Well the only thing I watch on TV is Football and (recently) F1. So the past few years I've been watching House M.D. The show was superb, the comedy, the drama, the character's etc. before House came along I was watching typical 90's kid TV shows. Cartoon Network, Toonami, Fox Kids, Sky 1 & Nickelodeon. So the only real-life-drama kind of show I've ever watched is House, and after finishing it I didn't think I'd see a series that would ever come close to it's epicness (mainly Hugh Laurie).
But now I'm watching this, and it's excellent.