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Tommy Carcetti

(43,184 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2024, 12:12 PM Mar 13

Name a television show that "won you over." [View all]

In that you began watching it with a certain degree of skepticism but after a while you stop and think to yourself, "No, this is actually pretty good."

For me, it was Ted Lasso. When it started, I thought it was just going to lazily retread the plot to Major League, and overly rely on a lot of tired "Ugly American in Europe" tropes and clichés.

But soon I realized, no, it actually took its own original course, and the characters--especially the title character--were some of the most likeable and dimensional characters I've seen on TV in a long time. (Of course, that's the thing about the Ted Lasso character itself--people are always underestimating him and writing him off.)

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Name a television show that "won you over." [View all] Tommy Carcetti Mar 13 OP

Friends and The Office. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 13 #1

I never could get hooked on the Office and "Friends" only sporadically... hlthe2b Mar 13 #2

In Schitt's Creek, the main characters definitely change for the better as the show progresses. nt Tommy Carcetti Mar 13 #3

Liked the first three years of Office, hated friends, just don't get Schitt's Creek. marble falls Mar 13 #20

"Taxi" Grins Mar 13 #4

Soap n/t KarenS Mar 13 #5

Won me over... Mike Nelson Mar 13 #6

Columbo... Enter stage left Mar 13 #7

LOVE COLUMBO! nt XanaDUer2 Mar 13 #9

Enter stage left......... Upthevibe Mar 13 #64

Doc Martin XanaDUer2 Mar 13 #8

I figured it was about punks in England. Loved it after I watched it once about in season three. marble falls Mar 13 #19

My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic Archae Mar 13 #10

Monk Floyd R. Turbo Mar 13 #11

Same Cartoonist Mar 13 #13

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 13 #14

I loved Monk BlueKota Mar 13 #50

Monk....... Upthevibe Mar 13 #65

Better Call Saul - Santa Clarita Diet rogerballard Mar 13 #12

Better Call Saul, especially. marble falls Mar 13 #17

Better Call Saul was the opposite for me Shermann Mar 13 #27

Loved Breaking Bad rogerballard Mar 13 #29

Production was hit pretty hard by the pandemic and the show lost momentum. nt Shermann Mar 13 #46

Better Call Saul had me from the very beginning. n/t Upthevibe Mar 13 #66

Battlestar Galactica fmdaddio Mar 13 #15

Agreed +100 padfun Mar 13 #33

Boston Legal, The Practice, Northern Exposure, Modern Family, Hill Street blues, quite a few more! marble falls Mar 13 #16

Boston Legal made me realize one reason I like lawyer shows. The guest stars. There has to always be new brewens Mar 13 #38

It was well written, perfectly casted. Made me like Capt Kirk again. marble falls Mar 13 #39

Hill Street Blues. I wouldn't watch it for a time. I thought it was a soap opera. It was. I loved it. keithbvadu2 Mar 13 #18

The Big Bang Theory took me forever to watch one KarenS Mar 13 #21

Still have never watched.. Something about it just turns me away... hlthe2b Mar 13 #32

Orphan Black. I watched the first episode and did not like the characters and some plot aspects. Midnight Writer Mar 13 #22

I have yet to watch Orphan Black, it is on my list. rogerballard Mar 13 #24

Need to add another... rogerballard Mar 13 #23

I agree with you about Ted Lasso. Mr.Bill Mar 13 #25

thunderbirds . AllaN01Bear Mar 13 #26

Frasier Shermann Mar 13 #28

Downton Abbey Walleye Mar 13 #30

Babylon 5 padfun Mar 13 #31

I ignored B5 early on but was won over by mid first season. Eugene Mar 13 #55

Law & Order Mme. Defarge Mar 13 #34

Ted Lasso was my pick too. maptap22 Mar 13 #35

I thought I'd hate "The Sopranos" but after a few minutes was hooked. betsuni Mar 13 #36

Mad Men. blm Mar 13 #37

Schitt's Creek JoseBalow Mar 13 #40

Me, too Easterncedar Mar 13 #42

Russian Doll Easterncedar Mar 13 #41

Did youlike 2nd season? I thought 1st was great, 2nd stunk. NoRethugFriends Mar 13 #43

Yeah. It was different Easterncedar Mar 13 #44

The 2nd Season wasn't bad, but it was pretty much unnecessary. Tommy Carcetti Mar 14 #68

Monk justaprogressive Mar 13 #45

A Touch of Frost Onthefly Mar 13 #47

Seinfeld. MOMFUDSKI Mar 13 #48

Psych BlueKota Mar 13 #49

Mine was claudette Mar 13 #51

Hill Street Blues ThoughtCriminal Mar 13 #52

Criminal Minds Eugene Mar 13 #53

Crime Story from back in the 80s BOSSHOG Mar 13 #54

Lucifer catbyte Mar 13 #56

Inspector Rex MadLinguist Mar 13 #57

Ted Lasso and Fringe vapor2 Mar 13 #58

The Good Place FM123 Mar 13 #59

Dark. SYFROYH Mar 13 #60

I loved Dark, even though I completely lost the plot by the end of it. Tommy Carcetti Mar 14 #67

I cheated and looked up some Dark Explained videos at different points fo season 2 and 3. SYFROYH Mar 14 #69

Arrested Development LoveMyCali Mar 13 #61

I have to say..... FarPoint Mar 13 #62

Defiance. Niagara Mar 13 #63

The Prisoner Doc_Technical Mar 14 #70

Mom UTUSN Mar 14 #71

Six Feet Under. kairos12 Mar 14 #72

The Wire IcyPeas Mar 14 #73

Walking Dead! Chakaconcarne Mar 15 #74