The Wire is the only logical choice to watch next. It's entertaining, addictive and offers incisive social commentary. Just buy all the DVDs. SFU is enjoyable. I have only seen the first two eps of Deadwood but it was good. Funnily enough my problem with Deadwood is the swearing. And I like swearing. It just seems a bit too much.

24 is a show that was moderately silly and entertaining nonsense but I felt there were better things to watch many years ago.

ER is a long running soap and your enjoyment depends on how far you like the characters but repetition does set in. I can't even be arsed to find the final series.

Deadwood.

The Wire
Deadwood
Six Feet Under

in that order.


Then
Battlestar Galactica
Dexter
True Blood

in that order.


Trust me, your girl will enjoy the shit out of True Blood and BSG.

You cant go wrong with Deadwood (highly recommend), but West Wing is my all time favorite. Also enjoyed Carnival.

Deadwood is an utterly brilliant series that unfortunately got cut short part way through it's last season (It had 3). So if you like some Shakespearean level swearing (it really is beautiful in its profanity), and wonderful characters, go Deadwood, just know that it doesn't end as it should.

My Wife and I were both very much into Six Feet Under for the first 2 seasons I think, then the stations here killed it for us by moving it around timeslot wise so we lost track.

But those two seasons were brilliant.

My Wife swears by the West Wing, I've never gotten into it.

Also, Battlestar was brilliant also for us both, but yeah, you have to be willing to watch sci fi for that one.

Venture Bros. It's good for laughs, not really a big drama though.

West Wing is a "talker", so you have to be into that. But it's much like House, but in the White House. I like it.

House MD is awesomely awesome.

The IT Crowd - British sit-com about IT workers. It's very British and very funny.

I thought Deadwood was alright, but it's a "hard" series. Lots of grim stuff happens there. They swear like dock workers with ball-cancer.

Battlestar Galactica is really good until the resolution of the series which just ruins the show. Don't watch that.

out of the ones you listed i would go for 1 or 2 (am about to start deadwood soon).
but breaking bad is fucking awesome!

and..
dollhouse
trailer park boys
spaced
twin peaks
carnivale
firefly
30 rock
big bang theory
extras

... whoops. just started listing some of my favourites.

>> ^JiggaJonson:
I'd say watch Deadwood or West Wing over any of the others listed. But of those two West Wing has more political timely-ness baggage so I'd go Deadwood.
That being said, I'd skip all on the list and say watch either Weeds or Breaking Bad.


i'd never even heard of Breaking Bad before you just mentioned it. i like the sound of it.

I'd say watch Deadwood or West Wing over any of the others listed. But of those two West Wing has more political timely-ness baggage so I'd go Deadwood.

That being said, I'd skip all on the list and say watch either Weeds or Breaking Bad.

>> ^ponceleon:
I love QI, but every time I watch a clip, I feel embarrassed to be an American. This show just glorifies knowledge, learning, and how it can be fun, funny, and witty... it seems that most of our popular culture glorifies laziness, extreme consumption, stupidity and blind patriotism.
Case in point, languages. America has this INEXPLICABLE phobia of bilingualism. Rather than embrace other languages and encourage our young people to learn them, we are too busy passing laws making English the "official" language and forcing others to learn it.
I'm absolutely sure I'm going to get flamed for this comment, but I just don't think America would ever produce a prime-time show like QI and attract big names to be on it... we are much more likely to have a NASCAR race, hotdog eating contest, or something involving bullshit paranormal "science" like ghost hunting (man, that ghosthunting stuff pisses me off).



Then again I suspect only America could give us The Wire, Deadwood, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. These are things that English tv are unable to match.

Still, I feel your pain.

Don't remind me of the greatness that was deadwood. Why they canceled this and moved on to that stupid surfer show is BEYOND me.

We netflixed all three seasons, since we don't have cable either. They are gripping and have great characters. We'd get a disk with three episodes and swear we'd only watch one, but we'd be up all night watching them all.

I think John Wayne is exemplar of the previous administration. All brass and no balls. Inspired hundreds of thousands to go to their deaths, but never had the courage to go himself. A real cowboyard.

See also:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Sands-of-Iwo-Jima-Drive-By-Truckers

LOVE ^that pic by the way. Timmy was so little!

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
I don't have a tv... but if I did I am sure I would be a fan as I am familiar with the show from hearing about it. A friend of mine got me into all of the classic spaghetti westerns. Can't say I care for John Wayne so much. Was that wrong to say? Orange County's Airport here is "John Wayne International." Shame on me!
This is something I need to Netflix soon.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Thanks for busting David Milch out of the sherrifs jail Miss Iss. I have a friend who loves westerns but won't watch Deadwood because of the language. I pointed out to him that dozens of people are killed in most two hour western, yet only about four people die in all three seasons. Then again he thinks John Wayne was an actual war hero, so there's really no helping him. Are you a fan of the series?

I don't have a tv... but if I did I am sure I would be a fan as I am familiar with the show from hearing about it. A friend of mine got me into all of the classic spaghetti westerns. Can't say I care for John Wayne so much. Was that wrong to say? Orange County's Airport here is "John Wayne International." Shame on me!
This is something I need to Netflix soon.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Thanks for busting David Milch out of the sherrifs jail Miss Iss. I have a friend who loves westerns but won't watch Deadwood because of the language. I pointed out to him that dozens of people are killed in most two hour western, yet only about four people die in all three seasons. Then again he thinks John Wayne was an actual war hero, so there's really no helping him. Are you a fan of the series?

Thanks for busting David Milch out of the sherrifs jail Miss Iss. I have a friend who loves westerns but won't watch Deadwood because of the language. I pointed out to him that dozens of people are killed in most two hour western, yet only about four people die in all three seasons. Then again he thinks John Wayne was an actual war hero, so there's really no helping him. Are you a fan of the series?

OMG, that bad guy is played by Garret Dillahunt, who played two different roles in the brilliant HBO series "Deadwood", both of them of the coolest ever created! I really need to see this movie!