I don’t think any series will treat teenagers the same way that Freaks and Geeks did almost 10 years ago. Although relying on every teen American cliché they could, this series was the closest thing to reality you could get whilst still being something fun and interesting to watch – cause, you know, life is boring. With bands like The Who, The Clash and XTC being either part of episodes or the soundtrack, this 80’s based cult show was short-lived (only 18 episodes), but long enough to enrich the careers of some young actors (i.e. James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps and, erm, Linda Cardellini) and is greatly missed. Can we have a movie about them meeting again in the 00’s?

Fans of Entourage will have a similar show to watch during the season break because the creative team behind the HBO series have released a new program called How To Make It In America. Instead of the glamour and ever-available-sex in the rich Hollywood world, the show focuses on the lives of some buddies in NYC trying to make it – from the boring 9 to 5 jobs to scams and the hustle of both. Some characters have charisma and some not so much - KiD CuDi would've fit better into Entourage - but all make this a very promising series.

Burn Notice is a USA Network series about a spy who got burned - which they remind you of in every scene. Although following the
basic style of American television, the series will catch all you dudes out there (sorry, girls won't like this) who like watching things explode in the most diverse ways. And like any good spy show, it teaches you how to make homemade bombs with boring things (a modern version of MacGyver). Plus Bruce Campbell is a lead character. And he's looking all Morrissey like.

Instead of another series that explores the lives of yet more doctors, Nurse Jackie depicts instead, the life of it's namesake, a nurse by the name of, well, Jackie. Played brilliantly by the one and only Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie brings a whole other meaning to the term 'leading a double life', seperating her home life and her professional one with a wall bigger than the one in China. It's a scenario that prompts questions about the definitions of what's generally termed as right and wrong in one's everyday life - all the while being 100% sympathetic to the often ethically questionable, yet undeniably noble modus operandus of Nurse Jackie. It's made us realise that we would be the worst nurses, because simply, it would break our stony cold hearts to be that nice to people.

With equal parts of drama and humor starts the fifth season of the Showtime series Weeds. By now you should be familiar with Nancy Botwin (as played by the wonderful Mary-Louise Parker) who started selling Weed after her husband died and left her with two teenagers, a useless brother-in-law and some complicated friends. In season four, Nancy chose to work with the DEA to try to stop the narc-traffic around the Mexican borders. Now though, she's going to have to pay after the Mexican drug ring managed to find out this tiny little detail. The only thing that can save her is if she delivers a healthy baby boy that also happens to be the son of the Mexican Drug Lord who's trying to kill her...

When we heard first heard that there was going to be a US version of The Office, we frowned in dismay at the mockery that we thought was going to be made of the British institution. How dare they try and bastardise the inescapably English humor, and moreover the inimitable Ricky Gervais with an American edition? Surely it wouldn’t work. It couldn’t. It shouldn’t – but you know what? Against all odds, it did. Steve Carell is as genius as his British counterpart as the head of the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, and the slew of office off-siders are equally brilliant in this straight faced parody, that can be, at moments, just as touching as it is hilarious.

Mad Men is a series based around the advertising business in 1960. The  show’s commitment to an accurate portrayal of the era is impressive. The story centres around the charismatic, enigmatic Creative Director of ad firm Starling Cooper: the tall dark and handsome Don Draper, as well as his colleagues, women and work. It’s a peek into the general life and times for both men and women in 1960 as processed through a contemporary vision. Thoroughly entertaining and also humours you into making you feel smarter after having watched it. Nice.

United States of Tara is a breath of fresh air. Superbly set and written by Diablo Cody, Tara is a suburban mother of two teenagers, married to the most adorable, supportive husband EVER whilst running an interior art business – as well as managing at least three other personalities. ‘Oh say can you see // By the dawn’s early light’ is exactly how we went through this series – from dusk til dawn. Riveting.