User blog comment:Anarchic Operations/Best TV Shows/@comment-25569708-20160921215700

Nice post, though I'm not very familiar with the listed shows.

I know you said no documentaries, but I have to mention Time of Death. There's not too much information about this docu-series on the internet, which is really a shame because it's one of the most worthwhile things I've ever watched. It documents eight people and their impending deaths (Usually one person dies per episode, but this one lady's ongoing story is visited every episode). The subjects die from a variety of illnesses (Heart disease, ALS, cancer, etc.) and it's pretty much a complete inside look at their preparations/goodbyes to family/last moments. One of the things I remember most is one of the show's producers asking a paralyzed subject with ALS, "What do you think happens after you die?" and him replying with his text-to-speech communicator, "I am going to Hell." The cameras don't usually show the exact moment of death, except in the case of a 19-year-old girl with late-stage skin cancer who dies right there on film with her entire family around her. It's kind of an excruciating show to watch, and not perfect of course, but I highly recommend it nonetheless. I think it's only on Showtime or something like that, but it's still an intriguing series.

Another good show that comes to mind is Off the Air. To simply let Wikipedia explain, "Off the Air is an American anthology television series created... for Adult Swim. The series is presented without explanation or narration as a showcase of surreal footage arranged around a single loose theme (expressed in the episode title) and blended without pause into a single continuous presentation." So yeah, basically a trippy/unnerving presentation of animated/not animated shorts, skits, music videos, etc. all based around a loose theme like "Death", "Animals", "Light", "Colors", "Conflict", "Shapes", etc. A couple nights ago "Clowns" premiered, which I would highly recommend to all ages. Keep in mind that this show airs at 4:00 am.