I’m in the US so I’ve mostly watched US TV shows, I’ve been wanting to watch shows made by other countries as there must be some great ones that never took off in the states.
I’ve seen a few I could recommend like Alice in Borderlands (Japanese), Gangs in London (UK), Lupin (French)
Taskmaster (UK)
As an American, this is 100% my favorite TV show. I’m so happy they got the rights to release every episode on YouTube the day after it airs.
Also, if you enjoy the UK panel show vibe, I really enjoy Would I Lie to You and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
I second Cats Countdown.
Second “8 out of 10 cats died countdown”, and also suggest “Would I lie to you?”
That show is a balm for my soul.
Letterkenny, Trailer Park Boys…the Canadian loophole
Love Shoresy. It’s a Letterkenny spinoff, it’s a comedy with an uptick of drama over the source material.
I love British comedy. Peep Show, Spaced, and People Just Do Nothing are some of my favorites.
Peep Show is my human litmus test. Seeing how people react to that show can tell you a lot about them.
The Phantom Menace was 18 months ago, Tim!
Ahh… but have you tried This is Jinsy?!?
Maybe could have framed this “non-US TV shows”. Now you’re inviting the majority if users to just tell you their favorite US series 🤷
Life on Mars (UK)
I’m in the US. I love the IT Crowd, and most other British comedies. I also really enjoyed Broadchurch, Sherlock (it fell off a bit at the end), and Dr Who, but I’ve fallen a few seasons back on that.
I liked Game of Thrones actually! 👍 Currently going through Star Trek, starting with the original series that I also enjoy!
The premise was foreign tv series, by which I assume means from non- English speaking countries
Yeah… my post was mostly a joke on assumptions like yours. English is actually a foreign language to more people than I this native to
Babylon Berlin (Germany)
Dr Who, bar none.
Monty Python comes a close second, then The Young Ones.
I guess I just dig British TV a good bit because you have to get down the list a good ways before you find one from anywhere else.
The Young Ones so good.
That’s actually where I first heard motorhead
Bluey.
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FUCK YEAH
Do anime count?
No
But they are foreign, are played on TV and split up into episodes :(
Breaking Bad
Not foreign for OP.
The question was what my favourite foreign TV series is, not what my favourite one of their foreign TV series is
Based on their post, the intent was foreign for them. Not foreign for you. That’s why they said they were in the US and wondered what shows didn’t take off in the US.
A couple I’ve enjoyed recently:
Kleo - an ex Stasi assassin adjusts to the fall of the Berlin wall and takes revenge for her betrayal by the state (German)
Extraordinary Attorney Woo - a legal procedural following the autistic Woo as she navigates the law and life. You wouldn’t think it was my thing but I found it very charming (Korean)
I really liked La Casa de Papel. Netflix renamed it to ‘Money Heist,’ which is a terrible name. Still a good series though.
South Korea is really uping their tv game. I really enjoy many of their shows.
