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I am sick and tired of the silly shows on television. I want to watch a show that expands my mind and requires I watch carefully so I can really catch all the details and back stories.
So far the most intellectual show I am watching is Mad Men on AMC. Do you recomend other regular weekly TV shows for thinking people?
Do you watch "Lost?" If not, you've got time to catch up via past seasons' DVD's before the new season starts next Jan./Feb. You have to pay attention to every single second of that show, and you still won't be able to figure it out. That's the beauty of the show! Search some of the message boards and you'll see all the theories out there about what's really going on.
Agree with CMMom about LOST. It's one of my favorite shows right now. I really enjoy and would recommend Dexter on Showtime. Season 3 starts later this month and the first two seasons are on DVD. It has Michael C. Hall in the lead role (he was in another brilliant show called Six Feet Under). He's very talented and brings nice layers to the character he plays.
I want to watch a show that expands my mind and requires I watch carefully so I can really catch all the details and back stories.
LOST!!!!
If you want to think and analyze until you're about ready to blow your brains out, then believe me, Lost is all that and a bag of chips.
Seriously though, it's an amazing show. It's got a great cast and the writing is brilliant. The pilot episode is one of the most captivating I've ever seen. It'll have you hooked from the first 10 minutes. I always recommend this show to everyone, it's just too good to pass up.
edit: Reading R.J.'s response, I agree with him/her and also recommend Dexter. Great show. But it is another crime based show, and that may not be your thing.
If you want details and back stories, i would definitely go with Desperate Housewives, or Brothers & Sisters. Both of those shows are AMAZING, and I can't wait for new episodes every week! There is always a twist or turn in the plot every episode. I never really caught on to Lost, but with everybody talking about it, I kinda wish I did watch it b/c I feel a little left out. haha
Of the shows that are current I'd have to go with;
Life, good storytelling
The Closer
In Plain Sight
Burn Notice
Saving Grace
Of recent shows I'd have to say;
The West Wing, whether you're from the left or right this is great storytelling, good moral lessons and something that GW Bush should've watched instead of constantly criticizing Martin Sheen for his political activism. NO decision the President makes is an easy one!
Deadwood; Take out the swearing and the on-screen killing and you've still got a very compelling story. Well developed characters, good plotlines and excellent political story lines. And the women are all pretty strong and just as conniving as the men!
Rome; See the 4 lines above regarding Deadwood. The line about the strong women goes double for Rome. Also has the beautiful Indira Varma in the first season and Zuleikha Robinson, the girl detective from "New Amsterdam" in the last season. Beautiful woman.
Boomtown; Only lasted one season on NBC. Street cops, detectives, EMTs and prosecuting attorneys, each crime retold from the view of each. Too confusing for the average dumb American
Sports Night; quite possibly the best TV show ever, although Frank's Place was up there with it. Sport's Night is available on DVD I'm sure. Frank's Place not.
Prime Suspect; Helen Mirren as a cop in Scotland Yard. Shown on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre in the US. All are available on DVD and it's great to go back and watch from the beginning and see some of the big stars who were on early ones, including Ralph Fiennes.
Homicide, Life On The Street; NBC cop drama from the mid 90's. Factually based and pretty rough for its time. Shown daily on WGN, Chicago. It lead to;
The Wire. HBO production so some rough language, generally considered by TV lovers to be the best show ever done.
Most shows on the National Geographic channel Most shows on the History channel Many shows on the Discovery channel
If you'd like to wrap your mind around how time bends, why wings evolved and unevolved, what happened before the Big Bang, what's on the other side of the entire length of the Great Wall of China, for starters -- you've got your fun cut out for you. I mostly watch those three channels, plus the Food Channel, and learn and expand each time.
Of the fiction shows, Numb3rs on Friday nights (CBS) is the only one I watch -- I avoid the cops n robbers parts and pay attention to the mathematics, creation of complex probability theories and calculations, quantum physics, quantum mechanics, astrophysics, and occasional cosmology of the two university professors.
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I never really caught on to Lost, but with everybody talking about it, I kinda wish I did watch it b/c I feel a little left out. haha 
