What is your favourite HBO TV Show of all time

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I created this thread because I was interested in hearing your thoughts on what you think is the greatest HBO show ever is (as we all know they have a great reputation of broadcasting top quality programmes).

-Game Of Thrones
-The Sopranos
-The Wire
-Curb Your Enthusiasm
-Oz
-Boardwalk Empire
-Six Feet Under
-True Blood
-Other (please state)

I myself am undecided as I have not seen them all yet (so could you please avoid giving away spoilers) but I have to say the one I have enjoyed the most so far is Curb Your Enthusiasm. That show has me laughing so much my stomach hurts every time (funniest show ever for me) and I love how well the show is structured, Larry David is an absolute genious. I'm also enjoying Game Of Thrones which I am miles behind on and The Wire which I have also not finished yet.
 
1. Game of Thrones
2. Entourage
3. Da Ali G Show

As far as I'm concerned, you must be insane if you refuse to watch/are uninterested in/dislike Game of Thrones. This show probably has the potential to be the greatest of all time, as it appeals to any kind of audience. Might be going a bit too far with this, but that's how I feel tbh, cuz I'm not one to be crazy about the fantasy/medieval genre, yet it's my favourite show of all time.
 
I am just 2 episodes into season 2 of GOT so I have a lot of catching up to do. I just started it lately and I find it very addictive. At the end of every episode I just cant wait to get stuck into the next one. So far I've found found the characters more engaging and the story more gripping than the hobbit movies. Its a close number two to CYE for me so far but by the time I am up to scratch it might be my number 1. Also is it just me or does something about GOT remind you of Skyrim (minus the argonions and the kajits).
 
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I was gonna get into The Wire, I've heard great things about that show.
If you like a realistic crime drama thats just pure believable (theres nothing too cheesy or overly cinematic about it) then I would reccomend it. I could never go back and watch the weekly procedural cop shows again having gotten stuck into The Wire because its so much more than a cop show unlike the CSIs and L&O it is unbiased it lets you see things through point of view from everyone including the criminals, its not just the good guy bad guy type of thing.
 
Bored to Death was the only HBO show I really enjoyed. Shame that it got cancelled. The stories were hilarious and the cast was great.

 
I really loved How To Make It In America and it's west coast inspiration, Entourage.

I hope CYE has another season and Kenny Powers is one of my all-time favorite characters.

I have yet to see GoT, but I hear good things. I've just never been into middle age stuff (I've never seen LotR either.)

Silicone Valley seems like a show I need to see. Any reviews?

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1. Game of Thrones
2. Game of Thrones
3. Game of Thrones
4. Game of Thrones
5. Game of Thrones

Honorable Mention; Game of Thrones
 
Not a list from bad to good, just a list of how into these shows I am personally

1. The Wire
2.Game of Thrones
3. Larry Sanders Show
4. Girls
5. Oz
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm
7. Six Feet Under
8. Spawn
9. Generation Kill
10. Sopranos

I'm also really liking Last Week Tonight and Silicone Valley, but they're too new to rate. Honorable mention goes to Eastbound and Down and Deadwood. I think for our shared love for Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones is the most similar genetically. If anybody saw the episode 'The Mountain and the Viper' (no direct spoilers, promise) it's not too hard to imagine the kind of emotional roller coaster ride a very accurate Mortal Kombat live action adaptation COULD be.
 
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