Sunday, November 29, 2009

Best Tv Shows

I am big fan of the following tv sitcoms which  i started to watch with my friends in hostel during my engineering days. Since the most tv serials are not aired in India usually it takes a year or so for the tv series to air in  India:(

Torrent websites like priate bay and minniova(sad that it has been shutdown now ) saved the day for us


1.Prison Break 
 This was my first serial i watched and it had a good concept and script  and it kept us in suspense week after week. It ran for 4 seasons the story of Micheal Scolfield  who has greately gifted brain who sees things differently plots his escape plan from a prison along with his brother. The actors were great with their respective roles. It is an edge of seat thriller the runtime of each episode is  around 40 min

more info prison break story



2.Lost
This is another best tv serial which is still continuing and is slated to end in next year. The sixth season is scheduled to premier in  feb 2010. A  group of survivors who crash landed on a island find themselves  not alone on the island. They are many interesting things keep happening around in  island the director JJ Abrams manages to keep the viewer in suspense for each  new episode  the director also successfully manages to incorporate the element of time travel. This show has won many emmy awards.Runtime is 40 min

more info on lost story   




3. 24
24 is story of Agent Jack bauer who is the head of CTU a counter terrorist organization who foils terrorist attacks on us soil The story takes place in 24 hours of the day  the us president and his staff are also actively involved and a interesting aspect of  the series is that it is  shown in real time , with each minute of airtime corresponding to a minute in the lives of the characters. It has finished seven seasons and the season eighth season is scheduled  in jan 2010. Runtime of 40 min   

more info on 24 






4.Heroes
This similar to x men  series humans are evolving and with supernatural powers and there is a organization which trying to put an end to their powers this has a global flavour as the characters are from different parts of the world. There is also a Indian connection to the story.The powers are  good thought provoking. Runtime 40 min


more info on Heroes.





5.How i met your mother 
 This is one of the best comedy serials i like very much it is similar to Friends. It tells the story of Ted who tell his kids how he met his mother.It is going on still and we have still not seen his wife. His friend antics are the best especially Barney played by Neil patrick Harris. Runtime 20 min

more info on the serial




6.The Big bang theory 
 This is another comedy serial is about a group of nerds, the jokes are funny scientific in nature  it has also lot of slapstick humor.It has also an indian playing in the lead.


more info of the big bang thoery





 

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