19 TV Dramas You're Embarrassed To Admit You've Never Seen (And What To Say About Them)

The Classic TV Dramas Everyone Else Has Watched Apart From You

They're also known as 'water cooler' shows - despite the fact that, as Seinfeld's George Costanza once remarked, "Nobody drinks from a water cooler any more. They use bottles."

They're some of the greatest TV series of all time. They're the dramas everyone's watching - or already watched - and thus, they're often the topic of polite conversation at dinner parties/down the pub/around the aforementioned office water cooler.

But what do you say if you've never seen a single episode of 'The Sopranos'? Or 'Broadchurch'? Or 'The West Wing', despite the fact that it ended nearly 10 years ago?

We're not suggesting you lie to cover your embarrassment - after all, you're a busy person, you can't have seen everything, right? But if you're not up for admitting the whole truth, just try using one of our get-out phrases below. They're guaranteed to show just enough knowledge, yet also move the conversation on. And away from you.

(Alternatively, of course, you could just watch them.)

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