“On The Air”
- Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place
- The Armando Iannucci Shows
- The Adam & Joe Show
Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place
Now that’s an obscure gem and suddenly I want to hear that 80s synth song from Matt Berry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO-ZGP68-3w
Haven’t seen these mentioned yet:
Fringe
Killjoys
Being Erica
Forever Knight
La femme Nikita (Peta Wilson version)
Space above and Beyond
Sliders
Doraleus and Associates (web series)
Dr Horribles Singalong Blog (is this okay for this list?)
Due South
Celebrity Deathmatch
Ask a Ninja (early YouTube channel)
I would disagree with due south and being Erica but to each own.
Gosh I was gonna say “perfect”. Though to be fair I haven’t rewatched Being Erica and it did happen at exactly that time on my life, so was very relatable.
Due South is a treasure. No notes.
Oh man, Ask a Ninja just unlocked a core memory that I had buried. What a perfect example of early Internet comedy.
Because I’ve never met anyone else who ever watched it and I haven’t been able to pirate it:
An action/comedy police procedural about a unit of the Chicago PD that manages cryptids (called “Links” in the show). A little bit like a terrestrial MIB.
The Patriot on amazon is one of my favourite tv shows of all time. Tragically cancelled but each episode is outstanding. Nobody’s seen it!
Mr Inbetween
Corner Gas, brilliant comedy about a tiny Saskatchewan town set around a gas station that is connected to a diner and the oddball people that live there.
You’ll come for the quaint setting, stay for the Jackass screaming Oscar.
Kim’s Convenience
Seconded
The Almighty Johnsons
Cleverman
Haven
Charlie Jade
Lost Room
Earth2
Better Off Ted
I forget the name of it, but you might enjoy the show rob lowe is currently doing on Netflix can’t remember the name
Others have already recommended Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, and Galavant. All are worth another mention.
I’m surprised only one other person mentioned Final Space. At first glance you might think, “Oh, it’s just a Rick and Morty knock off.” You’d be wrong. It’s much more Futurama in tone than it is Rick and Morty. I’m not afraid to admit Final Space is the only cartoon I’ve watched as a grown man that made me cry. On multiple occasions. It hits you right in the feels, hard.
ZeroZeroZero is a great crime mini series about the drugs trade. Stellar cast.
The Leftovers - 2% of the worlds population just vanishes. Enough to freak people out but not cause the complete collapse of civilization.
The Endgame - High class criminal commits crimes by way of getting herself arrested. There’s only 1 season. Ignore the last ~10 minutes of the last episode and the story wraps up fine.
Counterpart - Mid-level bureaucrat finds out there’s a doorway to a parallel dimension with whom the world’s been in a secret cold war