Oh, gosh. Let me organize my notes.
1/2 Hour Animation
Futurama - amusing comedy set in the future full of one-liners, puns, and occasionally touching moments
Archer - mindless spy comedy ambiguously set in the... 70's? 80's?
Jackie Chan Adventures - Jackie Chan, his niece, and his Uncle quest for 13 magic talismans. And then I think they have other adventures past the first season.
The Angry Beavers (likely just nostalgia for me) - Utterly mindless comedy aimed for kids/pre-teens about two beavers that get into very wacky hi-jinks.
1/2 Hour Pleasant Comedies:
New Girl - A girl gets an apartment with three guys. They're all over-the-top charicatures, and this show is funny.
Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt 23 - I have to admit that the only reason I absolutely adore this show is because I love every single one of Chloe's outfits and want them all ohmygod. But still, an amusing show.
Parks and Recreation - Every single episode has made me genuinely laugh out loud.
1 Hour Comedies:
The Good Guys - I can't recommend this show enough. Take a cop from a stereotypical 70's cop show and put him into a modern CSI-age procedural police show. Hilarious and wonderful.
Lilyhammer - Not exactly funny, but not quite serious enough for a drama. A New York mafia/mobster guy relocates to Lillehammer, Norway under Witness Protection. He then sets up his own mafia in this remote little Norwegian town.
Top Gear - Three british men do ridiculous things that involve cars. Ostensibly a show about reviewing cars, but it's just a show for men. ...maybe that says something about me. To hell with it! I'm a grown woman and I can watch what I want. Be sure to watch their specials! Favorite moments include them adventuring across South America in second-hand cars, trying to make an amphibious car, and about a million other reviews.
1 Hour Dramas:
West Wing - I thought this show was for "old people". It's not. It's genuinely good and funny. I also recommend Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Newsroom (neither on Netflix, regrettably)
Life on Mars - A modern cop finds himself in the (70's?). I'd put it under Sci-Fi, but it's really not. Other than, like, showing off his iPod or something, there's very little sci-fi here.
Day Break - A cop (wow, apparently I like cop shows) is forced to repeat a very bad day over and over. That's the only sci-fi element here; the rest is just drama. Good.
The Fall - A cop (okay, yeah. maybe I should do something about this.) investigates a murder (or was it a robbery?). Real in a mildly gritty way. Tense.
Sherlock - Hilarious, wonderful, smart, witty, well-edited, blessedly 1.5 hours, cursedly 3 episodes per season, modern-day take on Sherlock Holmes.
1 Hour Dark Dramas
Orange is the New Black - Ever thought about what life in prison as a female would be like? That's what this series is about.
House of Cards - Evil, scummy, horrible American politics from the point of view of the evilist and scummiest politician. Delicious!
Breaking Bad - I've never seen a better character arc than Walter White's. I've never felt such markedly different emotions toward a character from the beginning of the series to the end. If you haven't seen it, do so.
1 Hour Dark Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Battlestar Galactica - A little bit mythic, quite a few awesome space battles, and plus some military themes. A group of ships find themselves stranded from their planets after a nuclear attack from their former robotic servants. These few thousand people are now the last of their race.
American Horror Story - Very "edgy", some sex scenes, a few gory moments, a few scares, rising tension, and a deliciously horrible ending. And it does a completely new story arc for each season! Goes down in quality after the second season, however.
1 Hour Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Once Upon a Time - What if fairy tale characters found themselves stranded in the real world? Or are these people crazy? Or is the main protagonist crazy? I lost interest after these questions were answered, but it's still good.
Sliders - Four 90's characters find themselves sliding from one alternate universe to another, desperately trying to go home without getting caught by, say, the Soviet United States, or dinosaurs, or crazy anti-epidemic world.
The Great Doctor - Korean-with-subtitles series about a modern doctor that gets sent back in time to the (medieval era?). Don't knock it just because it's Korean; Korean film and television is actually pretty good (from what I've found).
Firefly - It's a western... in SPAAAACE
Heroes - Suddenly people get superpowers!
Star Trek (TOS) - Dated in a charmingly amusing manner
Star Trek: Enterprise - Earth's first ship made for extrasolar exploration goes and explores space. People will argue that this is the worst Star Trek series. People will say it's not real Star Trek. They may be right; however, I appreciate how the technology makes it feel more relateable. The opening theme is horrendous. Jumped the shark a bit with its time travel shenanigans in the later episodes, but not bad, over all. Nice and long, too.
Star Trek: Voyager - Decent Star Trek, until the last few episodes. The Federation ship Voyager gets stuck across the Galaxy because of reasons, and now has a several-thousand year journey home.
1 Hour Light Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Eureka - Normal sheriff ends up in wacko-invention, crazy genius, mad scientist town
Warehouse 13 - Important historical artifacts happen to have mystical powers based on who used them and what they used them for. Interesting.
Quantum Leap - Late 80's/Early 90's series about a brave scientist who accidentally and helplessly takes over various people's bodies throughout time and space.
Mini-Series
Tin Man - retake on Dorothy and Oz; worth a watch
North & South - period drama set in the early industrial age about a woman coming of age
If that's not enough, tell me what you like. I can direct you places. I didn't even touch the movies, since you said so.
