Top 50 HBO Series (2021 edition)

[PanthersATL]

From https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/hbo/best-hbo-series/, they ranked what they say are the Top 50 HBO series of all time.

I don't think we can really complain about the top 5:

• The Wire
• The Sopranos
• Band of Brothers
• Barry
• Six Feet Under

Happy to see BARRY that high up the list

Game of Thrones still made Top 10, but I wonder if the overhyped letdown of the final season dropped them a few slots

The middle 10-20 slots are all fairly solid shows.  I'd have probably ranked Watchmen up a smidge closer to #1 from where it is. Almost definitely would have ranked I May Destroy You into a better number than where it landed

Boardwalk Empire could likely slide back into the higher numbers

Westworld at #36 is a surprise. Season one was fantastic, certainly better than Beartown. OZ at 42 is a travesty. That show (again, season one praise) was really good.  And Euphoria definitely deserves better than it's #50 landing slot.

Your thoughts?

 

 

 

[onmyown]

The only HBO series I liked was Sapranos…just me. I think other networks have better series shows…and now Netflix does too.

[Anybodyhome]

I counted 5 on the list I have not seen. Nonetheless, some goods ones too far down on the list: Oz, Big Love, Vice Principals (fugging hilarious), Silicon Valley at 43?!?!

The Comeback and Enlightened were awful, and how did Luck even make the list when it ran only 2 or 3 episodes?

Newsroom didn't make the list at all?

 

[Harbingers]

Barry above Six feet Under? Ya… Na. 
 

The Wire

Deadwood

Six Feet Under 

Sapranos 

Band of Brothers 

 

Flight of the Concords at 47, Eastbound and Down & Mr. Show in the 40’s who wrote this list? Trash. 

 

 

Edited October 3, 2021 by Harbingers

[Davidson Deac II]

Have to admit that I have only seen a few of them, but I liked all six.

Band of Brothers was the best. 

Game of Thrones

John Adams.  

The rest in no particular order.  

The Pacific

Rome

Chernobyl  

 

 

[Moose Hoover]

righteous gemstones

[Shocker]

I still put GOT at 3 on that list even with the hurried, badly written letdown of the final season.  I fuggin loved that show overall.  BOB would come 4th for me followed by Chernobyl.

I really liked The Jinx as well.  

I have begun and lost interest in The Leftovers, Six Feet Under, Rome, Boardwalk Empire and Westworld (this one I should have loved but it was too slow)

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Shocker

[CarolinaNCSU]

I really like Barry, but it being that high on the list is kind of insane to me.  0% chance it should be above Curb, Game of Thrones, Veep, and many others below it. 

[cookinbrak]

On 10/2/2021 at 8:35 PM, Anybodyhome said:

I counted 5 on the list I have not seen. Nonetheless, some goods ones too far down on the list: Oz, Big Love, Vice Principals (fugging hilarious), Silicon Valley at 43?!?!

The Comeback and Enlightened were awful, and how did Luck even make the list when it ran only 2 or 3 episodes?

Newsroom didn't make the list at all?

 

Newsroom should be top ten.

[PanthersATL]

23 hours ago, Shocker said:

Westworld (this one I should have loved but it was too slow)

 

Probably too late to talk spoilers, but westworld season one doesn’t get rocking until about episode 5.   If you haven’t read WW spoilers, give the whole of season one another chance .      

[Ja Rhule]

Chernobyl was good

[Happy Panther]

Westworld and True detective would be top five if they stopped after one season.