Away from the hustle and away from life’s worries. We tend to ease stress by entertaining ourselves. When you are deeply amused by Tonto Dike’s marriage theatrics, you may forget that the person sitting beside you has body odour. Movies and series are one guilty pleasure for those who indulge. They spend late nights or weekends to ensure they catch up with their beloved shows.

So just because we love TV and movies too and we enjoy trolling the people that share this our guilty pleasure, let's kuku run through the top 5 TV series that we Nigerians love to overhype. Starting for the king of them:

1. Game of Thrones

We know anything other than profound praise is taken as sacrilege when it comes to Game of Thrones. So before you come for my head, hear me out first.

Game of thrones recently dominated the screens and social media. Nigerians are downloading pirated copies and sharing with their friends. Everyone is talking about winter. Winter is coming they say. First of all, the rave was about the Lannisters, then Jon snow and now Arya Stark or is it Tyrion the dwarf. Ah, let us not forget about Daenerys mother of dragons. After crying about the loss of one character, we always find a way to latch onto another. It is not surprising therefore that for the past two weeks, almost everyone is talking about the 7th season of GOT. Banners, graphics, and even memes are trolling the internet. It got so bad that even haters took to twitter to boast on how they had not watched a single episode. But abeg who that one epp? What is it about GOT that is making people stay so faithful?



2. How To Get Away With Murder

People who did not know about the wonder of Viola Davis got to know about her in HTGWM. She embraced the character Annalise keating so well that it got her an EMMY award. We do not know why Nigerians love this series. But we suspect it is because we are fascinated with getting away with crime legally. Annalise is smart and the way she works with her ambitious students makes the thrill top notch. The suspense here is over the bar and is definitely not for the faint heart. If you are in trouble with the law, you know who to call.


3. Suits

This is another series revolving around law and its legalities. Harvey Specter is a brilliant lawyer and when in need of an associate he hires Mike Ross. Mike, however, is a college dropout but this doesn’t deter him from being smart and witty. We follow them both as they turn from friends to allies and sometimes dangle on a thin thread of betrayal. The series is not only entertaining but also educative. If you are a fan of suits please let us know. What is fascinating about white dudes wearing suits and plotting how to outwit each other?


4. Scandal

Olivia Pope thrives on scandals. From being the President’s media consultant to having her own crisis management firm. She seems to know how to clean up other peoples lives except hers. Her clients have histories and secrets that must be taken care of and so does she and her staff. Again, we can see that Nigerian want to know how to get away with anything. It is a pity that we may not be able to have our own Olivia Pope unless your baba in the village is strong.


5. Power

This series shows that it is only a ghost that can run the underground business and be good at it. It is, however, a pity that Nigerian ghosts are only good at finding their soul mate or looking sideways to cross the road. James St. Patrick the Ghost has a successful nightclub but what you may not know is that he also runs another operation: a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential. You see Nigerians we too like bad things. We may have had our own ghost in Evans but we are happy that his identity has been revealed.


Nigerians like a good story, we like power and danger. We love the thrills that come with being smart and witty. And yes we overhype what we love. Well, I am in my house watching “Nkoli Nwa Nsukka”, you cannot get to me.

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After watching the first season of game of thrones.i made it a habit not to believe everything i read on the internet.the way dem hype this film ehn

Tell them pls

Game of thrones is actually interesting.

I like the fact that anybody can die in the series

The audience tends to have different favorite characters in the series.

My favorite character in game of thrones is Petyr Baelish.. Aka little finger



Modified :Narcos too is wonderful. .. The series is about the story of Pablo Escobar... . It's quite a conflicting series because your mind will be divided whether to like or hate Pablo Escobar. .. Dude was a philanthropist but he killed too many people along the line

Una we dey watch season movie get time dey watch something wey no go end.

The only season movie i watched was supernatural i liked it @ first but stopped watching it when the producers started taking viewers for a ride

Xd

Game of throne on this list? op... next time you're buying weed... at least get a good one..
I don't think you've actually followed the movie right from season 1...

I'm patiently waiting for season 7 episode 3...


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NONSENSE LIST

op run for your life cuz WINTER IS COMING

But I only watch jennifa's diaries

24 nko and Grey's Anatomy.

Winter is coming. I'd rather stay behind the wall and keep watch.

Spot on list....Especially that Game of Thrones.

blacklist.

I usually don't watch series. They consume a lot of time and usually get boring along the line. I realized at some point that I had not watched a single tv series from the beginning till the end, not even Merlin or Breaking bad that I loved so much from the first season.

But...Game of Thrones is different.

I love the plot, story telling, visual effects, and the characters. Even the sound tracks (especially light of the seven).
The producers didn't spare any costs. I know for a fact that it will be the first tv series that I will watch from beginning till the very end. And the final season won't be out till 2018, maybe 2019. But I shall wait.

And yes, winter is coming...Actually, winter is here!

Let GOT do and end quickly please

Game of Thrones can only feel over-hyped to people that love simple plots. People hate what they don't understand.

I write fiction too, and that Game of Thrones storyline is so complex i feel it could only have been written by an alien or an insane person. lol! That's how good Game of Thrones is.

I like game of thrones, power, suits but I think how to get away with murder is overhyped.

OP, Game of Thrones? Are you kidding me? That series has got the highest ratings ever on the 3 major movie critics sites(about 2 years ago, Game of Thrones got a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes..... 100 freaking percent), GOT won so many awards they should open a freaking museum for only the awards.

That series is just the bomb, the unexpected/suspense filled endings makes it unique. That movie is a practical manifestation of the macavellian principles of power.


Bros, abeg go continue with your Jennifer's diary and leave GOT, I take Oluwa beg you.

Winter is here

Op doesn't know fine movie

Arya FTW

Edenoscar:
After watching the first season of game of thrones.i made it a habit not to believe everything i read on the internet.the way dem hype this film ehn

3 bad things happened today

* My friend said he didn't like GOT
* Someone stabbed him to death
* I was arrested

Sorry I said 3 things, it was only 2 things(1 & 3)

no matter ow u hype a movie, if its not my type, na on your own you dey.

watched all this movie listed before they were hyped self.

I have full season 6 of suit and supernatural season 12 on my phone but more series that comes out everyday keep on delaying my watching it

Of all the series analysed by the OP, One would agree with me that Game of thrones is worth the hype and praise it has garnered so far from season 1 to 7.
Tell me any season movie with too many drama, too many characters, not to talk about a beautiful storyline to complement it.

Where is "my name is khan"?

orimion:
Winter is here

Valar morgulus.

I dont really fancy series/movies that are overhyped, I guess that's the reason......
I never watched past Game of Thrones, Season 1, Episode 1. I couldn't deal!

How to get away with murder, I think I finished season 1, and dint continue. But I watched a late episode, where that black guy died.

Scandal, I never watched past Season 1 too

Suits, I think I stopped at Season 1, Episode 2 or 3.

I haven't seen Power. May try to see it, if I get a good review, and hope its not overhyped.


But the only series, I have watched, and rewatched over and over again, 3 times now, is 24 Hours. From Season 1 to 9.
I love that series so much. Maybe because it's my kind of thing. I've learnt so much from that series.

Been so busy lately, else would continue where I stopped. Someone asked if you have 1hour extra a day, what would do? I said I'd sleep or watch 24. That's how much, I'm in sync with that series.

Anyone has any action/educative/crime (3-in-1) series that I should see?

You've officially initiated me into Game of thrones series. Love it or hate it.