

This Country, Fleabag

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No-Extension-9995@reddit

Stranger Things, Breaking Bad, BCS, The Office, all those Marvel series apart from Jessica Jones

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KingJacoPax@reddit

Mad Men. All of my friends tell my constantly (less these days now it’s a bit old) that it’s right up my street and I’d love it. I’ve tried to get into it no fewer than three times, even getting almost as far as the penultimate season, but I just can’t. I put it down to my inability to get over the fact that Don Draper, far from being a suave sophisticate, is an insufferable selfish prick and a coward on top of that.

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CyborgElbow@reddit

Immediately after his death, Robert Maxwell was eulogised as a business titan by his own paper ("The man who saved The Mirror"), and the tributes flooded in from Thatcher, Major, Kinnock, etc. Then the "irregularities" in the MGN pension funds were discovered and his reputation fell off a cliff overnight.

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PhantomOfTheDopera@reddit

The US version of The Office, tried a couple of times, made it as far as season 2 and gave up on it. Rick and Morty

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DarkStar-_-@reddit

All soap operas and all reality tv.

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OldBikeGuy1@reddit

Almost all of them.

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Longjumping_Search79@reddit

Peaky blinders. Stranger things s1 was ok, but I was and still am blown away by Dark. ST can keep their American propriety, I grew up on a healthy dose of Stephen King, so none of that hype actually got to me.

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PassiveTheme@reddit

Game of Thrones. I play Dungeons and Dragons so it's not like I'm opposed to fantasy, but I have never seen anything from the show that appeals to me. When it was coming out, I knew way too many people who knew everything about it - they'd read all the books, and had an encyclopaedic knowledge of every character - and so I heard a lot of conversations about it which made it seem even less interesting to me. People tried to convince me to watch it by saying "it's like if Lord of the Rings showed tits" and tbh, that didn't appeal to me - I never really enjoyed the Lord of the Rings movies (please don't take my nerd cred away) and if I wanted to see tits, I wouldn't sit through hours and hours of a TV show that otherwise didn't appeal to me. I have since had people kind of sell me on watching it, but at this point I don't want to watch that much TV just to get to the finale that was universally panned - where's the joy in that?

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Fickle-Bullfrog@reddit

Game of Thrones. 🥱

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NorthWishbone7543@reddit

All of them, I don't turn on TV. But whenever I'm at my parents for whatever reason, Love Island most definitely isn't allowed. That and Geordie Shore, not a chance.

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TheGreatGrappaApe@reddit

All soap operas

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givmesomepizza@reddit

Friends. dont want it

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PleasantMongoose5127@reddit

Any soap opera, any reality shite, anything created at our local STV studio, anything with “watch” at the end of a word, anything with an “off” added to another word. Finally anything with James Cordens face in it.

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Winged_Diva_850209@reddit

Game of thrones - due to unnecessary overload of violence and gore, lack of subtlety

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Polz34@reddit

Gavin & Stacey Peaky Blinders Also I think it was called Traitor? Lots of people spoke about it Love Island

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

The traitors. It was some overfilled reality trash on BBC last year. My ma and her other half got sucked into it because they refuse to get with the times, don't watch anything on streaming, don't watch films, they just watch whatever crap is coming on TV that evening, even after my brother and I have told them how ridiculous it is that they still watch television and endure adverts. They insisted on putting an episode on on BBC iplayer (one of the only times they have ever put streaming on) and we entertained it since they seemed so excited, but it's just an hour of unlikeable people doing stupid tasks as some try to sabotage tge tasks. It is so full of irritating filler that it could be over in 30 minutes.

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JohnWong1996@reddit

I loved the show because of how shit it was, and how seriously they all took it. They seemed to think that the traitors were these horrible people for "murdering" people they met 3 days ago, forgetting it is a game show.

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GoldKey5185@reddit

Any of the Scripted reality shows, Love Island or those kinds of dating shows. Peaky Blinders is a nope from me, I would say its a glorification of a group of thugs, but then I really want to, I can already feel the judgements coming, sit down and watch the Sopranos and Broadwalk Empire which is basically the same thing. The UK versions of Talent shows, and I say that as some actually good singers have come out of the US versions of the Voice, Pop Idol etc.

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Facts_Over_Fiction_@reddit

Bridgerton. Woke nonsense.

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Leifang666@reddit

I'd say pretty much all reality TV. Maybe I'd watch a competition type show but the rest is essentially modern day freak circuses, fake content or just boring.

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Sltre101@reddit

Taskmaster, I just don’t find it amusing at all, just annoying.

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glitterstateofmind@reddit

Any American TV show that has 10 seasons, chockablock each full of 20 episodes, already. It’s just too much of a commitment for me and I’m instantly turned off by what feels like homework just to catch up. When will they learn that quality trumps quantity every time?

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sanehamster@reddit

nearly all reality shows - from "I'm a celebrity ballroom dancing on ice while eating locusts" to lust island

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Putrid-Boss@reddit

Strange things and last of us

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2old2kill@reddit

Game of thrones

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SLVYER1@reddit

No one has the confidence to say the new startrek?

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platdujour@reddit

The news. Far too depressing

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

My sentiments exactly 👍

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the_they_is_them@reddit

Never have I ever watched the following: Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, The Walking Dead, ER, Greg’s Anatomy… yawn. I’ve bored myself.

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Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit

I enjoyed Mandalorian and all the other Star Wars spinoffs. I appreciate the fact they are quite short so they don't drag on like other TV shows which have 20+ episodes.

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DubiousVirtue@reddit

I tried to put a post on here about Schitt's Creek, which recently started from series one on Dave. Watched the first double episode and will never bother again. I tried Always Sunny. On account of the love it gets on Reddit. Ugh. Crap. No thanks. Couldn't follow Stranger Things, though I watched it from episode 1. Tried Euphoria - didn't bother with it.

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tjjwaddo@reddit

Strictly and all the dating type shows, eg Love Island. I wouldn't be caught dead watching I'm a Celebrity or Big Brother.

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TheOldMancunian@reddit

Soap operas and reality TV

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ScratchChrome@reddit

Game of Thrones. I just couldn't get into it. Personally I prefer a higher dragon to incest ratio so maybe it's that

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Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit

I enjoyed Game of Thrones, but House of the Dragon was so fucking boring. Every episode is some woman having a miscarriage.

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peahair@reddit

Game of Thrones. I just couldn’t get past the godawful dialogue. I tried twice and couldn’t make it more than half an hour before I found myself switching off ‘this drivel’

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

What was awful about the dialogue?

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peahair@reddit

It’s the descriptive nature of every scene.. “hello, my brother x” “it’s been how many years?” “Being a king has made you fat” It’s like a hammy amateur dramatics performance to two men and a dog..

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

I see absolutely no reason as to why that is bad. It is a series based on a series of books, set in a world of a fictional medieval period. They opted for that sort of writing in order to reflect the way people would have actually spoken in the real medieval period. It would be incredibly jarring for characters to be saying innit, bruv, cool, what's up?, ain't seen you in a while!, chunkers.

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peahair@reddit

That’s not what I meant.. the dialogue treats the viewer like they were a five year old, there’s no way those people would say things like that.. the dialogue only exists in that format to inform the viewer.. it’s lazy writing that years ago I thought Tarantino had finally put to the sword for all time with his movies, he treated you like an adult that had to work out what the hell was going on through subtle clues rather than being led like a donkey through every scene.. that’s the lazy dialogue I witnessed on GOT. Ps. I’ve answered the OPs question, I don’t need to explain it anymore, I haven’t got the time, inclination to explain further. Please don’t take my dislike for your favourite show as a personal insult.

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mightypup1974@reddit

Any reality TV. Also things like GoT and Peaky Blinders, never been a fan of excessively gritty torture porn

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Don-Muffin@reddit

Game of Thrones. All of the people I dislike like it.

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DrunkStoleATank@reddit

Strictly Come Dancing. The X factor. The Voice. Dancing on Ice. Britains Got Talent. Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here etc

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AprilBelle08@reddit

I feel like I don't like a lot of famous shows, but ones that I would actively avoid: Any soaps Anything to do with The Kardashians The Inbetweeners Reality TV shows (but especially Love Island) Anything medical (but that's just because I'm squeamish, I can pretty much only manage Scrubs) Big Bang Theory

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ljw197@reddit

I had no interest in Stranger Things but ended up loving it! Tried a few episodes of Peaky Blinders, couldn't get into it Game of Thrones has never taken my fancy either

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rabidrob42@reddit

Breaking Bad The Boys I'm sure there's others, but they're the main ones I can think of

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bearwright1@reddit

Love island, strictly, dancing on Ice, I'm a celeb, black mirror,last of us, ...I'm sure there's a lot more I can think of right now

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Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit

I can abide Strictly because the judges are quite amusing and some of the pro dancers are nice to look at. But I can't stand Dancing on Ice. Watching people skate around a rink is so bloody boring. And they look ridiculous wearing fancy dance costumes with those massive skating shoes on.

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FireWhiskey5000@reddit

Stranger things. Too be honest, the more I’ve heard people say it’s the best show ever, the less I want to watch it. Same with breaking bad, though I watched the first series of that and found it so dull!

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stripe888@reddit

Anything where a Cop catches a killer

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dormango@reddit

Yeah I was late to Peaky Blinders but do yourself a favour and give it a go. You won’t be disappointed.

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wildchvrlie@reddit

Soaps, like Coronation Street or Emmerdale as it's just so boring and usually a bit predictable. Some reality TV shows, ones about famous families, contests or groups of people in certain towns so like TOWIE or Made in Chelsea. Oh, and prank shows like Impractical Jokers cause my anxiety knows I'd absolutely hate to be the butt of someone's joke and/or prank so it stresses me out to watch people do it. I do find any show that comes out and is an instant hit with everyone singing it's praise and telling you to watch it, I probably won't enjoy that much cause the overhype just puts me off a bit.

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Goudinho99@reddit

I was the exact same about peaky blinders until I caved and then I hoovered it up on a month.

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Thestickleman@reddit

Game of thrones and pretty much any reality TV show (not including American pickers) or game show

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jj198hands@reddit

Anything with dragons in it.

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Time_Gene675@reddit

You'll be fine with about 75% of the GOT episodes.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Very true. If you go by actual screen time of dragons across the umpteen seasons, it’s probably barely minutes in single figures.

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Overall_Sandwich_671@reddit

except the penultimate episode, which was basically a dragon breathing fire at the city for an entire episode. I love dragons, and even I got bored of it.

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Craigothy-YeOldeLord@reddit

Most TV series that aired over the last 13 years, exceptions were GoT, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Supernatural and Stranger Things, every other show I've given a wide berth.

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Branstonpickle4life@reddit

Breaking bad.

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BellamyRFC54@reddit

Only seen the first series of Stranger Things,no desire to watch anymore Game of Thrones Breaking Bad Peaky Blinders Line of Duty Walking Dead Ted Lasso I watched the first six series of the one hundred I didn’t really like it,my ex at the time wanted me to watch it but she wouldn’t watch still game with me smh

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Robinlegofan@reddit

Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, East Enders, Strictly Come Dancing, Friends.

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Joelpp2002@reddit

Friends and the Bing bang theory

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Redditor_Koeln@reddit

I just watched Breaking Bad 12/13 years after it ended. Thought it was pretty good.

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BellamyRFC54@reddit

I’m gonna say if the first series of Mrs.Browns Boys was actually good

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HankLard@reddit

The Boys. It's so grotesquely violent, gory, and offensive that it feels like it was written by an edgy 16-year-old. Everyone acts like the story is revolutionary as well, but we've had superheroes gone bad for years, way before the Boys comic book was released. It was just created at the peak of the Marvel craze and it resonated with people who were getting bored of seeing only superhero films in cinemas and wanted something more gritty.

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rezznux@reddit

Curb your enthusiasm. It's rated as one of the funniest shows of all time but I can never get through a single episode.

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MatthewSalisbury1990@reddit

Depends on your sort of humour. Curb your Enthusiasm is a good show up to about season 7 then gets worse imo.

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BellamyRFC54@reddit

Not seen any of the new ones but I liked up to 7

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

Skip the first series. I actually thought it got better as it went along and characters have been established and some of their ridiculous behaviours can even be predicted somewhat. I couldn't stand it at first, but I happened across an episode by mistake and was instantly loving it before I even noticed it was curb

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siege80@reddit

That's the problem. The big pay-off is usually at the end

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ted_bundy55@reddit

Stranger Things, Game of Thrones. Really bores me and overhyped af.

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Pier-Head@reddit

Any of the Soaps and ‘structured reality’.

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HankLard@reddit

How I Met Your Mother

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disney4evr@reddit

Urgh, so many of them. The most annoying ones being Friends, Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, and ALL British soaps (e.g. Eastenders or Corrination Street).

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Taucher1979@reddit

95% of them. I dont know how people find the time.

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Fit_Examination_7850@reddit

Love Island, like what the Hell? A bunch of oversexed and underbrained plastic narcisists bitching round a pool. Just why?

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Horizon2k@reddit

Game of Thrones. Didn’t really care for it when it started and still don’t know so no point starting now.

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Diddleymaz@reddit

The Office

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dpk-s89@reddit

Game of Thrones...missed the bus originally. Peaky Blinders, tried it several times, couldn't get into it. Love Island.. pure shite.

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sinersofmathetes@reddit

Everything!I don't spend time watching TV, it has no gains in life.

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mk04cmo@reddit

It's Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Home and Away and all those sort of programmes it is just a no from me...

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Few_Distribution_966@reddit

Pretty much every popular long running TV show, I just get bored after about season 4, I also didn't like the Sopranos from the beginning, a fat bald "tough" guy who I am supposed to root for and the guy from Bruce Springsteens band in a shit wig, but that's just me, If you like it then good for you.

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Upper_Tip167@reddit

Fleabag. Tried it. Managed 6 minutes

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hairyfoetus@reddit

For me it's always been Prison Break, no matter how much people bang on about it

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Charlieepie@reddit

Sherlock for me. It’s old now I know but I have a friend who I see to be OBSESSED with it. It basically put me off it for life as it was all she would talk about…

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Frequent_Dust6425@reddit

Pesky Blinders for sure, Prison Break, Dexter, Arrow and the Flash, anything from the CW really

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sgw79@reddit

The Office or anything Ricky gervais is in

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Jonnyfi5e@reddit

Game of thrones, everyone says what, you've havent seen it? I'd prob like it but I'm just meh when I get a chance to watch it.

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SunnyWomble@reddit

Its funny.... growing older my interests have waned over the years. In my 20's I would have been that guy watching it all and talking about it to his friends. I honestly dont watch tv anymore. Instead I watch Youtube video's of people bicycling around the world or long-distance hikes (so in a way I still consume, just its changed massively). The last series I fell in love with and defend to this day as the ultimate perfect series is.. A Good Place

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BaseballFuryThurman@reddit

Derry Girls I've seen clips and it looks about as funny as a 12 hour stint in A&E

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Dapper_Consequence_3@reddit

I tried watching stranger things. I reqound the first 10 mins about 3 times and still completely over it. My kids love it though. I think its absolute garbage.

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ToothSuccessful9654@reddit

Agree with both of yours. Also Breaking Bad, Love Island or any other reality rubbish. In fact I barely ever watch series these days except period dramas as I love those (such as Bridgerton or Pride and Prejudice). I prefer documentaries, especially true crime. I stream everything now. Don't ever watch BBC, ITV or C4/5.

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11pickfks@reddit

Breaking bad (overhyped) Eastenders Hollyoaks KUWTK Love Island TOWIE

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TameRacingDriverUK@reddit

Most of the others have been discussed but I will have to mention Hollyoaks; that show and all the characters in it seriously test my restraint in putting my foot through the TV. What a bunch of wankers.

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Lopsided_Soup_3533@reddit

People that are very anti SOA are frankly jerks imho. I don't mind people not liking it that's cool but looking down your nose at people who do like it is what makes some ppl jerks . I've never seen an episode of GOT or the walking dead (not really into fantasy and I hate anything zombie) I thought peaky blinders was sooooooooo boring I gave up after 6 episodes and really have grown to dislike cillian Murphy for absolutely no reason. I don't look down on people who like those shows I just figure they have different tastes to me. ________ Tldr: I'll say I think a show is shit but I won't belittle the fans of those shows

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JanisIansChestHair@reddit

Never seen Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, Yellowstone, Downton Abbey. Not interested in Love Island, I don’t understand why anyone would be 😂 I watch a lot of TV, and haven’t ever really watched anything I don’t like, but there’s just stuff I won’t start no matter how bored I am.

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Mag-1892@reddit

GoT never interested me, managed 1 ep of the sopranos and 2/3 of breaking bad. Can’t be arsed with any of the police dramas either. Especially Vera, I’ve been made to watch it twice and guessed the guilty person within the first part both times and it’s properly grim looking

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AllOne_Word@reddit

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum

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Shadakthehunter@reddit

Yeah, any of that from the 70s: on the buses, carry on... Utter shite.

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MichaelMyers1980@reddit

Game of Thrones completely passed me by even though everyone at work discussed every episode in detail for years. The walking dead, just never watched it even though I love horror

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North-Lobster499@reddit

Mrs Browns Boys Dinner Ladies Game of Thrones (due to the 'hype of the last series) Love Island Strictly Come Dancing Big Bang Theory

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Rasty_lv@reddit

breaking bad. Have not nor will i watch it..

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kylehyde84@reddit

Anything with Ant and Dec. Pair of twits

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IsMisePrinceton@reddit

Tried watching both Peaky Blinders and Breaking Bad twice but just couldn’t get into either show.

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Professor_squirrelz@reddit

Breaking Bad. I tried multiple times and managed to get to episode 4 but I was just bored.

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beachyfeet@reddit

Most of them

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HypMoonr@reddit

Oh damn I could write a list as long as my arm and I have very very long arms. One that comes to mind is Rick and Morty it is stupid humour for stupid people who like to feel clever laughing at burp jokes. Its the same way Big Bang Theory got into everyone. I will admit to the odd laugh and sometime I was invested but I looked at myself looking at the screen and a part of me died. 2nd on the lost would be Big Bang Theory. 3rd Black Mirror. I feel it is the regurgitation of many other people's original ideas and fuck me playing bandersnatch felt like falling into a k hole. 4. With you on Stranger Things. I'm generally put off something by how much merch of it Primark sells (although they did have an Evangilion top in there once so maybe I am all wrong). But it just never caught on and number 5 will explain why.... 5. ALMOST ALL NETFLIX (amazon etc) ORIGINAL FICTIONAL PIECE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY. Film. Series. You name it. They feel lifeless. I am amazed when I find one that has any true human presence. They look better than my eyes can actually see. They are boring and contrived with a script written by some poor English student falling asleep at a computer in a dark room, kicked off, for the next one to continue with so little understanding of real human interactions. Please for the love of God recommend me one decent one that is original and has interesting themes or depth or stylisation or anything to it. Take The Good Place. A derived message in a format so blatent babies could eat it. On the other hand HANNIBAL AND TWIN PEAKS WILL RULE FOREVER. GIVE ME RECOMMENDATIONS.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Twin Peaks 👌👌👌❤️

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HypMoonr@reddit

Okokok amazon did good with the Boys, that is what is needed when I am so tired of hearing about the mcu

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HypMoonr@reddit

Oh yeah obviously love Island, above deck shit or whatever I don't even have time for then to come into my mental space

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JohnLennonsDead@reddit

The news

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The-blackvegetable@reddit

That's a pretty depressing answer to read. I don't watchthe news, i cannot understand why people would choose to watch it on TV and have to endure all the crap about sport when they could just read online. I hope you at least stay informed by reading online.

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troy_mambo@reddit

Waiting for a new season, tbh. The writers have utterly lost the plot as far as I'm concerned. Unbelievable crap.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Agreed. So bloody depressing!

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

Tell me about it, especially if it involves politics. So bloody depressing.

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GoodVariation4626@reddit

Your missing out with both of those shows. I hate any reality TV show and avoid them all.

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DoomedRegular@reddit

Pesky blinders and game of thrones. Tried watching both but didn’t get into them

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Aggressive_Signal483@reddit

Peaky blinders. Game of thrones. Breaking bad. Better call saul. Justified. All of the above plus more. I have not watched a series since the Wire finshed, and that shite nearly finished me 😂. I dunno, I just can’t invest anytime into watching a series. They just bore me.

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millyloui@reddit

Kardashittians - just feck off the lot of them

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KatVanWall@reddit

Most reality TV - not that I think I’m above it or anything, it’s just not my cup of tea. Downtown Abbey, Bridgerton, Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, Breaking Bad, Prison Break.

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ComposerThen6483@reddit

Never seen game of Thrones, bridgerton, the crown, killing eve & lots more

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PercyPinguin@reddit

Game of thrones Breaking Bad

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Don_Tommasino_5687@reddit

Any of the shit they try to sell me on BBC3 or ITV2.

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kickassjay@reddit

I was very Late for peaky blinders as I thought it was naff. Ended up watching one of the later episodes at my mates because he was watching it with his missed. Fucking got hooked after that

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Scragglymonk@reddit

walking dead, watched a couple of episodes and noticed how the zombies were cutting the grass as it was so short

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re_Claire@reddit

I used to have **zero** interest in Peaky Blinders. I was so put off by the fandom and all the lads trying to dress like Tommy Shelby was so cringe. Then I watched it. It’s without a doubt one of the best TV shows I’ve ever watched. The cinematography alone is stunning. But Breaking Bad? I just can’t bring myself to watch it. No idea why.

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Hour-Sir-1276@reddit

Anything produced by Netflix. Netflix is the McDonald's of TV series, shitty food for my eyes.

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Walesish@reddit

Game of thrones, hate all that’s fantasy sci fi shit.

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SkullFaceMermaid@reddit

Vikings. Despite being pretty interested in Norse mythology, and that period in history in general, I just couldn’t get into it

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Mister_Jack_Torrence@reddit

Couldn’t get into Peaky Blinders at all. Stranger Things was good for that first season but each season has been progressively worse with season 3 being atrocious in tone.

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athenae99@reddit

Those two. And GBBO, Love Island…

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

Rick and Morty and breaking bad for the same reasons

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AgentSears@reddit

To be fair you are missing out with stranger things, maybe it's because I was about their age at the same time and they got the 80s horror movie style down perfect whilst still modernising it slightly....it really is a great series But I was getting around to it....season 5 comes out next year, would be the perfect time to start watching it and you can be up to speed with everyone else before it airs. Don't get me started with peaky blinders, I am actually from Birmingham UK, i pass the garrison most weeks (a boarded up shit hole.pub covered in graffiti) talk about over saturated there was peaky blinders themed everything and still is...I've watched upto about season 4 but gitjoretty tired of it round here. For me.its G.O.T

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ProD_GY@reddit

Big Bang Theory, TOWIE and similar stuff

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No_Rooster7278@reddit

Where would I start. Peaky, Friends, Stranger Things, Black Mirror Anything that is massively hyped I avoid

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Usual-Sky6568@reddit

Anything with the word ‘celebrity’ in the title and whatever shite it derived from. I’ve heard people ranting on about gogglebox, why the fuck would I want to watch a bunch of mouthbreathers watching shit on the telly?

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SparklePenguin24@reddit

Love Island Starnger Things Star Trek Star Wars Peaky Blinders Family Guy There's probably more I might have to come back and add them in!

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kramer2006@reddit

Friends,greys anatomy,Star Wars shows,lioness,hijack(can’t stand arrogant Elbow)

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Divi_Filus_@reddit

greys anatomy. house is fucking excellent however

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Ramshackle_Biped@reddit

Walking Dead for me, I missed tit when it came out, an then the years go by and I just couldn't be bothered!

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Financial_Excuse_429@reddit

Love Island🤮

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JaredH20@reddit

Killing Eve. Everyone raves about it but I just have no desire to sit down and watch it despite the sheer number of people that always talked about how amazing it is.

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Whyisthethethe@reddit

I watched it and always felt like it was going over my head for some reason

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mchoneyofficial@reddit

Such a good shout! I watched half of the first season and got to an episode where a guy hides in a field from 3 hitmen....everything that happened from that scene to the end of the episode was so badly written and stupid I was like eff this. So bad.

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PutTheKettleOn20@reddit

I watched the first season and was in no way wowed.

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canlchangethislater@reddit

It’s shite. :-)

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hypertyper85@reddit

I never got into Peaky Blinders, even tho I'm a Brummie 😆 I watched the first n thought it was a bit crap. Never watched Downton Abbey when that was big. I did watch Stranger Things even though it's not normally something I'd be into as I liked the fact it was set in the 80's, and that was really good!

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TitferAndDaisies@reddit

Most of them? I'd rather watch Ashens talk about Poundshop tat or a Tom Scott video about something I had no idea about than broadcast media.

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GuybrushBeeblebrox@reddit

Game of thrones. I just couldn't get into it.

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toferino@reddit

Game of Thrones

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ReneRottingham@reddit

The office US

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Phoenix_Magic_X@reddit

I couldn’t get into peaky blinders or succession. Which is a shame because they seemed like things is like based on things I’ve liked in the past. Maybe it’s because those things had dragons.

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Bez666@reddit

Peaky blinders and the following fashion trend that lad in a pub in town centre seemed to copy.. I lost count if waist coats an twatty haircuts

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Fit-Good-9731@reddit

Anything on BBC and itv it's made for old people all of it

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CloisterTheStupid__@reddit

The Bear - it’s basically just Eastenders but set in a restaurant with Chicago accents. It’s just people shouting at each other, talking over one another or just being the worst of the worst. Every character is a cunt with no redeemable qualities.

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utfr@reddit

It’s fine to not like something but good grief, what a horrendous take.

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brit953@reddit

Any of the 'Reality TV' shows - big brother, the apprentice, the Batchelor etc.

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LaraH39@reddit

Anything like Love Island or Strictly or I'm a celebrity. Breaking Bad... Better Call Saul (anything like that really) another one about a biker gang (dont remember the name).

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InternationalUnit143@reddit

Love Island. Beaky Blinders I watched the first season one hung over Sunday and as a Brummie, I couldn't get over the Scouse Accents in it. I tried again in 2020 but when some 'murican actor played the Ialian Mafia just like Brandow's Don Corleone I was out! Stranger Things first season was good, second shit, third okay and I've no interest in watching further. I rewatch The Wire which imo is the best show ever and shits on everything else from a great height. It's actually ruined TV and Movies for me because nothing comes even close.

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jamtart68@reddit

Any Reality TV and Soaps

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badger906@reddit

Any show that has a hype train behind it that I didn’t discover pre hype train!

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TheImplication696969@reddit

Any reality tv show, I’d rather stare at the sun for an hour.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

I was late to party for Stranger Things but binge watched and am hooked

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greggery@reddit

Most of them, probably

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arkyleslyfox@reddit

Peaky blinders S1 & 2 are pretty good, just avoid the later seasons

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

Love Island, Masterchef (any cooking programme, they're two a penny, Coranation Street, Hollyoaks

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Zubi_Q@reddit

Love Island

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SentientChowMein@reddit

Anything which isn't live sport I have no interest in whatsoever, and I find it kinda weird that people do. I just feel like television/film is an awful medium for anything fictional and I just lose interest very quickly. Books are good though.

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Bored--Person@reddit

I can't imagine star wars being as good a book as it is on film.

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SentientChowMein@reddit

Obviously Star Wars should be a musical

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v2marshall@reddit

Doctor who. Never watched it and it’s never interested me, doesn’t look very good

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sirdigbus@reddit

Almost all reality TV shows, I like Great British Bake Off and have guilty pleasure in Below Deck (watched it when I was sick and its funny as shit because they're all so awful). Despite being a pretty big nerd I never got into Star Trek either. Would quite happily watch most shows, I wasn't hugely in love with Peaky Blinders, have seen it all and thought it was really high quality TV but it just personally didn't grip my heart strings, find it hard to root for criminals, same with Breaking Bad but had a lot of sympathy for Jesse in it.

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Athleticathiest82@reddit

Line of duty

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BrandyWineBridge1402@reddit

I watched 4 episodes of Peaky Blinders and it wasn’t for me. It didn’t capture my attention at all

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Cult-Film-Fan-999@reddit

Can't understand the interest in: Games of Thrones Any reality TV Mrs Brown's Boy Pretty much anything superhero or Star Wars related

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SportTawk@reddit

Ditto plus game of thrones

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Hankscorpio1349@reddit

It's not on anymore but Gavin and Stacey. Watched it once and didn't laugh or enjoy it. Never understood why it was so popular.

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Previous_Basis8862@reddit

Game of Thrones

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Ok-Investigator-4751@reddit

Succession. Attempted, failed coup, one after the other, involving some of the least likeable people in modern television. I bailed before the final season, know nothing of what happened, and I regret absolutely nothing.

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fike88@reddit

I tried watching Breaking Bad, wasn’t in to it at all. Didn’t see what all the hype was about

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Charlie97_@reddit

Dr Who, Game Of Thrones, any Marvel stuff

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deadeye-ry-ry@reddit

The walking dead game of thrones Drag race Love island Peaky blinders Emmerdale / other soaps Lost

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fridgefullamilk@reddit

The Boys. Im not a prude but it just sounds like vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity, Don’t think I’ve heard anything story-wise just ‘oh this gross thing happened on The Boys’ Really puts me off. Also Highlander, Heartlander, whatever his name is is a foul character.

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FuntCaseKid@reddit

Stranger things is such a mediocre show. The fact that at release younger generations relied on Netflix to entertain themselves is the only reason it’s popular.

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troy_mambo@reddit

Anything reality. Urgh. I have enough narcissists in my life already. Some of whom have been on a reality show, into the bargain.

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LeaTark@reddit

All 'reality' TV

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eidolon_eidolon@reddit

Literally any gritty British crime/police drama. I find them all utterly boring and depressing. Happy Valley is the most recent one I can think of but I honestly don't like any of them.

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banshee-of-reddit@reddit

After Life by Ricky Gervais. It gets so much love, but I could never get into it

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Consistent-Whole-686@reddit

After Life was laugh out loud funny with some heartbreakingly touching moments!

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mortyskidneys@reddit

Agree. Massive fan of the office, extras and lifes too short, but i kept watching and waiting for something to happen. It never did.

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

He’s a smug twat as well.

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SplinterClaw@reddit

Dance of Dragons. I've loved fantasy as a genre my whole life. I got two episodes in and thought "I don't like *any* of these people. Why am I watching this?" Actors are all great. Characters have nothing about them that I find compelling to watch.

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herdo1@reddit

I dunno if I'd call 2 of the biggest TV shows of the last few years as 'cliquey'. Do you also not listen to bands who are main stream?

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Consistent-Whole-686@reddit

Peakey Blinders. Game of Thrones. X Factor and any Reality TV show.

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Ok_Student_3292@reddit

Game of Thrones. I have no desire to watch it whatsoever, and I'm fine with that.

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HeroinJimmy@reddit

Breaking bad and the other one with a lawyer. Bought the entire series of BB because *everyone* said it was amazing! Brilliant! The best show on tv! It's so fucking boring and none of the characters are likeable, at least up until halfway through series 3 where I stopped watching. I tried to "power through it" and I just cannot see what's supposed to be good about it.

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One-eyed-bed-snake@reddit

Clarkson's Farm and Downtown Abbey. I've never had any interest in seeing Friends either.

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kieronj6241@reddit

The problem with Clarkson’s farm is Clarkson. He completely detracts from the underlying premise of the show and that is the difficulties faced by the farming community from, well, their own local communities. Farmers are basically being paid by DEFRA not to farm their land as much, but those payments don’t cover costs, so they are trying to diversify on the face of communities that don’t want them to do whatever they want to do, open a farm shop for example, so make it as hard as possible by objecting on cretinous reasons. Clarkson’s show is highlighting these issues, but because he is so objectionable, people aren’t seeing past him to the point of it.

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imminentmailing463@reddit

>Clarkson's Farm I found it enjoyable for three or four episodes but then stopped watching. Sort of felt like it got repetitive after a while.

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pclufc@reddit

Only fools and horses

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kimsala@reddit

Love Island, TOWIE, Made in Chelsea - I don't see the point. Succession - I tried, by God I did but I just hated the tone. Peaky Blinders - again, I tried. Mrs Brown's Boys Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. I just couldn't get into it

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Redditvagabond0127@reddit

Line of Duty. Police dramas simply don’t interest me.

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DuskyUK@reddit

Game of Thrones.

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throwawayjim887479@reddit

Honestly? Most of them. Not in a "oh look how cool and above popular things I am" way either. Just when something has a huge fan base who know the established story so well, it usually feels so impenetrable with me sitting at series 1, episode 1. Shows that I've watched as they were becoming popular but before they were huge, like Breaking Bad, I've really enjoyed, and I'd probably enjoy things like Game of Thrones but just the thought of getting started with all the huge lore is off-putting.

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Shoes__Buttback@reddit

I very much understand where you're coming from. A lot of modern TV, to quote Peter Griffin when he admits to not enjoying The Godfather, *insists* upon itself. Or more accurately, groups of rabid fanbois and fangirls insist upon it. And to quote Super Hans, you can't trust *people*, people like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi party. It also helps having very little time to watch TV. Bit of Frasier on in the background while I work is about my speed.

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Paulsonfire@reddit

>I'd probably enjoy things like Game of Thrones but just the thought of getting started with all the huge lore is off-putting. This is like going to an all you can eat buffet and starving. Learn to love yourself!

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SubstantialAgency2@reddit

GOT and Breaking bad, the wire.

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chiefgareth@reddit

All of them probably. Anything I like that was a very popular TV show I probably didn't watch it until 10 years after it was on. And all those really really popular shows that everyone seems to watch - I've probably never watched a second of 95% of them.

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Badgerbreath1981@reddit

House of Cards.

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nafregit@reddit

Stranger Things was good but has disappeared up it's own arse. Those last few episodes were movie length.

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SickPuppy01@reddit

Game of Thrones and anything to do with the Walking Dead (and I normally love zombie shows)

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golfgolf13@reddit

I was late to the Stranger Things party for the very same reason - started and finished it all in the last couple of months. It is bloody good though! I did jerk in the circle of Peaky Blinders fans though…

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showgirls1980@reddit

Friends!

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Psjthekid@reddit

Stranger Things for me as well. I watched the first couple of episodes. Couldn't follow whats going on and was just dull

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tujoc@reddit

All of the so-called reality TV shows. Trash TV for morons.

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BrewDerYanoDa@reddit

Definitely Stranger Things, I started watching when S2 came out and I got half way through season 2 and was thinking "oh its gonna get good soon" then I realised I had already watched a season finale and if I had watched that at release, I wouldnt have watched S2 so I just stopped.

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Unlikely_Hyena5863@reddit

Call the midwife, Bridgerton and the like. It's just Eastenders in frilly frocks.

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RikB666@reddit

Any TV series that my retired Dad recommends. Sons of Anarchy, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Sopraonos - all recommended by my Dad, all not watched. I love my Dad, just not his obsession wirh TV!

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markymark0569@reddit

Peaky Blindwrs.. Game of Thrones, Silent Witness basically all TV

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RoutineMaximum6832@reddit

Yeah I couldn't get into Peaky Blinders either. Doctor Who is another, I just can't get into it.

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verisakeet62@reddit

Only watched Peaky Blinders because Nick Cave was the intro music.....

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ViKtorMeldrew@reddit

Both of those you mention Plus EastEnders, coronation Street, and many others I can't think of

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frogdances@reddit

Every soap, every reality TV show.

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JCOl68@reddit

I had no interest in Breaking Bad whatsoever for years, but I though ok I'll give it a go. Ended up watching the whole lot, plus El Camino, over a fortnight. Game of Thrones however, got bored and gave up during episode 1.

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Fantastic_Picture384@reddit

I watched the first series of Stranger things.. it was perfect.. Didn't watch any more as it had the perfect ending.

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nubin1@reddit

Game of Thrones, soon got bored

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greenfordanglia@reddit

Any American TV where you have to watch 25 episode 'bad' series to get to the 'good' one. I don't have time for that crap.

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socialriri@reddit

Game of Thrones!!!

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Few-Plastic6360@reddit

Heartstopper

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hoksworthwipple@reddit

Peaky Blinders - mainly because of the brother character. Too much like the knobheads who hammer the lemo in town in a Friday night.

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Ulfgeirr88@reddit

I still refuse to watch Breaking Bad because I had people badgeting me to watch it

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ExternalReturn4196@reddit (OP)

That’s often a decision-maker for me - the “Go home and watch it tonight!” folk.

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sFieldsend@reddit

Silent witness, game of thrones EastEnders and doctor who

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Jammiedodger_1985@reddit

Breaking bad

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R_4_N_K@reddit

Nearly all of them.

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Ilkley_dipper@reddit

90% of American sitcoms

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FeralSquirrels@reddit

Love Island, Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity, Coronation St, Eastenders to name a few - basically most "reality TV" I won't bat a lid at. I really enjoyed stuff that was varied or was a genuine challenge - stuff from a while back like Legends of the Hidden Temple, GUTS, It's a Knockout, Total Wipeout, Scrapheap Challenge were all good fun. QI, University Challenge and the like are funny, informative and at least are varied. But I cannot abide watching a bunch of already-rich celebs or entitled muppets milling about in a house together making drama, nationally broadcasting a group of randos trying to pair each other off or humdrum London-based soapiness. It's like a self-congratulatory "we all got publicity, will get bags of cash from this afterwards and how can we best be idiots to gain popularity with the Streisand effect?"

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tryingtoohard347@reddit

Any type of reality television is just lost on me. Bake offs, love islands, and any cooking shows are not my cup of tea, so I stopped trying. A few of the big ones: Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Money Heist, Squid Game, Silo, anything made by Apple or Netflix these days will get an “ignore” from me. To be fair, growing up I wasn’t much into watching the telly, so kinda makes sense this carries through to adulthood.

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