Okay so. I've heard lots of good things about BSG, and it's apparently available on SYFY now, which I have (with commercials). I've kind of been spoiled for some things via fandom osmosis. I know the conflict is between humans and cylons (robot impostors) and that it gave rise to an early social-deduction board game. Also that there is some weirdness around religion, and that it's supposed to be a Bush-era take on the "war on terror."
( Episode 1.1 )