Open Menu
AllLocalCommunitiesAbout
lotide
AllLocalCommunitiesAbout
Login

What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend?

⁨128⁩ ⁨likes⁩

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Skavau@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨Television@lemm.ee⁩

source

Comments

Sort:hotnewtop
  • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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)

    source
    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh man, Ask a Ninja just unlocked a core memory that I had buried. What a perfect example of early Internet comedy.

      source
    • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Space above and beyond died too young. It was such an awesome scifi show with some really mind blowing good episodes

      Image

      source
    • beejboytyson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I would disagree with due south and being Erica but to each own.

      source
      • Chip_Rat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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.

        source
      • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Disagree for them flirting under the radar or you wouldn’t recommend them or both?

        source
        • -> View More Comments
  • vahalasly@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Terror - season 1 especially is so well done This is going to hurt - UK medical drama, both hilarious and heartbreaking

    source
    • TimboSlice@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Terror is so good. I just found out it had a season 2 and it looks terrible.

      source
      • vahalasly@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Indeed :') Thankfully since they are anthologies, you can just pretend it doesn’t exist

        source
    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Still pissed that The Terror didn’t do a season about the Dyatlov Pass incident. It would have been a good fit for this show.

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

      source
  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I got this from the fediverse in another thread but kims convenience is hilarious. the brother I think did a marvel film recently to.

    source
  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    2 of 2

    TURN -George Washington’s Spies.

    Black Sails

    source
  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Three from the BBC, all free on Youtube.

    The Prisoner

    I, Claudius

    Connections

    source
    • dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ive been watching Dangerman the pas couple years to lead up to a rewatch of the prisoner. dangerman is pretty great too, but more of a regular spy drama

      source
      • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Something I watched the heck out of was 'The Americans."

        Another good, solid spy series.

        source
    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I second these three recommendations!

      source
      • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thanks!

        source
  • MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    M.A.S.H.

    source
    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you haven’t heard of M.A.S.H. may I also politely recommend the sleeper hit, Star Trek?

      source
      • thessnake03@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Deep dig. Only 3 seasons in the 60s lol

        source
    • misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t think it went under the radar of the TV studio because it ran for 11 years and got a Golden Globe for the best TV series.

      source
      • thessnake03@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And the finale is still the most watched program of all time (minus superbowls)

        source
        • -> View More Comments
      • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s series finale is still the most watched live tv event in history. They had 106 million viewers, estimated over 60% of all Us households! Calling it a lesser known or obscure show is an objectively false statement

        source
        • -> View More Comments
    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Found the Zoomer, I guess

      source
  • Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    • Odyssey 5 (Only lasted a season, but damn…)

    • Boardwalk Empire (for some reason the least talked about and most forgotten HBO show)

    • Into the Badlands (Deserved a longer life. Great martial arts action in a post-apocalypse)

    • First Wave (Nostrodamus, Conspiracy theories and the first wave of an secret Alien invasion)

    source
    • unbanshee@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      RIP Into the Badlands, you were done dirty.

      source
      • Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        100% agreed. Such a fun show.

        source
  • spudsrus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mr Inbetween is an excellent Aussie show. Haven’t found anything else that captures our culture so well.

    Not sure where the bar sits for obscure / under the radar. There’s plenty of more popular shows I normally recommend.

    Keeping it less known I guess:

    Sense8 - slow start but cool concept

    The goes wrong show - brilliant little piece of British theatre humour. Some great recurring gags

    And second another commenter’s recommendation of you’re the worst as a good laugh.

    source
    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For Americans lloking for these shows-

      Mr Inbetween is an excellent Aussie show. Haven’t found anything else that captures our culture so well.

      This is on Hulu/FX

      Sense8 - slow start but cool concept

      Netflix owns this world wide

      The goes wrong show - brilliant little piece of British theatre humour. Some great recurring gags

      I believe this is prime video in the states

      And second another commenter’s recommendation of you’re the worst as a good laugh.

      Also on FX and it’s the best Rom-Com next to Prime Video’s “Catastrophe”

      source
  • LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Probably only lesser known depending on age but I always like Due South.

    source
    • Taminator101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you kindly.

      source
    • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      One of my favorites. Love Gordon Pinsent as his dad.

      Now im thinking about Power Play. I would love it if Shoresy made a reference to the show Power Play at somepoint if they havent already

      source
      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I really liked Gordon Pinsent’s turn as Maurice Becker in Republic of Doyle too. Both sides of the spectrum with those two roles.

        source
        • -> View More Comments
  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Someone mentioned Patriot here the other day, and I think that qualifies as at least lesser-known.

    Also going to plug the Canadian TV series Sort Of, about a trans woman who is a nanny for her friend’s suburban family.

    I was also surprised I had missed Spaced, a kind of surrealist sitcom starring Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright (think: Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead). Not sure it counts as obscure or lesser-known, but it was for me anyway.

    source
  • putitoutwithyourbootsted@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I didn’t see these:
    Halt and Catch Fire (AMC)
    For all Man Kind (Apple TV)

    source
    • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For all mankind is really good, just get through the first 3 to 4 epis (those are a bit boring) butt rust me, it’s worth it!

      source
      • SmoothOperator@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I refuse to butt rust you!

        source
  • Kcap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Border Line - British mockumentary that follows airport security forces. Even though The Office was British originally, this feels like they took they the US’ Office and put their spin on that. There’s definitely a Michael, a Dwight, a Pam and Jim etc. It’s pretty fucking funny, but unfortunately they only made 2 seasons before it got canceled.

    source
    • con_fig@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I can’t seem to even find it any more, I really enjoyed it!

      source
      • Kcap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Got you fam: sflix.to/tv/free-borderline-hd-29761

        Just make sure you have an adblocker enabled first haha, but otherwise that site is the mecca for all rare old finds like that. Enjoy amigo!

        source
        • -> View More Comments
  • zabadoh@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Children Of The Stones, 1977 British childrens’ horror show. A historian and his young son visit a small village whose residents hold secrets about an ancient stone monument.

    Like most 70s British TV, there’s no production budget, and entirely dependent on script writing and actors to create atmosphere.

    source
  • 1hitsong@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Murdoch Mysteries is the only show I keep up with weekly. It’s Victorian, Canadian CSI.

    source
  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m going to recommend the 1970s BBC series “Survivors”. It’s kind of like Walking Dead lite, without the zombies.

    Avoid the 2000s remake though. It’s ridiculous.

    I also recommend the 1971 BBC series I mentioned in another thread, about a futuristic fascist government in Britain: “the Guardians”.

    source
    • zabadoh@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Survivors was a great show! Post-apocalyptic drama at its best.

      source
  • MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lesser-known?

    The Time Tunnel.

    source
    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I love the matte shots they use of the underground time tunnel facility when the camera pulls out for a wide shot!

      source
  • notalentassclown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Patriot. On Amazon prime. Dark comedy. CIA and government ineptitude.

    source
    • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Honestly, great show. I don’t know what I expected, but it was so much better.

      source
    • some_dude@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hell yeah

      source
  • redxef@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Halt and Catch Fire

    source
  • CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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!

    source
  • bojiggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mr Inbetween

    source
  • Glytch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Because I’ve never met anyone else who ever watched it and I haven’t been able to pirate it:

    Special Unit 2

    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.

    source
  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I did not see Herman’s Head mentioned. I’ve only met one other person that remembers it. Not great in a change-your-doors-of-perception for life, but a fun sitcom from the early '90s.

    source
    • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I remember it, the intro more than the show itself lol.

      … And now I’m thinking of the show Night Court lol

      source
      • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Wait! Louise! Played by Yeardley Smith who voices lisa simpson!

        source
        • -> View More Comments
  • weirdboy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Lost Room.

    Not sure where you can find it, though.

    source
    • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Torrents for it are around

      source
    • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My grandma got that for me on DVD ages ago. The first few episodes are rough, but it’s really gripping by the end.

      source
  • TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tokyo Vice

    The Knick

    Two unique shows cancelled after two seasons. Both have qualities I’ve not seen in other shows. The Knick has a unique atmosphere that makes it really appealing along with a brilliant soundtrack that you would never expect from a period drama. Tokyo Vice’s story telling is uniquely a mix of English and Japanese and blends the two so naturally. The acting in both shows is superb and I wish we had more.

    source
  • whats_all_this_then@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The 7 Loves of Léa

    Interesting French Netflix mini-series. Way better than it has any right to be considering its scale and I don’t think it’s gotten the attention it deserves.

    I recommend watching in French with subtitles.

    source
  • dodeca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Life on Mars (2008, the US version.)

    source
    • essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The UK one was fantastic. Did you see both and then pick the US one specifically, or is it the only one you saw? I haven’t seen the US one, but I’m interested now!

      source
      • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ashes to Ashes is the continuation of the UK Life on Mars.

        source
      • dodeca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’ve only seen the US version. I should watch the UK one.

        I specifically mention the US one because its only one season and has a story conclusion. I watched it specifically after searching for shows that had satisfying endings. I was tired of watching series that ended but the story didn’t.

        Granted the conclusion of Life On Mars US feels rushed, because it was, they didn’t get a second season, but they made it work and concluded the story.

        source
  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This question feels overly broad.

    “What are some foods that people like but not everyone knows about?”

    “Name some music that you like that you won’t hear on the radio.”

    You gotta give a genre or example for comparison to help narrow focus. Otherwise it’s just like “name all the tv shows.”

    source
    • Skavau@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Dude I’m just trying to entice continued activity lol. I appreciate that some here aren’t broad. Maybe I could make a rating cut-off point on IMDB (5k votes or lesser) and remove all comments that include a show above that threshold lol.

      source
      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I wouldn’t even get that technical. “What’s a comedy from the last ten years that has gone under the radar?” “Name a light-hearted sci-fi show that deserved more seasons than it got.” There’s still plenty of shows there without leaving it wide open to anything anyone ever liked across all time.

        source
        • -> View More Comments
    • essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Everyone else in the comments understood the assignment just fine.

      source
  • milliams@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    • Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place
    • The Armando Iannucci Shows
    • The Adam & Joe Show
    source
    • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I see you, and raise you:

      • Snuffbox
      • Flowers
      source
    • el_bhm@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Blood. Blood. BLOOD. Blood.

      source
    • MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place

      Now that’s an obscure gem and suddenly I want to hear that 80s synth song from Matt Berry www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO-ZGP68-3w

      source
  • End0fLine@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m not sure if it is obscure, but I had never heard of it. Husband and I have been watching SyFy’s Channel Zero and love it.

    source
    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The first season freaked me out so much I never got around to watching the following seasons. I hear they are even better though. Maybe someday I’ll get around to it.

      source
      • End0fLine@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We finished season three yesterday and it is still a show where I’ll watch a season in one day because I’ve just got to know what happens. I agree, they’re pretty creepy.

        source
  • Sh0eb0x@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Dead Zone

    source
-> View More Comments