BEST TV SERIES FOR LEARNING ENGLISH - PART 2
10:00 - Intro
This video will feature trailers and evaluations of five popular TV series that are great for learning English. Jane the Virgin is a romantic comedy-drama released in 2014. The Good Place is a fantasy comedy-drama released in 2016. Modern Family is a mockumentary sitcom released in 2009. Misfits is a science fiction comedy-drama released in 2009. The Crown is a historical drama released in 2016. Each series will be evaluated for its educational value and entertainment value.
00:00:05 - Jane the Virgin
Description: Jane the Virgin is an American romantic comedy-drama and satirical telenovela developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series stars Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva, a working, religious young Latina virgin, who becomes pregnant after being artificially inseminated by mistake.
Genre(s): Comedy-drama
Release Year: 2014
Evaluation: 8.2
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKUcwrPFmg
00:04:31 - The Good Place
Description: The Good Place is an American fantasy comedy television series created by Michael Schur. It follows Eleanor Shellstrop, played by Kristen Bell, who wakes up in the afterlife and is introduced by Michael to "The Good Place", a highly selective Heaven-like utopia he designed.
Genre(s): Fantasy comedy
Release Year: 2016
Evaluation: 8.3
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QxRbzFk3zk
00:06:53 - Modern Family
Description: Modern Family is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. The show follows the lives of Jay Pritchett and his family, all of whom live in suburban Los Angeles.
Genre(s): Mockumentary
Release Year: 2009
Evaluation: 8.4
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_lfN2VMIo
00:09:45 - Misfits
Description: Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show, on the network Channel 4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm.
Genre(s): Supernatural drama
Release Year: 2009
Evaluation: 8.3
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsBYXLYNZlE
00:11:33 - The Crown
Description: The Crown is a historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. The show follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
Genre(s): Historical drama
Release Year: 2016
Evaluation: 8.7
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWtnJjn6ng0