The Office

The Office is based on the British series of the same name. The British edition had achieved a lot of success before it crossed the Atlantic shores. The series is based on the incidents and lives in an office. It highlights a band of office employees who work for the Dunder Muffin Paper Company, Scranton branch. The group has its own idiosyncrasies and eccentricities. The series is shot with documentary cameras and this gives the series a real-life feel. The Office was adapted for the American screens... Read more »

The Mentalist

The Mentalist deals with the life and work of Patrick Jane. He’s employed wit the California Bureau of Investigation. Initially he started off as a physic, healing others and also assisting police to nab criminals who have a mental instability. His life changed when two close persons were murdered by a serial killer whom Patrick was trying to hunt down. Then on, he started getting actively involved with the CBI to help them solve mysteries. His colleagues at work include Agent Teresa Lisbon, Kimball Cho and Wayne Rigsby, along with the amateur Grace Van Pelt. Read more »

Burn Notice

Burn Notice is an espionage thriller. The basic premise of the series is that a spy, Michael Western (Jeffrey Donovan), is left to deal on his own, with his influence and money completely taken back. He’s dumped in Nigeria with nothing on his hands, except the will to find out who rendered him redundant. Burn notice is a technical spy term, refers to the procedure of disowning a spy after... Read more »

Fringe

‘Fringe’ is about FBI agents Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop. They are trying to stop a particular phenomenon from spreading. The phenomenon is largely unexplained though the threat it poses is clear to the two agents. In their attempt to stop the phenomenon, they ask the help of Bishop’s estranged father, Dr. Walter Bishop. Dr. Bishop is an institutionalized scientist played by John Noble of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ series. Read more »

Caprica

Set in the fictional world of ‘Battlestar Galactica’, ‘Caprica’ begins 58 years before the incidents shown in ‘Battlestar’. The series tells the story of how the Colonial humanity made up the robotic Cylons. These would later seek revenge for their enslavement by destroying the human race. The series is similar and different to its parent ‘Battlestar’ in a number of ways. The reasons range from the creative to the commercial. Read more »

24

24 is an espionage series. Each season follows Jack Bauer as he fights cases which involve fictitious terrorist threats to the US. The season traces 24 hours of his life. He is with the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). Their aim is to safeguard the nation from all kinds of terrorist threats. The show has a liberal doze of CTU agents, terrorists and government officials. The series had its debut on November 6, 2009.

For those interested in stats, 24 is the second-longest spy series in terms of run time. The Avengers take... Read more »

Private Practice

Private Practice is modeled on one of the more successful medical dramas on TV, Grey’s Anatomy. This series has Kate Walsh playing Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery. Dr Addison doesn’t see her career going anywhere while she works at Seattle Grace. So she decides to shift base to Santa Monica. She wants a new life there. Dr. Addison meets her old friends from the med school, Naomi and Sam. They team up to start a chic private practice. Read more »

Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer is the story of Melinda Gordon. She’s a newly-wed young woman. She has the ability to contact dead people and communicate with them. Melinda also seeks their help to solve problems of the living. She acts like a medium with the earthbound spirits. She uses her unique gift to transmit messages to the living. However, the messages are sometimes cryptic and confusing. Read more »

Chuck

Chuck is a series created by the creator of O.C. Josh Schwartz and the director of We Are Marshall, McG. The focus of the series is on young spies who are somewhere in their twenties. Zachary Levi plays the central character of Chuck Bartowski. He’s a nerd when it comes to computers. He maintains a government database by downloading the information in his mind. Read more »

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck is one of the most popular American drama series. In the medical genre, this series is known for the overtly sexual themes of the plot and the graphic display of cosmetic surgeries and violence. The drama follows the life and times of two doctors at a cosmetic surgery hospital, Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy. They work together at McNamara/Troy plastic surgery center. The hospital is based in Florida. The series is set in Miami but after the fourth season, the location shifted to LA. Read more »