| Here is a quick list of some of the most critically | | | | show is still following the strange “adventures” |
| underrated television shows of the past decade. | | | | of three anthropomorphic fast food items who live in |
| Critical approval and ratings often don’t go hand in | | | | suburban New Jersey. It’s difficult to even |
| hand but these shows deserve/deserved both. Pull up | | | | summarize the show except to possibly compare it to |
| a bar stool, a cold drink and dig in with these great | | | | a more absurd version of “South Park.” Even |
| shows. | | | | after a brilliant, almost Salvador Dali-worthy movie of |
| The Shield | | | | crazy surrealism, critics are still not giving this show the |
| Critics praised this gritty police drama but very few | | | | props it deserves. |
| non-critics talk about how great it was. Maybe it gets | | | | House |
| lost in the praise for another police drama from the | | | | “House” is one of those immensely popular |
| period, “The Wire.” Nevertheless, “The | | | | shows that critics are often hesitant to give praise |
| Shield” and especially Michael Chiklis deserve all the | | | | because of its popularity. It’s 5th season was |
| praise they get, and more, for bringing realness and | | | | possibly its best so far, with the amazing Hugh Laurie |
| sympathy to often unsympathetic and undeserving | | | | aka House, delving deeper and deeper into narcissism, |
| characters. Over seven seasons “The Shield” | | | | self-hatred and drug abuse, eventually finding himself |
| just got more and more powerful and is one of the | | | | hallucinating and being commited to a mental health |
| most underrated television shows to grace the tube. | | | | facility. Often times the weird medical problems the |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | | | | characters deal with during each episode are the |
| It seems like the only praise given to “Aqua Teen | | | | weakest parts of the show. The show is at its best |
| Hunger Force” is from the late-night stoner crowd. | | | | when it lets Laurie run wild and prove why he has |
| The critics have been sleeping on the wit, cleverness | | | | received two Golden Globes and several Emmy |
| and topical humor absurdity of this wild animated show | | | | nominations. |
| since the very beginning. In its sixth season, this surreal | | | | |