Finished season 1 of Boardwalk Empire last night. Only a solid 6 or 7 out of 10 for me. I've read a good few pages from the start of this thread lately as i didn't really watch tv shows until a year or 2 ago and i see i'm not the only one who feels like its good but should be better.
Reading a lot of good reviews of Mad Men but i tried that and was way too bored. If a show needs to be watched for around 10 hours before getting good then i'm going to jump ship early (which i did after episode 6). Its probably not my type of show anyway even if i were to give it time.
Also nearly finished the 1st season of Arrested Development. Its very watchable but a bit of a let down after the great reviews i'd read. Lots of small laughs but no real hilarious parts like the top comedies have imo.