Binge-worthy TV shows?

[Eutychus]

I used to love watching Combat! series with Vic Morrow as a kid. Been watching it again as youtube has full episodes. Baa baa black sheep tv series with "Pappy" Boyington was brilliant also.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa_Baa_Black_Sheep_(TV_series)

Combat! was my favorite too. I've often wondered whether it was available anywhere.

 

[Aussiemike]

Combat! was my favorite too. I've often wondered whether it was available anywhere.

I was thinking I don't remember them being in colour and remembered our old black and white tv, and we didn't get a colour model for years after they came out cause they were so expensive. And when dad finally got one it was like a 12" model and they put in their bedroom aghhhhh

 

[Singed]

I've been watching "Hitler's Inner Circle" on Netflix this week-end. I am surprised at the in-fighting among these monsters, and somehow not surprised at all. So much of their degeneracy was motivated by trying to impress Hitler to gain party power.

 

[Eutychus]

I was thinking I don't remember them being in colour and remembered our old black and white tv, and we didn't get a colour model for years after they came out cause they were so expensive. And when dad finally got one it was like a 12" model and they put in their bedroom aghhhhh

I wonder if the show made the switch to color at some point during its run. That was common during the ‘60s.

 

[Blackhorse]

Just found the new “Shogun” on HULU. Think I’ll watch that.

 

[Aussiemike]

I wonder if the show made the switch to color at some point during its run. That was common during the ‘60s.

Yeah I wondered that too, but we didnt get a colour tv until the late70s early 80s anyway.

 

[Aussiemike]

I just watched "Turncoat" I really enjoyed it. It was on foxtel and was a 2 part series brilliant. It has subtitles but very manageable. I recommend it if you can get it.

Acclaimed World War II drama about a young Wehrmacht soldier torn between a sense of duty, guilt and conscience, who ultimately defects to fight with the Red Army.

 

[Zeno Marx]

Just found the new “Shogun” on HULU. Think I’ll watch that.

It's incredible. INCREDIBLE.

 

[BriarPipeNYC]

Might've already been mentioned.... these two. I hope I'm not redundant, but I don't have the patience to read thru all 148 postings, listing recommendations, merits, demerits, yada, yada, yada...... So, my two cents:

THE CHOSEN
THE ALIENIST

Definitely worth binging-watching.

The first:
This is an almost documentary-scriptural, telling of Life of Christ, but it's told from, and through, imagined yet plausible, human interactions. This is NOT the typical retelling of the Life and Times of Jesus Christ.....and this version isn't loaded down by the usual hyper-pious cliches. Modern language is used to tell the "back-story" and explain much of what has come to be known and revealed through the ages. Very entertaining. Very human. Scripture, ancient life, and our modern life, all become a reality as the story unfolds. This production fills in all the blanks.

The second:
Sit back and step into old, New York City back in the late 1890s, for this serial-killer, crime-drama. The title has nothing to do with flying saucers or aliens from space. Be in this series, and in extraordinary detail, watch as "modern day" science -we now call "Criminology/CSI" begin at its infancy, and you'll understand just how far we have come -with the help of modern science and investigative techniques- to identify and prosecute criminals. The clothing, language, settings scenery all evoke that long gone, gas-lit, era. Fascinating, well-produced, and expertly acted characters.

Brains won't shrivel nor will your neurons rot to imbecility when watching either of these productions. Both well worth the time. IMO.

 

[Zeno Marx]

HEADS UP: new season of Hotel Portofino begins this Sunday on PBS. Already aired in the UK in April/May.