Most have been mentioned here so I’ll name some others that stuck with me
Travelers - great time travel show Lie to Me - short lived pseudo science show Limitless - one of the few series reboots from movies I enjoyed. Also short lived
I personally don’t know anyone who has watched any of these.
Sense 8
Legion
Scavengers Reign
+1 for legion
Bob Odenkirk
Animated with some trippy shit. Watch it.
Undone explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma. After being in a nearly fatal car crash, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time, and uses this ability to find the truth about her father’s death.
This one was amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who has watched this.
The Patriot on prime is pretty much perfect. It’s an excellent drama, very engaging and has some great comedy moments. Absolutely gutted it was cancelled after 2 flawless seasons
I never hear anyone talk about Leverage. Was a great show if you were into the original Mission Impossible!
Better Off Ted. Sharp humor, on point for large corporations. only 2 seasons
Dead before its time, and if they revived it then it wouldn’t be the same. RIP Better Off Ted, I don’t think there’s a single episode of it that doesn’t make me crack up.
Kevin Can Fuck Himself.
Told from the wife’s perspective, in 2 different styles. One is her perspective from living in a sitcom where her dumb husband’s hijinks get laughs as she rolls her eyes, full with laugh track. Behind the scenes it’s shot as a drama with all the characters living with real world ramifications of his stupidity and stress from it. It really builds into this dark dramedy of not living your true self and what people can drive you too. Super cool concept that has acting and writing to back it up.
This show was awesome and it still bums me out that not very many people watched it, but I think it makes people uncomfortable to see just how fucking stupid and reductive their favorite sitcoms were.
Mr Inbetween is an Australian dark comedy-crime drama television series which premiered on FX on 25 September 2018 in the United States,[1] followed by Fox Showcase in Australia on 1 October 2018
Mrs. Davies is a very hilarious and weird Show about a nun riding a motorcycle.
Letterkenny
I always expect people to have heard about it but no one ever seems to. Hilarious look at small town Canadian life with a fucking great music selection. Equally fun for those of us in the states if we have a good sense of humor when they’re making fun of us.
3rd Rock From the Sun, my favorite 90s sitcom. Not exactly unknown, but I barely ever hear people talk about it. Created by Bonnie and Terry turner who also did Coneheads and That 70s Show. And the cast is just brilliant, especially John Lithgow.
Also Wellington Paranormal. New Zealand spinoff about the cops in the movie What we do in the Shadows.
The 80s cocaine fever dream that was Otherworld.
People that think Johnathan Banks only recently got good with Breaking Bad need to watch as the Monkeyboy puts his whole pussy into a villian role that most folks won’t even touch nowadays.
Dark.
My recommended way to enjoy the show is watch the first few episodes and see if it’s your jam. If it is, keep watching it and use this website to enhance your experience.
The writing is pretty good, the casting is insanely good and the entire show is pretty entertaining.
Yeah no spoilers but there’s one character who you see an older version of later on and I was genuinely surprised that it was two different actors and not just the same one in older makeup.
Does this really qualify as lesser-known? It was pretty huge at the time and is generally considered one of Netflix’s best.
EDIT: That’s a pretty cool website, by the way.
Personally I only found out about it looking at other people’s niche TV show list and no one I know IRL has seen it. I guess it depends?
Sense8. A tv series about 8 strangers across the world who suddenly become empathetically linked to each other. Incredible storytelling by the Wachowskis. Only 2 seasons but it wraps up well and had me ruminating for weeks after.
Maybe Party Down? It had a pretty small following back in the day because it was on STARZ, then it was cancelled. Thirteen years later it came back for a third season on Hulu, but that was more of a reunion thing for its small but dedicated fan base as opposed to relaunching the series for a new generation of viewers. The cast is pretty stacked, a lot of them have had mainstream success elsewhere. I think the humour would also appeal to a pretty broad audience, particularly as so many people have worked in catering/hospitality and can relate to the characters.
I had/have a big LESBIAN crush on Lizzy Caplan, which led to me getting the two original seasons on DVD in college. I think at one point or another I wound up showing every roommate I had the first episode.
Conveniently, the first episode is free on YouTube, so I can keep the tradition alive.
Seriously though, if you’re scrolling through this thread, give it a shot. Under 30 minutes, and funny as hell.
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