There are so many wonderful American dramas at the moment. Arrow, Suits, Better Call Saul, Bates Motel, Mad Men, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods. I could keep going. While it’s undoubtedly a great time for drama from our friends across the Atlantic, they have a great modern history in creating wonderful series with infamous, inspirational or introspective characters. How will you do in the quiz below? And if you’re feeling confident, why not try my similarly structured quizzes on children’s TV or brilliant sitcoms.
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Answers below (Spoilers in comments section)
1. ER
2. Dexter
3. The Wire
4. The Sopranos
5. Twin Peaks
6. Six Feet Under
7. The West Wing
8. The X-Files
9. Prison Break
10. Law and Order
11. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
12. Gossip Girl
13. Desperate Housewives
14. Band of Brothers
15. My So-Called Life
Alex Raphael 
I Miss Dexter Morgan !!!
Me too! 😦
missed dexter, gossip girl and my so-called life. never seen any of them 😦
I do like Gossip Girl a lot, but the other two are especially incredible. My So-Called Life only had one series but even then left a huge impression. Impressive score Rob 🙂
Tnx
I got 13/15. Can’t believe I missed My So-Called Life. I loved that show!
I still can’t believe they didn’t make a second series. One of the best things I’ve ever seen. Great score Abbi. Which was the other one that stumped you?
The Wire. I have never watched it. It’s on my list of things to check out though.
You’ll love it. Great score again Abbi. You do set a high average 🙂
I love The Good Wife but I had trouble when will died. 😦 I missed that romantic tension but now there seems to be a new man in Alicia’s life!
It really is a very slick show. Along with Suits the best legal drama around. it is the far more consistent of the two programmes though, with better character development. I have no idea how Alicia is able to do everything either!
Hm I’ll have to try Suits! I just starting watching Dig but I’m not sure I like it. It sort of seems like Lost to me. I like a show with answers once in awhile and don’t want to invest time in yet another show with so many twists that nothing ever unravels. I LOVE Homeland though! My favorite show and can’t wait for its return.
What series are you up to?
I’m not sure your question?
Oh right. Here in the UK we use series while you use the term season. Just wondered how up to date you were with Homeland.
OH! Sorry lol. I’m up to date and waiting for the new season. I LOVED Homeland! Although when Brody died I had a bit of a hard time getting back into it but I did. You?
Yeah it take a while to get back into the groove. Mind you, how do you top the finale of the first season?
That is so true! It was amazing.
Thirteen out of fifteen. I missed “Gossip Girl” and “Band of Brothers.” “Dexter” and “Buffy” are two of my all time favorite shows.
Very good score. I’ll be putting up a line from Dexter soon. What did you think of the ending?
I am glad he never got caught, but I would have preferred if he had wound up with Hannah and his son.
I also didn’t like what happened to Debra. I wanted her to have a happy ending.
Poor Debra! As she hadn’t suffered enough. I didn’t like the ending at all even without that. It’s like they had foroggten the essence of the show. I’m grateful though for what happened before then. An incredible show with dramatic storylines and one of the most famous and provocative characters in TV history.
I only knew a few. The Desperate Housewives photo brought back good memories – I liked watching that show!
I did too. Who was your favourite character?
Let’s see… tough to choose! I would say Lynette. How about you? 🙂
Gabrielle. She made me laugh so much. Even from the start. That first episode when you see her mowing the grass in her expensive outfit so that her husband doesn’t sack the gardener haha.
Hehe yes and she just told it like she felt it, even when her husband went blind – sometimes I had was like, ‘did she really say that?!” lol
I know! For me she always had the funniest storylines. Gloriously devious ha.
Great quiz as always Alex.
Thanks Vinnie. I wouldn’t be surprised if you got them all.
Sadly not this time, the next quiz I’ll be ready.
No worries. I’ll have a think for what to do with one of the shorter film quizzes.
I look forward to it Alex.
9/15! Not too bad. Considering I guessed some of them based on their characters instead of actually haven’t seen it. Only seen Gossip Girl in entirety out of all of these. Haha!
Not too bad at all 🙂
I didn’t get 12 and 15! Good quiz!!
Impressive score. Thanks 🙂 My So called Life is only about 13 episodes. One of the greatest things on TV I’ve seen. I hope you get the chance to see it.
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