Music:
Iron and Wine, Holopaw, Fruit Bats, Elliot Smith, The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, My Morning Jacket, Theivery Corporation, Mars Volta, Wilco, Black Angels, Postal Service, Echo Clov, Pontiak, Midlow,...many many more, too tired to list them right now.
Television:
Seinfeld (far and away, the best show ever to hit network TV), Scrubs, The Office, Curb your Enthusiasm