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41 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Vampire Diaries. 2009–2017 171 eps TV-14. 7.7 (351K) Rate. TV Series. The lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.
Jan 1, 2014 · 1. True Detective. 2014– TV-MA. 8.9 (658K) Rate. TV Series. Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law. 2. Black Sails. 2014–2017 TV-MA. 8.2 (115K) Rate. TV Series.
Dec 23, 2014 · The 30 best TV shows of 2014 - Vox. By Emily St. James @emilyvdw Dec 23, 2014, 2:00pm EST. Emily St. James was a senior correspondent for Vox, covering American identities. Before she...
- Happy Valley | BBC1
- Line of Duty | BBC2
- The Honourable Woman | BBC2
- The Good Wife | More4
- The Trip to Italy | BBC2
- Grayson Perry: Who Are You? | Channel 4
- True Detective | Sky Atlantic
- Peaky Blinders | BBC2
- Game of Thrones | Sky Atlantic
- Fargo | Channel 4
What we say:“In some of the most psychologically perceptive writing and acting (from Sarah Lancashire’s Catherine) that TV has ever seen, Happy Valley progressively reveals deep and bleeding layers of grief, deceit and guilt within three generations of the Cawood family. The concept of “backstory” in fiction often refers merely to character flavour...
What we say:“Line of Duty swaps maverick cops for the forensic detail of police procedure, and manages to make it just as compelling. The scenes in which Hastings and Arnott grill Denton in the AC-12 interview room – and then the even more gruelling session as deputy chief constable Mike Dryden is finally brought in for questioning towards the end ...
What we say: “If the storytelling was occasionally stately, it was always with the goal of deepening characterisation and thickening atmosphere. (And no one ever mentions the infrequent but beautifully handled action sequences.) Every frame felt weighted with significance, each utterance loaded with subtext. This was a series that distinguished ver...
What we say:“It’s unusual for a series to hit its stride so far in, but by now, five seasons of experience have hardened its resolve. It moved away from being a family-focused drama about a wife standing by her husband – they’re only together now for the sake of their image – with a side of law and politics, to a meaty political and legal drama in ...
What we say: “Just watching The Trip to Italy was enough, as it was about as good as television got last year. Genuinely original, interesting television. Director Michael Winterbottom, with a lot of help from Coogan and Brydon, has taken the travelogue and not just breathed new life into it but set the defibrillator on it, too.” Read the full arti...
What we say:“There was something incredibly honest about it, for all of TV’s constructs, the editing process and the multiple takes. You get the feeling that with Perry, what you see is what you get. Without gushing like an emotional hydrant, his responses always seem honest, considered. He’s either the most brilliant communicator on television at ...
What we say:“True Detective retains an odd power, a way of lazily coiling around you before pulling tight. Cohle’s unsettling flights into conscious phantasmagoria – the brain-altering hangover of his heavy drug use – are used sparingly, and become even more affecting for their rarity. It’s a great example of Fukunaga’s controlled direction, which ...
What we say:“Cinematic visuals, thumping music, torrid family melodrama and ripe dialogue (“I couldn’t trust the hearts and livers of the English pansies and posies they’ve given me as operatives,” spits Sam Neill), Peaky Blinders forges new territory for British TV drama, and it passes the second series test because its visionary creator has a mas...
What we say:“When this show gets it right, it’s impossible to tear your eyes from the screen. From Tyrion’s furious trial speech through to Oberyn’s day of reckoning with the Mountain, via Jon’s desperate attempt to hold the depleted Wall, this was a season built on epic confrontations, packed with moments where your heart leapt to your mouth, dari...
What we say:“Fargo will return next year, telling a brand new story with a brand new cast. That’s obviously a risk, but Fargo clearly delights in taking your expectations and blasting them clean out of the sky. Series one only had to prove itself as the equal of the movie. But series two needs to be the equal of the last series. On the basis of wha...
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- True Detective. Creator: Nic Pizzolatto. Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan. Network: HBO. Now, almost a year after the show premiered, it’s much easier to look at what True Detective actually is, as opposed to what its hype would lead you to believe it is.
- Mad Men. Creator: Matthew Weiner. Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Jessica Paré, John Slattery, James Wolk, Kiernan Shipka.
- Fargo. Creator: Noah Hawley. Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks. Network: FX. If you made a list of untouchable auteurs—that is, creators whose work should never be built upon or remade—the Coen Brothers would sit comfortably near the top.
- Orange is the New Black. Creator: Jenji Kohan. Stars: Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Uzo Aduba, Laverne Cox, Danielle Brooks, Samira Wiley, Natasha Lyonne, Yael Stone.
1. The Blacklist (2013–2023) TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery. 7.9. Rate. A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her. Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold.
Dec 30, 2014 · RT staffers pick binge-worthy favorites of the year. by RT Staff | December 30, 2014 | Comments. By now, you may have heard of a little show called Breaking Bad, considered not only one of the...
