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This Fall's Top Guy Shows

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(Newser) – Fall is right around the corner, and with it, thankfully, comes new TV. Esquire runs down the top shows men should be looking forward to:

  • Modern Family: A mockumentary in which the guy who played Al Bundy plays the head of three different families.
  • Sons of Anarchy: “Hamlet with motorcycle gangs, drugs, and guns.”
  • American Experience: Top-notch documentaries on cool-but-under-the-radar topics such as polio and the Alaska pipeline.

  • Community: A new comedy from a Sarah Silverman Program writer and an Arrested Development director. ‘Nuff said.
  • The First 48: “Like CSI, if it were real. Or Cops, if they did more than settle domestic disputes and chase drug addicts.”
  • Brothers: Michael Strahan’s new show is “impossible not to watch. Once.”
  • FlashForward: Everyone on Earth blacks out and gets a vision of the future. “Not surprisingly, none of them are watching Brothers.”

In this Jan. 15, 2003 file photo, Ed O'Neill smiles in Los Angeles. O'Neill stars in ABC's upcoming
In this Jan. 15, 2003 file photo, Ed O'Neill smiles in Los Angeles. O'Neill stars in ABC's upcoming "Modern Family."   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
In this image released by FX channel, Charlie Hunnam is shown in a scene from
In this image released by FX channel, Charlie Hunnam is shown in a scene from "Sons of Anarchy," premiering Sept. 3 on FX.   (AP Photo/FX, Ray Mickshaw)
Actress Sonya Walger, left, laughs as actor Joseph Fiennes looks on during a discussion of their new television series
Actress Sonya Walger, left, laughs as actor Joseph Fiennes looks on during a discussion of their new television series "FlashForward" at a press event, Aug. 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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iamacidangel
Aug 24, 09 6:20 PM CDT
Sons of Anarchy is a definite must watch for anyone who has not seen it. Reply
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middleclasstaxpayer
Aug 24, 09 6:54 PM CDT
Sons, fathers, brothers, babies born out of anarchy. Mothers, sisters, girlfriends and wives too! What a juicy show this is. Perfect casting and written well. The best TV rush since The Soprano's! Small town america's flipside. Let the violence begin. Reply
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Chilblain
Aug 24, 09 7:59 PM CDT
BREAKING BAD ! Reply
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Deebles
Aug 25, 09 12:03 AM CDT
Chilblain and I are dancing, dancing in the world of Breaking Bad. Every time you lose a Soprano, you get something which learned and evolved. Breaking Bad on some dimwit channel where they can't say fuck is like the glory days of Tony, etc.
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Deebles
Aug 25, 09 12:12 AM CDT
To chill--know what the pitch for Breaking Bad was--Mr. Chips becomes Scarface. And it was based on a real murder in Huntington Beach about a couple murdered on their big boat. The killer's name was Skylar.
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