Ha, I just watched the first episode of Friends.I finished Friends a while ago. I've started watching Mad Men. I'm going to check out House of Cards afterwards.
The Killing apparently stands up well against the original, which makes it a bit different from the normal cop-fare. I can't say anything about Homeland as that looks like stuff I wouldn't at all be interested in - interestingly enough though, it's also a remake...I'm supposed to watch the first season of both The Killing (US) and Homeland for uni.