Good Spanish TV Shows

[SaltSlasher]

I have been getting better at understanding what i am reading.

My understanding when people talk is a little different. I am slowly getting better but i need to know the words before hand, so when i hear them i know what they mean.

I have been getting into Spanish Rap Music and Spanish Horror Movies, because they are things i would watch/listen to either way.

I was just wondering if there is any Spanish TV shows that are any good? Or if you know of any videos, music, etc that is good for practicing with? Either Educational or Entertainment! Just the exposure has gotten me quite far in such a short time of learning.

Most the movies i buy usually comes with Spanish subs, and some have Spanish Dubs.

[Don José]

Horror films: Tesis and Los otros, both by Amenábar. Historias para no dormir (Ibáñez Serrador) was an old TV series of short stories, available in youtube, at least in this very moment.
Rap: I don know very much about it, but Nach Scratch and SFDK seem to be very popular.

[poli]

Good is a matter of opinion.

If you live in the United States Univision and Telemundo are generally available. They have programs like "Ocurrió Así" and "Primer impacto"
that I think have pretty easy to understand human interest stories. When I watch them, I am rarely baffled by what they are talking about, and Spanish is not my mother tongue. These shows are not great, but they demand very little concentration from gringos like me.

Whatever program that covers matters that interest you will be helpful
and more easily understood.

If you have a Spanish language cable package, TVE has a magazine-format program similar to "Ocurrió así" that used to be called "En directo" but now goes by a different name. Shown at early evening you can see very easy stuff spoken in peninsular rather than Latin American accents.

[Perikles]

If you live in Spain, Good Spanish TV Shows is a contradiction in terms, I'm afraid. We have a dozen channels, and never found anything worth watching on any of them which was actually Spanish and not badly dubbed from American. But it's a question of taste.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by Perikles

If you live in Spain, Good Spanish TV Shows is a contradiction in terms, I'm afraid. We have a dozen channels, and never found anything worth watching on any of them which was actually Spanish and not badly dubbed from American. But it's a question of taste.

You don't have Gol, then?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by pjt33

You don't have Gol, then?

No - what is it?

[Equis]

gol tv has a lot of soccer stuff on it. You can also try using the SAP feature whenever its available..

I have cablevision and have an array of canales en español

[chileno]

I'm sorry to insist on this issue, at least I am consistent...

Please don't watch movies with subtitles, just watch the movie closely paying attention to what's being said, even if you don't understand. If you want to read, then read a book.

Am I persistent or what?

[SaltSlasher]

I was talking about watching it with English Language and Spanish Subtitles.

Doing the opposite with Spanish Language and English subtitles, can be a problem.

Cause just when i watch it in English/Spanish, I notice that a lot of the Spanish translations are never that specific, and are sometimes are basic translation so that the spanish speaker just knows what is going on and vice versa with english translations.

To watch a movie in Spanish/Spanish, then i would need to watch it in English/Spanish or English/English first, so i can know what it is going on and remember the dialogue. That is the process i am getting to, so i can watch these movies in full Spanish.

I just noticed that Spanish made films have really fast at dialogue, so even reading it is hard. Which is why i have picked American made Comedys like Clerks, cause they are filled with regular dialogue that i would use.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by SaltSlasher

I was talking about watching it with English Language and Spanish Subtitles.

Doing the opposite with Spanish Language and English subtitles, can be a problem.

Cause just when i watch it in English/Spanish, I notice that a lot of the Spanish translations are never that specific, and are sometimes are basic translation so that the spanish speaker just knows what is going on and vice versa with english translations.

To watch a movie in Spanish/Spanish, then i would need to watch it in English/Spanish or English/English first, so i can know what it is going on and remember the dialogue. That is the process i am getting to, so i can watch these movies in full Spanish.

I just noticed that Spanish made films have really fast at dialogue, so even reading it is hard. Which is why i have picked American made Comedys like Clerks, cause they are filled with regular dialogue that i would use.

Same thing happens the other way around..

Movies are meant to be watched and heard, never read, unless you are deaf.

But, it is just a tip.