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USD POLL : Which show in a historical setting is your favorite?

Jan 14, 2015

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90 comments:

  1. Outlander, one of the most stunning shows on TV! The sheer beauty of Scotland's natural landscape is one of the most awesome parts of the show. The characters are impeccably written (especially Black Jack's and the entire episodes dialogue in The Garrison Commander). The actors portraying these characters are exceptional, Caitriona Balfe's portrayal of Claire is one of the most strongest in Television, her performance is wonderful :)

    I had to include some of my most favorite photos from the show showcasing the historical and natural beauty of the show. April 4th can't come fast enough.

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  2. Once Upon A Time and Game of Thrones

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  3. For making the audience feel like they are actually in the era it has to be Boardwalk Empire - the costumes, the music, the sets are all beautifully done.

    As I just finished a rewatch I have to add HBO's Rome, I miss it so much now.

    The Americans is great as well, oh the 80s style wigs and the great (but not obvious) music choices.

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  4. Wow, those pictures make me want to actually start watching this show

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  5. The show is stunning but with impressive depth, you should definitely give it a chance when you can :)

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  6. Easy one. The Tudors, Vikings and despite the fact that third season wasn't as good as previous two The Borgias.

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  7. I watch too many shows already but i will probably watch it in summer :)


    How long is every episode? Standard length as shows on ABC,CBS,NBC... or longer like for example netflix shows or Game of Thrones?

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  8. I just realized that I don't watch any historical shows!

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  9. I know the feeling :) (It's on hiatus at the moment and resumes airing in April)
    It's about 55 minutes an episode, so similar to Game of Thrones.

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  10. Really? I just checked and turned out I watched (or tried to watch) eight shows from the list.

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  11. It's weird, right? I never thought about it before so when I realized now that I don't watch a single show on the list I was really surprised!

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  12. Mad Men, Masters of Sex, Reign

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  13. Period shows aren't generally my thing, but that being said, I love Masters of Sex. Beautifully written and filmed, excellent cast, and a really interesting and daring theme for a television series.

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  14. Yes, for me it is, but for other people it's probably weird that I don't watch shows like Breaking Bad, Lost, Desperate Housewives or Grey's Anatomy.

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  15. Vikings and The Americans although I haven't watched the second season yet.

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  16. The weird part is that I actually enjoy historical stories. I love the flashbacks in Forever, SH, OUaT, TVD and TO.

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  17. Ok, I admit you are weirder than me ;)

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  18. hahahahaha see isn't it nice to admit the truth lol
    I think it's because most of these shows are very violent or you know "showtime-y" lol

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  19. Outlander, The Musketeers and The Tudors from the list.

    Other: Da Vinci's Demons

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  20. for some reason I am not interested in historical shows, the only thing close to it would be Game of Thrones (which is fantasy and not historical but it has that feeling and enviroment (if you get what I mean))

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  21. Other - Agent Carter. :)

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  22. Reign!!!

    Game of Thrones but reality is its fantasy so doesn't count

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  23. Da Vinchi's Demons has amazing set. this is what i watch. i don't watch any from the list

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  24. Tie between Vikings and Outlander for me. Two great but very different shows.

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  25. The Agent Carter costume department are amazing especially when it comes to Peggy.

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  26. #1. The Americans. This is not the kind of show that I normally like but it has been one of my favorite shows since it started. Great writing and a flawless cast led by Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. The fact that they keep getting snubbed for major awards is crazy.
    #2 and #3: The Musketeers and Outlander in that order.


    Honorable mention: Reign and the first 3 seasons of Downton Abbey. The later DT seasons have been extremely disappointing.
    Other: Penny Dreadful, Spartacus, Game of Thrones and Merlin (if historical fantasy counts!)

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  27. Penny Dreadful, Agent Carter, The Americans and Deadwood.

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  28. Good poll. I picked Mad Men, Deadwood, and The Borgias.

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  29. Game of Thrones and Vikings for me.

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  30. Musketeers, Deadwood and Boardwalk for me.

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  31. The Musketeers and Downton Abbey

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  32. Her red hat is just.... oh my.

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  33. Episode 1 aired in my country last sunday, and I loved it!

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  34. Vikings.
    I don't know if the people who are picking Game of Thrones are trolling or seriously that dumb.

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  35. Honestly! It's Agent Carter of course!

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  36. Sometimes it is ;)

    Then you should like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asxYff3c-7I

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  37. My biggest problem was that they tried to sell incest when chemistry between actors wore off

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  38. You misunderstood. I don't watch the shows on the list because they have the scenes I mentioned and I don't like watching those scenes.

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  39. That's why I posted the link to parody of these shows

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  40. I would totally watch The Sexy Dark Ages.

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  41. Reign, The Tudors and I also voted "Other" for Spartacus.

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  42. Black Sails and Vikings for me.

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  43. The Americans, Deadwood, Rome, Vikings, Penny Dreadful.


    5 amazing shows everyone should treat themselves to, if they haven't already.

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  44. Unfortunately, I only watch Downton Abbey on the list, other Agent Carter, and Galavant!!

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  45. Vikings, no doubt!! Also Oulander and Masters of Sex.

    Uh.... and Deadwood too. :-)

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  46. Borgia, the superb and superior (not to mention completed) version of what angry and spiteful "holy" men have left us of the Borgia family history, is the best thing I have viewed in my life thus far. To be clear I speak of European television's Canal+ masterpiece, not the premium pablum US Showtime part soap opera, part eye candy and part blood, "TV for Dummies" version so typical here in the US. All flash, no substance...the only satisfaction being the brilliantly played Micheletto-far and away the best performance in the Showtime series.

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  47. Outlander and Game of Thrones.

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  48. Outlander,Downton Abbey & The Tudors.

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  49. Outlander, The Musketeers & The Americans

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  50. how is OUAT historical? :O

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  51. Other - Merlin and Da Vinci's Demons, Agent Carter.

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  52. Outlander and The Americans. Honorable mentions to Agent Carter and Game of Thrones. All fantastic shows with gorgeous settings that really make it even more enjoyable to watch.

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  53. Reign, The Americans and The Borgias, I love these shows :)

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  54. Downton Abbey and The Americans.

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  55. I don't understand why you focused your post on humiliation show you didn't pick.

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  56. I love period shows. They are my favorite genre; so, this was a very tough poll.

    1. Hell on Wheels
    2. The Musketeers
    3. Outlander

    Honorable mentions: Ripper Street. Reign, Da Vinci’s Demons, and Penny Dreadful.

    I love the historical elements in Forever and Sleepy Hollow too. .

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  57. From the list: The Musketeers, Masters of Sex and Marco Polo. Other: Ripper Street

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  58. Deadwood, The Americans and The Vikings.

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  59. they are both not historical but they have the same 'tone' like a historical show.

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  60. It is a travesty that Deadwood is 2nd from bottom. I plead with any serious drama fan who hasn't watched it to check it out. Marvellously written and acted show.

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  61. Other: Two of my TV addictions are Penny Dreadful and Sleepy Hollow, two shows with a lot of historical elements.
    From the list: The Americans, Vikings, Deadwood. Then Outlander, Hell on Wheels, Mad Men, Marco Polo, The Tudors... I also loved Copper.

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  62. Hell on Wheels, The Americans and Boardwalk Empire

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  63. Well, there is a third option, which is that we just interpret "historical setting" in a different way. The kingdoms are entirely fictional, but people often refer to Game of Thrones as a historical fantasy (or pseudo-historical fantasy) because the author draws predominantly from aspects of 14th and 15th century Europe in order to set the framework of the novel. It's a fictional land in a historical setting. The technology, architecture, culture, medicine, mode of dress, weaponry, etc, parallel that era far more than anything remotely modern. I can understand why it isn't listed as a choice, because there are good arguments for and against calling the setting historical, but it almost goes without saying that neither viewpoint is "dumb".

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  64. Outlander, and The Musketeers some day.

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  65. Outlander, Vikings, and The Musketeers from the list. I also really love TURN, which is not on the list. It's about George Washington's first spy ring in the American Revolution. It returns this spring for season 2 on AMC.

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  66. Try The Musketeers for more historical adventure with humor and nothing very Showtime-y at all. Outlander is a beautiful drama and I recommend it but it definitely goes Showtime-y in some episodes. In fact the wedding episode is very, very much and if I had to do it again, I would have skipped it. I am not a Showtime-y person either and I found that The Musketeers didn't bother me at all and Outlander had far less sex, language, and violence than most shows of its kind. Whenever it started to bother me, I would fast forward those scenes and get back to the drama, which was worth it.

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  67. Good choice. At the end of this season, I might agree. The first two episodes were great, but I haven't seen anything else yet.

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  68. I don't think Sleepy Hollow can count as "historical setting" since the history is only in flashback and it very much takes place in the modern world. In fact, Ichabod tryng to adjust to the modern world was my favorite ting about it last season. I will never hear the name Yolanda again without cracking up. :-)

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  69. MAD MEN! Just started it recently, and it is quite extraordinary.

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  70. Vikings, Outlander, and The Musketeers from the list. I love the scenery we are getting on some of these cable shows right now. Vikings and Outlander are gorgeous to watch (and that's before they put in the pretty pretty people).

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  71. The third episode only aired 2 days ago so you aren't far behind.

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  72. The 1940's vibe is one of the main things that drew me to the show. The old Hollywood glamour of the hair, clothes, cars and music is lovely.

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  73. I will definitely give The Musketeers a try, thanks for the recommendation. I've heard a lot of good things about Outlander and I've seen you say really good things about it in your reviews but every time I decide to watch it I remember that it has a lot of nude scenes and it turns me off. Maybe I will try it one day but right now the show just doesn't seem appealing to me.

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  74. HA! Yolanda! That was hilarious, one of my favorite things too.:)
    Though Ichabod watching TV with Katrina or driving a car was really funny too I miss that perfect mix of humor, action and drama that was season 1.

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  75. Sorry but no. GoT is fantasy not historical. Just because the author took the setting from different periods doesn't make it an historical shows. Neither the characters nor the setting resembles anything historical. Even Outlander is set in a certain history period that actually happened.

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  76. No one is arguing that GOT is a Historical drama, they are arguing that it is a historical fantasy which is not the same thing (The Tudors and GOT are clearly not in the same category in case that's what you thought I was saying) A historical fantasy can either be a fantasy story that occurs in a specific historical time or it can be set in a purely fictional world which either strongly resembles a specific historical period or or contains elements of history evident in the characters settings or stories and GOT satisfies the latter criteria. Even if you disagree, it seems a bit naive to arguing that nothing about the the novels resemble anything historical especially since the author himself has stated that a lot of the non-fantasy aspects of the novel were patterned after medieval England and that he drew a lot of his inspiration from historical novels. The Harry Potter analogy doesn't make sense, because the issue of realism is not being argued. However, as a parallel, Harry Potter is considered a contemporary fantasy, meaning that even though the events and most of the locations are fictional, it takes place in a time period similar to modern day times. In other words, just because a country and the events in a novel are completely fictional, it doesn't mean that you can't relate it to a specific era. Also, calling everyone "dumb" for not agreeing with your rigid viewpoint doesn't make you smart, it just makes you rude.

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  77. Jenn_FiveDollarShakeJanuary 15, 2015 at 5:18 PM

    Hell on Wheels is such an under rated series.

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  78. Can't believe forgot Rome, that's my no 2 on the list. Period pieces are always fun at the beginning for me, but on further seasons I feel they dragg along e.g. Tudors and Borgias. Loved S1 of Marco Polo. Anybody who liked Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon could like Marco Polo, it hat just a more grounded feeling to it.

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  79. Well the only one I watch is Reign so going with that!

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  80. longer episodes, shorter seasons, so it will take away less of your time than you might think.

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  81. Outlander is not game of thrones. There is less nudity than you might think that what is there is very tastefully handled.
    I also recommend Vikings.

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  82. Vikings, Outlander, Agent Carter (though the latter is not really a historical show).

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  83. isn't it though! it takes me right back to my childhood...love it. Laura, you have great taste!
    @bruinkelly66

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