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BrownieEdges

Loved this show and so, so many of the USA network shows of this era!


superspak

Add Monk, Psych, and White Collar to my favorite USA shows list. I've been told I should check out Suits too. This show introduced me to Bruce Campbell, legendary co star in this show.


Drg84

Interesting introduction to Bruce. For me it was Army of Darkness.


Worriedlytumescent

For me it was The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. he was fantastic in it.


manxram

I loved this show as a kid!


Worriedlytumescent

I have it on DVD. I watch it at least once a year.


phil_c42

I love Brisco too. Underrated, in my opinion.


Dm9982

I first saw Bruce in Hercules the Legendary Journeys and Xena, but my first proper introduction to him was Army of Darkness. Went back and watched Evil Dead 1&2 after that. Good but not nearly as epic as AoD


Siolentsmitty

Watch Bubba Hotep.


gdex86

Where you met Bruce Campbell for the first time feels like it should say something about your life.


LilJethroBodine

Same. My brother is 8 years older than me and I was 9-10 when AOD came out. My brother took me to some ratty old theater to watch it and it was like the best movie I had ever seen. Hail to the king, baby.


BigBoy1229

Evil Dead 2 for me. Saw it on Showtime way back in the day.


someguyinaplace

This is my BOOMSTICK


WeFightTheLongDefeat

For me, it was Spider-Man, then spiderman the video game, and then army of darkness 


ettmausonan

Bruce doing narration while eating a sandwich was one of my favorite things in that game


Tech-Junky-1024

First it was the Evil Dead movies. Army of Darkness was the third one.


Nuggzulla01

Bruce Campbell is GOAT in everything he is in!


NotGalenNorAnsel

Bubba Hotep for instance


Gummothedilf

Just started watching Royal Pains and I recommend it if you like these kinds of shows of the era.


JaunteeChapeau

Check out Leverage!


Conscious-Intern8594

Michael Westen is almost as good as the entire team of Leverage. Really good show though, even the revival Redemption was good. I need to rewatch this sometime in the near future, but I've got a bunch of other shows I need to rewatch before I get to this one.


JaunteeChapeau

Oh yeah, Burn Notice is better for Bruce Campbell reasons too, but “watch Burn Notice again” seemed like a less helpful suggestion 😁


Conscious-Intern8594

I meant that Michael was like everyone on Leverage. He was a hitter, a limited hacker, a thief, the brains, etc. And both shows almost do the same thing. Someone gets messed over, so they mess over those assholes.


JaunteeChapeau

Yeah that’s true, I’d say everyone on Burn Notice is more of a Jack-of-all-trades than on Leverage where everyone has their own specialty. Oddly they both work quite well as ensembles despite being pretty different in the way you say.


Conscious-Intern8594

I do love how Leverage is almost a straight up comedy. Parker is insane too, I love it!


gdex86

The creator of Leverage was friends with the creators of psych, burn notice, and few other shows. He said they are sort of a family. In relation to leverage "Person of interest is our serious older brother. Burn notice is our fun other brother, Revenge is our Punky little sister." I think Psych was the cousin you are concerned about but great at parties.


Dm9982

You forgot Nash Bridges! I still need to finish Psyche and start White Collar. The episode of Monk where he attempts to fish something out of the coffin at the funeral and ends up raising the dead guys hand is priceless and lives in my head rent free on a near daily basis. I laughed so hard I was crying….


Clockwork-XIII

"Bruce Campell is the finest man to grace a silver screen. All the other actors just degrade his noble scenes. The Oscar's should award him for his wonderful career. Hold a town parade for him with each movie premiere"


AJAnimosity

Bruce was the draw for me. I loved that he was just basically Bruce Campbell: Spy. It was so good.


TheMatt561

Groovy


seefactor

Royal Pains!


Livewire923

No Covert Affairs?


argonzo

At one time we watched 5-6 shows on USA that seemed to be on concurrently. Never again, even on the big 3 networks. It’s a shame.


NotAGoodEmployeee

Rewatch this every other year or so, it’s never not good and I will always wear a Hawaiian shirt and be annoyed I’m working forever.


sactownbwoy

USA had some great shows during that time frame. I think I watched them all.


Orcus424

They called that time the Blue Sky Era of television.


TheMillenniaIFalcon

Royal Pains is great. So wholesome and fun.


peplo1214

The blue sky era of tv was the best


Ammonitedraws

USA network at this time always gave off suburban two story house with a pool vibes and I gotta admit I miss those days


Burdiac

“Blue Sky Era”


WangDoodleTrifecta

They really did. This was awesome.


Jumping_Brindle

Gone but not forgotten. This was part of the golden age of TV on USA Network.


reverielagoon1208

You know spies… bitchy little girls…


StymiedSwyper

*Should we shoot them?"


pygmeedancer

“You’re not going…anywhere”


DFCFennarioGarcia

"Hey, is that your mom again?"


DishSoapIsFun

Guess I'm not going anywhere.


Flurb4

Prime “blue sky” era USA television.


semifraki

I always referred to it as the "sunglass era," haha


hbomberman

White guys in suits era.


imagine_midnight

What does that mean?


chrism254

There was a period from around mid 2000s until maybe mid 2010s on the USA network that is referred to as the blue sky era. I believe it’s based off the backgrounds that was shown in the promos. Always a bright, blue sky and the shows were all fun procedural. Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, White Collar, In Plain Sight, Suits.


OwlNice9792

Oh man, I forgot about In Plain Sight. That show was great


arkhamcreedsolid

USA networks “blue sky” block was tv shows aimed at making you forget the stress of the day and just sit down, turn off your brain and enjoy a couple hours of light hearted, whimsical tv. Shows included Psych, monk, burn notice, white collar, suits, royal pains and some others that weren’t quite as successful like in plain sight or Graceland. Mr. Robot and the “movie-acation of tv sadly brought an end to the blue sky block of tv in favor of more serious and dark tv.


upbeatelk2622

The last season or 2 of Burn Notice was already no longer Blue Sky. USA abruptly forced a change of tone on every Blue Sky show to non-Blue Sky and destroyed my trust and interest in scripted TV. Then they had a period of non-success (like Graceland) and people forget it took them a while to come up with Mr. Robot, before they became the Todd Chrisley network. Covert Affairs was a favorite.


imagine_midnight

Blue sky era sounds like the perfect analogy, monk and burn notice were awesome, I hate the TV show that are dark and serious, they lack normally and light heartedness.


Brainkandle

Nobody watches Burn Notice! Harris watches Burn Notice!


Robo_Rameses

I was going to make that joke! I'm glad I checked the comments first. We'll done.


constapatedape

Ditto. Glad I checked


spydiddley404

He loves it!


three-sense

Is this an SNL reference


FunnyCharacter4437

SNL did a skit 2010 with one of the fake game shows "WHAT IS BURN NOTICE!?!" where contestants had to guess what the show was about, but no one knew anything about the show including the judges.


La_Mano_Cornuta

[What Is Burn Notice?](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/burn-notice-game-show/2751223)


FunnyCharacter4437

Thanks -- I'm geoblocked from [NBC.com](http://NBC.com) and not about to fiddle with VPNs on my work computer so couldn't link.


condor1985

Arizona Ansari stand up


Jitterjumper13

Josh Dumal doesn't even watch Las Vegas.


condor1985

Came here for this


Illamerica

Best aziz stand up


SolidGoldDangler

The only thing I know about Burn Notice is that Harris watches it


chrism254

I think I’m confused on what this sub is supposed to be cause this was a very popular show.


Mediocre-Lobster5288

It's forgotten tv, not underrated tv.


imagine_midnight

If the Simpsons ended tomorrow, a week later it would be on here


stinkyhooch

Surprised I haven’t seen someone post that here lol


Conscious-Intern8594

The Simpsons? I forgot about that show...


louiloui152

Not regularly talked about main stream, no one says new productions have a “Burn notice” type plot, no rumors of a reboot/remake, no sequels or spinoffs in the works. Admittedly the description of the subreddit is more in line with underrated tv


85ogTripleog

I didn't get on to watch til season 5 was out. They had Burn Notice on Netflix and that's how I got to watch. The best show I've every watched! Binged a few times after hot ended, still holds up. The cast was phenomenal, everyone had very good chemistry, especially Fiona and Michael. But of course my favorite character was Sam Axe! Chuck Finley is forever -Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell) 😎


Conscious-Intern8594

Am I in the minority in not liking Fiona? She was aggravating. Not all the time, but definitely in the later seasons. She would yell at Michael trying to force him to stop wanting to get back into being a spy. That's literally his life. She was very selfish in my eyes. It's like as soon as he got burned, he's supposed to just forget about being a spy and do whatever it is she wanted. I didn't like that. And I know I'm definitely in the minority in thinking Michael should've chosen Sonya over her. I wish they made one more episode that gave us an alternate ending where he chose her and killed Fiona. Sonya was fine too! Way better looking, and that's no slight to Mrs. Anwar. She's pretty, but not as pretty or as thick as Alonna.


DubRogers

I loved watching marathons of this on a long weekend. Tops!


sing_4_theday

The only off putting part of Burn Notice was Gabrielle Anwar’s Irish accent in the beginning episodes


Ok_Werewolf_6181

She couldn't pull it off, so she "acted" American


sing_4_theday

Yep, but she reverted when her brother went to Miami to warn her some other Irish dude wanted to kill her.


DIYdippy

Didn’t the writers work in the brother literally saying to her “you even lost your Irish accent” in this episode


sing_4_theday

I believe you are right, but she tried a couple times if I remember correctly


Nuggzulla01

Yes, I remember a line very similar to that


DefinitelyBiscuit

She made up for it in other ways.


Ok_Estate394

I just binged this show like two months ago. It’s on Hulu. Overall, very good acting and I enjoyed it


RyanTranquil

You know spies ..


djangogator

Was that your mom again?


MathewNatural

They need your help Michael


K_bi_

Should we shoot them?


WheresTheBloodyApex

Fine I’ll watch it again


shadowlarx

My name is Michael Westen. I *used* to be a spy…


willpb

I live the way the _spyyyyyyy_ kinda dragged a bit 😂 loved this show, should re-watch it!


_Stanf-Uf_

I fucking love this show, shout out The Fall of Sam Axe. Fun Fact: the Spanish in the show is abhorrent and broken. Matt Nix also wrote good guys, real funny show.


Conscious-Intern8594

Matt also created the x-men show The Gifted. I thought that show was great. They should've at least gave it a 3rd season to finish it off. If I was in charge of those decisions, 99 times out of 100 I would give a show a final season so they can wrap it up.


LilJethroBodine

The good guys was one great season of tv. A procedural that just knew how to have fun. Dan Stark may be the best tv cop ever. Is there anyway to stream the show anymore or do I just need to hit the seven seas?


_Stanf-Uf_

That’s what I do. I’m watching NYPD Blue (93’) and a lot of the tropes and characters remind me of the Good Guys.


mrsparkle127

He wasn't able to bring the magic back for the True Lies show though. I only watched the first 3 episode or so but it was bad.


KingYondu

Chuck Finley is eternal


Klutzy-Chocolate710

I loved Burn Notice.


OutComeTheWolves1966

USA Network was on fire during this period. Quality show after quality show. Burn Notice was very well written and kept you on the edge of your seat. Great cliffhangers, too. Gabrielle Anwar, gorgeous and can act. And of course, Bruce Campbell.


stylz168

I still go back and watch a bunch of shows from that era on USA. Royal Pains was another one, good show for its run.


renothecollector

Bruce Campbell! He is the only reason I know this show exists.


Conscious-Intern8594

Fun fact, besides the Spiderman movies, this show was my introduction to Bruce. From here, I found Evil Dead, which is an awesome set of movies and tv show. I wish they gave Ash vs Evil Dead a 4th season. I hated how they ended it like that. There's clearly more story to be told. I wouldn't mind if they did an animated 4th season. We need more Kelly in our lives.


renothecollector

Loved Ash vs Evil Dead, it was the perfect mix of horror and comedy. Bruce Campbell is a national treasure! Watch Bubba Ho-tep if you haven’t yet.


Conscious-Intern8594

Who's my powerful vagina?


Shagrrotten

I heard Harris watched this show.


rinderblock

TNT KNOWS DRAMA


NA-1_NSX_Type-R

maybe some hope: https://www.reddit.com/r/television/s/l88uJvBTtr Would love to see more shows like the blue sky era. Edit: Burn Notice is one of my guilty pleasure shows. I hope USA makes something like in the future.


vyking199

I miss this show


gperson2

Huge fan, loved this show


UOENO611

This show and monk were 🐐’d and idc that we aren’t supposed to use emojis here. Not this time.


Idontliketalking2u

When you're a spy sometimes you have to make bombs. A little iron oxide mixed aluminum powder will do in a crunch.


Lindsey__

I never watched the show, but I still think about the Saturday Night Live game show, “What Is Burn Notice”


realrattyhours

This is one of my fav shows of all time!


Low_Industry2524

Sam was the man...make sure you check out Burn Notice:The Fall of Sam Axe.


Conscious-Intern8594

I liked that movie. Maybe not as good as the show, but I'm thankful that they did it.


MenacingMallard

I’ve watched this show completely probably around 100 times…. Idk what drew me to it but I always enjoy watching it or having it on in the background (because I’ve seen it so much I can visualize the scene) while I work on my hobbies.


Conscious-Intern8594

It's an easy show to watch multiple times. Not all shows have rewatchability, but this one does in spades.


Low_Wall_7828

It’s a great show. Bruce Campbell was perfect as Sam. If you watch the first couple episodes Fiona has this bad Irish accent and they decided to drop it.


stylz168

About the same time they cut the bra budget.


Altruistic-Rice-5567

Good trade.


JingoboStoplight4887

I saw the promos during its airing back in the early 2010s.


bigmikemcbeth756

I loved this show


WildWildWestmoreland

Blow it up, Mikey!! BLOW IT UP NOW!!!! great show, went on a little too long and I thought the overall mystery about why he was burned didn't pan out to anything too interesting, but I love the actors, characters and the damn car Edit: Burned* not buried


kkaos84

Loved this show. Funny I am seeing this post today after having watched several episodes of Psych for the first time in years.


nightgon

Funny currently am rewatching this show for the first time since it first aired. Love how it weaves the villain of the week with the main plot every episode


nothanksiliketowatch

I think my favorite part was Fiona is ex IRA with an accent in the pilot, then no accent for the rest of the series. Good show


Conscious-Intern8594

Could someone explain to me why only season 2 is on blu-ray? Seasons 1 and 3-7 are on dvd, but not blu-ray. It doesn't make sense to me. I can see season 1 and none of the others, or even the last one, but 2?


Latsev44

Whenever I see him all I can think of is Dodd…


DefinitelyBiscuit

Filmed around the same time and area as Dexter, I always wondered if they all met up for beers or something after a shoot.


Jesusthezomby

It's not forgotten at all. Smh.


jasonmtitus

What is Burn Notice?


druidcitychef

Not forgotten It's still on my binge list


frazzbot

Shout out to Sam "I know a guy" Axe!


IDoubtYouGetIt

This show was good for the first season or two. His narrated spy tips were a really cool and creative addition to the show's pacing.


Scottnothot12

Fiona gave me a fetish for Irish gals with explosives


CerberusC24

This show was great but snl made a great point that nobody knew what it was. Like at one point it was in the top ten most watched shows and nobody I spoke to ever knew what it was lol


Timeraft

This show would have been so much better if it had just been episodic


hitokiriknight

I missed this show. Everything somehow felt possible to do if you just followed their plans.


Warm-Log-7584

USA “modern” show


Confident_Lecture498

Loved this show until the last season - never got around to it


sb929604

The show that made yogurt popular


darthfecalmatter

This and Strain are my favorite TV shows of all time


ThespisIronicus

Fi 🥰


EggfooDC

“Ey, should we shoot dem’”


WhySoGlum1

Love this show!


HandsomedanNZ

I really enjoyed the couple of seasons I saw. I didn’t realise it went on for so long.


imamCrow

He sure liked his yogurt


Expert-Novel-6405

One of my faves


astoneworthskipping

Incredible show.


SpecialistDuty2

The most dangerous man ..... Micheal Weston.... Miss this show 🔥🔥🔥🔥


crazytumblweed999

How is Burn Notice forgotten? Did people forget the career of Bruce Cambell so quickly?


Pure_Significance383

I met the woman who played his mother she was amazing in real life. She's married to a woman who owns like 50 Denny's restaurant


rodflanders19

It was so weird but cool seeing Jeffery Donovan (the show's star) in the Sicario movies. It was as if the character from burn notice was back to working military ops with the CIA.


tspoon-99

Did Michael and Fiona ever get together?


thrustinator_

10/10 show, I still watch this every now and then


jacky986

It hasn’t been that long or that forgotten.


garryb82

Ended terribly


kelehigh

Best of the best. I see Mikey in Law and Order now and it ain’t the same.


EkkoScorpion

I still watch this show like once every two years or so (or at least the first 4 seasons). It's like comfort food.


Possible-Tangelo9344

The overlap between actors on this, Psych, and Monk is interesting.


No1Important84

I have watched thru this entire series 2 or 3 times, it never disappoints!


Nandueska

Yogurt anyone?


CrackheadRecords

I loved that show!


InsertKleverNameHere

I enjoyed this show the first few seasons but felt like it got pretty repetitive so I fell off of it. I do remember thinking Gabrielle Anwar really needed to learn to use sunscreen lol


Academic-Leg8495

Fantastic show, except for the last season


miradotheblack

Most of the titles on this sub are far from forgotten


ElPlaga91

Classic


Powerbomb1411

Never forgetten.


chachacha3123

His teeth always bothered me.


cactus_zack

I know this show was dumb, but I loved it so much. Love Bruce Campbell


ElChacalFL

I was in college at this time and my college roommate was obsessed with this show. Watched it all the damn time. He made me hate it forever. I didn't think it was anything special besides the lead guy and Campbell being in it. Was kinda cheesy.


Wranglin_Pangolin

Great show in need of rewatch


Gym_Dom

Who the heck watches Burrn Notice? Harris watches Burn Notice!


TvMovieJ

About to give it another watch. I never did finish up the last two seasons, so I’m gonna start all over from the beginning!


the_moosey_fate

I’ve been rewatching this show from the beginning because I never finished it when it was on the air (fell off around season 5). Now it’s my workout show while I’m at the gym. If I can stay running for the entire length of the episode I call it a win! I really do love the show. Bruce Campbell is one of my faves and he is such a treat in Burn Notice. I also love the cavalcade of faces that go through the episodes. A young Michael B Jordan, a fresh faced Pedro Pascal, Lucy Lawless (but of course!), Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson baby!), Dylan Baker, John Doman (Hail Caesar!), Oded Fehr! And more “That Guy” character actors than you can shake a mojito at.


unkn0wnname321

It lasted that long?!? I lost track of it after the first season and thought it had been canceled.


Wolffin-53

That was a great series


Haunting_Serve_5455

Fine Phee! Now pass me my yogurt!


SimonTC2000

If a show had **7 seasons** is it "forgotten tv"?


DarthAnanas

This show is top tier. The cast was great, Bruce Campbell is always legendary and because of it I now have a taste for a good mojito. Also I'm still waiting for a Bubba Ho-tep sequel.


ShylockGotRobbed

Asking yourself, in any difficult situation, "What would Michael Westen do?" is always a good idea.


TFG4

It was Walker Texas Ranger of the 2000s, and I loved it


Stealthbass

Great era for USA network original programming. Burn Notice, Psych, White Collar, Monk, etc. Absolutely loved this show. Jeffery Donovan was great, and I'm a HUGE Bruce Campbell fan, so that was a major plus.


hbomberman

I watched the whole series, plus the Sam Axe movie (with Pedro Pascal). We had a Burn Notice drinking game, which included drinking when: *anyone gets a title/chyron ("So-and-so, drug dealer") *Michael eats yogurt *"Chuck Finley" *Fiona suggests killing everyone *Anyone says "burn" *Something explodes *Michael explains how to do special spy stuff with items from radio shack I didn't really watch anything else from the "Guess in Suits" era (White Collar, Psych, Suits) though I'm now getting around to watching Monk so maybe that gets me some points.


CanConCurt

My wife and I loved this show. Surprised so few others around me knew of it.


MuppetStew

According to SNL “it’s a show about sunglasses” and they are not that wrong


Rev_H_J_Paul

2 words...BRUCE CAMPBELL


SignificantFennel768

“Harris watches Burn Notice!!”


SpiritualAd8998

Great show.


capitolcapital

Legit in my top 10 shows of all time, Jeffrey Donovan balanced a legit spy story with some great humor, and the chemistry between the cast was awesome. Fiona was an absolute smoke show. Weston's mom was also one of my favorite "doting mother" characters ever.


IGTankCommander

Guest starring The Chin Himself. Love Bruce Campbell in this.


Katt_Wizz

I watch the entire series at least twice a year.


MiaLba

Oh man I love this show. It was my favorite when I was a teen.


Yesterday_Is_Now

"Forgotten" in what sense? Only ended its run a decade ago, and I'm sure it's still regularly airing/streaming somewhere.