16 Great Unsung TV Shows of the Past Few Years That Everybody Should Watch

We ’re go in a goddamn favorable Age of idiot box . But there ’s also way too much TV to keep cart track of , and a few shows get the lion ’s share of attention . So here ’s our list of 16 recent boob tube show that have n’t catch their prop . Time to come out tear - observation !

First , let ’s define our term . These are “ unsung ” TV shows , in that they have n’t gotten load of attention in mainstream media outlets . ( So no Game of Thrones , or even Supergirl , for that matter . ) And by the “ preceding few year , ” I mean shows that were airing in 2013 or later , or are still on the air now . OK ? Here we go .

1) Continuum

A cop travels back in metre from 2077 to 2012 and has to push a crowd of terrorist from the future . This show dispense with all sorts of fascinating government issue around the corporatization of constabulary , and corporal ascendancy over society broadly — and at its best , it was a show where nobody was “ right ” or “ wrong . ” ( At its bad , this show got lost in its own overcomplicated mythos . But it ’s still worth checking out . )

2) iZombie

A new woman becomes a zombi spirit — and every time she rust someone ’s brain she gains their personality dimension , memories and abilities . And she uses this power to lick crimes . It ’s a zombie constabulary adjective ! This show , based on a Vertigo comedian , follow from the creator of Veronica Mars , and it ’s just as good as it sounds .

3) Constantine

John Constantine is the world ’s most profane thaumaturge , who do dark thaumaturgy in a trench coat and holding a cigaret ass . This show perfectly nailed one of comics ’ most absorbing character . ( He hail from the Hellblazer comedian . ) Andeven if the single season had a hard meter finding its feet , Matt Ryan is greenback perfect , and it ’s smashing for that ground alone .

4) Person of Interest

This show start out as a police adjective about two guy cable who get laid about crimes before they actually happen , thanks to a supercomputer . The first season is a little slow ( but still awesome ) , and then the supercomputer starts to take center degree more . By now , it ’s develop into the smart interrogation of unreal intelligence we ’ve ever seen on television system , and a superb show generally . Now on Netflix!Here ’s our scout to which episodes from the first time of year to cut .

5) The Librarians

Noah Wyle used to star in these goggle box picture show about the Librarian , a guy who works in a mysterious readiness hunting down charming item . Now this has been rebooted into an ongoing serial about a squad of Librarians , and it ’s fundamentally the perfect replacement for Warehouse 13 . The writer admit John “ Leverage ” Rogers , so the scripts are often funny , whip - sharp , anddeep without fail dark .

6) Agent Carter

Marvel ’s Agents of SHIELD drive all the aid when it launched because it come in decently on the heel of The Avengers . But this other ABC superhero show is just as smart as a whip , and has n’t have as many airscrew . It ’s the belated 1940s , and Peggy Carter is back from the state of war — but there ’s still raft of immorality to contend . If only she can get these boneheaded human being to start taking her earnestly . This show just keep stupefy better and proficient .

7) Utopia

This British television receiver show is so under - the - radar , it does n’t even seem to have broadcast stateside . But it ’s dark and sardonic and ultra - unearthly . In a near future setting , a group of characters meet on a message board to discuss a fabricated comic about a scientist who makes a deal with the devil … and over the course of this series , we delve into a deep , incredibly eldritch , conspiracy . We described it as Ben Templesmith meets Dennis Potter meets William Gibson .

8) Lucifer

It ’s only just started , butthis show about the Prince of Darkness hanging out in L.A. is already one of our favorites . We were incredibly questioning about taking Mike Carey ’s trippy , epic comic and change by reversal it into a law-breaking - of - the - week show , but thus far this show deserve way more airplane propeller .

9) 12 Monkeys

mouth of things we were incredibly disbelieving about … Syfy took the classical Terry Gilliam show about a guy wire who travel back from a post - apocalyptic time to come to look into the origins of a deadly pest , and sprain it into an on-going hebdomadary television show . This should not have worked . At all . But thus far , this show is intensely watchable and sour , including echt surprises here and there . Fingers crossed for season two !

10) The 100

The CW plunge a handful of adolescent scientific discipline fiction exhibit around the same time , and they all looked vaguely Hunger Games - influenced . But this show , after a rocky starting line , became one of the well things on broadcast television . The survivor of a post - apocalyptic Earth , living on a cramped space station , send 100 teenagers back to the planet ’s Earth’s surface to see if it ’s habitable again . Over time , this show has evolved into something really engrossing .

11) Wayward Pines

A federal agent arouse up in a weird township , where there are dozens of arcanum and nobody seems to know what ’s going on . This show , based on the Christian Bible by Blake Crouch , seemed like a weak Twin Peaks clone at first blush . But the mystery actually has a killer resolution , and standout performances by Matt Dillon and Carla Gugino ended up blowing us away .

12) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

The classic honor - acquire novel by Susanna Clarke , about two man who dabble in legerdemain in an alternate nineteenth C , should have been impossible to accommodate for the screenland . But the BBC absolutely pulled it off , with incredible elan , and everybody should see this miniseries . It is a total victory .

13) Dracula

Before Lucifer was hang out in L.A. puzzle out criminal offense , Vlad Dracula was wandering around London strain to invent wireless electricity and watching women clay - wrestle . This show only ran for one season , but it is a staring delight of endless WTFery . Every installment pack at least a few “ did I just see that ” moment .

14) The Originals

The Vampire Diaries created one sincerely great baddie : Klaus , the thousand - class - old Original vampire who ’s kind of a megalomaniac . spin him and his sib off into their own show seemed like a dread idea , and the first season was kind of odd . But at this point , Klaus ’ theatrical insanity has become magnetize , and take in this super - brawny vamper render to ensure the uncontrollable New Orleans is in reality quite addictive .

15) Gravity Falls

We still ca n’t believe this show is finish next calendar week . A pair of twins are forced to go live in the cryptical town of Gravity Falls with their Grunkle Stan , and have to aid pass the Mystery Shack , a dreadful tourer fix . Even as shows like Steven Universe have blown up and become huge , this show has merit way more aid than it ’s gotten .

16) Humans

The Swedish show Äkta Människor has been one of the best maintain secrets in cyber-terrorist for a few class now . But now this series about beautiful androids who live among regular mass has been remade as a US - UK coproduction , and they managed to capture a lot of what made the original so thought - provoking and thrilling .

Thanks to Rob , Cheryl , James , Germain , Andrew and everyone else who serve with this !

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