AMERICAN SERIES

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF RECOMMENDED SERIES TO IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING COMPREHENSION. YOU CAN EASILY FIND THEM ON THE NET, TO WATCH ONLINE OR DOWNLOAD.

THE NUMBER OF STARS NEXT TO THE TITLE INDICATES THE DIFFICULTY FOR UPPER-INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STUDENTS. 

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BREAKING BAD (THRILLER) ***

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Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He breaks bad, that is to day, he turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), with the aim of securing his family's financial future before he dies.

Breaking Bad has received widespread critical acclaim. The series has won seven Primetime Emmy Awards—including three consecutive wins for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Cranston, two wins for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Paul, and three nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. 


Vince Gilligan wanted to create a series in which the protagonist became the antagonist. "Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows can go on for years or even decades," he said. "When I realized this, the logical next step was to think, how can I do a show in which the fundamental drive is toward change.

CASTLE (POLICE DRAMA)

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (DRAMA)

GAME OF THRONES (MEDIEVAL FANTASY) ***

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An American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones.

The series, set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, interweaves several plot lines. The first follows the members of several noble houses in a civil war for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms; the second covers the rising threat of the impending winter and the mythical creatures of the North; the third chronicles the attempts of the exiled last scion of the realm's deposed dynasty to reclaim the throne. Through its morally ambiguous characters, the series explores issues of social hierarchy, religion, civil war, sexuality, crime and punishment.

Game of Thrones is the most recent big-budget work to have contributed to the popularity of the fantasy genre in mainstream media. It has become the most watched original series on HBO since The Sopranos, and numerous references in the media and other works of entertainment reflect the mark it has left on the public imagination.

FRIENDS (SITUATION COMEDY)

FRINGE (SCIENCE FICTION)

GREY'S ANATOMY (MEDICAL DRAMA)

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (COMEDY)

LOST (DRAMA AND SCIENCE-FICTION)**

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Lost is an American television series that was originally aired on ABC from 2004 to 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series containing elements of science fiction and the supernatural that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean.

The story is told in a heavily serialized manner. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline on the island, as well as a secondary storyline from another point in a character's life. Due to its large ensemble cast and the cost of filming primarily on location in Oahu, Hawaii, the series was one of the most expensive on television. 

A critically acclaimed and popular success, Lost was consistently ranked by critics on their lists of top ten series of all time. During its sixth and final season, the show averaged over 11 million US viewers per episode. Lost was the recipient of hundreds of award nominations throughout its run, and won numerous industry awards, including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005.

The first season begins with a plane crash that strands the surviving passengers of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on what seems to be a deserted tropical island. Their survival is threatened throughout the season by a number of mysterious entities, including polar bears, an unseen creature that roams the jungle (the "Smoke Monster"), and the island's malevolent, and largely unseen, inhabitants known as "the Others". They encounter a French woman named Danielle Rousseau who was shipwrecked on the island 16 years prior to their crash. They also find a mysterious metal hatch buried in the ground. While two characters try to force their way into the hatch, four other survivors attempt to leave the island on a raft that they have constructed. Meanwhile, flashbacks centered on individual survivors detail their lives prior to the plane crash.

PERSON OF INTEREST (POLICE DRAMA)

REVENGE (DRAMA)

THE BIG BANG THEORY (COMEDY)

THE WIRE (POLICE THRILLER)

TREME (DRAMA)

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