Lol I thought they were from Boston due to their accents. Knuckleheads for sure...
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If you watch a comedy, go with The Office. You won't regret it.

Your favorites list is pretty identical to mine. I'd definitely take a look at The Shield and The Killing.

I like the American version of The Office, does that count? I'm not really looking for comedies or sitcoms so much as I am 45-60 min series

Can't believe I referred to it without expressly recommending it. If you haven't seen BBC's Planet Earth Series [Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and Human Planet] it is some of the most visually stunning and fascinating series ever. I've said in the past, it justifies the invention of TV, certainly HDTV. They travel the ends of the earth to document the most varied and rare of wildlife and terrain. They filmed many many things that hadn't even been SEEN by human eye before, let alone recorded.

Here's a hastily retrieved sampling, licensing doesn't allow narration, but it is as important an aspect of the production as anything as it's a even measured explanation of the import and context of what you are watching.

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The Knick

Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Clive Owen

How is that? I haven't decided whether or not to get into it.

Have just seen the first episode, but I found it fascinating, and Clive Owen was a BAUCE.

The poor nurse who had to remedy his condition.

AKA - Clam Oz

Blackadder is on Netflix now. I don't know if you'll get into it. I enjoyed it as a teen, and my 16 year old son enjoyed it, but my attention wandered when he was watching it this Summer.

Oz was a great show, I forgot about that one. I may have to start that over again one of these days.

An interesting long term experiment might be to intersperse watching an episode of Oz, then an episode from the Law and Order franchise, lather rinse repeat through the series' run.

Both shows pretty much wring out the New York dramatic actors roster, and mostly the 'good guys' in one show are the 'bad guys' in the other.

The first season wasn't that great and they were still finding the characters roles. After that it is one of the funniest series ever made. The final episode though is heartbreaking.

Still you can't beat the casting: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, and Stephen Fry.

If you can't stand the sight of blood then this show isn't for you, outside of that it's fascinating and the acting is top notch.

It was probably mentioned but

The Killing - on netflix