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What's The Best TV Show About Working in Tech? (gizmodo.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and-on? dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Recently Gizmodo hailed "the best show ever made about Silicon Valley", asking its readers one question: why didn't you watch it? They're talking about AMC's Halt and Catch Fire, which their Senior Reviews Editor says "discovered the fascinating, frustrating human side to the soulless monsters who built Silicon Valley." Unfortunately, "nobody watched it. The show never cracked a million live viewers after the pilot episode. It sat firmly on the bubble every season, getting greenlit only by the grace of AMC."

Today Netflix is making that show's fourth (and final) season available -- but is it the best show about working in tech? What about Mr. Robot, Silicon Valley, or The IT Crowd -- or that short-lived X-Files spin-off, The Lone Gunmen?
Has there ever been a good show about geeks -- besides those various PBS documentaries? Leave your own answers in the comments.

What's the best TV show about working in tech?

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  1. The IT crowds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    UK version. Nothing else is close.

  2. Re: HCF was not about working in tech by c6gunner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mr Robot is about working in tech the same way that Die Hard is about working in law enforcement.

  3. OFFICE SPACE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is there anything this movie gets wrong about "working" in IT?

    Moron bosses who know nothing about what you actually do? Check.
    Multiple pointy-haired types hounding you about your work because they "have to be involved"? Check.
    Consultants? Ugh, check.
    Outdated tech that needs replacing but its "not in the budget"? Damn it feels good to be a Check sir!

    So much more. This is the penultimate look at what working in IT is like. The only thing close is The IT Crowd.