We don't have cable, really with the number of free digital channels we have, cable would be a waste of money.
A lot of my favorite shows are generally a few years old. Except one of them
1/ La Brea, made right here in Oz. So far there is only one season, but its been a great watch so far.
A massive sinkhole opens up in the middle of Los Angeles, separating a family between two worlds. The mother and son fall into an unexplainable primeval land alongside a group of strangers trying to figure out where they are, and how to get back home. Left above is a daughter, who barely manages to survive the disaster, and the father, whose troubled past and hallucinations make him an unlikely choice to help solve the mystery -- and reunite the family. But when he realizes his visions might just be the key to finding their loved ones, time will be the only thing that stands in their way.
2/ Falling Skies. There are five seasons. I've just started season 2
Falling Skies begins six months after a global invasion by extraterrestrials, where in early days, the invaders neutralized the world's power grid and technology, defeated and largely destroyed all the world's militaries, and killed over 90 percent of the human population by destroying all of the world's major cities and capitals.
The aliens include mechanical attack drones called "mechs"; a species of light brown-skinned six-legged beings known as "Skitters" that appear to control the mechs; and a mysterious species known as the Overlords, or "Espheni", presumably the actual engineers of the invasion and the masters of the Skitters.
And the best part, Colin Cunningham!!!! aka Major Paul Davis of the SGC. This show he plays John Pope, former chef turned Bikie and ex convict. He is utterly superb in this role.
I have quite a list after this