Which HBO shows have been the best all around shows? Sopranos will always be number one on my list, but I would put the Wire in second place. Third place is BofB. I haven't really seen enough of any other shows to make a list more than three. So what say you guys? I'd include Showtime shows, but I have a feeling their only good show is/was Dexter....
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I think The Wire is my favorite TV show in the drama category. I just love the characters.

True Blood is kind of a popcorn show - nothing too deep. Deadwood was a pretty good show, but lost momentum. Six Feet Under was pretty good, but I lost track after a couple of seasons.
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The Wire and Oz
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I used to love this show, wish it was still on:
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Oz looks like a good show. Does it take place inside the prison the whole show?
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Band of Brothers and Curb Your Enthusiasm - Rome is in my Netflix queue....missed it first time around....looking forward to it
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Loved the Sopranos and have all of them on DVD now. I liked Weeds on Showtime too.
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The first 3 seasons of Weeds were good. Kevin Nealon was great in that show.
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I think Sopranos was the best. I am loving Boardwalk Empire. I just finished Season 1 of The Wire on HBO GO, and now I am starting Season 2
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As was already mentioned, there is Weeds, and then there's Homeland, which is a new show that's off to a great start so far.
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The Wire is my #1, with The Sopranos a close second. Others I subscribed to on the TiVo were Oz, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm and John From Cincinnati.
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Wow, lots of love for The Wire, never seen it personally. Mine is:
Sopranos
Boardwalk Empire
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
Game OfThrones
East Bound & Down
OZ
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Two more I subscribed to and forgot to list. :-)
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Yes...with little cut-ins of how they landed themselves in prison.
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So many great shows on HBO. My order of preference:

The Wire
Sopranos
Game of Thrones
Boardwalk Empire
Entourage
True Blood
Hung

Season 1 of Game of Thrones was great, IMHO, and I'm not generally a fan of the fantasy genre. It definitely has the chance to move up the list. I purposefully left out their miniseries, but Band of Brothers was also outstanding.

The only show I really watch on Showtime is Californication. Very funny.
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Well since you added Showtime to the mix, these are the ones I've liked from both networks:

The Sopranos
Rome
Game of Thrones
Dexter
Homeland
Californication (although this season has gotten a unusually slow start)
Weeds
True Blood
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Curb and Eastbound
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Not counting BoB since it really wasn't a television series, I'd probably list (of what I've seen) them something like this...

1. Sopranos
2. The Larry Sanders Show
3. Oz
4. The Wire
5. Deadwood

*have never seen an episode of Six Feet Under or Big Love, which a lot of people have nothing but great things to say about*
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Sopranos to me was fail after season 2. I think the Pine Barrens episode is the only really great one of the last few seasons.

So far Boardwalk and GoT have been aswesome.

How to make it in america is also really good.

Band of Brothers was perhaps the greatest thing ever produced on television.
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True Blood on HBO, Shameless on Showtime...
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