Television

avecigrec said:
I've not watched Deadwood yet, so I can't speak to it, but fully agree with The Wire and Sopranos at 1 and 2. And fully disagree with Oz not being on the least at all.
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I feel like you’d likely enjoy Deadwood. It’s a Western we’re everything is as dirty, violent and vile as you expect the Wild West actually was. Just don’t watch this t around the kids unless you want them to start running around calling everyone a “Cock Sucker”.
 
Here's my HBO contribution to the thread

My top three are interchangeable - The Wire - The Sopranos - Deadwood
Any order, they are all excellent.

A few more ranked
Six Feet Under (THE greatest finale I've seen)
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones (If it stayed as excellent as S1 through 3 in the final seasons I'd have it higher)
Barry
True Detective (S1 was amazing, S2 was ok, S3 was almost back to S1 form but they never recaptured the creepiness of S1)
The Leftovers
Succession
The White Lotus
Chernobyl
The Pacific
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I love the limited series like Generation Kill, We Own This Town and Chernobyl. But I think including them in the same list as longer running series is not right. Also ranking active series like Barry/White Lotus/Succession against finished ones is not valid ranking system.
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Yeah, I thought of that while making my list...but for this list I just went with the shows that have had the most watchability for me.

Is Barry done? That finale made me think so, and it seemed a perfect ending. But I do love the cast, so I guess if more is to come, I'll see what the creators come up with.
 
ranbalam said:
Yeah, I thought of that while making my list...but for this list I just went with the shows that have had the most watchability for me.

Is Barry done? That finale made me think so, and it seemed a perfect ending. But I do love the cast, so I guess if more is to come, I'll see what the creators come up with.
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One more season at least. I think Winkler said it was likely to be the last.
 
Watched the first two episodes of National Treasure this morning. This show is looking really promising. Can't wait for episode 3 next week.
 
I don't know if anybody here is watching it yet, but my wife and I have really been enjoying Welcome To Chippendales so far. It's on Hulu, and has a great cast... Kumail Nanjiani, Murray Bartlett, Juliette Lewis, Annaleigh Ashford, Andrew Rannels and more.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
The full list:

  1. 50. True Blood
  2. 49. Band Of Brothers
  3. 48. I’ll Be Gone In The Dark
  4. 47. Big Love
  5. 46. Industry
  6. 45. House Of The Dragon
  7. 44. The Righteous Gemstones
  8. 43. Eastbound & Down
  9. 42. The Kids In The Hall
  10. 41. True Detective
  11. 40. Boardwalk Empire
  12. 39. Our Flag Means Death
  13. 38. The Rehearsal
  14. 37. Enlightened
  15. 36. Mr. Show With Bob And David
  16. 35. The Jinx
  17. 34. Search Party
  18. 33. Harley Quinn
  19. 32. Los Espookys
  20. 31. The Night Of
  21. 30. The Flight Attendant
  22. 29. I May Destroy You
  23. 28. Mare Of Easttown
  24. 27. Curb Your Enthusiasm
  25. 26. Hacks
  26. 25. Flight Of The Conchords
  27. 24. Euphoria
  28. 23. The Leftovers
  29. 22. Lovecraft Country
  30. 21. Station Eleven
  31. 20. Silicon Valley
  32. 19. The Larry Sanders Show
  33. 18. Insecure
  34. 17. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
  35. 16. Chernobyl
  36. 15. The Other Two
  37. 14. Girls
  38. 13. Six Feet Under
  39. 12. Sex And The City
  40. 11. Watchmen
  41. 10. Big Little Lies
  42. 9. The White Lotus
  43. 8. Veep
  44. 7. Deadwood
  45. 6. The Comeback
  46. 5. Game Of Thrones
  47. 4. Barry
  48. 3. Succession
  49. 2. The Sopranos
  50. 1. The Wire
I'm a pretty big fan of The Other Two, but to put it (and Girls, and Sex and The City) ahead of Curb, Larry Sanders and Silicon Valley? Indefensible.
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
My Top 25

01. The Sopranos
02. Deadwood
03. The Wire
04. Band Of Brothers
05. Succession
06. The Leftovers
07. Game Of Thrones
08. Curb Your Enthusiasm
09. Larry Sanders Show
10. Barry
11. Mr. Show
12. Veep
13. Girls
14. Flight Of The Conchords
15. Silicone Valley
16. The White Lotus
17. Treme
18. Tales From The Crypt
19. The Deuce
20. True Detective
21. Luck
22. Eastbound & Down
23. Vice-Principals
24. Righteous Gemstones
25. Station Elevon/Watchmen (tie)
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Where is Treme?
 
Does the Sopranos hold up? I only ever watched the first season. It didn’t really feel like my thing, but I wonder if I should give it another shot.

But I haven’t watched Deadwood or The Wire yet either and I feel like those are higher priority. Not sure that I’ve seen all of Band of Brothers either.

I also haven’t finished Mad Men (saw the first two seasons) or Breaking Bad (saw about half of the first season).

So basically, I missed the whole golden age of television, haha.
 
Ericj32 said:
So basically, I missed the whole golden age of television, haha.
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I was just gonna ask, what have you been watching on TV over the past 20 years? Mad Men and Breaking Bad combined with all the HBO shows you list would probably make up a good portion of my Favorite Shows of all time.

Also, The Sopranos does holds up well. One thing about the show that is excellent is that David Chase really captured the time and place this show was set. We rewatched the series during the early days of Covid and it feels like a turn of the millennia time capsule.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I was just gonna ask, what have you been watching on TV over the past 20 years? Mad Men and Breaking Bad combined with all the HBO shows you list would probably make up a good portion of my Favorite Shows of all time.

Also, The Sopranos does holds up well. One thing about the show that is excellent is that David Chase really captured the time and place this show was set. We rewatched the series during the early days of Covid and it feels like a turn of the millennia time capsule.
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Haha glad to hear it. My favorites are probably Parks and Rec, Game of Thrones, Veep, Leftovers, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, Happy Endings, Succession, White Lotus, and Barry. I’m sure I’m forgetting quite a few. I watched all of Boardwalk Empire and was impressed by it, but didn’t really enjoy it until maybe the last couple seasons. I loved the first season of Westworld. Battlestar Galatica was fine but really uneven. Further back, I was really into Alias and Lost and Fringe. And the Practice. And Dharma and Greg. And Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place.
 
Ericj32 said:
Does the Sopranos hold up? I only ever watched the first season. It didn’t really feel like my thing, but I wonder if I should give it another shot.

But I haven’t watched Deadwood or The Wire yet either and I feel like those are higher priority. Not sure that I’ve seen all of Band of Brothers either.

I also haven’t finished Mad Men (saw the first two seasons) or Breaking Bad (saw about half of the first season).

So basically, I missed the whole golden age of television, haha.
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I’m of the opinion who thinks Breaking Bad is the best TV show of all time. It’s such a trip. I’d watch that one first if I were you.
 
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