In recent years we have seen a large number of Hollywood actors move onto television, a format that has become enormously popular in recent years, thanks in part to the lower production costs This allows large studios to risk less money on each project, since if the audience does not respond to the first change, they can quickly cancel and minimize costs.
But it is not only the large studios that have opted for this format, since the main streaming video services like HBO or Netflix are the ones that bet the most on this content. Clear examples of the success of the productions of these services can be found in Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Daredevil, Strangers things ...
In this article we will offer some of the best series that we can currently find on TV. I have tried to cover all genres and tastes, so in this article you can find from humor series, to science fiction series, through series type B, police, mystery, supernatural, comic characters ...
Recommendations of Humor TV series
Silicon Valley
Fantastic series of humor in which it is reflected how Silicon Valley works with touches of humor. Throughout the series we will see how Richard Hendricks, has been working on an application that offers extraordinary video compression rates, through an incubator. Throughout the series, which is currently in its fourth season and is broadcast on HBO, we will see all the problems that this programmer has to face along with his team in order to carry out his project to a successful conclusion.
Modern Family
Modern Family is a kind of mockumentary in which the protagonists sit on a sofa to talk to the camera, recounting the events that take place in all the episodes. This mockumentary shows us different episodes in the lives of its protagonists. It is currently in its eighth season and has been renewed for another year.
The last man on earth / The last man on Earth
Curiosity television series in which he shows us how a virus has killed the entire world populationexcept for a select few who are immune to the virus. These people gradually come together creating a community and show us the advantages and disadvantages that a similar situation would have. It is currently in its third season and has been renewed for a fourth.
Superstore
The story takes place in a supermarket called Superstore in which a endless comical situations related to everyday life both the characters and the operation itself of the establishment. Currently the first two seasons have aired and a third is scheduled.
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory shows us the life of 4 geeks, comic book lovers, Star Wars, ComicCon... In the course of the series we see how these four loners begin to gradually separate themselves from the group when they manage to attract the interest of women, one of their greatest fears. It is currently in its tenth season and has been renewed for one more
Science Fiction TV Series Recommendations
stranger things
If you liked The Goonies, this series will remind you of the time of the 80s when we were younger and where the only thing that mattered was finding adventure. Strangers Things is a tribute to the 80s where we can see clear references to the greats of the film industry of the moment such as Stephen King, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter among others.
Westworld
Series Inspired by the 1973 film of the same name and performed by Yul Brynner, in which the facilities of an amusement park are filled with androids that allow visitors to enter a fantasy world, however extravagant it may be. Among the cast of this new adaptation we find Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris as main Hollywood stars.
The OA
After 7 years missing, the young Prairie returns to the community where she grew up with a remarkable change: his blindness has been cured. Despite inquiries by both his family and the FBI, no one can find out what really happened. But while the investigation that led to her cure continues, the young woman wants to convince a group of young people to go away from the community again.
The Expanse
The Expanse takes us 200 years into the future, where Miller is a police detective who has to find the missing young Julie Mao. As the investigation progresses, Miller will discover that the disappearance of this young woman in a conspiracy that will threaten the existence of humanity.
Mystery / Fantasy TV series recommendations
Sherlock
An all-time classic that never goes out of style. Of all the versions that have been made so far, this BBC version it is the one with the greatest success, not only among the public, but also among the critics. Each season is made up of three hour-and-a-half chapters (as if it were three movies) in which Sherlock has to solve the mysteries posed to him. This series does not have annual continuity, that is, not every year seasons of this series are launched. The last available season, the fourth, is available through Netflix.
X-Files
Another mystery classic, although the tenth season, which saw the reunion between Mulder and Scully, left much to be desired, since of the only six episodes that aired, only three focused on continue the aura of mystery that has surrounded the series between the aliens and the government's dark maneuvers to hide all traces. The previous nine seasons have no waste, so if you have the opportunity to enjoy this series you will not regret it.
Doctor Who
A television classic that began its journey in 1969 in the first stage and ended in 1989. The second stage of this British series began in 2005 and is currently in its tenth season. This series chronicles the adventures of the Doctor exploring the universe in his Tardis, a spaceship capable of traveling in time and space.
Recommendations of animated TV series
Family Guy
Family Guy Is What The Simpsons Could Have Been if they had not focused on all audiences. The Seth McFarlanne series shows us the day-to-day life of Peter Griffin in common situations, but which obviously do not have the ending that everyone could imagine. If the touch of morality offered by the Simpsons has never finished liking you, Family Guy is your series. It is currently in the fifteenth season and has renewed for one more, despite having been without airing for a few years due to problems with Fox, which owns the rights.
Series B / Gore TV series recommendations
Ash vs Evil Dead
Bruce Campbell may not be a well-known actor for many of you. Bruce Campbell teamed up with Sam Raimi (Spiderman director) to launch a trilogy of gore films, with hints of humor and series B: Infernal Possession, Terrifyingly Dead and The Army of Darkness. If you have not seen them and you like this genre, it is recommended that you take a look at them.
Ash Vs Evil Dead, shows us the protagonist of these films Ash, played by Bruce Campbell, 30 years later. The story begins again when Ash uses the Necronomicon, or Book of the Dead, to flirt on a date. Sam Raimi, although not directing the chapters, is behind the production, so lovers of the movie trilogy will not miss any element that characterized that trilogy. It is not necessary to see the films on which the series is based to enjoy Ash Vs Evil Dead, but if you like this theme it is more than recommended.
From dusk till dawn: the series
This spin-off of the films by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, shows us in the first season everything that happened in the film, how they arrived at the Coiled Tit, who are the main brothers, the history of vampires that surrounds it. In the following seasons, currently three have been broadcast, we see how lhe story of vampires is much more complex than it might appear at first.
Z Nation
Z Nation is a kind of spin-off of The Walking Dead but with hints of surreal humor. Throughout the series, a group of people has to take Patient Zero to a government facility in order to create a cure for all the people who have turned into zombies.
Action / Investigation TV Series Recommendations
Mr. Robot
Elliot works as a security engineer for a small computer company whose clients include the largest bank in the United States. Elliot is recruited by fsociety, a group of hackers who they want to destroy the most powerful. So far everything is normal if it weren't for the fact that Eliot suffers from problems relating to people, clinical depression as well as delusions of all kinds. If you are a computer lover, you can see how this is one of the few series, if not the only one, where the subject of hackers is shown as it is, not as shown by some pathetic series like CSI Cyber.
Orphan Black
Actress of this series stars four different characters, all of them clones of the same person. Throughout the series, which is about to premiere the fifth season, the clone sisters will try to find out the how and why of their existence, since these four protagonists are not the only clones distributed throughout the world.
The Blacklist
One of the most sought-after criminals by the FBI delivered on the condition that you will only speak to an agent who just joined the FBI. Raymond Reddington, reaches an agreement with the FBI to hand over the criminals most wanted by the authorities in addition to informing them of the future plans of other criminals. In most cases, Raymond Reddington ends up benefiting from the arrests, sometimes causing the FBI to question the agreement they have reached.
Scorpion
The Scorpion series tells the story of a group of people with IQs that are close to 200 points and they make available to the American government to solve problems that at first glance do not have a simple solution. This series is based on the life of Walter O'brien, one of the people with the highest IQ on record and who claims that he hacked NASA when he was only 13 years old.
Zoo
Animals they are getting aggressive and nobody knows why. The first indications suggest that the cause could be food from a laboratory, but as the series progresses we see how the problem that is affecting the animals is something much more complex.
prison Break
Prison Break was initially composed of 4 seasons that this year has been expanded to a fifth in which the tables have turned since now it is the older brother who will help the little brother to get out not only from jail, but also from the country where he is detained.
Into the badlands
With Into the Badlands we move to the future, where after the destruction of civilization a feudal society has arisen, ruled by seven feudal barons who are continually in conflict. This series shows us the story of a young warrior who will enter the different fiefdoms to find answers.
Comic / Book TV series recommendations
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
One of the most successful series in the Marvel universe in the world of television. SHIELD is an organization that will face the typical threats of the Marvel world, with criminal organizations like Hydra, to supervillains. Throughout the series SHIELD will be recruiting new characters to help them in the fight against evil.
Daredevil
Blind lawyer by day, hero by night. This is the life of Matt Murdock, who despite being blind, thanks to the training he received since he lost his sight as a child, has managed to develop the necessary skills so that his eyes do not need at any time to know that he surrounds. Daredevil, is based on the Marvel comics and such has been the success of the two seasons, available on Netflix, that a third season has already been signed.
Luke Cage
Luke Cage also comes from Marvel and it was the failed experiment of a secret organization to reproduce the perfect soldier that gave birth to Captain America, making Luke a man of superhuman strength and impenetrable skin. This series is a spin-off of Jessica Jones (also from the Marvel universe), where Luke Cage appears on different occasions demonstrating his abilities.
Game of Thrones
Adaptation of George RR Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire. The plot places us in one of the seven kingdoms of the western continent, Invernalia where the governor of this kingdom is called to occupy the position of Hand of the King, which will force him to leave his land and enter a complicated world of relationships with the seven most important families in the kingdom. This HBO series has been and continues to be one of the most awarded in recent years and is currently about to present its eighth season.
The Walking Dead
Along with Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead is another of the series that has had the most success on television in recent years. As the name may suggest, The Walking Dead tells the story of a setting where a virus has wiped out almost all of humanity who have turned into zombiesThroughout the series we see how humans themselves are sometimes their main rival to beat, not zombies. The Walking Dead is based on the comic by Robert Kiirkman and Tony Moore.
Outcast
Like The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman is behind the comics that have inspired this new television series called Outcast, a series that shows us the life of Kyle Barnes, whose family has been possessed by demons since he was a child. When he becomes an adult, he will try to discover what is hidden behind all these supernatural manifestations that have affected his family.
American Gods
American Gods is a novel by Neil Gaiman published in 2001. In this book we are told the story of an ex-convict named Sombre, a man who gets out of jail after being locked up for three years for robbing a bank and who tells us about the want to meet again with his beloved wife, until he learns that he has died in a car accident.
The Strain
This series is based on the novels Trilogy of Darkness by director Guillermo del Toro, director of Hellboy, The Hobbit Trilogy, Pan's Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, Cronos ... The story begins with the appearance of a plane full of corpses, a plane carrying a strange cargo. Little by little, everything is discovered was due to parasitic worms that enter humans to control them or cause death, according to the Master's decision.
Original Version Subtitled or dubbed into Spanish?
All the series that we show you in this article are dubbed into Spanish, at least the first season, because they have been broadcast in Spanish. However, there are some others that have not yet been released in Spain and at the moment it does not seem that there is any intention to do so, at least after the time that has passed since its premiere in the United States.
If you do eventually get hooked on a series, chances are that you eventually end up enjoying it in its original language with subtitles, mostly because it sThey are usually available long before the dubbed version. In the end you get used to it and by the way you practice a little English that never hurts.
Most of these series are available through Netflix, HBO, and Amazon Prime Video, so it will not be very difficult to keep track of them if we want to give him a chance. I could have added more series, but in this article I have wanted to reflect the series that can attract the most attention to the general public, although with few exceptions.